	1	2	3	4	T
ADEL	28	39	20	23	110
SUNS	13	9	26	14	62

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:57		L. Brown Behind	110 - 62
27:33		Rushed	109 - 62
23:25		D. Swallow Goal	108 - 62
21:44		L. Brown Behind	108 - 56
16:49		M. McGovern Goal	107 - 56
15:42		J. Jenkins Behind	101 - 56
13:37		R. Douglas Goal	100 - 56
12:24		N. Holman Behind	94 - 56
11:41		J. Jenkins Behind	94 - 55
8:33		R. Knight Goal	93 - 55
3:49		Rushed	87 - 55
1:07		J. Martin Goal	87 - 54
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:37		R. Atkins Behind	87 - 48
28:52		J. Jenkins Behind	86 - 48
26:47		T. Lynch Goal	85 - 48
24:38		J. Martin Behind	79 - 48
18:40		J. Gallucci Goal	79 - 47
17:39		D. Swallow Goal	73 - 47
15:15		M. Barlow Goal	73 - 41
11:04		J. Martin Behind	73 - 35
5:02		B. Ainsworth Goal	73 - 34
1:32		M. Crouch Goal	73 - 28
0:22		A. Sexton Goal	67 - 28
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:36		C. Ellis-Yolmen Goal	67 - 22
24:52		M. Spencer Behind	61 - 22
24:22		Rushed	61 - 21
22:26		R. Knight Goal	61 - 20
18:34		D. Swallow Goal	55 - 20
17:24		J. Gallucci Behind	55 - 14
15:28		T. Lynch Goal	54 - 14
14:56		Rushed	48 - 14
10:29		T. Walker Behind	47 - 14
6:21		L. Weller Behind	46 - 14
5:14		T. Walker Goal	46 - 13
3:19		R. Douglas Goal	40 - 13
1:24		P. Seedsman Goal	34 - 13
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:14		R. Douglas Goal	28 - 13
24:33		T. Miller Goal	22 - 13
21:23		J. Lonergan Goal	22 - 7
18:50		J. Lyons Behind	22 - 1
18:10		R. Atkins Behind	22 - 0
15:16		J. Gallucci Goal	21 - 0
12:47		T. Walker Behind	15 - 0
11:24		T. Walker Goal	14 - 0
6:14		M. McGovern Behind	8 - 0
3:43		T. Lynch Goal	7 - 0
2:19		M. McGovern 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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