{"id":540085,"date":"2026-03-14T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540085\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:15:10","slug":"afl-round-one-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-the-mcg-in-melbourne-sydney-swans-vs-brisbane-lions-from-the-scg-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540085\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL round one 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from the MCG in Melbourne, Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions from the SCG in Sydney."},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Daicos was the most influential player on the MCG in the first half. He started the third quarter on the wing.<\/p>\n

By the time he was back in the centre square seven minutes later, Adelaide had made their match-winning run.<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Nick Daicos of the Magpies celebrates kicking a goal.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The sight of Daicos patrolling the Members wing was strange at the time, and by game\u2019s end a genuine head scratcher.<\/p>\n

Despite a charge in the final quarter, the Pies, who trailed by 37 points entering time-on in the third term, were unable to reel in Adelaide, who prevailed by 14 points \u2013 13.15 (93) to 11.13 (79).<\/p>\n

In what proved to be the pivotal quarter of the game, Daicos was positioned away from where the game was being decided.<\/p>\n

He touched the ball just six times. Adelaide slammed on six goals.<\/p>\n

The Crows\u2019 takeaways were pure, resulting in deep entries inside 50. Collingwood\u2019s undermanned and undersized defence was powerless to absorb the heavy traffic directed their way.<\/p>\n

\"Riley<\/p>\n

Riley Thilthorpe of the Crows is congratulated by team mates after kicking a goal.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Riley Thilthorpe did not have the field day expected of him against a backline missing Darcy Moore and Jeremy Howe but was the most dangerous forward on the ground, booting three goals.<\/p>\n

Billy Frampton had the job at times on Thilthorpe, but there were periods where he was manned by Isaac Quaynor, a running defender giving up 21 centimetres to the Adelaide behemoth.<\/p>\n

For all their battles on the ball, the Pies generated more entries inside 50, but their forward line lacked bite.<\/p>\n

Jamie Elliott did not touch the ball in the first half, had just two possessions to three-quarter time but was a key to their late charge with two goals.<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/p>\n

Tim Membrey of the Magpies kicks.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tim Membrey was equally ineffective in the first three quarters before the briefest of cameos in the final term. Dan McStay did not do much.<\/p>\n

Membrey and McStay \u2013 the Pies\u2019 two key forwards \u2013 have kicked just two goals in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n

Unless they have midfield dominance, this will not be a forward line that will leave opposition defences quaking in their boots.<\/p>\n

They have produced two 11-goal returns in the first two rounds while the perceived premiership fancies are kicking centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Daicos was the most influential player on the MCG in the first half. He started the third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-540085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}