Western BulldogsWB

10.14

74

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
WB	21	20	14	19	74
MELB	20	20	9	17	66

9.12

66

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:57		J. Schache Behind	74 - 66
26:57		B. Fritsch Behind	73 - 66
23:14		B. Fritsch Goal	73 - 65
20:37		S. May Behind	73 - 59
19:09		Rushed	73 - 58
17:51		B. Smith Goal	73 - 57
15:23		L. Hunter Goal	67 - 57
10:58		Rushed	61 - 57
9:09		J. Dunkley Goal	61 - 56
7:56		C. Petracca Behind	55 - 56
1:44		B. Fritsch Goal	55 - 55
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:31		S. Lloyd Behind	55 - 49
25:27		C. Oliver Behind	54 - 49
22:38		Rushed	54 - 48
20:46		B. Fritsch Behind	54 - 47
19:28		M. Bontempelli Behind	54 - 46
17:09		R. Smith Goal	53 - 46
15:18		H. Petty Goal	47 - 46
13:10		A. Naughton Behind	47 - 40
12:19		J. Schache Behind	46 - 40
9:31		S. Lloyd Behind	45 - 40
5:07		Rushed	44 - 40
3:30		J. Macrae Behind	43 - 40
2:25		T. English Behind	42 - 40
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:41		L. Hunter Behind	41 - 40
26:06		J. Dunkley Goal	40 - 40
23:43		H. Petty Goal	34 - 40
17:04		K. Dunkley Goal	34 - 34
14:52		Rushed	34 - 28
9:37		H. Petty Goal	34 - 27
8:04		J. Harmes Behind	34 - 21
3:24		S. Lloyd Goal	34 - 20
1:25		S. Lloyd Goal	28 - 20
0:52		Rushed	22 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:58		C. Petracca Goal	21 - 20
26:31		J. Lewis Goal	21 - 14
25:05		J. Schache Goal	21 - 8
23:43		M. Bontempelli Behind	15 - 8
21:57		H. Petty Behind	14 - 8
17:35		R. Smith Goal	14 - 7
15:51		L. Hunter Behind	8 - 7
8:32		E. Richards Goal	7 - 7
4:26		J. Hunt Goal	1 - 7
3:12		B. Preuss Behind	1 - 1
0:18		B. Smith Behind	1 - 0

Game Information

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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