Category: AFL

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 92.28 points per team, ten out of 18 teams scored at least 93 points.
Average Winning Margin: 25.89 points per game, that included a draw. At the other end of the spectrum three out of nine games had a margin of 39 points or more.

Points of Interest

Connor Nash (Hawthorn) is the first Irishman to reach 100 games for the club.

Ned Reeeves (Hawthorn) played his 50^th game.

Collingwood scored 15 goals from 34 inside 50s.

The first draw of season 2026, was between Collingwood and Hawthorn.

Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) has kicked at least a goal in 19 consecutive games.

Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) has kicked at least a goal in 17 consecutive games.

Richmond led at quarter time for the first time this season, with a seven-point lead over West Coast Eagles.

Malakai Champion (West Coast Eagles) kicked the first goal of his career.

Francis Evans (Carlton) played his 50^th game.

St Kilda co-captain Callum Wilkie hasn’t missed a game since his debut in Round 1, 2019.

Carlton have led six times at half time this season and only won once.

Carlton haven’t won a second half in any game this season!

St Kilda has scored over 100 points in three consecutive games for the first time since 2012.

Brodie Grundy (Sydney Swans) played his 250^th game.

Angus Sheldrick (Sydney Swans) was the youngest player in the team, at age 22.

Melbourne Demons had seven players from their 2021 Premiership team playing against Sydney Swans.

Sydney Swans conceded their most points this season, conceding 114 points against Melbourne Demons.

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Facts and Figures

Average Score: 94.33 points per team; five out of 18 teams scored more than 125 points.
Average Winning Margin: 50 points per game; six out of nine games had a margin of more than 48 points.

Points of Interest

Charlie Curnow (Sydney Swans) kicked seven goals in a breakout game.

Justin McInerney (Sydney Swans) failed to kick a goal for the first time this season.

Billy Cootee (Sydney Swans) kicked a goal in his first game.

Jack Ross (Richmond) captained the team in his 100^th game.

Richmond have lost 12 AFL games in a row.

Nick Watson (Hawthorn) played his 50^th game.

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Gold Coast Suns) played his first game for the club and kicked a goal, in his first game in the AFL in 596 days.

Gold Coast Suns have never won in Tasmania in the nine games that they have played there.

Collingwood kicked 100+ points for the first time in 16 games!

Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) had his most ever disposals in a game, with 43 and won his fourth Anzac Day Medal.

Collingwood had their biggest ever win on Anzac Day, in their 31-year history of the clash, against Essendon, by a 77-point margin.

Oisin Mullin (Geelong Cats) from Ireland played his 50^th game.

Mitch Georgiades (Port Adelaide) has kicked at least one goal in his last 28 games.

Jason Horne-Francis (Port Adelaide) had his most disposals in a game, with 34.

Marcus Windhager (St Kilda) kicked his first goal of the season.

Sam Flanders (St Kilda) kicked his first goal for the club.

St Kilda scored 143 points, that hasn’t been done since 2016 and had their biggest win since 2015, by 101 points, in their Round 7 clash against West Coast Eagles.

Toby Greene (GWS Giants) has now played the most games for the team, with 268.

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Facts and Figures

Average Score: 92.72 points per team, which is understandable, because nine out of 18 teams scored over 100 points.
Average Winning Margin: 29.67 per game, due to four out of nine games had a margin of over than 40 points.

Points of Interest

Michael Voss (Carlton) coached his 100^th AFL game for the club. He became the tenth person to coach a century of VFL/AFL games for Carlton.

Nick Daicos (Collingwood) played his 100^th AFL game and was a standout.

Despite winning, Collingwood have gone 15 consecutive games without scoring 100 points or more.

Marc Blicavs (Geelong Cats) played his 300^th AFL game. while Jake Kolodjashnij played his 200th AFL game and the latter kicked a memorable goal in the fourth quarter, against Western Bulldogs.

Jeremy Cameron (Geelong Cats) kicked seven goals in the first half, with his seventh goal his 750^th and finished with ten goals against Western Bulldogs.

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge had his biggest deficit at half time with; Geelong Cats led by 57 points.

Leek Aleer (GWS Giants) kicked his first goal of his AFL career in the fourth quarter against Sydney Swans.

Sullivan Robey (Essendon) kicked his first goal in the AFL, in the third quarter against Gold Coast Suns.

Karl Amon (Hawthorn) played his 200^th AFL game and Cam MacKenzie played his 50^th AFL game.

Mitch Georgiades (Port Adelaide) has kicked at least one goal in his last 28 games.

William McCabe (Hawthorn) kicked an unbelievable goal from outside 50 on a tough angle, midway through the fourth quarter in his first AFL game.

Jack Sinclair (St Kilda) had the equal most disposals in a quarter this season, with 17, which was the same amount as Matthew Kennedy (Western Bulldogs).

It’s North Melbournes’ best start to a season in a decade and Richmonds’ worst start to a season in 16 years.

Paul Curtis (North Melbourne) kicked three of his six goals in the first quarter against Richmond.

Logan Morris (Brisbane Lions) played his 50^th game. Lachie Neale played his 300th AFL game alongside his great mate Josh Dunkley who played his 200^th AFL game.

Jordan Clark (Fremantle Dockers) played his 100^th consecutive AFL game.

Highlights

Daniel McStay (Collingwood) kicked a good set shot from a tough angle outside 50 late in the third quarter against Carlton.

Nick Blakey (Sydney Swans) kicked a goal from about 75 metres midway through the fourth quarter.

Zach Merrett (Essendon) kicked a goal from a centre bounce in the second quarter, that made the deficit for them three points near half time against Gold Coast Suns.

Jed Walter (Gold Coast Suns) kicked a goal in mid-air late in the third quarter.

Mitch Lewis (Hawthorn) kicked a great set shot from a tough angle in the third quarter against Port Adelaide.

Taylor Walker (Adelaide Crows) kicked his fourth goal of the game, with a remarkable set shot, early in the third quarter against St Kilda. Shortly after Brayden Cook kicked a freakish goal.

Colby McKercher (North Melbourne) kicked an outstanding goal late in the third quarter against Richmond.

Brody Mihocek (Melbourne Demons) kicked goal from a set shot near the boundary line 50 metres out, in the third quarter against Brisbane Lions.

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