West Coast EaglesWCE

7.9

51

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
WCE	20	22	1	8	51
SYD	7	28	38	45	118

18.10

118

Sydney SwansSYD

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:06		N. Blakey Goal	51 - 118
24:45		H. McLean Goal	51 - 112
22:52		E. Gulden Goal	51 - 106
21:43		J. Rowbottom Goal	51 - 100
20:00		J. Buller Goal	51 - 94
17:47		I. Heeney Goal	51 - 88
16:27		I. Heeney Behind	51 - 82
14:31		N. Blakey Behind	51 - 81
10:13		J. Newton Behind	51 - 80
9:50		T. McCarthy Behind	50 - 80
6:52		J. Shanahan Goal	49 - 80
1:57		T. Papley Goal	43 - 80
0:57		N. Blakey Behind	43 - 74
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:14		W. Hayward Goal	43 - 73
26:59		J. Shanahan Behind	43 - 67
24:31		T. Papley Goal	42 - 67
20:51		J. Buller Behind	42 - 61
18:57		J. Rowbottom Goal	42 - 60
14:41		W. Hayward Goal	42 - 54
12:12		C. Warner Behind	42 - 48
10:38		N. Blakey Goal	42 - 47
2:38		J. Buller Goal	42 - 41
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:49		M. Flynn Goal	42 - 35
26:19		J. Buller Goal	36 - 35
24:30		T. Papley Behind	36 - 29
22:10		C. Warner Goal	36 - 28
21:15		Rushed	36 - 22
19:13		J. Shanahan Goal	35 - 22
17:10		Rushed	29 - 22
12:48		J. Newton Goal	28 - 22
9:38		Rushed	22 - 22
8:15		T. Papley Goal	21 - 22
6:14		E. Gulden Goal	21 - 16
5:41		Rushed	21 - 10
4:09		N. Blakey Behind	21 - 9
2:08		I. Heeney Behind	21 - 8
0:32		L. Ryan Behind	21 - 7
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:48		H. McLean Goal	20 - 7
22:00		E. Hewett Behind	20 - 1
19:14		J. Shanahan Behind	19 - 1
16:01		B. Campbell Behind	18 - 1
10:13		J. Shanahan Goal	18 - 0
3:31		J. Cripps Goal	12 - 0
0:51		Bailey J. Williams Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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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