	1	2	3	4	T
FRE	16	15	7	20	58
PORT	15	25	20	14	74

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:17		B. Cox Goal	58 - 74
19:49		D. Byrne-Jones Goal	52 - 74
16:13		M. Frederick Behind	52 - 68
14:35		T. Emmett Goal	51 - 68
13:21		J. Finlayson Behind	45 - 68
11:25		C. Serong Behind	45 - 67
8:36		S. Switkowski Goal	44 - 67
4:34		D. Byrne-Jones Goal	38 - 67
3:07		J. Finlayson Behind	38 - 61
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:01		C. Rozee Behind	38 - 60
23:49		J. Finlayson Goal	38 - 59
16:07		M. Frederick Goal	38 - 53
14:10		J. McEntee Goal	32 - 53
9:42		W. Rioli Goal	32 - 47
7:59		D. Byrne-Jones Behind	32 - 41
1:35		A. Brayshaw Behind	32 - 40
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:08		J. Treacy Behind	31 - 40
28:58		B. Banfield Behind	30 - 40
26:41		T. Emmett Goal	29 - 40
23:56		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	23 - 40
20:42		C. Rozee Behind	23 - 34
19:37		J. Horne-Francis Goal	23 - 33
18:21		S. Switkowski Goal	23 - 27
15:39		Rushed	17 - 27
10:00		J. Finlayson Goal	16 - 27
5:42		O. Lord Goal	16 - 21
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:11		H. Young Behind	16 - 15
22:22		Z. Butters Goal	15 - 15
19:46		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	15 - 9
13:49		D. Houston Behind	15 - 3
12:29		L. Henry Behind	15 - 2
9:58		L. Jackson Goal	14 - 2
8:21		J. Treacy Behind	8 - 2
7:18		J. Finlayson Behind	7 - 2
5:55		M. Frederick Goal	7 - 1
3:35		A. Brayshaw Behind	1 - 1
0:17		W. Drew 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

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