10.12

72

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
FRE	15	9	20	28	72
NMFC	25	7	22	19	73

11.7

73

North MelbourneNMFC

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:41		B. Cox Goal	72 - 73
27:13		J. O'Meara Goal	66 - 73
24:44		J. O'Meara Goal	60 - 73
22:16		C. Serong Behind	54 - 73
20:35		L. Davies-Uniacke Goal	53 - 73
15:37		N. Larkey Goal	53 - 67
13:34		M. Walters Goal	53 - 61
11:41		M. Frederick Behind	47 - 61
6:25		Rushed	46 - 61
5:37		M. Walters Behind	45 - 61
5:08		C. Comben Behind	44 - 61
2:22		N. Larkey Goal	44 - 60
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:43		C. Zurhaar Behind	44 - 54
28:33		L. Davies-Uniacke Behind	44 - 53
25:15		J. Stephenson Goal	44 - 52
23:11		M. Walters Goal	44 - 46
19:53		L. Schultz Behind	38 - 46
18:04		C. Taylor Goal	37 - 46
13:21		B. Banfield Goal	37 - 40
11:28		W. Brodie Goal	31 - 40
10:17		Rushed	25 - 40
8:37		J. Simpkin Goal	25 - 39
3:08		Rushed	25 - 33
1:45		C. Zurhaar Behind	24 - 33
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:45		L. Schultz Goal	24 - 32
20:42		Rushed	18 - 32
19:10		S. Switkowski Behind	17 - 32
13:42		L. Henry Behind	16 - 32
2:20		Rushed	15 - 32
1:03		C. Taylor Goal	15 - 31
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:54		M. Frederick Goal	15 - 25
27:18		S. Switkowski Goal	9 - 25
19:35		N. Larkey Goal	3 - 25
17:28		J. Stephenson Goal	3 - 19
14:37		T. Powell Goal	3 - 13
12:05		J. O'Meara Behind	3 - 7
10:05		M. Frederick Behind	2 - 7
7:32		N. Larkey Goal	1 - 7
6:29		Rushed	1 - 1
3:23		B. Cunnington Behind	0 - 1

Game Information

Optus Stadium

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	76	137.2	WWLWL
2	SYD	72	136.1	WWWWW
3	BL	64	121.7	WLWWW
4	HAW	64	120.1	WWLDW
5	GEEL	60	122.3	WWWWW
6	ADEL	60	117.3	LWWLW
7	MELB	60	109.6	LWWWL
8	WB	54	95.4	WLLDW
9	COLL	52	102.4	WLWDL
10	CARL	50	101.5	WWWDW
11	STK	40	102.8	WLLWL
12	GWS	40	98.9	LWLWL
13	SUNS	36	94.5	LLWLW
14	NMFC	36	88.8	LLWLL
15	PORT	28	88.1	LLLLW
16	WCE	16	69.2	LLLLL
17	RICH	12	62.5	LWLLL
18	ESS	8	64.6	LLLLL