10.7

67

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	19	17	18	13	67
SYD	21	4	19	14	58

8.10

58

Sydney SwansSYD

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:41		S. Wicks Behind	67 - 58
21:39		T. McDonald Goal	67 - 57
18:13		B. Fritsch Behind	61 - 57
14:51		C. Mills Goal	60 - 57
9:57		C. Spargo Goal	60 - 51
3:32		Rushed	54 - 51
0:19		C. Sinclair Goal	54 - 50
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:10		T. Papley Goal	54 - 44
23:38		J. Lloyd Goal	54 - 38
21:14		T. McDonald Goal	54 - 32
8:46		T. McDonald Goal	48 - 32
6:51		B. Brown Goal	42 - 32
4:42		W. Hayward Goal	36 - 32
2:58		T. Papley Behind	36 - 26
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
23:28		Rushed	36 - 25
22:41		Rushed	35 - 25
20:21		K. Pickett Behind	35 - 24
16:44		T. Papley Behind	34 - 24
11:11		C. Petracca Behind	34 - 23
10:38		M. Gawn Behind	33 - 23
9:24		Rushed	32 - 23
7:42		C. Petracca Goal	32 - 22
6:38		W. Hayward Behind	26 - 22
4:42		B. Brown Goal	26 - 21
2:47		Rushed	20 - 21
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:39		T. Hickey Goal	19 - 21
21:18		Rushed	19 - 15
18:59		B. Brown Goal	18 - 15
15:09		J. Melksham Goal	12 - 15
11:14		T. Papley Behind	6 - 15
9:02		Rushed	6 - 14
7:15		T. McDonald Goal	6 - 13
5:05		W. Hayward Goal	0 - 13
2:21		Rushed	0 - 7
0:46		J. McInerney Goal	0 - 6

Game Information

MCG

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	68	146.0	WLWWW
2	SYD	56	130.0	LWLLW
3	HAW	54	124.0	WLWWW
4	BL	52	120.6	WWWWW
5	ADEL	48	113.7	LWWWL
6	MELB	48	107.8	LWWWL
7	WB	48	96.8	WLWWW
8	COLL	46	107.6	WWWWW
9	GEEL	44	116.5	LLLWW
10	STK	36	105.8	LWWLW
11	CARL	36	92.4	WWLLW
12	GWS	32	98.3	LWWLL
13	NMFC	32	89.6	WLLLL
14	SUNS	28	94.8	LLLLL
15	PORT	24	95.6	WWLLL
16	WCE	16	70.1	LLLLL
17	ESS	8	65.4	LLLWL
18	RICH	8	60.9	LLLLL