11.11

77

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
RICH	27	14	20	16	77
NMFC	0	15	3	5	23

2.11

23

North MelbourneNMFC

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:43		J. Riewoldt Behind	77 - 23
18:38		J. Aarts Goal	76 - 23
18:05		T. Lynch Behind	70 - 23
15:34		J. Walker Behind	69 - 23
14:15		Rushed	69 - 22
13:02		Rushed	68 - 22
11:55		B. Brown Behind	68 - 21
8:40		J. Mahony Behind	68 - 20
6:24		J. Simpkin Behind	68 - 19
4:46		J. Aarts Goal	68 - 18
4:17		J. Aarts Behind	62 - 18
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:45		M. Chol Goal	61 - 18
23:12		B. Brown Behind	55 - 18
21:40		Rushed	55 - 17
14:52		D. Rioli Goal	55 - 16
14:16		J. Short Behind	49 - 16
9:59		D. Martin Goal	48 - 16
3:21		J. Castagna Behind	42 - 16
2:46		Rushed	41 - 16
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:06		J. Walker Goal	41 - 15
18:43		T. Dumont Goal	41 - 9
16:47		B. Brown Behind	41 - 3
14:42		T. Lynch Goal	41 - 2
13:01		J. Walker Behind	35 - 2
11:04		J. Castagna Goal	35 - 1
9:19		J. Short Behind	29 - 1
6:38		J. Aarts Behind	28 - 1
0:50		Rushed	27 - 1
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:08		J. Riewoldt Goal	27 - 0
18:47		Rushed	21 - 0
17:22		M. Chol Goal	20 - 0
11:33		D. Martin Goal	14 - 0
6:52		M. Pickett Goal	8 - 0
4:05		S. Bolton Behind	2 - 0
1:26		J. Aarts Behind	1 - 0

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	8	182.9	WW
2	SUNS	8	181.6	WW
3	WB	8	154.1	WW
4	NMFC	4	168.7	W
5	ADEL	4	117.7	W
6	HAW	4	117.1	LW
7	MELB	4	112.1	W
8	COLL	4	98.7	WL
9	GEEL	4	79.6	LW
10	GWS	4	76.4	WL
11	CARL	4	70.9	LW
12	RICH	0	94.7	L
13	FRE	0	90.9	L
14	STK	0	87.4	LL
15	BL	0	77.2	LL
16	PORT	0	59.3	L
17	ESS	0	57.2	L
18	WCE	0	55.0	L