Gold Coast SUNSSUNS

14.14

98

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SUNS	22	38	16	22	98
NMFC	8	8	19	4	39

5.9

39

North MelbourneNMFC

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:30		Rushed	98 - 39
25:17		H. Greenwood Behind	98 - 38
22:47		I. Rankine Goal	97 - 38
14:32		T. Thomas Behind	91 - 38
13:27		L. Davies-Uniacke Behind	91 - 37
12:07		B. Ellis Behind	91 - 36
10:33		I. Rankine Goal	90 - 36
8:02		N. Anderson Behind	84 - 36
6:50		D. Macpherson Behind	83 - 36
5:21		T. Thomas Behind	82 - 36
1:27		B. King Goal	82 - 35
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:24		D. Macpherson Behind	76 - 35
23:53		T. Thomas Goal	75 - 35
20:52		A. Corr Behind	75 - 29
16:49		T. Powell Goal	75 - 28
12:31		I. Rankine Behind	75 - 22
11:02		B. King Goal	74 - 22
7:37		I. Rankine Goal	68 - 22
5:41		N. Larkey Goal	62 - 22
2:26		N. Holman Behind	62 - 16
1:31		B. Ainsworth Behind	61 - 16
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:36		B. Scott Goal	60 - 16
25:46		A. Sexton Goal	60 - 10
23:53		T. Miller Behind	54 - 10
22:52		B. King Behind	53 - 10
19:48		D. Swallow Goal	52 - 10
14:50		B. King Goal	46 - 10
11:43		A. Sexton Goal	40 - 10
6:02		L. Weller Goal	34 - 10
4:47		J. Polec Behind	28 - 10
2:35		S. Day Goal	28 - 9
1:00		Rushed	22 - 9
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:07		A. Sexton Behind	22 - 8
28:57		T. Thomas Behind	21 - 8
27:36		T. Goldstein Goal	21 - 7
26:05		I. Rankine Behind	21 - 1
24:14		B. Ainsworth Behind	20 - 1
20:57		O. Markov Goal	19 - 1
12:20		B. Ainsworth Goal	13 - 1
6:00		J. Stephenson Behind	7 - 1
3:50		Rushed	7 - 0
2:14		J. Lukosius Goal	6 - 0

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	28	165.5	WWWWW
2	FRE	28	133.0	WWWWW
3	HAW	26	121.2	WWWWD
4	BL	20	126.0	WWLWW
5	SUNS	20	116.0	LLWLW
6	GEEL	20	114.6	LWWLW
7	MELB	20	100.2	WLWWL
8	COLL	18	108.6	LLWWD
9	STK	16	114.9	LWLWW
10	NMFC	16	106.1	WLWLL
11	ADEL	16	96.6	LWWLW
12	WB	16	91.5	WLLLL
13	PORT	12	110.9	WLLWL
14	GWS	12	88.2	LWLWL
15	WCE	8	59.3	LLLLL
16	CARL	4	78.1	LLLLL
17	ESS	4	70.2	LWLLL
18	RICH	4	60.0	LLLLW