Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Essendon and Sydney clash at Marvel Stadium.
Bombers coach Brad Scott admits he has struggled to get his players up for tonight’s clash as they were hurting from their loss to Gold Coast last round.Credit:“With a fair bit of difficulty to be honest but there is a tinge of pleasure about that - in a morbid sort of way,” Scott told Fox Footy pregame.“They were bitterly disappointed, now it is about channelling that frustration and anger into a performance tonight.
Even after Essendon’s “heartbreaking” after-the-siren defeat to Gold Coast, ruckman Sam Draper insists the Bombers are not giving up on their finals dream. The Bombers would have been sitting seventh, with their finals destiny in their own hands, had they not been the first team since May 2023 to lose a home game against the Suns.“We just couldn’t put them away when the chances were there in that last quarter, myself included.
Sydney enter Friday night’s match without Warner and Robbie Fox , with Lewis Melican and Corey Warner named as their replacements. As well as trying to secure a finals spot for the first time since 2021, Essendon will be determined to send off former captain Dyson Heppell in style.
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