12.6

78

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	44	28	6		78
RICH	19	16	8		43

6.7

43

Scoring Plays

third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
8:50		S. Lalor Behind	78 - 43
7:08		L. Pickett Goal	78 - 42
3:56		T. Lynch Behind	72 - 42
1:40		T. Lynch Goal	72 - 41
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:54		J. van Rooyen Behind	72 - 35
28:17		J. van Rooyen Goal	71 - 35
27:15		K. Pickett Behind	65 - 35
24:45		B. Fritsch Goal	64 - 35
21:22		H. Ralphsmith Goal	58 - 35
16:33		Rushed	58 - 29
15:21		C. Gray Behind	57 - 29
10:12		J. Hopper Goal	57 - 28
8:54		J. van Rooyen Goal	57 - 22
6:14		S. Green Behind	51 - 22
5:07		J. van Rooyen Goal	51 - 21
4:14		K. Pickett Behind	45 - 21
3:19		T. Lynch Behind	44 - 21
0:41		S. Green Behind	44 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
1:6:26		C. Windsor Goal	44 - 19
1:5:16		T. Lynch Goal	38 - 19
1:3:56		T. Lynch Behind	38 - 13
1:1:57		B. Laurie Goal	38 - 12
58:35		K. Tholstrup Goal	32 - 12
55:30		H. Sharp Goal	26 - 12
54:22		K. Chandler Goal	20 - 12
51:31		R. Mansell Goal	14 - 12
48:22		J. van Rooyen Behind	14 - 6
44:52		K. Pickett Behind	13 - 6
42:24		M. Rioli Goal	12 - 6
41:00		M. Gawn Goal	12 - 0
3:44		H. Langford Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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2025 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	ADEL	72	139.3	WWWWW
2	GEEL	68	141.5	WWWWW
3	BL	66	114.2	LWLWW
4	COLL	64	122.4	WLLLW
5	GWS	64	115.3	WLWWW
6	FRE	64	109.0	WWWLW
7	SUNS	60	124.9	WWLLW
8	HAW	60	120.9	WLWWL
9	WB	56	137.0	WWWWL
10	SYD	48	97.0	LWWLW
11	CARL	36	96.7	LLLWW
12	STK	36	88.5	WWWWL
13	PORT	36	79.8	LLLLW
14	MELB	28	93.3	LWLLL
15	ESS	24	69.5	LLLLL
16	NMFC	22	76.3	LLLWL
17	RICH	20	66.0	LLLLL
18	WCE	4	60.1	LLLLL