The loss means Sydney will travel to Melbourne for an elimination final, most likely against St Kilda, in a fortnight’s time.
Sydney has let an AFL home final slip from their grasp as their late-season winning streak was finally snapped by Melbourne, who prevailed by 21 points in a Sunday afternoon thriller at the SCG.
It means the Swans will travel to Melbourne for an elimination final, most likely against St Kilda, in a fortnight’s time. Melbourne’s finals fate was already locked in before this match – a qualifying final against Collingwood at the MCG – but they will now go into it with renewed confidence after climbing off the canvas to notch their seventh win from eight games.
There were other injury scares for coach Simon Goodwin, with Jake Melksham subbed out after kicking two first-half goals and Jake Bowey going off in pain after a collision with Will Hayward.His counterpart, Swans coach John Longmire, will be disappointed with how his team blew this opportunity and how his forward line again struggled to convert their chances.
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