	1	2	3	4	T
GWS	45	32	21	8	106
RICH	14	13	13	27	67

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:50		M. Rioli Goal	106 - 67
25:45		J. Riewoldt Goal	106 - 61
22:33		I. Cumming Behind	106 - 55
21:13		S. Bolton Behind	105 - 55
20:07		S. Bolton Goal	105 - 54
18:59		D. Prestia Behind	105 - 48
12:07		S. Mumford Goal	105 - 47
10:05		C. Coleman-Jones Goal	99 - 47
8:43		T. Lynch Behind	99 - 41
1:36		H. Perryman Behind	99 - 40
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:51		S. Bolton Behind	98 - 40
22:22		C. Ward Goal	98 - 39
18:13		X. O'Halloran Behind	92 - 39
13:44		J. Kelly Behind	91 - 39
11:10		S. Bolton Goal	90 - 39
9:22		M. de Boer Goal	90 - 33
7:48		H. Perryman Goal	84 - 33
3:41		T. Lynch Goal	78 - 33
0:27		T. Taranto Behind	78 - 27
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:17		L. Baker Goal	77 - 27
20:51		J. Hopper Behind	77 - 21
17:40		T. Taranto Goal	76 - 21
14:48		J. Hopper Goal	70 - 21
13:03		H. Himmelberg Goal	64 - 21
11:47		T. Lynch Behind	58 - 21
9:08		T. Taranto Behind	58 - 20
7:28		T. Taranto Goal	57 - 20
6:16		D. Lloyd Goal	51 - 20
4:22		S. Edwards Goal	45 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:04		H. Himmelberg Goal	45 - 14
29:26		M. de Boer Goal	39 - 14
25:41		T. Taranto Goal	33 - 14
24:02		Z. Sproule Behind	27 - 14
22:45		T. Bruhn Behind	26 - 14
21:27		T. Lynch Goal	25 - 14
19:37		C. Coleman-Jones Behind	25 - 8
17:32		D. Lloyd Goal	25 - 7
15:36		H. Perryman Behind	19 - 7
13:07		T. Taranto Goal	18 - 7
12:08		J. Graham Behind	12 - 7
8:10		H. Himmelberg Goal	12 - 6
6:32		L. Baker Goal	6 - 6
2:05		J. Hogan 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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