Gold Coast SUNSSUNS

7.19

61

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SUNS	16	16	8	21	61
FRE	15	14	20	9	58

8.10

58

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:09		D. Swallow Goal	61 - 58
19:40		A. Sexton Goal	55 - 58
18:25		J. Martin Behind	49 - 58
16:59		A. Sexton Behind	48 - 58
14:51		P. Wright Behind	47 - 58
10:57		Rushed	46 - 58
9:49		J. Martin Goal	46 - 57
7:31		Rushed	40 - 57
4:32		T. Colyer Goal	40 - 56
3:16		B. Hill Behind	40 - 50
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:53		J. Martin Behind	40 - 49
26:10		Rushed	39 - 49
23:03		C. McCarthy Goal	39 - 48
19:21		J. Lukosius Behind	39 - 42
15:10		M. Taberner Goal	38 - 42
13:56		C. McCarthy Goal	38 - 36
11:07		T. Colyer Behind	38 - 30
9:00		A. Sexton Behind	38 - 29
5:54		A. Sexton Behind	37 - 29
4:44		W. Powell Behind	36 - 29
3:58		P. Wright Behind	35 - 29
3:05		J. Martin Behind	34 - 29
2:13		C. Burgess Behind	33 - 29
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:17		A. Sexton Behind	32 - 29
24:50		Rushed	31 - 29
21:41		A. Sexton Goal	30 - 29
21:05		Rushed	24 - 29
19:28		L. Schultz Behind	23 - 29
17:44		P. Wright Behind	23 - 28
14:03		M. Taberner Goal	22 - 28
10:33		M. Walters Behind	22 - 22
7:40		A. Sexton Goal	22 - 21
6:02		M. Walters Goal	16 - 21
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:08		R. Lobb Goal	16 - 15
22:11		A. Sexton Goal	16 - 9
20:24		T. Miller Goal	10 - 9
17:00		A. Brayshaw Behind	4 - 9
15:47		T. Colyer Goal	4 - 8
13:12		Rushed	4 - 2
10:42		J. Lukosius Behind	3 - 2
9:41		M. Walters Behind	2 - 2
8:05		R. Lobb Behind	2 - 1
4:37		Rushed	2 - 0
1:32		A. Sexton Behind	1 - 0

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	28	165.5	WWWWW
2	FRE	28	133.0	WWWWW
3	HAW	26	121.2	WWWWD
4	BL	20	126.0	WWLWW
5	SUNS	20	116.0	LLWLW
6	GEEL	20	114.6	LWWLW
7	MELB	20	100.2	WLWWL
8	COLL	18	108.6	LLWWD
9	STK	16	114.9	LWLWW
10	NMFC	16	106.1	WLWLL
11	ADEL	16	96.6	LWWLW
12	WB	16	91.5	WLLLL
13	PORT	12	110.9	WLLWL
14	GWS	12	88.2	LWLWL
15	WCE	8	59.3	LLLLL
16	CARL	4	78.1	LLLLL
17	ESS	4	70.2	LWLLL
18	RICH	4	60.0	LLLLW