	1	2	3	4	T
SYD	1	8	11	19	39
WB	20	19	7	21	67

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:53		T. English Goal	39 - 67
18:25		T. Papley Goal	39 - 61
16:24		H. McLean Behind	33 - 61
15:21		L. Vandermeer Behind	32 - 61
11:12		J. Macrae Goal	32 - 60
9:38		E. Richards Behind	32 - 54
7:25		Rushed	32 - 53
5:12		Josh P. Kennedy Goal	32 - 52
2:34		T. Papley Goal	26 - 52
0:48		R. West Goal	20 - 52
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
17:49		N. Blakey Behind	20 - 46
16:55		J. Bruce Behind	19 - 46
14:53		T. Papley Goal	19 - 45
10:19		I. Heeney Behind	13 - 45
7:41		T. Papley Behind	12 - 45
5:57		C. Sinclair Behind	11 - 45
5:10		T. Papley Behind	10 - 45
1:53		J. Bruce Goal	9 - 45
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
19:43		M. Bontempelli Goal	9 - 39
16:21		M. Bontempelli Goal	9 - 33
10:45		L. Vandermeer Goal	9 - 27
7:00		Rushed	9 - 21
6:06		I. Heeney Behind	8 - 21
2:48		T. Papley Goal	7 - 21
1:10		S. Lloyd Behind	1 - 21
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:18		S. Lloyd Goal	1 - 20
15:57		A. Naughton Goal	1 - 14
12:30		L. Taylor Behind	1 - 8
10:07		B. Dale Goal	0 - 8
8:37		P. Lipinski Behind	0 - 2
1:47		M. Bontempelli Behind	0 - 1

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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