	1	2	3	4	T
GWS	9	19	26	12	66
COLL	14	14	25	11	64

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:46		M. Cox Goal	66 - 64
18:34		J. Cameron Goal	66 - 58
14:40		W. Hoskin-Elliott Behind	60 - 58
14:01		Rushed	60 - 57
8:23		C. Mayne Behind	60 - 56
5:47		J. Kelly Goal	60 - 55
4:19		S. Pendlebury Behind	54 - 55
0:30		J. Stephenson Behind	54 - 54
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:24		T. Phillips Goal	54 - 53
24:19		B. Mihocek Behind	54 - 47
23:03		J. Cameron Behind	54 - 46
21:28		B. Mihocek Goal	53 - 46
19:52		T. Phillips Goal	53 - 40
17:02		C. Ward Goal	53 - 34
15:50		J. Finlayson Behind	47 - 34
14:05		B. Mihocek Goal	46 - 34
11:41		H. Perryman Goal	46 - 28
8:55		T. Green Goal	40 - 28
5:07		T. Greene Goal	34 - 28
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:01		J. Crisp Goal	28 - 28
19:17		T. Greene Goal	28 - 22
16:14		J. Daicos Goal	22 - 22
12:26		T. Greene Goal	22 - 16
9:32		W. Hoskin-Elliott Behind	16 - 16
8:51		J. De Goey Behind	16 - 15
7:33		Rushed	16 - 14
5:25		J. Finlayson Goal	15 - 14
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:08		J. Stephenson Goal	9 - 14
19:48		J. Stephenson Goal	9 - 8
18:12		S. Coniglio Behind	9 - 2
15:09		J. Cameron Goal	8 - 2
8:06		J. Stephenson Behind	2 - 2
6:24		L. Whitfield Behind	2 - 1
2:49		Rushed	1 - 1
0:46		Rushed	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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