12.5

77

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
CARL	30	20	20	7	77
MELB	0	19	29	28	76

11.10

76

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:02		M. Gawn Goal	77 - 76
27:00		C. Petracca Goal	77 - 70
25:04		C. Windsor Goal	77 - 64
21:11		Rushed	77 - 58
19:26		J. McVee Behind	77 - 57
18:40		Rushed	77 - 56
15:17		J. van Rooyen Goal	76 - 56
4:42		H. Petty Behind	76 - 50
3:32		Rushed	76 - 49
0:37		G. Hewett Goal	76 - 48
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
31:32		C. Petracca Goal	70 - 48
29:11		Rushed	70 - 42
27:55		B. Fritsch Goal	70 - 41
22:15		K. Chandler Behind	70 - 35
20:54		K. Pickett Behind	70 - 34
16:43		C. Curnow Goal	70 - 33
15:28		C. Petracca Goal	64 - 33
13:19		S. Walsh Behind	64 - 27
11:41		Rushed	63 - 27
9:53		B. Fritsch Behind	63 - 26
7:38		Rushed	63 - 25
7:38		Rushed	63 - 25
3:58		M. Owies Goal	62 - 25
2:01		K. Pickett Goal	56 - 25
0:24		C. Curnow Goal	56 - 19
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:28		D. Turner Goal	50 - 19
24:21		M. Owies Goal	50 - 13
22:39		P. Cripps Goal	44 - 13
20:28		C. Curnow Behind	38 - 13
18:56		Rushed	37 - 13
14:06		C. Petracca Goal	36 - 13
12:27		C. Petracca Behind	36 - 7
10:02		C. Petracca Goal	36 - 6
8:16		M. Owies Goal	36 - 0
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:47		T. De Koning Goal	30 - 0
20:17		H. McKay Goal	24 - 0
11:22		J. Martin Goal	18 - 0
9:20		M. Pittonet Goal	12 - 0
5:44		S. Walsh Goal	6 - 0

Game Information

MCG

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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