	1	2	3	4	T
FRE	23	14	15	36	88
GWS	13	18	19	4	54

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:37		S. Darcy Goal	88 - 54
26:24		M. Taberner Goal	82 - 54
24:09		B. Hill Behind	76 - 54
22:21		M. Frederick Goal	76 - 53
20:40		T. Taranto Behind	70 - 53
19:20		S. Switkowski Goal	70 - 52
18:14		X. O'Halloran Behind	64 - 52
15:10		A. Brayshaw Goal	64 - 51
11:52		T. Colyer Goal	58 - 51
4:27		C. Ward Behind	52 - 51
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:24		M. de Boer Goal	52 - 50
26:12		L. Schultz Behind	52 - 44
24:51		N. O'Driscoll Behind	51 - 44
24:17		J. Aish Behind	50 - 44
18:24		R. Lobb Goal	49 - 44
14:41		J. Kelly Behind	43 - 44
13:14		T. Colyer Goal	43 - 43
11:36		T. Green Goal	37 - 43
6:42		T. Green Goal	37 - 37
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:49		M. Walters Behind	37 - 31
26:29		L. Schultz Goal	36 - 31
24:12		J. Kelly Goal	30 - 31
22:34		N. O'Driscoll Goal	30 - 25
7:33		H. Himmelberg Goal	24 - 25
4:42		J. Hogan Goal	24 - 19
1:17		S. Switkowski Behind	24 - 13
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:46		M. Walters Behind	23 - 13
23:42		T. Colyer Behind	22 - 13
22:07		N. O'Driscoll Goal	21 - 13
21:26		C. Idun Behind	15 - 13
16:38		M. Taberner Behind	15 - 12
14:02		J. Hogan Goal	14 - 12
11:20		Rushed	14 - 6
9:12		M. Frederick Goal	13 - 6
6:58		B. Acres Goal	7 - 6
5:47		N. O'Driscoll Behind	1 - 6
4:34		H. Himmelberg Goal	0 - 6

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

AFL Round 1: Team news, fixtures, games, tips, odds -- everything you need to know

Joly: Carlton showed the same 'issues' in Sydney loss

Voss keen to move past Carlton's off-field woes

Judging the biggest AFL overreactions: Reaction to Docherty and Gorringe has been over the top

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Expert tips, best tips for Round 1 of the AFL