	1	2	3	4	T
WB	12	12	10	0	34
PORT	14	14	20	30	78

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:11		K. Farrell Behind	34 - 78
28:42		C. Wingard Behind	34 - 77
25:08		K. Farrell Goal	34 - 76
22:45		C. Dixon Goal	34 - 70
21:02		C. Dixon Behind	34 - 64
11:41		T. Boak Behind	34 - 63
9:29		R. Gray Goal	34 - 62
7:29		C. Dixon Goal	34 - 56
6:15		J. Westhoff Behind	34 - 50
2:39		D. Byrne-Jones Behind	34 - 49
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:52		T. McLean Behind	34 - 48
26:53		J. Trengove Behind	33 - 48
25:45		M. Honeychurch Behind	32 - 48
21:36		R. Gray Behind	31 - 48
20:17		H. Crozier Behind	31 - 47
18:34		J. Schache Goal	30 - 47
14:03		C. Dixon Goal	24 - 47
13:02		Rushed	24 - 41
5:07		C. Wingard Goal	24 - 40
0:51		C. Dixon Goal	24 - 34
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:43		C. Dixon Behind	24 - 28
22:26		J. Trengove Goal	24 - 27
13:52		S. Motlop Goal	18 - 27
9:15		J. Polec Behind	18 - 21
5:27		F. Greene Goal	18 - 20
2:21		C. Dixon Goal	12 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:49		J. Westhoff Goal	12 - 14
23:34		J. Trengove Goal	12 - 8
21:08		S. Powell-Pepper Behind	6 - 8
15:16		C. Wingard Behind	6 - 7
4:08		J. Watts Goal	6 - 6
0:47		M. Wallis Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

Mars Stadium

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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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