	1	2	3	4	T
COLL	5	21	20	36	82
MELB	19	15	14	8	56

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:31		J. Elliott Goal	82 - 56
26:02		J. Crisp Goal	76 - 56
24:53		B. Brown Behind	70 - 56
22:36		B. Mihocek Goal	70 - 55
21:02		Rushed	64 - 55
19:05		O. Henry Goal	64 - 54
14:03		L. Jackson Goal	58 - 54
9:35		J. Elliott Goal	58 - 48
6:37		B. Mihocek Goal	52 - 48
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:36		Rushed	46 - 48
23:05		B. Brown Behind	45 - 48
20:36		J. Elliott Goal	45 - 47
11:47		M. Cox Goal	39 - 47
10:35		B. McCreery Goal	33 - 47
8:09		K. Pickett Goal	27 - 47
5:30		Rushed	27 - 41
2:53		P. Lipinski Behind	27 - 40
1:01		J. Viney Goal	26 - 40
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:48		B. Mihocek Goal	26 - 34
25:40		M. Cox Behind	20 - 34
23:02		M. Cox Behind	19 - 34
21:49		L. Jackson Behind	18 - 34
20:02		B. Mihocek Goal	18 - 33
17:23		J. Elliott Behind	12 - 33
9:48		B. Brown Goal	11 - 33
8:52		Rushed	11 - 27
7:44		C. Oliver Goal	11 - 26
3:38		A. Neal-Bullen Behind	11 - 20
2:05		J. Ginnivan Goal	11 - 19
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:00		Rushed	5 - 19
27:01		J. Ginnivan Behind	5 - 18
23:53		J. Jordon Goal	4 - 18
21:16		B. McCreery Behind	4 - 12
19:37		B. Brown Goal	3 - 12
17:24		J. De Goey Behind	3 - 6
10:40		B. Fritsch Goal	2 - 6
8:41		J. Ginnivan Behind	2 - 0
0:30		Rushed	1 - 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