	1	2	3	4	T
ADEL	27	14	15	1	57
GWS	22	2	15	32	71

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:12		D. Lloyd Goal	57 - 71
24:03		I. Rankine Behind	57 - 65
21:47		J. Fahey Goal	56 - 65
14:19		H. Himmelberg Goal	56 - 59
9:29		J. Kelly Goal	56 - 53
8:50		J. Riccardi Behind	56 - 47
4:28		T. Greene Goal	56 - 46
0:17		J. Riccardi Behind	56 - 40
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:54		J. Dawson Behind	56 - 39
27:07		J. Hogan Behind	55 - 39
22:39		L. Murphy Behind	55 - 38
17:01		C. Jones Goal	54 - 38
14:08		S. McAdam Goal	48 - 38
12:46		J. Rachele Behind	42 - 38
11:18		A. Cadman Goal	41 - 38
8:13		T. Greene Goal	41 - 32
3:29		T. Bedford Behind	41 - 26
0:46		Rushed	41 - 25
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:36		Rushed	41 - 24
14:36		T. Walker Behind	41 - 23
12:48		B. Keays Goal	40 - 23
9:39		J. Dawson Behind	34 - 23
3:46		T. Bedford Behind	33 - 23
1:19		T. Walker Goal	33 - 22
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:19		R. Thilthorpe Goal	27 - 22
29:29		Rushed	21 - 22
27:53		J. Rachele Goal	21 - 21
27:33		D. Fogarty Behind	15 - 21
25:32		D. Fogarty Behind	14 - 21
23:39		J. Hogan Behind	13 - 21
22:19		C. Ward Behind	13 - 20
19:47		T. Greene Goal	13 - 19
14:52		C. Brown Goal	13 - 13
12:02		T. Walker Goal	13 - 7
9:34		Rushed	7 - 7
7:06		J. Hogan Goal	7 - 6
3:06		T. Walker Behind	7 - 0
0:47		R. Laird 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