Swans pound ruling premiers at MCG

Popular Sydney forward Logan McDonald has kicked four objectives in a persuading 33-point triumph over Collingwood that leaves the AFL's dominant premiers winless from two games in their banner safeguard.

McDonald took his risks in assault as the powerful Swans held onto control during the subsequent quarter and took off with a 15.12 (102) to 10.9 (69) win before 78,933 fans at the MCG on Friday night.

Chad Warner featured in a Sydney motor room missing harmed firearms Callum Plants, Luke Parker and Taylor Adams, counting 27 removals, seven clearances and an equivalent vocation best three objectives.

Isaac Heeney was additionally compelling in his midfield job with 29 contacts, four clearances and two objectives, while Errol Gulden (30 removals) was occupied and the Swans' back-line stood up well on the uncommon events it was tried.

Ruckman Brodie Grundy split his ruck fight with Darcy Cameron and triumphed ultimately against one more of his previous clubs, having featured in the Swans' opening-round prevail upon Melbourne.

Key forward McDonald, who is out of agreement toward the finish of the time, kicked two objectives in every one of the second and third terms prior to missing the mark concerning equalling his profession best count when he missed a fifth shot in the last quarter.

Scratch Daicos (37 removals, seven clearances) and Scott Pendlebury (26, eight) found a lot of the ball in an exercise in futility for Collingwood, who couldn't give their advances sufficient clean stock to kick a triumphant score.

Little advances Jamie Elliott and Lachie Schultz (two each) were the main Jaybirds with various objectives.

The outcome finished the Swans' five-match long string of failures at the home of football, which started with the 2022 thousand last whipping from Geelong.

Sydney had the run of play early yet a proficient Collingwood assault kicked 3.1 from their initial four forward invasions to set up a restricted one-point quarter-time lead.

The Jaybirds were never going to have the option to support that proportion and Sydney briefly opened the conduits with six continuous objectives before halftime.

Their speed and work rate through the midfield was decimating to that point however objectives to Playmate McCreery and Schultz not long before the principal break gave the Pies a lift.

Sydney put the outcome everything except certain with 5.2 to 1.3 in the third term, jumping on a progression of Collingwood back half turnovers as the lead expanded to 41 focuses by the last change.

The frantic Jaybirds tossed returning protector Jeremy Howe forward in the last term in the desire for starting a rebound, yet the move was without any result.

Collingwood face one more harsh test in six days' time when they face St Kilda, while Sydney will be top picks to proceed with their triumphant beginning to the season against Essendon at the SCG.