AFL Round 3 Review (Season 2026)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 79.79 points per team, which is understandable, as only three out 14 teams scored 100 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 24.43 points per game, which is the case, as only three out of seven games had a margin of 33 points or more.
Teams that had a Bye: Gold Coast Suns, Hawthorn, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs

Points of Interest

Tom Stewart of Geelong Cats kicked his seventh career goal.

Mark O’Connor of Geelong Cats played his 150th game.

Geelong Cats won their 15th game in a row against Adelaide Crows at GHMBA Stadium.

Oscar Steene of Collingwood kicked a goal in his first AFL game.

Jake Stringer kicked his 400th goal in the AFL.

Brisbane Lions had their first goalless first quarter since Round 2, 2018.

Sean Darcy of Fremantle Dockers kicked the 50th goal of his AFL career.

Fremantle Dockers kicked their equal most behinds in a game, with 25!

Tom Blamires of North Melbourne kicked his first goal in the AFL, near the end of the third quarter.

Despite North Melbourne failing to kick a goal in the fourth quarter, they had their first win against Essendon since 2016.

Essendon have had 16 straight losses.

Melbourne Demons captain Max Gawn played his 250th game, so did Tom McDonald.

Kysaiah Pickett of the Demons had 33 disposals. It was the first time in his career he had more than 29 disposals.

Highlights

Nick Murray of Adelaide Crows kicked an outstanding goal from outside 50 late in the game against Geelong Cats.

Alix Tauru of St Kilda kicked a goal from outside 50 metres near three quarter time, against Brisbane Lions.

Mitch Owens of St Kilda kicked a fantastic goal from outside 50 metres in the fourth quarter.

Jaspa Fletcher of Brisbane Lions kicked a remarkable goal in the fourth quarter.

Isaiah Dudley of Fremantle Dockers did brilliantly to tackle Sam Banks of Richmond and kick a goal from the resultant free kick in the second quarter.

Jye Amiss kicked an impressive goal in the third quarter for Fremantle Dockers.

Jake Waterman of West Coast Eagles kicked a couple of freakish goals from set shots.

Kysaiah Pickett of Melbourne Demons kicked a spectacular goal from outside 50.

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AFL Round 3 Review (Season 2025)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 82.06 points per team, with four out of 16 teams scoring at least 106 points.
Average Winning Margin: 31.88 points per game, which indicates there were relatively one-sided games. Despite that, four games had a margin of 12 points or less.
Round 3 (In a Nutshell): Round 3 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

Round Highlight

Western Bulldogs had an inspirational eight-point win over Carlton.

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AFL Round 3 Review (Season 2023)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 70.72 points per team, which is fairly low, when taking into account three out of 18 teams scored 100 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 24 points per game, which indicates there were relatively close games. Despite that, two games had a margin of 41 points or more, which indicates that there were plenty of one sided games.
Round 3 (In a Nutshell): In Round 3 I correctly predicted the results in six out of nine matches. Find out what transpired.

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