15.20

110

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
RICH	29	24	5	52	110
FRE	7	2	23	1	33

4.9

33

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:52		H. Ballantyne Behind	110 - 33
28:41		J. Townsend Goal	110 - 32
27:36		J. Higgins Behind	104 - 32
26:03		J. Castagna Goal	103 - 32
23:42		R. Conca Goal	97 - 32
22:39		Rushed	91 - 32
18:49		J. Riewoldt Goal	90 - 32
12:16		K. Lambert Goal	84 - 32
10:11		Rushed	78 - 32
7:46		K. McIntosh Goal	77 - 32
5:08		Rushed	71 - 32
3:25		J. Higgins Goal	70 - 32
1:17		J. Townsend Goal	64 - 32
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:11		J. Castagna Behind	58 - 32
21:38		D. Tucker Behind	57 - 32
20:16		J. Short Behind	57 - 31
19:28		J. Riewoldt Behind	56 - 31
17:49		B. Cox Goal	55 - 31
16:35		Rushed	55 - 25
14:15		D. Mundy Behind	55 - 24
12:31		A. Brayshaw Goal	55 - 23
9:39		B. Houli Behind	55 - 17
7:36		Rushed	54 - 17
6:44		C. McCarthy Behind	53 - 17
4:06		H. Ballantyne Goal	53 - 16
0:45		B. Matera Behind	53 - 10
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:39		J. Caddy Behind	53 - 9
27:10		J. Riewoldt Goal	52 - 9
18:43		S. Lloyd Behind	46 - 9
18:03		D. Martin Behind	45 - 9
15:39		D. Tucker Behind	44 - 9
11:39		B. Houli Goal	44 - 8
9:47		N. Fyfe Behind	38 - 8
7:06		Rushed	38 - 7
4:31		J. Graham Goal	37 - 7
3:19		Rushed	31 - 7
1:29		D. Martin Behind	30 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:53		J. Higgins Behind	29 - 7
23:08		K. Lambert Goal	28 - 7
18:30		C. McCarthy Goal	22 - 7
15:22		S. Lloyd Goal	22 - 1
12:51		H. Ballantyne Behind	16 - 1
11:04		J. Riewoldt Goal	16 - 0
7:44		D. Martin Behind	10 - 0
6:58		J. Townsend Behind	9 - 0
5:46		J. Castagna Behind	8 - 0
3:24		J. Caddy Goal	7 - 0
0:56		D. Martin Behind	1 - 0

Game Information

MCG

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	56	148.2	WWWWW
2	SYD	48	135.7	LWWWL
3	HAW	42	113.7	WWLWW
4	GEEL	36	120.6	WLLWL
5	BL	36	111.0	LLWWW
6	ADEL	36	110.0	LWWWL
7	MELB	36	104.2	LLWWL
8	WB	36	92.8	WWWLW
9	NMFC	32	92.2	WLWWW
10	COLL	30	104.2	WLLWW
11	SUNS	28	101.2	LLLLL
12	CARL	28	95.6	WWWWW
13	STK	24	100.6	LLLWL
14	GWS	24	99.3	WWLLL
15	PORT	20	100.9	LWLLW
16	WCE	16	71.3	LWLLL
17	RICH	8	61.8	WLLLL
18	ESS	4	71.0	LLLLL