	1	2	3	4	T
GEEL	41	21	39	32	133
SYD	6	20	1	25	52

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:15		T. Papley Goal	133 - 52
26:04		J. Cameron Goal	133 - 46
24:21		J. Selwood Goal	127 - 46
21:12		C. Warner Goal	121 - 46
19:59		S. De Koning Goal	121 - 40
16:22		P. McCartin Goal	115 - 40
15:01		B. Parfitt Goal	115 - 34
12:56		T. Papley Behind	109 - 34
12:20		T. Stengle Behind	109 - 33
11:24		T. Hawkins Behind	108 - 33
7:19		J. Cameron Goal	107 - 33
6:00		C. Warner Goal	101 - 33
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:02		I. Smith Behind	101 - 27
24:13		C. Guthrie Behind	100 - 27
20:54		T. Stengle Goal	99 - 27
17:43		T. Stengle Goal	93 - 27
17:22		T. Hawkins Behind	87 - 27
11:53		C. Guthrie Goal	86 - 27
9:08		Rushed	80 - 27
5:25		I. Smith Goal	80 - 26
3:42		B. Close Goal	74 - 26
1:40		M. Duncan Goal	68 - 26
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:04		I. Heeney Goal	62 - 26
24:55		T. Papley Behind	62 - 20
23:02		T. Hawkins Behind	62 - 19
20:53		T. Stengle Goal	61 - 19
19:07		C. Mills Goal	55 - 19
16:11		T. Hawkins Goal	55 - 13
9:03		H. McLean Goal	49 - 13
6:58		Rushed	49 - 7
6:04		G. Rohan Behind	48 - 7
4:29		T. Stengle Goal	47 - 7
0:27		L. Franklin Behind	41 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:04		Rushed	41 - 6
29:38		Z. Guthrie Behind	40 - 6
28:22		J. Cameron Behind	39 - 6
26:49		B. Close Goal	38 - 6
25:46		G. Miers Behind	32 - 6
21:38		I. Smith Goal	31 - 6
19:22		I. Smith Goal	25 - 6
18:09		M. Blicavs Goal	19 - 6
16:25		W. Hayward Goal	13 - 6
14:43		T. Hawkins Goal	13 - 0
9:10		T. Hawkins Goal	7 - 0
1:05		T. Hawkins Behind	1 - 0

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	8	182.9	WW
2	SUNS	8	181.6	WW
3	WB	8	154.1	WW
4	NMFC	4	168.7	W
5	ADEL	4	117.7	W
6	HAW	4	117.1	LW
7	MELB	4	112.1	W
8	COLL	4	98.7	WL
9	GEEL	4	79.6	LW
10	GWS	4	76.4	WL
11	CARL	4	70.9	LW
12	RICH	0	94.7	L
13	FRE	0	90.9	L
14	STK	0	87.4	LL
15	BL	0	77.2	LL
16	PORT	0	59.3	L
17	ESS	0	57.2	L
18	WCE	0	55.0	L

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