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AFL Round 4 Review (Season 2026)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 87.57 points per team, even though only three out of 16 teams scored over 100 points.
Average Winning Margin: 36.38 points per game, which is understandable given Sydney Swans defeated West Coast Eagles by 128 points.
Teams that had a Bye: GWS Giants and St Kilda

Points of Interest

Nic Newman (Carlton) played his first AFL game in 573 days.

Chayce Jones (Adelaide Crows) played his 100^th game.

Jordon Sweet (Port Adelaide) played his 50^th game.

Tom Papley (Sydney Swans) played his 200^th game.

Sydney Swans had their biggest away win in their history, with a 128-point win over West Coast Eagles.

Zeke Uwland (Gold Coast Suns) kicked the first goal of his career, as did Lachlan Gulbin.

Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) kicked the 300^th goal of his career.

Essendon lost their 17^th game in a row.

Sam Mitchell coached his 100th game in the AFL.

Jarman Impey played his 150th game for Hawthorn.

Jack Martin (Geelong Cats) kicked his 150th goal of his career.

Highlights

Will Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) kicked a freakish goal on his non dominant left foot from the pocket in the second quarter.

Harry Sheezel (North Melbourne) kicked an incredible goal in the fourth quarter against Carlton.

Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce smothered a kick from James Peatling (Adelaide Crows) late in the game.

Maurice Rioli (Richmond) took an amazing mark in the second quarter against Port Adelaide.

Isaac Heeney (Sydney Swans) took an incredible mark near quarter time and kicked four high quality goals for the game.

Christian Salem (Melbourne Demons) kicked a great snap, which made the deficit seven points at quarter time against Gold Coast Suns.

Jake Melksham (Melbourne Demons) took a spectacular mark in the third quarter.

Oliver Dempsey (Geelong Cats) kicked a great set shot goal from outside 50 from a tough angle in the second quarter against Hawthorn. Nick Watson (Hawthorn) kicked the next goal on his non dominant left foot.

Josh Weddle (Hawthorn) kicked an amazing goal from a set shot on a tough angle in the third quarter.

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AFL Round 4 Review (Season 2025)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 82.5 points per team, with seven out of 16 teams scoring at least 89 points.
Average Winning Margin: 33 points per game, which indicates there were relatively one-sided games. Despite that, four out of wight games had a margin of 17 points or less.
Round 4 (In a Nutshell): Round 4 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

Round Highlight

Gold Coast Suns and Adelaide Crows played possibly the best game of the season with the Suns winning by one-point in controversial circumstances with the AFL admitting Izak Rankine of the Crows should’ve been paid a mark or given a free kick in the final moments of the game, which probably would’ve changed the result.

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AFL Round 4 Review (Season 2024)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 79.67 points per team, which is fairly low, when taking into account four out of 18 teams scored 104 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 26 points per game, which indicates there were relatively one-sided games. Two games had a margin of 69 points and 70 points respectively.
Round 4 (In a Nutshell): Check out what transpired in Round 4.

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