8.6

54

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
HAW	27	6	9	12	54
MELB	17	14	21	52	104

15.14

104

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:10		C. Spargo Behind	54 - 104
31:39		K. Pickett Goal	54 - 103
28:27		B. McEvoy Goal	54 - 97
25:51		J. Melksham Goal	48 - 97
24:11		C. Petracca Goal	48 - 91
22:16		C. Oliver Behind	48 - 85
18:58		J. Melksham Goal	48 - 84
17:10		E. Langdon Goal	48 - 78
12:46		M. Brown Goal	48 - 72
11:06		M. Brown Goal	48 - 66
9:23		M. Gawn Goal	48 - 60
6:51		K. Pickett Behind	48 - 54
3:07		C. Oliver Behind	48 - 53
0:18		D. Moore Goal	48 - 52
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:25		T. McDonald Goal	42 - 52
21:38		Rushed	42 - 46
19:27		N. Jones Behind	41 - 46
17:45		Rushed	41 - 45
13:46		T. O'Brien Goal	40 - 45
11:32		T. McDonald Goal	34 - 45
9:23		M. Brown Behind	34 - 39
6:11		C. Petracca Goal	34 - 38
1:44		Rushed	34 - 32
0:36		M. Brown Behind	33 - 32
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
21:07		M. Gawn Behind	33 - 31
19:54		K. Pickett Behind	33 - 30
15:56		E. Langdon Goal	33 - 29
5:32		T. O'Brien Goal	33 - 23
3:38		J. Melksham Goal	27 - 23
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:08		L. Breust Goal	27 - 17
26:56		O. Hanrahan Goal	21 - 17
24:19		K. Pickett Goal	15 - 17
20:51		L. Breust Goal	15 - 11
18:04		T. McDonald Behind	9 - 11
15:51		Rushed	9 - 10
14:25		E. Langdon Goal	8 - 10
12:15		T. McDonald Behind	8 - 4
10:53		O. Hanrahan Goal	8 - 3
6:00		E. Langdon Behind	2 - 3
4:23		L. Breust Behind	2 - 2
3:23		K. Pickett Behind	1 - 2
2:14		D. Howe Behind	1 - 1
1:15		M. Gawn Behind	0 - 1

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	BL	40	111.7	LWWWW
5	GEEL	36	117.1	LLWLL
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