	1	2	3	4	T
PORT	27	28	9	22	86
GEEL	17	9	3	14	43

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:06		S. Menegola Behind	86 - 43
26:02		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	86 - 42
22:27		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	80 - 42
21:02		T. Boak Behind	74 - 42
16:46		J. Cameron Behind	73 - 42
16:13		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	73 - 41
7:36		T. Hawkins Goal	72 - 41
6:05		R. Gray Behind	72 - 35
4:34		T. Boak Behind	71 - 35
2:13		J. Selwood Goal	70 - 35
0:21		O. Fantasia Goal	70 - 29
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:42		R. Gray Behind	64 - 29
21:44		T. Marshall Behind	63 - 29
20:35		B. Close Behind	62 - 29
17:47		M. Bergman Behind	62 - 28
7:07		B. Parfitt Behind	61 - 28
4:01		O. Fantasia Goal	61 - 27
1:23		L. Dahlhaus Behind	55 - 27
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:07		Z. Butters Goal	55 - 26
26:14		T. Marshall Goal	49 - 26
24:45		I. Smith Behind	43 - 26
23:17		S. Simpson Goal	43 - 25
20:09		Rushed	43 - 19
18:31		O. Fantasia Behind	43 - 18
15:33		J. Cameron Behind	42 - 18
11:09		O. Fantasia Goal	42 - 17
9:06		O. Wines Behind	36 - 17
6:14		S. Motlop Goal	35 - 17
5:32		C. Dixon Behind	29 - 17
2:49		T. Boak Behind	28 - 17
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:00		O. Fantasia Goal	27 - 17
28:22		Rushed	21 - 17
25:28		P. Ladhams Goal	21 - 16
22:54		T. Hawkins Goal	15 - 16
20:36		T. Marshall Behind	15 - 10
18:23		Rushed	14 - 10
16:54		W. Drew Behind	13 - 10
16:04		B. Parfitt Behind	12 - 10
13:57		R. Gray Goal	12 - 9
11:35		J. Cameron Goal	6 - 9
8:25		S. Motlop Goal	6 - 3
4:52		T. Hawkins Behind	0 - 3
2:52		Rushed	0 - 2
1:35		G. Miers Behind	0 - 1

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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