	1	2	3	4	T
WCE	7	7	19	20	53
PORT	23	40	21	11	95

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:04		J. Petruccelle Goal	53 - 95
25:05		B. Ebert Behind	47 - 95
22:32		Rushed	47 - 94
20:42		C. Rozee Behind	46 - 94
17:11		J. Petruccelle Goal	46 - 93
16:46		Rushed	40 - 93
15:12		D. Houston Goal	40 - 92
12:28		J. Petruccelle Goal	40 - 86
8:50		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	34 - 86
6:49		Rushed	34 - 85
0:58		T. Marshall Behind	33 - 85
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:12		A. Gaff Goal	33 - 84
27:41		C. Rozee Goal	27 - 84
26:10		S. Lycett Behind	27 - 78
23:57		O. Wines Goal	27 - 77
19:20		Josh J. Kennedy Goal	27 - 71
16:19		Rushed	21 - 71
13:16		L. Ryan Goal	20 - 71
11:07		R. Burton Behind	14 - 71
10:46		Rushed	14 - 70
9:14		S. Gray Goal	14 - 69
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:18		P. Ryder Goal	14 - 63
27:50		T. Marshall Goal	14 - 57
24:14		X. Duursma Goal	14 - 51
22:18		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	14 - 45
19:21		J. Petruccelle Behind	14 - 44
17:04		W. Drew Goal	13 - 44
13:44		S. Gray Behind	13 - 38
6:58		R. Gray Behind	13 - 37
5:36		J. Petruccelle Goal	13 - 36
3:20		B. Ebert Goal	7 - 36
2:29		Rushed	7 - 30
0:27		S. Gray Goal	7 - 29
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
20:27		T. Marshall Behind	7 - 23
17:17		B. Ebert Goal	7 - 22
13:47		J. Petruccelle Goal	7 - 16
10:02		X. Duursma Goal	1 - 16
6:55		J. Petruccelle Behind	1 - 10
6:15		T. Rockliff Behind	0 - 10
4:56		P. Ryder Behind	0 - 9
2:42		S. Powell-Pepper Goal	0 - 8
2:15		P. Ryder Behind	0 - 2
0:45		T. Boak Behind	0 - 1

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

AFL Round 1: Team news, fixtures, games, tips, odds -- everything you need to know

Joly: Carlton showed the same 'issues' in Sydney loss

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