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AFL live: Plenty on the line in massive Saturday of AFL action

With the ladder still incredibly congested, there is plenty on the line as some flag fancies meet on a big day of AFL action. Get live scores, stats and streams in our ScoreCentre.

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Swans rally late for gutsy road win in Geelong

Sydney has stormed home with a seven-goal final-quarter blitz to stun Geelong by 17 points in the AFL match at Kardinia Park.

The Swans looked down and out when they trailed by 22 points at three-quarter time, having booted only one goal in the previous two terms.

Rookie Robbie Fox got the visitors up and going with a huge mark and goal early in the fourth quarter and his team-mates responded, as they kicked away to win 12.14 (86) to 10.9 (69).

It was Sydney's third straight victory at the stadium — the only three matches the Cats have dropped in the past 21 on their home deck.

With Callum Sinclair holding sway early in the ruck against Rhys Stanley, the Swans were good value for their 15-point lead at quarter-time.

But the home side wrested the momentum back their way in the second term, booting four goals to nil to lead by by 12 points at the long change.

Geelong midfielder George Horlin-Smith was concussed early in the quarter and took no further part in the match.

Sydney's only score of the second term was a behind following a dreadful error by Luke Parker.

The Swans midfielder took a strong mark at the top of the goalsquare but botched his simple set shot, allowing Zach Guthrie to get a finger on the ball while manning the mark.

Sydney finally broke its goalscoring drought midway through the third term.

But even then it required the intervention of the video official to determine that Isaac Heeney's accidental back heel had crossed the goal line after the umpires had initially called a rushed behind.

Fox and Will Hayward booted two goals apiece in the one-sided final quarter as Sydney turned a 22-point deficit into a 17-point triumph for its fourth win of 2018.

Jordan Murdoch was reported just before half-time for a high bump on Heeney, although there didn't appear to be any malice from the Geelong utility.

The Cats have another home game at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night against the GWS Giants, while the Swans' next challenge is against North Melbourne at the SCG.

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