14.13

97

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	29	13	26	29	97
WB	14	37	2	18	71

11.5

71

Western BulldogsWB

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:54		K. Pickett Goal	97 - 71
27:56		A. Treloar Goal	91 - 71
26:25		C. Petracca Goal	91 - 65
24:53		T. Bedford Behind	85 - 65
23:06		A. Neal-Bullen Behind	84 - 65
17:42		J. Harmes Goal	83 - 65
16:07		Rushed	77 - 65
13:02		C. Petracca Behind	76 - 65
11:09		M. Gawn Goal	75 - 65
6:25		A. Naughton Goal	69 - 65
2:47		M. Bontempelli Goal	69 - 59
1:18		L. Jackson Behind	69 - 53
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:38		B. Fritsch Behind	68 - 53
25:34		B. Brown Behind	67 - 53
16:52		L. Jackson Goal	66 - 53
14:58		B. Fritsch Goal	60 - 53
12:20		J. Dunkley Behind	54 - 53
9:14		T. English Behind	54 - 52
6:24		B. Fritsch Goal	54 - 51
2:13		B. Brown Goal	48 - 51
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:51		C. Petracca Goal	42 - 51
20:25		Rushed	36 - 51
15:46		B. Brown Goal	35 - 51
12:24		M. Hannan Goal	29 - 51
10:01		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 45
8:22		A. Treloar Goal	29 - 39
6:59		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 33
5:04		B. Dale Goal	29 - 27
1:38		A. Naughton Behind	29 - 21
0:28		A. Naughton Goal	29 - 20
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:37		C. Weightman Goal	29 - 14
26:53		H. Crozier Goal	29 - 8
21:39		J. Bowey Goal	29 - 2
20:16		T. McDonald Behind	23 - 2
18:27		B. Brown Behind	22 - 2
17:24		B. Smith Behind	21 - 2
16:13		C. Spargo Behind	21 - 1
15:11		Rushed	20 - 1
11:05		B. Brown Behind	20 - 0
9:43		B. Fritsch Behind	19 - 0
8:41		J. Viney Goal	18 - 0
4:51		B. Brown Goal	12 - 0
2:35		E. Langdon Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	24	178.1	LWWWW
2	FRE	24	137.6	WWWWW
3	HAW	24	124.5	WWWWW
4	MELB	20	102.8	WWLWW
5	BL	16	118.8	WWWLW
6	NMFC	16	115.9	WWLWL
7	SUNS	16	114.4	WLLWL
8	COLL	16	110.2	WLLWW
9	GEEL	16	108.6	WLWWL
10	WB	16	91.8	WWLLL
11	PORT	12	112.5	LWLLW
12	STK	12	110.1	WLWLW
13	ADEL	12	96.1	LLWWL
14	GWS	12	89.8	LLWLW
15	WCE	8	55.8	WLLLL
16	CARL	4	80.3	LLLLL
17	ESS	4	72.9	LLWLL
18	RICH	0	54.2	LLLLL