	1	2	3	4	T
FRE	25	0	7	9	41
PORT	19	34	8	9	70

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:48		B. Matera Behind	41 - 70
23:28		Rushed	40 - 70
17:11		O. Wines Goal	40 - 69
15:57		N. Fyfe Behind	40 - 63
10:59		Rushed	39 - 63
7:32		N. Fyfe Goal	39 - 62
3:22		Rushed	33 - 62
2:07		M. Walters Behind	33 - 61
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:45		B. Ebert Behind	32 - 61
18:14		T. Boak Goal	32 - 60
9:33		Rushed	32 - 54
7:56		M. Walters Goal	31 - 54
3:45		C. Dixon Behind	25 - 54
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:25		B. Ebert Goal	25 - 53
19:13		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	25 - 47
17:43		T. Marshall Goal	25 - 46
15:42		R. Gray Goal	25 - 40
14:44		J. Westhoff Behind	25 - 34
12:14		T. Marshall Behind	25 - 33
9:15		C. Dixon Behind	25 - 32
6:51		C. Dixon Goal	25 - 31
1:18		J. Westhoff Goal	25 - 25
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:31		M. Taberner Goal	25 - 19
23:02		L. Schultz Behind	19 - 19
20:43		J. Westhoff Goal	18 - 19
16:10		B. Matera Goal	18 - 13
14:11		M. Taberner Goal	12 - 13
11:51		C. Dixon Goal	6 - 13
5:40		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	6 - 7
3:11		T. Marshall Behind	6 - 1
1:16		T. Colyer Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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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

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