	1	2	3	4	T
STK	18	20	27	42	107
FRE	10	13	9	17	49

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:46		Rushed	107 - 49
32:04		J. Bytel Goal	107 - 48
30:36		J. Treacy Goal	101 - 48
27:44		L. Henry Behind	101 - 42
25:46		B. Banfield Goal	101 - 41
24:22		R. Marshall Goal	101 - 35
23:09		A. Brayshaw Behind	95 - 35
22:25		M. Taberner Behind	95 - 34
16:02		Rushed	95 - 33
12:06		T. Membrey Goal	95 - 32
9:08		R. Marshall Goal	89 - 32
6:15		D. Butler Goal	83 - 32
3:48		D. Kent Goal	77 - 32
2:26		C. Sharman Goal	71 - 32
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:33		T. Colyer Behind	65 - 32
27:49		T. Membrey Goal	65 - 31
23:22		C. Sharman Goal	59 - 31
18:26		C. Sharman Behind	53 - 31
9:55		L. Henry Goal	52 - 31
9:08		R. Marshall Behind	52 - 25
7:35		T. Membrey Behind	51 - 25
5:32		T. Membrey Goal	50 - 25
4:23		B. Walker Behind	44 - 25
2:33		T. Colyer Behind	44 - 24
1:02		J. Higgins Goal	44 - 23
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:21		M. Taberner Goal	38 - 23
23:59		T. Membrey Behind	38 - 17
21:38		J. Bytel Goal	37 - 17
18:42		L. Meek Behind	31 - 17
15:16		J. Steele Behind	31 - 16
10:50		D. Kent Goal	30 - 16
8:46		S. Switkowski Goal	24 - 16
7:32		C. Sharman Goal	24 - 10
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
18:36		M. Crowden Behind	18 - 10
18:20		C. Serong Behind	18 - 9
15:45		C. Sharman Goal	18 - 8
14:21		Rushed	12 - 8
12:53		M. Crowden Goal	12 - 7
10:41		D. Butler Goal	12 - 1
9:41		Rushed	6 - 1
6:11		J. Higgins 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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