Western BulldogsWB

11.9

75

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
WB	13	26	16	20	75
NMFC	7	14	32	24	77

12.5

77

North MelbourneNMFC

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:47		J. Ziebell Goal	75 - 77
24:28		B. Gowers Goal	75 - 71
20:23		E. Richards Goal	69 - 71
18:27		B. Williams Behind	63 - 71
16:04		B. Gowers Behind	62 - 71
12:24		S. Atley Goal	61 - 71
11:10		B. Williams Goal	61 - 65
8:25		B. Brown Goal	55 - 65
0:16		J. Ziebell Goal	55 - 59
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:47		L. Hunter Behind	55 - 53
28:25		S. Higgins Goal	54 - 53
26:45		Z. Cordy Behind	54 - 47
25:13		S. Higgins Behind	53 - 47
21:14		S. Higgins Goal	53 - 46
19:02		A. Naughton Goal	53 - 40
14:53		B. Brown Goal	47 - 40
13:26		J. Ziebell Behind	47 - 34
9:41		T. Boyd Goal	47 - 33
8:18		E. Richards Behind	41 - 33
7:24		A. Naughton Behind	40 - 33
6:17		B. Brown Goal	39 - 33
1:30		J. Anderson Goal	39 - 27
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:14		B. Brown Goal	39 - 21
21:36		B. Williams Goal	39 - 15
20:43		M. Wood Behind	33 - 15
16:25		M. Wood Behind	33 - 14
14:53		P. Lipinski Behind	33 - 13
11:14		A. Naughton Goal	32 - 13
8:24		B. Brown Goal	26 - 13
7:06		J. Schache Behind	26 - 7
5:08		B. Gowers Goal	25 - 7
4:10		Z. Cordy Goal	19 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:09		C. Daniel Behind	13 - 7
19:10		B. Brown Behind	12 - 7
15:01		M. Wallis Goal	12 - 6
7:32		B. Gowers Goal	6 - 6
5:24		J. Ziebell Goal	0 - 6

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SUNS	12	191.0	WWW
2	WB	12	137.2	WWW
3	SYD	8	139.5	WWL
4	HAW	8	118.1	LWW
5	GEEL	8	86.7	LWW
6	FRE	4	121.1	LW
7	NMFC	4	116.3	WL
8	PORT	4	109.3	LW
9	ADEL	4	100.0	WLL
10	COLL	4	98.7	WL
11	STK	4	92.3	LLW
12	MELB	4	84.4	WL
13	WCE	4	81.3	LW
14	GWS	4	81.1	WLL
15	CARL	4	70.9	LW
16	BL	0	77.2	LL
17	RICH	0	64.5	LL
18	ESS	0	55.0	LL