The Swans play a scrappy game style, but they also force their opponent to. The Giants are regarded as one the better teams skill-wise with all their star picks, but use the ball at 57% here. It's known that Toby Greene's more important to his team than any other player is to any other side and it's clearly evident here. Their forward setup is 3 talls who don't contested mark well and don't apply a lot of pressure, but are skilled with pace and finish well. The Giants had 20 more inside 50's, despite the fact they were flogged and only had 9 scoring shots total. The Swans defense terrific, Rampe and Melican especially. How can they persist with this coach? They're suppose to be winning flags, not getting smashed by a team in a rebuild. They were lucky to get over the line against the Bombers last game, because Essendon stayed aggressive with the big lead and Ward's dive free-kick. The only 3 goals kicked here were from free-kicks and they weren't exactly clear-cut either.
3. (Syd) D.Rampe, 2. (Syd) L.Melican, 1. (Syd) J.Dawson.
3. (Syd) D.Rampe, 2. (Syd) L.Melican, 1. (Syd) J.Dawson.