{"id":837593,"date":"2026-08-01T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837593\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:45:10","slug":"afl-news-2026-sydney-swans-comeback-win-over-st-kilda-result-video-will-edwards-leg-injury-james-rowbottom-broken-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837593\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL news 2026: Sydney Swans comeback win over St Kilda, result, video; Will Edwards leg injury, James Rowbottom broken hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney<\/a> have produced a stunning fourth-quarter performance to surge home over St Kilda<\/a> – but the victory came at a massive cost.<\/p>\n

With a top-two spot on the AFL ladder<\/a> on the line, the Swans kicked seven goals in the final term to topple the Saints 16.11 (107) to 13.10 (88).<\/p>\n

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Billy Cootee celebrates a fourth-quarter goal.\u00a0via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a fourth quarter masterclass by their stars,\u201d St Kilda legend Leigh Montagna<\/a> said on Fox League after the full-time siren.<\/p>\n

But the win for the Bloods didn\u2019t come without some heartache, with young gun Will Edwards stretchered from the field with a serious leg injury.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old leapt for a marking contest and landed awkwardly, appearing to break his leg in the process while also being left bleeding from his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s gone sideways, that\u2019s broken. We won\u2019t show that again – and to top it all off, you get your head split open as well. That is a nasty one,\u201d Jason Dunstall<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Edwards was clapped off as he was carted from Marvel Stadium via medi-cab.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see a player battle like he has for so long, to get a chance at AFL with some of the injuries that he\u2019s already had, to dislocate his ankle and require to go to hospital and have surgery … it\u2019s devastating for the football club and his family,\u201d Swans coach Dean Cox said of Edwards\u2019 injury post-game.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t the only Swans player to suffer an injury either, with teammate James Rowbottom leaving the field with a suspected broken hand. <\/p>\n

St Kilda will have their own injury headaches to handle after the defeat, with Jack Silvagni spotted wearing a sling after suffering a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney have produced a stunning fourth-quarter performance to surge home over St Kilda – but the victory came…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-837593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837593","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=837593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}