	1	2	3	4	T
SYD	3	33	31	45	112
GEEL	32	9	15	26	82

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:04		T. Papley Goal	112 - 82
30:25		E. Gulden Goal	106 - 82
28:54		J. Bowes Behind	100 - 82
27:05		C. Warner Goal	100 - 81
23:32		L. McDonald Behind	94 - 81
22:22		M. Duncan Behind	93 - 81
21:22		J. Rowbottom Behind	93 - 80
18:58		J. Bowes Goal	92 - 80
16:38		I. Heeney Behind	92 - 74
14:06		M. Holmes Goal	91 - 74
12:27		J. Cameron Goal	91 - 68
10:46		T. Papley Goal	91 - 62
10:46		T. Papley Goal	91 - 62
7:14		J. McInerney Goal	85 - 62
5:13		J. Cameron Goal	79 - 62
3:36		J. Jordon Goal	79 - 56
1:21		J. Lloyd Goal	73 - 56
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:15		J. McInerney Behind	67 - 56
28:49		T. Papley Goal	66 - 56
27:51		Rushed	60 - 56
26:36		T. Papley Goal	59 - 56
25:05		Rushed	53 - 56
21:09		Rushed	52 - 56
19:35		M. Holmes Behind	52 - 55
18:16		G. Miers Behind	52 - 54
15:52		J. Amartey Goal	52 - 53
14:26		B. Close Goal	46 - 53
11:40		Rushed	46 - 47
9:51		J. Jordon Behind	45 - 47
9:13		Rushed	44 - 47
5:48		J. Amartey Goal	43 - 47
4:25		I. Heeney Behind	37 - 47
0:53		T. Stengle Goal	36 - 47
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:07		T. Papley Behind	36 - 41
23:49		I. Heeney Goal	35 - 41
22:32		I. Heeney Goal	29 - 41
20:19		C. Warner Goal	23 - 41
18:36		Rushed	17 - 41
16:32		W. Hayward Goal	17 - 40
14:19		J. Amartey Goal	11 - 40
11:56		S. Neale Goal	5 - 40
9:51		J. Amartey Behind	5 - 34
8:37		Rushed	4 - 34
7:30		T. Hawkins Behind	4 - 33
0:54		J. Jordon Behind	4 - 32
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:43		T. Stengle Goal	3 - 32
17:49		T. Stengle Behind	3 - 26
14:21		J. Amartey Behind	3 - 25
12:48		T. Stengle Goal	2 - 25
11:13		T. Hawkins Goal	2 - 19
7:31		Rushed	2 - 13
5:56		J. Bowes Goal	1 - 13
4:42		G. Miers Goal	1 - 7
3:27		E. Gulden Behind	1 - 1
1:06		T. Hawkins 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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