Gold Coast SUNSSUNS

14.7

91

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SUNS	14	26	20	31	91
ESS	23	9	17	31	80

11.14

80

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:20		T. Miller Goal	91 - 80
28:51		M. Guelfi Goal	85 - 80
20:29		N. Cox Goal	85 - 74
18:37		T. Berry Goal	85 - 68
17:16		Rushed	79 - 68
16:00		J. Lukosius Goal	79 - 67
12:56		B. King Goal	73 - 67
11:19		J. Menzie Goal	67 - 67
8:59		B. Long Goal	67 - 61
7:21		S. Durham Goal	61 - 61
5:51		N. Holman Behind	61 - 55
2:55		N. Cox Goal	60 - 55
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:16		J. Stringer Behind	60 - 49
24:10		J. Lukosius Goal	60 - 48
21:39		N. Hind Goal	54 - 48
19:08		Z. Merrett Behind	54 - 42
18:37		K. Langford Behind	54 - 41
15:47		J. Caldwell Goal	54 - 40
14:23		N. Martin Behind	54 - 34
13:40		Rushed	54 - 33
10:47		Z. Merrett Behind	53 - 33
9:23		B. Humphrey Behind	53 - 32
6:44		B. Long Goal	52 - 32
1:37		B. King Goal	46 - 32
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:36		M. Guelfi Behind	40 - 32
27:02		Rushed	40 - 31
25:09		B. Ainsworth Goal	39 - 31
24:15		P. Wright Behind	33 - 31
22:00		N. Cox Goal	33 - 30
19:25		N. Hind Behind	33 - 24
16:57		B. King Goal	33 - 23
15:31		B. Long Goal	27 - 23
5:10		B. King Goal	21 - 23
1:49		J. Walter Behind	15 - 23
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:26		B. King Behind	14 - 23
26:46		K. Langford Behind	13 - 23
24:20		B. Humphrey Goal	13 - 22
21:54		H. Jones Behind	7 - 22
19:27		J. Kelly Goal	7 - 21
12:32		B. Long Goal	7 - 15
9:04		H. Jones Goal	1 - 15
6:34		B. Ainsworth Behind	1 - 9
5:04		P. Wright Goal	0 - 9
3:44		J. Stringer Behind	0 - 3
2:09		Z. Merrett Behind	0 - 2
1:28		N. Martin Behind	0 - 1

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	40	135.5	WWWWW
2	SYD	36	142.5	WWWWL
3	GEEL	32	124.4	LWWWW
4	HAW	30	110.4	WDLLW
5	SUNS	28	116.9	LWWWL
6	MELB	28	106.7	WLWWL
7	ADEL	24	107.9	LWWWL
8	BL	24	106.6	WWWLL
9	WB	24	92.8	LLWLW
10	COLL	22	100.3	WDLLW
11	STK	20	108.2	WWLWL
12	GWS	20	98.6	WLWLW
13	NMFC	20	97.6	LLLLW
14	PORT	12	100.9	WLLLL
15	CARL	12	86.1	LLLWW
16	WCE	12	66.1	LLLWL
17	RICH	8	64.5	LWLLW
18	ESS	4	70.9	LLLLL