Gold Coast SUNSSUNS

15.19

109

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SUNS	10	49	20	30	109
NMFC	27	0	18	2	47

7.5

47

North MelbourneNMFC

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:35		C. Graham Goal	109 - 47
29:19		I. Rankine Behind	103 - 47
27:05		Rushed	102 - 47
26:10		J. Jeffrey Behind	101 - 47
24:51		B. Ainsworth Behind	100 - 47
23:27		W. Powell Behind	99 - 47
20:35		A. Davies Goal	98 - 47
19:18		B. Ainsworth Goal	92 - 47
16:15		I. Rankine Goal	86 - 47
11:31		B. Ainsworth Behind	80 - 47
7:05		Rushed	79 - 47
6:05		L. Davies-Uniacke Behind	79 - 46
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
28:51		J. Anderson Goal	79 - 45
23:37		D. Swallow Behind	79 - 39
17:56		S. Day Goal	78 - 39
16:13		J. Horne-Francis Goal	72 - 39
13:15		Rushed	72 - 33
7:17		N. Larkey Goal	71 - 33
5:11		N. Holman Goal	71 - 27
3:51		J. Jeffrey Goal	65 - 27
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
33:07		D. Swallow Goal	59 - 27
28:01		W. Powell Behind	53 - 27
25:32		S. Day Goal	52 - 27
24:18		M. Rosas Goal	46 - 27
20:27		M. Chol Goal	40 - 27
17:24		I. Rankine Behind	34 - 27
15:46		T. Miller Behind	33 - 27
14:03		W. Powell Goal	32 - 27
13:19		Rushed	26 - 27
9:14		Rushed	25 - 27
7:05		I. Rankine Goal	24 - 27
5:06		B. Ellis Behind	18 - 27
2:33		B. Ellis Goal	17 - 27
0:19		S. Day Behind	11 - 27
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:41		J. Simpkin Goal	10 - 27
28:22		Rushed	10 - 21
26:31		L. Davies-Uniacke Goal	10 - 20
25:49		J. Jeffrey Behind	10 - 14
22:00		Rushed	9 - 14
18:45		Rushed	8 - 14
17:42		J. Ziebell Goal	8 - 13
16:30		M. Rowell Goal	8 - 7
14:29		T. Goldstein Goal	2 - 7
9:51		I. Rankine Behind	2 - 1
9:01		M. Chol Behind	1 - 1
1:00		Rushed	0 - 1

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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