Live: Wanganeen-Milera on fire for Saints against Sydney
St Kilda hosts Sydney at Docklands Stadium as Hawthorn and North Melbourne face off in Launceston.
Later on Saturday, Port Adelaide hosts the GWS Giants at the Adelaide Oval from 6:35pm before Carlton hosts the Brisbane Lions at Docklands from 7:40pm.
There is also AFLW action as the star-studded Australia and Ireland sides face off at North Sydney Oval from 4:15pm (all times AEST).
Follow the live blog below, keep up to date with all the latest stats in our ScoreCentre, and tune in to our live radio coverage.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 12:57pm
AFL round 21 — Saturday live scoreboard
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:43pm
Here are the squads for Australia vs Ireland
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Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:42pm
Curnow adds another for the Swans
I’m not sure where this is coming from, but the Swans have kicked another.
The Saints were a bit unlucky, as a free to Charlie Curnow saw the ball grabbed and snapped wide by a teammate, only for the free to be called back.
Curnow goals, he has two and the Swans lead by 14, just before time on.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:40pm
Billy Cootee kicks another as Swans extend lead
The Swans are suddenly full of run.
Billy Cootee has marked and converted his second goal, and the Swans lead by eight.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:37pm
Injury worries for Jack Silvagni
This is a physical game at Docklands, and now St Kilda’s Jack Silvagni looks in distress, holding his arm.
he’s playing on, but that’s not good.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:35pm
Swans kick two quick goals and hit the front!
This is just amazing.
After that big break for the Edwards injury, the Swans have come out firing at Docklands.
They broke clear and Billy Cootee kicked one to bring Sydney within three, and now Tom Papley has snapped another to put the visitors in front!
We have half the final quarter to go, but this is some finish in the offing.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:32pm
3QT: North Melbourne 10.9 (69) leads Hawthorn 9.14 (68)
It’s still a ripping game in Launceston, and Nick Larkey has kicked a late, late goal to give the Kangaroos the lead at three quarter time!
North kicked 3.5 to Hawthorn’s 3.4 in that quarter, so despite Nick Watson’s bag of five, the Hawks will have to outscore the Kangaroos in the last term to win this.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:29pm
Play is stopped after Edwards injury
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That was a really nasty moment.
We’ve seen the replay of poor Will Edwards and we don’t want to see it again, frankly.
His game is over and they are stabilising him before taking him off on the motorised cart.
Both teams are quiet and so is the crowd.
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera is standing on the boundary, let’s hope for him and the Saints that he is ok after a hit to the hip.
But Edwards is being moved onto the stretcher, and he has the green whistle giving him some pain relief.
The crowd rise and applaud Edwards as he is taken off.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:25pm
Max Hall kicks a goal, but Sydney defender’s game looks over
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That’s a big moment at Docklands.
St Kilda has extended the lead with a snap on the run from Max Hall. But in the leadup there was a big collision in a contest.
Will Edwards has come down hard with a bad leg injury and blood streaming from his face.
We’re not quite sure how it all happened, but he must have twisted after landing.
Sydney coach Dean Cox is shaking his head in the box, looking at a second player ruled out for the game.
It’s not all good for the Saints, either, with Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera going down the rooms holding his hip after being involved in the same contest.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:20pm
Mabior Chol gives Hawthorn breathing space
The Hawks are putting their foot down in Launceston, gaining superiority in territory and they are making it pay.
Mabior Chol has just kicked one, and the lead is out to 12 points.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:17pm
Logan McDonald carrying the Swans – he kicks his fourth
Well, that wasn’t what the Saints fans would have wanted!
The final quarter is on, and it’s tense.
The Swans are lifting their intensity, and they’ve just forced a contest inside 50. Logan McDonald was at the drop, he stepped inside and snapped a perfect goal – that’s his fourth!
The Swans are six points down! Strap yourselves in!
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:15pm
Hawks jump ahead as Watson has five!
This is some game at York Park … and that applies mainly to Nick Watson.
The Wizard is just everywhere for Hawthorn in attack, and he’s bagged his fifth to put the Hawks ahead by four.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:11pm
Cooper Trembath puts the Kangaroos ahead
North Melbourne aren’t going away, and Cooper Trembath has just kicked his second.
The kangaroos lead by two!
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:09pm
Watson has four and Hawks lead again
We’ve still got a close one in Launceston, and you’ll never guess who has kicked his fourth of the day to put Hawthorn ahead?
If you needed another guess past Nick Watson, you need to lift your game.
The Wizard is on one at York Park, but this game is still only a four-point gap right now.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:07pm
3QT: St Kilda 11.8 (74) leads Sydney 9.8 (62)
A late, late free to Errol Gulden has given Sydney a chance, and he took it to bring the Swans back to just 12 points down at three quarter-time.
The Saints have dominated much of this quarter – much of this match, frankly – but to be just two goals up with a quarter to go will make for some nervous souls in the St Kilda camp after they lost by two points the last time the two sides played.
Don’t go away! This one could get VERY interesting.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:01pm
Swans get vital late one through Logan McDonald
We are deep in time on, and Sydney has grabbed a vital goal, geting the ball on the wing and going straight for the corridor with an in-bound kick to Nick Blakey.
Blakey chipped to a diving Logan McDonald, and the Western Australian forward kicked his third!
Margin back to 18 points.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 3:00pm
HT stats for Hawks – North
Inside 50s: 33-21 Hawthorn
Clearances: 17-16 Hawthorn
Centre clearances: 7-5 Hawthorn
Contested possessions: 53-50 Hawthorn
Uncontested possessions: 133-131 North Melbourne
Marks inside 50: 9-6 Hawthorn
Tackles: 28-17 North Melbourne
Tackles inside 50: 1-1
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 2:54pm
Injury concern for Tom De Koning
St Kilda is in charge on the scoreboard, but there is an injury concern for the Saints.
Tom De Koning has gone off the ground after going down in a contest holding his left hamstring.
The Saints will be hoping it’s a precaution, but if he’s ruled out that will not be good for the home side.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 2:49pm
Alarm bells ringing for Sydney
Anthony Caminiti has kicked a goal for the Saints, who now lead Sydney by 23 points.
The standout point is that St Kilda has kicked 10 goals from turnover, compared to just two for Sydney.
This is a big concern for the Swans.
Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 2:47pm
HT: North Melbourne and Hawthorn are level, 7.4 (46) to 6.10 (46)

It’s a ripper of a game in Launceston, with Mabior Chol missing a shot after the siren to leave the scores tied at half-time.
It could have been worse for North Melbourne, as the Hawks kicked 5.7 to 3.2 in the quarter.
You’d probably expect Hawthorn to go on with it from here, but the Kangaroos will believe they can do the business here after that brilliant first quarter.












































