Swans win soured by Reid injury

Just enough ... Sydney Swans hold off a fast-finishing Melbourne side at the MCG. Source: Scott Barbour / Getty Images

SYDNEY lost key forward Sam Reid to another leg injury in Sunday's regulation 31-point AFL win over Melbourne at the MCG.

Reid was playing his first game in four weeks after recovering from a quadriceps injury.

		P	W	D	L	%	Pts
1	Hawthorn	14	12	0	2	140.96	48
2	Geelong	14	12	0	2	127.96	48
3	Sydney	14	10	1	3	131.58	42
4	Essendon	13	10	0	3	129.51	40
5	Fremantle	13	9	1	3	124.55	38
6	Richmond	14	9	0	5	116.55	36
7	Collingwood	14	9	0	5	107.84	36
8	Port Adelaide	13	8	0	5	118.17	32
9	West Coast	14	7	0	7	109.95	28
10	North Melbourne	14	6	0	8	118.60	24
11	Carlton	14	6	0	8	109.19	24
12	Adelaide	14	6	0	8	104.89	24
13	Gold Coast	14	5	0	9	89.26	20
14	Brisbane	14	5	0	9	78.08	20
15	Bulldogs	14	4	0	10	76.90	16
16	St Kilda	13	3	0	10	85.61	12
17	Melbourne	14	2	0	12	55.27	8
18	Greater Western Sydney	14	0	0	14	52.21	0

But the premiership player limped from the field in the first term and was subbed out of the game immediately.
Ice was applied to Reid's left quad as he sat out the rest of the game.

Melbourne were competitive, but were no match for the Swans' relentless pressure and better ball use as Sydney won 16.20 (116) to 13.7 (85).

Swans co-captains Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack starred in the win.

Jack's younger brother Brandon came on for Reid and kicked his first four goals in the AFL.

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Defender Dean Terlich and forward Jack Fitzpatrick impressed for the Demons.

In Neil Craig's third game as caretaker coach, Melbourne took the game up to the Swans and only trailed by eight points late in the first term.

Star Sydney recruit Kurt Tippett broke clear of James Frawley's close attention to snap a great goal and put his team 14 points up at quarter-time.

Sydney put the game out of Melbourne's reach in the second term, but should have been further ahead than 35 points.

They kicked a wasteful 4.9 after using their celebrated pressure to keep the ball up their end of the ground for much of the term.

Melbourne kicked the first two goals of the final term to reduce the margin to 30 points.

Demons fans were furious when a holding the ball decision was not paid against Tippett midway through the last quarter, allowing him to set up a goal for McVeigh.

The Swans quickly kicked another two goals to snuff out the Demons' faint hopes of an upset.

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