{"id":52614,"date":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/52614\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","slug":"afl-rd-19-live-updates-sydney-swans-vs-adelaide-crows-at-the-scg-blog-scores-and-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/52614\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Rd 19 live updates: Sydney Swans vs Adelaide Crows at the SCG \u2014 blog, scores and stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/lcimg-bdaf5a22-7548-4db9-8524-dc320211fc2b.jpeg\" alt=\"Joel Freijah of the Bulldogs handballs during the round 12 AFL match between Western Bulldogs and Collingwood Magpies at Docklands on May 30, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.\" class=\"image_fluidImage__Sg10H\" data-component=\"LiveBlogPostImg\"\/>Young Bulldog Joel Freijah will be back in the VFL this weekend (Getty Images\/AFL Photos)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Western Bulldogs young gun Joel Freijah has been dropped for a crunch clash with Gold Coast following a tough run of form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Once nicknamed &#8220;Baby Bont&#8221; because of his similarities with captain Marcus Bontempelli, Freijah has struggled for his best during his third season in the AFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Still just 20, Freijah will play in the Bulldogs&#8217; VFL game on Sunday before the AFL match against the Suns at Carrara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Like forward Rhylee West, who has made his way back into the seniors, coach Luke Beveridge described Freijah&#8217;s omission as a &#8220;circuit-breaker&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been challenging for him,&#8221; Beveridge said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;He&#8217;s named in the squad at the moment. I&#8217;m happy to say that he&#8217;s likely to be an emergency this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Freijah put together a stunning first two seasons in the AFL, despite slipping to pick 45 in the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a thing with young players finding their way as far as the next level goes and being a really influential player in the competition,&#8221; Beveridge said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to get through those barriers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We saw how he can really influence outcomes last year \u2014 his Sydney game (four goals, 23 possessions) was probably the high-water mark of his performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Week to week we&#8217;ve been hoping for his best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;He&#8217;s playing through that midfield area inside, bit of wing, a little bit forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;He can definitely play back at times, but we&#8217;ll give him a spell from AFL duties and the pressures of that level this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Sore ruckman Tim English has been named to return after missing last week&#8217;s gritty win over West Coast due to ongoing back soreness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He got through on Friday to be a definite starter against the Suns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Nick Coffield, Ryley Sanders and Riley Garcia also return for the Bulldogs, while Luke Kennedy and Luke Cleary join Freijah as omissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Bulldogs also confirmed veteran Adam Treloar suffered a calf injury, which could finish his 263-game AFL career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Treloar has been plagued by soft-tissues for the past two seasons and is heavily considering retiring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young Bulldog Joel Freijah will be back in the VFL this weekend (Getty Images\/AFL Photos) Western Bulldogs young&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,77,3009,191,4292,10582,261,5063,5069],"class_list":["post-52614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-afl","tag-crows","tag-live","tag-live-blog","tag-scg","tag-sport","tag-swans","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}