	1	2	3	4	T
RICH	22	12	19	13	66
SUNS	25	41	8	20	94

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:42		B. Uwland Behind	66 - 94
21:11		B. Long Goal	66 - 93
17:43		J. Bauer Behind	66 - 87
14:48		M. Pickett Goal	65 - 87
13:20		D. Rioli Goal	59 - 87
11:18		B. Long Behind	53 - 87
9:05		W. Graham Goal	53 - 86
4:49		C. Ballard Goal	53 - 80
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:43		J. Bauer Goal	53 - 74
19:05		W. Graham Goal	47 - 74
16:21		B. Long Behind	47 - 68
13:56		J. Bauer Goal	47 - 67
10:53		L. Baker Goal	41 - 67
10:23		Rushed	35 - 67
3:23		S. Flanders Behind	34 - 67
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:39		B. Long Goal	34 - 66
23:25		J. Lukosius Goal	34 - 60
21:37		J. Lukosius Behind	34 - 54
20:23		J. Lukosius Goal	34 - 53
14:52		B. Long Goal	34 - 47
13:20		S. Flanders Behind	34 - 41
11:37		M. Andrew Behind	34 - 40
9:55		S. Clohesy Behind	34 - 39
8:33		D. Rioli Goal	34 - 38
7:11		S. Bolton Goal	28 - 38
6:03		W. Graham Behind	22 - 38
4:30		S. Flanders Goal	22 - 37
0:33		M. Andrew Goal	22 - 31
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:36		J. Hopper Behind	22 - 25
27:39		Rushed	21 - 25
24:54		N. Anderson Goal	20 - 25
24:05		Rushed	20 - 19
20:54		M. Rioli Goal	20 - 18
18:18		R. Mansell Goal	14 - 18
11:37		S. Bolton Behind	8 - 18
8:56		M. Rioli Behind	7 - 18
7:35		S. Flanders Goal	6 - 18
5:59		J. Witts Goal	6 - 12
3:44		J. Graham Goal	6 - 6
1:27		B. King Goal	0 - 6

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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