9.17

71

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MELB	21	10	22	18	71
CARL	14	19	14	26	73

11.7

73

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
34:36		M. Kennedy Behind	71 - 73
32:29		B. Acres Goal	71 - 72
30:46		K. Pickett Behind	71 - 66
29:54		C. Oliver Behind	70 - 66
23:15		J. Motlop Goal	69 - 66
19:34		B. Fritsch Behind	69 - 60
18:19		M. Gawn Behind	68 - 60
15:44		J. Viney Behind	67 - 60
12:09		C. Curnow Behind	66 - 60
9:46		B. Fritsch Goal	66 - 59
8:58		Rushed	60 - 59
6:18		K. Pickett Goal	59 - 59
3:17		M. Owies Goal	53 - 59
1:06		S. Walsh Goal	53 - 53
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:49		M. Gawn Behind	53 - 47
22:40		K. Pickett Goal	52 - 47
21:49		M. Kennedy Behind	46 - 47
20:37		T. Sparrow Behind	46 - 46
19:14		B. Fritsch Goal	45 - 46
13:17		Rushed	39 - 46
8:40		Rushed	39 - 45
6:57		B. Acres Goal	38 - 45
4:56		J. Smith Goal	38 - 39
3:22		K. Pickett Behind	32 - 39
1:11		M. Kennedy Goal	31 - 39
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
30:36		B. Fritsch Behind	31 - 33
27:01		K. Pickett Behind	30 - 33
22:04		M. Cottrell Behind	29 - 33
20:46		A. Neal-Bullen Behind	29 - 32
17:19		J. Smith Goal	28 - 32
15:25		C. Curnow Goal	22 - 32
13:25		S. Walsh Goal	22 - 26
7:35		J. Motlop Goal	22 - 20
2:08		K. Chandler Behind	22 - 14
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:57		T. De Koning Goal	21 - 14
21:19		T. De Koning Goal	21 - 8
17:53		C. Petracca Goal	21 - 2
13:30		J. Smith Goal	15 - 2
11:59		B. Fritsch Behind	9 - 2
10:05		L. Fogarty Behind	8 - 2
3:38		E. Langdon Goal	8 - 1
2:55		A. Tomlinson Behind	2 - 1
2:29		C. Spargo Behind	1 - 1
1:24		C. Curnow Behind	0 - 1

Game Information

MCG

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	FRE	52	144.4	WWWWW
2	SYD	48	143.7	WLWWW
3	GEEL	36	120.6	WLLWL
4	MELB	36	105.7	WLLWW
5	HAW	34	113.2	LLWWL
6	ADEL	32	112.4	WWLWW
7	BL	32	108.4	LLLWW
8	WB	32	90.7	LWWWL
9	SUNS	28	107.2	WWLLL
10	STK	24	102.4	WLLLW
11	GWS	24	102.3	WLWWL
12	NMFC	24	88.5	LLWLW
13	COLL	22	99.2	LLWLL
14	CARL	20	88.7	LWWWW
15	PORT	16	101.0	LLLWL
16	WCE	16	72.7	WLWLL
17	RICH	8	61.1	LLWLL
18	ESS	4	70.4	LLLLL