14.13

97

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	29	13	26	29	97
WB	14	37	2	18	71

11.5

71

Western BulldogsWB

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:54		K. Pickett Goal	97 - 71
27:56		A. Treloar Goal	91 - 71
26:25		C. Petracca Goal	91 - 65
24:53		T. Bedford Behind	85 - 65
23:06		A. Neal-Bullen Behind	84 - 65
17:42		J. Harmes Goal	83 - 65
16:07		Rushed	77 - 65
13:02		C. Petracca Behind	76 - 65
11:09		M. Gawn Goal	75 - 65
6:25		A. Naughton Goal	69 - 65
2:47		M. Bontempelli Goal	69 - 59
1:18		L. Jackson Behind	69 - 53
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:38		B. Fritsch Behind	68 - 53
25:34		B. Brown Behind	67 - 53
16:52		L. Jackson Goal	66 - 53
14:58		B. Fritsch Goal	60 - 53
12:20		J. Dunkley Behind	54 - 53
9:14		T. English Behind	54 - 52
6:24		B. Fritsch Goal	54 - 51
2:13		B. Brown Goal	48 - 51
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:51		C. Petracca Goal	42 - 51
20:25		Rushed	36 - 51
15:46		B. Brown Goal	35 - 51
12:24		M. Hannan Goal	29 - 51
10:01		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 45
8:22		A. Treloar Goal	29 - 39
6:59		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 33
5:04		B. Dale Goal	29 - 27
1:38		A. Naughton Behind	29 - 21
0:28		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:37		C. Weightman Goal	29 - 14
26:53		H. Crozier Goal	29 - 8
21:39		J. Bowey Goal	29 - 2
20:16		T. McDonald Behind	23 - 2
18:27		B. Brown Behind	22 - 2
17:24		B. Smith Behind	21 - 2
16:13		C. Spargo Behind	21 - 1
15:11		Rushed	20 - 1
11:05		B. Brown Behind	20 - 0
9:43		B. Fritsch Behind	19 - 0
8:41		J. Viney Goal	18 - 0
4:51		B. Brown Goal	12 - 0
2:35		E. Langdon Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	52	144.4	WWWWW
2	SYD	48	143.7	WLWWW
3	HAW	38	113.5	LWWLW
4	GEEL	36	120.6	WLLWL
5	ADEL	36	113.2	WLWWW
6	MELB	36	104.2	LLWWL
7	WB	36	92.8	WWWLW
8	BL	32	108.4	LLLWW
9	SUNS	28	105.3	WLLLL
10	NMFC	28	90.7	LWLWW
11	COLL	26	101.5	LWLLW
12	STK	24	100.6	LLLWL
13	GWS	24	100.3	LWWLL
14	CARL	24	91.1	WWWWW
15	PORT	16	98.7	LLWLL
16	WCE	16	72.7	WLWLL
17	RICH	8	61.3	LWLLL
18	ESS	4	70.4	LLLLL