	1	2	3	4	T
CARL	30	20	20	7	77
MELB	0	19	29	28	76

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:02		M. Gawn Goal	77 - 76
27:00		C. Petracca Goal	77 - 70
25:04		C. Windsor Goal	77 - 64
21:11		Rushed	77 - 58
19:26		J. McVee Behind	77 - 57
18:40		Rushed	77 - 56
15:17		J. van Rooyen Goal	76 - 56
4:42		H. Petty Behind	76 - 50
3:32		Rushed	76 - 49
0:37		G. Hewett Goal	76 - 48
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:32		C. Petracca Goal	70 - 48
29:11		Rushed	70 - 42
27:55		B. Fritsch Goal	70 - 41
22:15		K. Chandler Behind	70 - 35
20:54		K. Pickett Behind	70 - 34
16:43		C. Curnow Goal	70 - 33
15:28		C. Petracca Goal	64 - 33
13:19		S. Walsh Behind	64 - 27
11:41		Rushed	63 - 27
9:53		B. Fritsch Behind	63 - 26
7:38		Rushed	63 - 25
7:38		Rushed	63 - 25
3:58		M. Owies Goal	62 - 25
2:01		K. Pickett Goal	56 - 25
0:24		C. Curnow Goal	56 - 19
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:28		D. Turner Goal	50 - 19
24:21		M. Owies Goal	50 - 13
22:39		P. Cripps Goal	44 - 13
20:28		C. Curnow Behind	38 - 13
18:56		Rushed	37 - 13
14:06		C. Petracca Goal	36 - 13
12:27		C. Petracca Behind	36 - 7
10:02		C. Petracca Goal	36 - 6
8:16		M. Owies Goal	36 - 0
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:47		T. De Koning Goal	30 - 0
20:17		H. McKay Goal	24 - 0
11:22		J. Martin Goal	18 - 0
9:20		M. Pittonet Goal	12 - 0
5:44		S. Walsh 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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