The first Preliminary Final of the 2024 AFL season pits the Sydney Swans against Port Adelaide Power at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 20 September.
The Swans have had a week off after beating their city rivals GWS in Week 1 of the 2024 AFL Finals series, recording a narrow 13.10 (88) points to 12.10 (82) over the Giants on home soil to book their place in this preliminary final.
Port Adelaide, meanwhile, have taken the tougher route to reach Week 3 of this year's Finals, being well beaten by Geelong on the opening weekend of action before defeating Hawthorn by the tightest of margins last time out – scoring just 11.9 (75) points to 11.6 (72) in their close-run Semi Final clash.
The Sporting News is on hand to bring you all the latest TV schedule information, live stream and start times for this 2024 AFL Preliminary Final match.
How to watch Sydney vs. Port Adelaide: TV channel, free live stream
TV channel: Fox Footy
Free-to-air channel: Channel 7
Live stream: Kayo
The Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide Power AFL Preliminary Finals game will be broadcast live on free-to-air TV channel, Channel 7, with subscription channel Fox Footy also showing the match.
This match, and every match across the end-of-season AFL Finals series, will be available for live streaming and replay on Kayo Sports.
New users to Kayo can currently sign up to a FREE trial.
Sydney vs. Port Adelaide AFL Preliminary Final start time
This AFL Preliminary Final clash takes place at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Moore Park, Sydney NSW and kicks off on Friday, September 20 at 7:40 p.m. local time (AEST).
Here's how that time translates to different Australian time zones:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| Australian Eastern Standard Time | Fri, Sep. 20 | 7:40 p.m. |
| Australian Central Standard Time | Fri, Sep. 20 | 7:10 p.m. |
| Australian Western Standard Time | Fri, Sep. 20 | 5:40 p.m. |
Sydney vs. Port Adelaide team list for AFL Finals match
| Sydney Swans team list | Port Adelaide team list |
| 1. Chad Warner 2. Hayden McLean 4. Brodie Grundy 5. Isaac Heeney 6. Logan McDonald 7. Harry Cunningham 8. James Rowbottom 9. Will Hayward 10. Aaron Francis 11. Tom Papley 13. Oliver Florent 16. Braeden Campbell 17. James Jordon 19. Peter Ladhams 21. Errol Gulden 22. Nick Blakey 24. Dane Rampe 26. Luke Parker 27. Justin McIerney 30. Tom McCartin 33. Caiden Cleary 34. Matt Roberts 36. Joel Amartey 42. Robbie Fox 43. Lewis Melican 44. Jake Lloyd | 1. Connor Rozee |
Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide AFL Finals match preview
These two sides are now just 80 minutes away from the 2024 AFL Grand Final at Melbourne Cricket Ground next weekend and will face the winner of the second Preliminary Final between Geelong and the Brisbane Lions.
Sydney have made late comebacks one of their defining traits in 2024, and their qualifying final clash with GWS was no different, scoring fewer points than the Giants in the first three quarters of the match before hitting back in the final 20 minutes with a 40-goal surge; winning it by just six points in the fourth and last quarter.
The Power, meanwhile, also went right down to the wire in their match against Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval. Port Adelaide may have maintained a slender lead throughout the four breaks in play, but they never got more than 13 points in front and were almost caught in the final quarter, edging the Hawks by just three points as the final hooter sounded.
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