CollingwoodCOLL

9.6

60

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
COLL	26	7	25	2	60
MELB	6	10	17	20	53

7.11

53

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:54		B. Fritsch Goal	60 - 53
11:01		T. McDonald Behind	60 - 47
9:37		Rushed	60 - 46
7:50		B. Hill Behind	60 - 45
7:08		B. McCreery Behind	59 - 45
5:10		J. Smith Goal	58 - 45
2:51		T. McDonald Goal	58 - 39
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:25		C. Petracca Behind	58 - 33
27:51		E. Langdon Behind	58 - 32
27:01		Rushed	58 - 31
24:18		K. Pickett Behind	57 - 31
22:27		J. De Goey Goal	57 - 30
21:18		A. Neal-Bullen Goal	51 - 30
19:38		D. McStay Goal	51 - 24
17:44		T. Sparrow Goal	45 - 24
13:30		D. McStay Goal	45 - 18
10:50		B. Hill Goal	39 - 18
6:48		B. Fritsch Behind	33 - 18
0:49		Rushed	33 - 17
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:45		Rushed	33 - 16
23:43		K. Pickett Behind	33 - 15
15:09		K. Pickett Goal	33 - 14
14:11		B. Fritsch Behind	33 - 8
10:38		K. Pickett Behind	33 - 7
6:54		B. Mihocek Goal	33 - 6
3:34		B. Mihocek Behind	27 - 6
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
32:57		D. Cameron Goal	26 - 6
29:23		J. Crisp Goal	20 - 6
22:44		J. Elliott Behind	14 - 6
14:34		J. Elliott Behind	13 - 6
7:02		B. Fritsch Goal	12 - 6
5:18		B. Hill Goal	12 - 0
4:08		B. Hill Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	HAW	26	121.2	WWWWD
2	SYD	24	178.1	LWWWW
3	FRE	24	137.6	WWWWW
4	MELB	20	102.8	WWLWW
5	COLL	18	108.6	LLWWD
6	BL	16	118.8	WWWLW
7	NMFC	16	115.9	WWLWL
8	SUNS	16	114.4	WLLWL
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