	1	2	3	4	T
COLL	26	7	25	2	60
MELB	6	10	17	20	53

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:54		B. Fritsch Goal	60 - 53
11:01		T. McDonald Behind	60 - 47
9:37		Rushed	60 - 46
7:50		B. Hill Behind	60 - 45
7:08		B. McCreery Behind	59 - 45
5:10		J. Smith Goal	58 - 45
2:51		T. McDonald Goal	58 - 39
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:25		C. Petracca Behind	58 - 33
27:51		E. Langdon Behind	58 - 32
27:01		Rushed	58 - 31
24:18		K. Pickett Behind	57 - 31
22:27		J. De Goey Goal	57 - 30
21:18		A. Neal-Bullen Goal	51 - 30
19:38		D. McStay Goal	51 - 24
17:44		T. Sparrow Goal	45 - 24
13:30		D. McStay Goal	45 - 18
10:50		B. Hill Goal	39 - 18
6:48		B. Fritsch Behind	33 - 18
0:49		Rushed	33 - 17
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:45		Rushed	33 - 16
23:43		K. Pickett Behind	33 - 15
15:09		K. Pickett Goal	33 - 14
14:11		B. Fritsch Behind	33 - 8
10:38		K. Pickett Behind	33 - 7
6:54		B. Mihocek Goal	33 - 6
3:34		B. Mihocek Behind	27 - 6
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:57		D. Cameron Goal	26 - 6
29:23		J. Crisp Goal	20 - 6
22:44		J. Elliott Behind	14 - 6
14:34		J. Elliott Behind	13 - 6
7:02		B. Fritsch Goal	12 - 6
5:18		B. Hill Goal	12 - 0
4:08		B. Hill 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

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