	1	2	3	4	T
ADEL	9	18	14	32	73
SYD	27	32	14	1	74

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:47		B. Keays Behind	73 - 74
27:59		J. Rachele Goal	72 - 74
26:02		J. Rachele Behind	66 - 74
26:02		J. Rachele Behind	66 - 74
19:30		Rushed	65 - 74
18:06		J. Dawson Behind	64 - 74
15:29		Rushed	63 - 74
14:47		I. Heeney Behind	62 - 74
12:06		D. Fogarty Behind	62 - 73
10:10		Rushed	61 - 73
6:48		Rushed	60 - 73
3:45		T. Walker Goal	59 - 73
1:53		W. Milera Goal	53 - 73
0:28		L. Murphy Goal	47 - 73
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:00		L. McDonald Goal	41 - 73
20:05		J. Rachele Goal	41 - 67
19:10		T. Walker Behind	35 - 67
17:53		E. Gulden Behind	34 - 67
15:24		C. Warner Behind	34 - 66
13:40		J. Rachele Behind	34 - 65
12:08		I. Heeney Goal	33 - 65
8:48		I. Rankine Goal	33 - 59
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:31		S. McAdam Goal	27 - 59
29:19		T. Walker Goal	21 - 59
27:35		H. McLean Goal	15 - 59
26:02		T. Papley Behind	15 - 53
23:10		A. Francis Goal	15 - 52
14:59		L. McDonald Behind	15 - 46
11:32		T. Papley Goal	15 - 45
7:00		H. Schoenberg Goal	15 - 39
3:46		I. Heeney Goal	9 - 39
2:02		I. Heeney Goal	9 - 33
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:01		E. Gulden Behind	9 - 27
24:10		B. Campbell Goal	9 - 26
22:47		R. Laird Behind	9 - 20
20:45		W. Hayward Goal	8 - 20
16:52		S. Wicks Goal	8 - 14
14:39		Rushed	8 - 8
13:13		M. Crouch Goal	8 - 7
11:35		R. Thilthorpe Behind	2 - 7
5:52		H. McLean Goal	1 - 7
4:39		J. Dawson Behind	1 - 1
1:56		T. Hickey Behind	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

AFL Round 1: Team news, fixtures, games, tips, odds -- everything you need to know

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