12.13

85

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	16	28	19	22	85
GEEL	7	14	30	9	60

9.6

60

Geelong CatsGEEL

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:31		B. Fritsch Behind	85 - 60
25:45		G. Miers Behind	84 - 60
25:10		K. Pickett Behind	84 - 59
22:56		J. Selwood Behind	83 - 59
20:14		J. Melksham Goal	83 - 58
19:19		R. Stanley Behind	77 - 58
16:42		T. Hawkins Goal	77 - 57
9:52		J. Melksham Behind	77 - 51
9:13		C. Spargo Behind	76 - 51
4:57		B. Fritsch Goal	75 - 51
1:46		E. Langdon Goal	69 - 51
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:22		I. Smith Goal	63 - 51
28:18		M. Gawn Goal	63 - 45
27:00		I. Smith Goal	57 - 45
19:15		J. Henry Goal	57 - 39
16:05		T. Hawkins Goal	57 - 33
8:58		Rushed	57 - 27
7:01		A. Neal-Bullen Goal	56 - 27
4:23		R. Stanley Goal	50 - 27
2:33		K. Pickett Goal	50 - 21
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:00		C. Petracca Goal	44 - 21
27:17		J. Henry Goal	38 - 21
23:39		B. Fritsch Goal	38 - 15
22:24		B. Fritsch Goal	32 - 15
19:13		J. Clark Goal	26 - 15
17:37		K. Pickett Behind	26 - 9
16:08		T. Hawkins Behind	25 - 9
14:51		B. Close Behind	25 - 8
12:11		C. Petracca Behind	25 - 7
6:06		C. Spargo Behind	24 - 7
2:44		B. Fritsch Goal	23 - 7
1:24		C. Spargo Behind	17 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:06		T. Hawkins Behind	16 - 7
21:52		J. Viney Behind	16 - 6
13:58		N. Jones Goal	15 - 6
10:25		G. Miers Goal	9 - 6
9:18		Rushed	9 - 0
7:33		J. Viney Behind	8 - 0
3:45		C. Petracca Goal	7 - 0
3:11		Rushed	1 - 0

Game Information

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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