Collingwood vs Melbourne AFLW 2026 Round 8

Sun 04 Oct 2026 · 15:05 AEDT

Final AFLW 2026 · Round 8

Collingwood Coach: Sam Wright

21 2.9

42 6.6

Melbourne Coach: Tom Wilson

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

26 Mia Austin FF 33 Aoife Horisk FPR

Half forwards

7 Tayla Harris HFFL 20 Maggie Mahony CHF 12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon HFFR

Followers

1 Georgia Campbell RK 2 Olivia Purcell RR 5 Tyla Hanks ROV

Centre

11 Molly O'Hehir WL 24 Megan Fitzsimon C 4 Paxy Paxman WR

Half backs

13 Maeve Chaplin HBFL 32 Jordyn S. Allen CHB 19 Laela Ebert HBFR

Backs

8 Sarah Lampard BPL 17 Tahlia Gillard FB

Interchange 5

3 Alyssia Pisano INT 6 Alyssa Bannan INT 9 Georgia Gall INT 15 Lauren Pearce INT 40 Jorja Livingstone INT

Emergencies 3

25 Jacinta Hose EMG 28 Saraid Taylor EMG 29 Tahlia Fellows EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Rushed behind1Q - 0:46 - Rushed behind - 1–0

Ruby Schleicher1Q - 2:00 - Behind - 2–0 Mia Austin1Q - 4:45 - Goal - 2–6 Georgia Gall1Q - 12:24 - Behind - 2–7 Megan Fitzsimon1Q - 15:34 - Behind - 2–8 Tayla Harris1Q - 17:29 - Behind - 2–9 Georgia Gall1Q - 18:37 - Behind - 2–10 Charlotte Brewer2Q - 2:45 - Behind - 3–10 Tyla Hanks2Q - 5:55 - Goal - 3–16 Ashley Centra2Q - 10:53 - Goal - 9–16 Mia Austin2Q - 12:22 - Goal - 9–22 Mia Austin2Q - 15:01 - Goal - 9–28 Ashley Centra2Q - 18:33 - Behind - 10–28 Ryleigh Wotherspoon2Q - 20:23 - Behind - 10–29 Lucille Cronin3Q - 1:24 - Behind - 11–29

Rushed behind3Q - 1:45 - Rushed behind - 12–29

Georgia Gall3Q - 6:53 - Goal - 12–35 Eliza James3Q - 8:44 - Goal - 18–35

Rushed behind3Q - 11:46 - Rushed behind - 19–35

Lucille Cronin4Q - 1:01 - Behind - 20–35 Tayla Harris4Q - 4:52 - Goal - 20–41

Rushed behind4Q - 13:43 - Rushed behind - 21–41

Paxy Paxman4Q - 16:59 - Behind - 21–42

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Paxy PaxmanBehind
4Q 16:5921–42
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 13:4321–41
Tayla HarrisGoal
4Q 4:5220–41
Lucille CroninBehind
4Q 1:0120–35
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 11:4619–35
Eliza JamesGoal
3Q 8:4418–35
Georgia GallGoal
3Q 6:5312–35
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 1:4512–29
Lucille CroninBehind
3Q 1:2411–29
Ryleigh WotherspoonBehind
2Q 20:2310–29
Ashley CentraBehind
2Q 18:3310–28
Mia AustinGoal
2Q 15:019–28
Mia AustinGoal
2Q 12:229–22
Ashley CentraGoal
2Q 10:539–16
Tyla HanksGoal
2Q 5:553–16
Charlotte BrewerBehind
2Q 2:453–10
Georgia GallBehind
1Q 18:372–10
Tayla HarrisBehind
1Q 17:292–9
Megan FitzsimonBehind
1Q 15:342–8
Georgia GallBehind
1Q 12:242–7
Mia AustinGoal
1Q 4:452–6
Ruby SchleicherBehind
1Q 2:002–0
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 0:461–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
COL	2	10	19	21	21
MEL	10	29	35	42	42

Match Leaders

Goals

Mia AustinMEL

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Georgia GallMEL

Disposals

Olivia PurcellMEL

Tackles

Tyla HanksMEL

Team Stats

COLMEL

Scoring / Attack

2Goals6

9Behinds6

11Shots at goal14

18.2Goal accuracy %42.9

31Inside 50s33

2Goal assists5

5Marks inside 5012

Possession

256Disposals282

126Kicks169

130Handballs113

105Contested possessions107

144Uncontested possessions163

Clearance / Contest

21Total clearances26

4Centre clearances6

17Stoppage clearances20

69Tackles77

32Hitouts25

8Contested marks4

Other

41Marks62

61.3Disposal efficiency %68.8

0Bounces1

63Turnovers66

43Clangers47

249Total possessions270

66Intercepts63

24Rebound 50s29

14Tackles inside 5019

23One-percenters34

11Frees for12

12Frees against11

1,061AFL Fantasy1,273

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 23 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: MEL 12 pts
Lead Changes: 1
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Collingwood by 21 points, 42–21.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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