{"id":659248,"date":"2026-05-09T05:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659248\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:54:21","slug":"live-afl-2026-north-melbourne-kangaroos-v-sydney-swans-round-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659248\/","title":{"rendered":"Live AFL 2026, North Melbourne Kangaroos v Sydney Swans, Round 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Melbourne will try and snap the red-hot Swans\u2019 five-game losing streak as the two teams meet at Marvel Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Kangaroos (4-4, 106.1) welcome back George Wardlaw among three changes as they look to bounce back from consecutive losses after a promising start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776909012_441_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Swans (7-1, 165.5%) are flying as one of the hottest sides in the competition as Dean Cox\u2019s side tries to regain top spot from Fremantle. But they\u2019ll need to get by without Charlie Curnow (abdominal), who will miss his first game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Match details: North Melbourne vs Sydney from 1.15pm AEST at Marvel Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Watch it live: On Fox Footy (channel 504), and streaming on Kayo from 12:30pm AEST<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of North Melbourne v Sydney in our live blog below!<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t see the blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/live\/fox-sports-australia\/AFL20260904?v=2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Melbourne will try and snap the red-hot Swans\u2019 five-game losing streak as the two teams meet at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,1129,318556,12148,151530,14414,3231,16691,142568,7204,29987,85,7200,5338,16690],"class_list":["post-659248","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-charlie-curnow","tag-consecutive-losses","tag-dean-cox","tag-five-game-losing","tag-george-wardlaw","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-marvel-stadium","tag-match-details","tag-north-melbourne-kangaroos","tag-phil-hillyard","tag-sports","tag-sydney-swans","tag-the-gabba","tag-top-spot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659248","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=659248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}