	1	2	3	4	T
SYD	34	7	17	29	87
GWS	13	22	9	29	73

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:01		J. Hogan Behind	87 - 73
31:15		T. Green Goal	87 - 72
29:32		A. Sheldrick Goal	87 - 66
27:39		J. Stringer Goal	81 - 66
24:06		J. Stringer Goal	81 - 60
19:24		J. Hamling Goal	81 - 54
17:24		J. Jordon Goal	75 - 54
15:00		L. Ash Behind	69 - 54
14:04		D. Jones Behind	69 - 53
13:34		D. Jones Behind	69 - 52
12:18		Rushed	69 - 51
10:27		J. Rowbottom Behind	68 - 51
10:03		Rushed	67 - 51
8:28		J. McInerney Behind	66 - 51
7:34		J. Hogan Behind	65 - 51
6:12		J. Stringer Goal	65 - 50
4:09		J. Jordon Goal	65 - 44
1:41		O. Florent Behind	59 - 44
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:31		T. Greene Behind	58 - 44
23:33		C. Warner Goal	58 - 43
20:11		T. McMullin Behind	52 - 43
15:43		J. Hogan Goal	52 - 42
11:15		J. McInerney Behind	52 - 36
10:16		J. Hamling Behind	51 - 36
9:15		Rushed	50 - 36
7:29		C. Cleary Behind	50 - 35
6:18		A. Francis Goal	49 - 35
5:07		Rushed	43 - 35
2:40		J. Rowbottom Behind	42 - 35
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:26		C. Ward Goal	41 - 35
20:12		J. Hogan Behind	41 - 29
15:06		J. Wehr Goal	41 - 28
12:46		J. Hamling Behind	41 - 22
11:18		D. Jones Behind	40 - 22
10:08		A. Cadman Goal	40 - 21
6:30		N. Blakey Goal	40 - 15
4:17		T. McMullin Behind	34 - 15
1:22		T. Greene Behind	34 - 14
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:09		I. Heeney Behind	34 - 13
24:44		C. Warner Behind	33 - 13
23:04		A. Cadman Goal	32 - 13
20:56		D. Jones Goal	32 - 7
16:36		W. Hayward Goal	32 - 1
12:48		H. McLean Goal	26 - 1
10:57		Rushed	20 - 1
9:10		J. Rowbottom Goal	20 - 0
6:03		C. Cleary Goal	14 - 0
4:46		B. Campbell Behind	8 - 0
2:02		I. Heeney Goal	7 - 0
0:49		A. Francis Behind	1 - 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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