	1	2	3	4	T
RICH	21	2	8	3	34
SYD	9	6	2	9	26

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:00		C. Mills Behind	34 - 26
20:43		Rushed	34 - 25
19:33		S. Bolton Behind	33 - 25
16:48		N. Blakey Behind	32 - 25
15:28		T. Papley Goal	32 - 24
11:02		J. Dawson Behind	32 - 18
1:24		T. Lynch Behind	32 - 17
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
18:24		N. Blakey Behind	31 - 17
8:30		T. Lynch Goal	31 - 16
5:34		J. Castagna Behind	25 - 16
4:18		Rushed	24 - 16
0:57		N. Blakey Behind	23 - 16
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:06		J. Caddy Behind	23 - 15
15:14		J. Riewoldt Behind	22 - 15
2:35		T. Papley Goal	21 - 15
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:16		J. Dawson Behind	21 - 9
21:00		D. Stephens Behind	21 - 8
18:54		J. Riewoldt Behind	21 - 7
16:10		M. Chol Behind	20 - 7
14:10		J. Rowbottom Goal	19 - 7
10:09		S. Bolton Goal	19 - 1
8:46		D. Martin Goal	13 - 1
4:52		T. Papley Behind	7 - 1
3:27		I. Soldo Behind	7 - 0
1:04		J. Riewoldt 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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