Match

Melbourne vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 26 Apr 2014

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:39
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
03:21
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dane Rampe)
05:10
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
06:26
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeremy Howe)
07:42
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Shannon Byrnes)
09:02
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bernie Vince)
17:05
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
18:02
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
22:19
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Dan Hannebery)
25:17
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lewis Jetta)
27:24
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kieren Jack)
29:30
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
29:36
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:46
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dane Rampe)
10:06
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
13:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Mike Pyke)
19:10
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
26:14
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
27:46
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
05:52
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Harry Cunningham)
08:12
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dom Tyson)
09:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kieren Jack)
11:42
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
12:08
Swans Interchange - Lance Franklin off due to an injury.
14:07
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
14:52
Swans Interchange - Lewis Jetta off due to an injury.
15:33
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Shannon Byrnes)
17:38
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Matt Jones)
19:13
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Kieren Jack)
21:10
SUBSTITUTION SWANS - Franklin surrenders to the knee injury with Adam Goodes coming on.
23:00
Fair to say Adam Goodes is the only current Australian of the Year to play an AFL game.
24:00
SUBSTITUTION DEMONS - Melbourne have activated their substitution with Neville Jetta being handed the red vest and Christian Salem coming on for his AFL debut.
26:00
Goodes has made some impact since coming back on. He looks like he hasn't been away.
26:36
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
26:40
BEHIND SWANS - Goodes skies the kick but it lands fortunately for Parker who becomes the marker! He sends the kick on its way and the expression on his face says it all.
28:00
THREE QUARTER TIME - The end of a more open third quarter saw the Swans kick three goals to two. They extend their lead to 26 points at three quarter time.
28:03
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:01
The final quarter is underway.
00:35
BEHIND SWANS - Sydney take it out of the middle setting up Parker to take a very good contested mark. His shot at goal misses to the right.
00:37
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
02:30
Sydney leads by 27 points and if Melbourne have it in them they need to have a huge crack at the Swans now. There is no point limiting the damage.
04:20
GOAL SWANS - Goodes has it from a distance that will test him. He looks around and passes to McGlynn who does not let him down. McGlynn marks and kicks the goal. Swans by 33.
04:22
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Ben McGlynn)
06:00
BEHIND SWANS - Laidler lets one go from outside 50 but on this occasion he misses to the right.
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Jeremy Laidler)
07:30
You get the feeling that the Swans are going to put on a final quarter clinic here at the MCG.
08:30
BEHIND SWANS - McGlynn looks to double his goal kicking tally for the night but does not achieve his aim on this occasion.
10:29
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Salem)
10:30
GOAL DEMONS - A glimpse of the future for Melbourne with Salem firing one through from the 50. All players in the red and the blue rush to him to congratulate him on his debut goal.
12:30
BEHIND DEMONS - Melbourne enjoying a good spell with Frawley firing but missing from 40 metres out.
12:36
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (James Frawley)
14:10
BEHIND DEMONS - Viney ducks his head into the tackle and then gets away. He takes off and kicks for goal, but he too misses to the left.
16:00
Melbourne are running out of time here with the Swans keeping them at bay with a 27 point lead. With just over 7 minutes remaining Sydney look safe.
17:30
GOAL SWANS - Goodes gathers the ball and keeps his feet. He is tackled and kicks the ball off the ground to Derickx in the goal square who kicks the easiest of goals.
17:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Derickx)
19:30
The sting has well and truly gone out of the game with the Swans comfortably taking the four points back on the flight home back to Sydney.
20:20
Swans Interchange - Jarrad McVeigh off due to an injury.
22:09
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Cameron Pedersen)
22:20
BEHIND DEMONS - Pederson has it near the boundary. The ex-Kangaroo sends the kick on its way but it does a little right to left.
24:00
Sydney have come to the MCG and got the job done. At times it wasn't pretty but most importantly they have the four premiership points.
25:10
BEHIND DEMONS - Byrne seeks a late consolation for the Demons but he can only manage a minor score.
25:12
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Shannon Byrnes)
26:09
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
26:10
FULL TIME - The siren sounds to end the match with Sydney recording a comfortable 31 point win. Melbourne played one on one and defended but the Swans were just too classy.