West Coast EaglesWCE

7.9

51

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
WCE	20	22	1	8	51
SYD	7	28	38	45	118

18.10

118

Sydney SwansSYD

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:06		N. Blakey Goal	51 - 118
24:45		H. McLean Goal	51 - 112
22:52		E. Gulden Goal	51 - 106
21:43		J. Rowbottom Goal	51 - 100
20:00		J. Buller Goal	51 - 94
17:47		I. Heeney Goal	51 - 88
16:27		I. Heeney Behind	51 - 82
14:31		N. Blakey Behind	51 - 81
10:13		J. Newton Behind	51 - 80
9:50		T. McCarthy Behind	50 - 80
6:52		J. Shanahan Goal	49 - 80
1:57		T. Papley Goal	43 - 80
0:57		N. Blakey Behind	43 - 74
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:14		W. Hayward Goal	43 - 73
26:59		J. Shanahan Behind	43 - 67
24:31		T. Papley Goal	42 - 67
20:51		J. Buller Behind	42 - 61
18:57		J. Rowbottom Goal	42 - 60
14:41		W. Hayward Goal	42 - 54
12:12		C. Warner Behind	42 - 48
10:38		N. Blakey Goal	42 - 47
2:38		J. Buller Goal	42 - 41
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:49		M. Flynn Goal	42 - 35
26:19		J. Buller Goal	36 - 35
24:30		T. Papley Behind	36 - 29
22:10		C. Warner Goal	36 - 28
21:15		Rushed	36 - 22
19:13		J. Shanahan Goal	35 - 22
17:10		Rushed	29 - 22
12:48		J. Newton Goal	28 - 22
9:38		Rushed	22 - 22
8:15		T. Papley Goal	21 - 22
6:14		E. Gulden Goal	21 - 16
5:41		Rushed	21 - 10
4:09		N. Blakey Behind	21 - 9
2:08		I. Heeney Behind	21 - 8
0:32		L. Ryan Behind	21 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:48		H. McLean Goal	20 - 7
22:00		E. Hewett Behind	20 - 1
19:14		J. Shanahan Behind	19 - 1
16:01		B. Campbell Behind	18 - 1
10:13		J. Shanahan Goal	18 - 0
3:31		J. Cripps Goal	12 - 0
0:51		Bailey J. Williams Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	8	182.9	WW
2	SUNS	8	181.6	WW
3	WB	8	154.1	WW
4	NMFC	4	168.7	W
5	ADEL	4	117.7	W
6	HAW	4	117.1	LW
7	MELB	4	112.1	W
8	COLL	4	98.7	WL
9	GEEL	4	79.6	LW
10	GWS	4	76.4	WL
11	CARL	4	70.9	LW
12	RICH	0	94.7	L
13	FRE	0	90.9	L
14	STK	0	87.4	LL
15	BL	0	77.2	LL
16	PORT	0	59.3	L
17	ESS	0	57.2	L
18	WCE	0	55.0	L