	1	2	3	4	T
FRE	31	22	28	21	102
NMFC	2	13	2	7	24

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:37		L. Schultz Goal	102 - 24
23:46		C. Zurhaar Goal	96 - 24
17:35		D. Mundy Goal	96 - 18
16:24		Rushed	90 - 18
9:18		H. Young Goal	90 - 17
8:16		M. Walters Behind	84 - 17
6:38		Rushed	83 - 17
1:24		B. Banfield Behind	82 - 17
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:42		J. Ziebell Behind	81 - 17
29:00		J. Amiss Goal	81 - 16
25:41		Rushed	75 - 16
24:17		J. Clark Goal	74 - 16
22:22		S. Switkowski Goal	68 - 16
19:54		B. Banfield Behind	62 - 16
16:25		P. Curtis Behind	61 - 16
10:43		N. O'Driscoll Goal	61 - 15
7:47		B. Banfield Behind	55 - 15
4:05		L. Schultz Behind	54 - 15
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:02		M. Walters Goal	53 - 15
29:55		N. O'Driscoll Behind	47 - 15
26:12		M. Walters Goal	46 - 15
23:07		Rushed	40 - 15
18:31		B. Cox Goal	40 - 14
15:04		J. Treacy Behind	34 - 14
12:28		C. Coleman-Jones Goal	33 - 14
7:50		J. Clark Behind	33 - 8
3:04		C. Zurhaar Goal	32 - 8
1:35		L. Henry Behind	32 - 2
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:02		B. Banfield Goal	31 - 2
18:20		B. Banfield Goal	25 - 2
14:29		Rushed	19 - 2
11:14		J. Walker Behind	18 - 2
8:07		S. Darcy Goal	18 - 1
5:56		J. Amiss Goal	12 - 1
4:17		C. Zurhaar Behind	6 - 1
2:32		S. Switkowski 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

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