	1	2	3	4	T
PORT	13	15	14	2	44
STK	7	24	12	30	73

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:40		M. King Goal	44 - 73
16:26		T. Membrey Goal	44 - 67
12:00		P. Ryder Goal	44 - 61
9:35		D. Butler Goal	44 - 55
7:32		Rushed	44 - 49
6:13		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	43 - 49
4:06		J. Gresham Goal	42 - 49
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
18:50		X. Duursma Goal	42 - 43
16:20		R. Marshall Goal	36 - 43
14:06		D. Kent Goal	36 - 37
6:36		O. Wines Behind	36 - 31
5:05		K. Farrell Behind	35 - 31
0:49		C. Dixon Goal	34 - 31
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:41		B. Ebert Behind	28 - 31
23:29		N. Hind Goal	27 - 31
21:09		T. Membrey Goal	27 - 25
18:36		T. Marshall Goal	27 - 19
16:14		P. Ryder Goal	21 - 19
13:24		M. Georgiades Goal	21 - 13
12:18		B. Ebert Behind	15 - 13
7:38		D. Butler Goal	14 - 13
6:28		D. Houston Behind	14 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:36		R. Gray Goal	13 - 7
19:35		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	7 - 7
18:49		D. Butler Behind	6 - 7
9:08		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	6 - 6
2:17		R. Marshall Goal	0 - 6

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

AFL Round 1: Team news, fixtures, games, tips, odds -- everything you need to know

Joly: Carlton showed the same 'issues' in Sydney loss

Voss keen to move past Carlton's off-field woes

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