Preliminary Final: Sydney vs. Fremantle preview | Strategy 2026 with Brenton Sanderson (17.09.26)
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What is the overall preview and stakes for the Sydney vs. Fremantle preliminary final?
All right, let's move to Friday night. Sydney and Fremantle. Let's hear from Justin Longmure to set the time.
We've got some evidence of of what they've been doing. They've been hunting the opposition. Uh yeah, like I said, they've been playing a physical brand footy and yeah, we expect the the same the same brand. We're definitely not going up there and getting ambushed by what they're what they're trying to do. We've we've we've seen it the last couple of weeks and seen it work really well. Yeah, see um Yeah, put a hundred and forty points on the flag favourites in the first final is yeah, pretty impressive effort. So Um yeah, we're gonna have to go up there with a plan and um be at the top of our game.
That's what Justin Longmuir likes about the swans. What do you like about the swans?
Uh I like their system. I like their belief. Uh but mostly I like their offense, especially in Sydney. So they're they're averaging a hundred and sixteen points from eleven games at the SCG. So their offense is awesome there. Um they've only lost once, I think, this year, to Adelaide maybe in round nineteen. But they score from turnover. Their coast to coast ball movement is so effective. Uh their offense off a off half back is excellent. Um and they averaged sixty. 61 inside 50s per game. Um, that's seven more than what Fremantle average. So that's that's a significant advantage for the Swans. But this year, their profile, it's it's fast, it's direct ball movement. They create turnovers, they score from halfback, and I love their forward half connection.
They've got multiple avenues to go. Yes, they've got the Conwood Medalist in their forward line. But it feels like they can score from anywhere there. So um and I think just the last thing that Justin Longmuir has got to be aware of, uh the Swans are excellent late in quarters. So they're ranked one in the A uh in the AFL, plus thirteen points for scores in red time. So um so late in quarters, late in the game, Justin Longmure's got to be prepared that uh that's typically when Sydney are at their best.
Past five games, Dockers are conceding an average of a hundred points. You caught me off guard with that one. Is what layer of concern would you put there given the defense first philosophy of Justin Longmure?
That's a concern for Justin Longmuir because that is his philosophy, defense first, and he's got to be prepared for Charlie Curno, Logan McDonald, and Tom Papley, who are coming off sixteen goals between them. Um so Sydney, they have that genuine focal point with Curno.
Why does Brenton Sanderson say the Swans’ offense at the SCG gives them a major advantage?
But gee, you've got to respect MacDonald. He's he's in gr he's in great form. And then who's gonna go to the igniter? Tom Papley. Um, he is the pulse of the Swans. Uh he can't be allowed to impose himself in this game at any point. Um, because he will get 'em up. Uh I think what the Swans um they get those repeat uh one on ones inside forward fifty. Um they can they can win games without dominating possession either. So they they just need repeat inside fifties, which means their forward pressure needs to be really high. And that defensive wall that they They squeezed the ground, particularly the S C G They get up, they get outside, and they lock the ball in their front half. So I think the tactic here for Justin Longmuer, um, it's not just to defend Kurno and their forwards.
It's defending the kick to Kurno and the forwards. So um I still ignoring the previous five weeks, I still rate their defense system and strategy. They've been the hardest team to move the ball against this season. They typically force you wide, they force you slow, they trap. you where they want you to h have the ball and they force you into risky kicks that they are actually waiting for, they're sweating on uh for you to turn the ball over in the parts of the ground that they want you to go to. So, um, you know, there's players like Clark who've got that license to to to go, to run and spread, but they just set up really well behind the ball. So Ryan and Pierce are normally a little bit closer to goal.
They've got great experienced defenders.
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What is the overall preview and stakes for the Sydney vs. Fremantle preliminary final?
0:00–2:11
2
Why does Brenton Sanderson say the Swans’ offense at the SCG gives them a major advantage?
2:11–6:16
3
How does Justin Longmuir’s ‘defense‑first’ philosophy address Fremantle’s key forwards?
6:16–8:29
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