	1	2	3	4	T
GEEL	18	33	12	32	95
RICH	8	2	15	32	57

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
34:00		J. Riewoldt Goal	95 - 57
31:15		K. Lambert Goal	95 - 51
29:01		B. Parfitt Goal	95 - 45
24:34		J. Aarts Goal	89 - 45
20:22		T. Cotchin Goal	89 - 39
18:10		E. Ratugolea Goal	89 - 33
15:43		T. Lynch Behind	83 - 33
13:40		B. Close Goal	83 - 32
12:16		T. Lynch Goal	77 - 32
10:23		Rushed	77 - 26
8:15		E. Ratugolea Goal	77 - 25
4:22		Q. Narkle Goal	71 - 25
2:47		T. Hawkins Behind	65 - 25
0:17		G. Rohan Behind	64 - 25
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:28		E. Ratugolea Goal	63 - 25
25:01		J. Riewoldt Behind	57 - 25
14:10		T. Lynch Behind	57 - 24
9:42		T. Hawkins Goal	57 - 23
8:09		L. Baker Behind	51 - 23
5:37		J. Aarts Goal	51 - 22
1:54		J. Castagna Goal	51 - 16
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:38		Rushed	51 - 10
24:34		T. Hawkins Goal	50 - 10
22:39		G. Rohan Goal	44 - 10
21:51		M. Pickett Behind	38 - 10
19:15		P. Dangerfield Goal	38 - 9
17:17		T. Hawkins Goal	32 - 9
15:47		E. Ratugolea Goal	26 - 9
11:46		L. Dahlhaus Behind	20 - 9
6:32		L. Baker Behind	19 - 9
2:25		T. Hawkins Behind	19 - 8
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:23		R. Stanley Goal	18 - 8
22:41		T. Hawkins Goal	12 - 8
20:54		J. Riewoldt Goal	6 - 8
11:57		S. Bolton Behind	6 - 2
11:06		J. Castagna Behind	6 - 1
5:23		G. Miers 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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