	1	2	3	4	T
SUNS	10	49	20	30	109
NMFC	27	0	18	2	47

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:35		C. Graham Goal	109 - 47
29:19		I. Rankine Behind	103 - 47
27:05		Rushed	102 - 47
26:10		J. Jeffrey Behind	101 - 47
24:51		B. Ainsworth Behind	100 - 47
23:27		W. Powell Behind	99 - 47
20:35		A. Davies Goal	98 - 47
19:18		B. Ainsworth Goal	92 - 47
16:15		I. Rankine Goal	86 - 47
11:31		B. Ainsworth Behind	80 - 47
7:05		Rushed	79 - 47
6:05		L. Davies-Uniacke Behind	79 - 46
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:51		J. Anderson Goal	79 - 45
23:37		D. Swallow Behind	79 - 39
17:56		S. Day Goal	78 - 39
16:13		J. Horne-Francis Goal	72 - 39
13:15		Rushed	72 - 33
7:17		N. Larkey Goal	71 - 33
5:11		N. Holman Goal	71 - 27
3:51		J. Jeffrey Goal	65 - 27
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:07		D. Swallow Goal	59 - 27
28:01		W. Powell Behind	53 - 27
25:32		S. Day Goal	52 - 27
24:18		M. Rosas Goal	46 - 27
20:27		M. Chol Goal	40 - 27
17:24		I. Rankine Behind	34 - 27
15:46		T. Miller Behind	33 - 27
14:03		W. Powell Goal	32 - 27
13:19		Rushed	26 - 27
9:14		Rushed	25 - 27
7:05		I. Rankine Goal	24 - 27
5:06		B. Ellis Behind	18 - 27
2:33		B. Ellis Goal	17 - 27
0:19		S. Day Behind	11 - 27
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:41		J. Simpkin Goal	10 - 27
28:22		Rushed	10 - 21
26:31		L. Davies-Uniacke Goal	10 - 20
25:49		J. Jeffrey Behind	10 - 14
22:00		Rushed	9 - 14
18:45		Rushed	8 - 14
17:42		J. Ziebell Goal	8 - 13
16:30		M. Rowell Goal	8 - 7
14:29		T. Goldstein Goal	2 - 7
9:51		I. Rankine Behind	2 - 1
9:01		M. Chol Behind	1 - 1
1:00		Rushed	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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