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AFL · Match ReportPublished · 2026-07-18
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Collingwood and Carlton made the same game — 20 scoring shots to 19 — and Collingwood won it at the goalface

How Collingwood earned it: 20 scoring shots to 19. The 90–69 was the fair end of it.
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Collingwood 90, Carlton 69 — the first scoreboard, the one you already have. Below is the second: the 50 funnel, how each side turned the ball going forward into a scoreboard — inside 50s, then marks inside 50, then scoring shots, then the goals that count. It is where this game was actually decided.

The second scoreboard — the 50 funnel, Collingwood v Carlton: inside 50s, marks inside 50, scoring shots and goals
The second scoreboard: level on chances, 20 to 19.

These two made the same amount of football — 20 scoring shots to 19, as level as the second scoreboard gets. The game turned at the one place the funnel narrows to a single act: the kick. Collingwood finished 14.6, Carlton 10.9 — not territory, not chances, the goalface.

Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-07-18
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