	1	2	3	4	T
ESS	15	19	19	21	74
CARL	14	2	16	1	33

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:00		D. Zaharakis Behind	74 - 33
26:45		H. McKay Behind	73 - 33
24:50		D. Zaharakis Behind	73 - 32
23:42		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Behind	72 - 32
20:24		M. Baguley Goal	71 - 32
13:03		D. Parish Goal	65 - 32
3:12		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	59 - 32
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:49		D. Lang Behind	53 - 32
23:41		H. McKay Behind	53 - 31
21:20		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	53 - 30
19:45		S. McKernan Behind	47 - 30
17:54		C. Curnow Goal	46 - 30
12:41		J. Laverde Goal	46 - 24
10:40		C. Curnow Goal	40 - 24
8:44		D. Lang Behind	40 - 18
4:13		Z. Fisher Behind	40 - 17
0:47		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	40 - 16
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:52		J. Laverde Goal	34 - 16
26:47		M. Gibbons Behind	28 - 16
24:47		Rushed	28 - 15
15:48		Rushed	27 - 15
12:52		D. Parish Goal	27 - 14
11:36		K. Langford Goal	21 - 14
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:43		H. McKay Goal	15 - 14
24:32		N. Newman Behind	15 - 8
20:05		M. Baguley Goal	15 - 7
19:34		C. Curnow Behind	9 - 7
15:34		Z. Merrett Behind	9 - 6
14:08		J. Laverde Behind	8 - 6
11:21		M. Kreuzer Goal	7 - 6
6:26		D. Heppell Goal	7 - 0
5:36		J. Laverde 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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