Game Information
Mars Stadium
Team Stats
-
Disposals
- WB 384
- 409 GWS
-
Kicks
- WB 217
- 218 GWS
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Handballs
- WB 167
- 191 GWS
-
Free Kicks
- WB 10
- 13 GWS
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Clearances
- WB 51
- 35 GWS
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Inside 50
- WB 57
- 56 GWS
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Tackles
- WB 67
- 87 GWS
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Hit-Outs
- WB 45
- 38 GWS
Score Worm
Game Leaders
Goals
1
A. Treloar2 Goals
4
T. Greene5 Goals
Disposals
31
B. Dale37 Disposals
6
L. Whitfield36 Disposals
Contested Possessions
21
T. Liberatore20 Contested Possessions
32
K. Briggs16 Contested Possessions
Scoring Plays
| fourth Quarter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Team | Play | Score |
| 29:19 |  | C. Brown Behind | 73 - 78 |
| 27:06 |  | J. Ugle-Hagan Behind | 73 - 77 |
| 25:49 | | B. Dale Goal | 72 - 77 |
| 23:52 | | B. Daniels Goal | 66 - 77 |
| 21:54 | | T. Greene Goal | 66 - 71 |
| 21:13 | | C. Ward Behind | 66 - 65 |
| 13:27 | | J. Riccardi Goal | 66 - 64 |
| 12:01 | | C. Weightman Behind | 66 - 58 |
| 11:17 | | Rushed | 65 - 58 |
| 10:31 | | Rushed | 64 - 58 |
| 1:32 | | J. Riccardi Behind | 64 - 57 |
| third Quarter | |||
| Time | Team | Play | Score |
| 33:11 | | T. Greene Goal | 64 - 56 |
| 30:36 | | J. Riccardi Goal | 64 - 50 |
| 27:32 | | A. Treloar Goal | 64 - 44 |
| 25:19 | | T. Greene Goal | 58 - 44 |
| 24:01 | | J. Kelly Goal | 58 - 38 |
| 23:27 | | Rushed | 58 - 32 |
| 21:51 | | C. Weightman Goal | 58 - 31 |
| 20:03 | | T. Greene Goal | 52 - 31 |
| 17:30 | | T. Greene Behind | 52 - 25 |
| 15:52 | | Rushed | 52 - 24 |
| 12:40 | | T. Greene Goal | 52 - 23 |
| 8:21 | | A. Naughton Goal | 52 - 17 |
| second Quarter | |||
| Time | Team | Play | Score |
| 31:14 | | A. Treloar Goal | 46 - 17 |
| 29:28 | | A. Naughton Behind | 40 - 17 |
| 26:44 | | A. Scott Behind | 39 - 17 |
| 24:38 | | R. West Goal | 38 - 17 |
| 23:35 | | R. West Behind | 32 - 17 |
| 22:04 | | A. Scott Behind | 31 - 17 |
| 20:43 | | Rushed | 30 - 17 |
| 16:00 | | J. Riccardi Goal | 30 - 16 |
| 12:24 | | T. English Goal | 30 - 10 |
| 5:54 | | B. Daniels Behind | 24 - 10 |
| 2:30 | | L. Vandermeer Behind | 24 - 9 |
| first Quarter | |||
| Time | Team | Play | Score |
| 27:45 | | R. Lobb Behind | 23 - 9 |
| 26:10 | | C. Brown Goal | 22 - 9 |
| 24:15 | | L. Vandermeer Behind | 22 - 3 |
| 20:53 | | T. English Goal | 21 - 3 |
| 19:05 | | R. Lobb Behind | 15 - 3 |
| 16:32 | | J. Johannisen Goal | 14 - 3 |
| 11:30 | | Rushed | 8 - 3 |
| 10:19 | | B. Smith Goal | 7 - 3 |
| 6:46 | | C. Weightman Behind | 1 - 3 |
| 4:42 | | T. Bedford Behind | 0 - 3 |
| 1:41 | | S. Coniglio Behind | 0 - 2 |
| 0:57 | | T. Greene Behind | 0 - 1 |
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2026 AFL Standings
| POS | Team | Pts. | % | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 SYD
|
4 | 191.3 | W |
| 2 |
 SUNS
|
4 | 181.2 | W |
| 3 |
 GWS
|
4 | 128.4 | W |
| 4 |
 COLL
|
4 | 118.2 | W |
| 5 |
 WB
|
4 | 104.7 | W |
| 6 |
 BL
|
0 | 95.5 | L |
| 7 |
 STK
|
0 | 84.6 | L |
| 8 |
 HAW
|
0 | 77.9 | L |
| 9 |
 GEEL
|
0 | 55.2 | L |
| 10 |
 CARL
|
0 | 52.3 | L |
| 11 |
 FRE
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 12 |
 MELB
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 13 |
 WCE
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 14 |
 NMFC
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 15 |
 PORT
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 16 |
 RICH
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 17 |
 ADEL
|
0 | 0.0 | |
| 18 |
 ESS
|
0 | 0.0 |