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AFL · Match ReportPublished · 2026-07-19
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GWS GIANTS made 24 scoring shots to 17 against Essendon — and lost 64–67

GWS GIANTS won the second scoreboard — 24 scoring shots to 17 — but not the first: Essendon took it 67–64.
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Essendon 67, GWS GIANTS 64 — 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, Essendon v GWS GIANTS: inside 50s, marks inside 50, scoring shots and goals
The second scoreboard: GWS GIANTS won the game it lost.

Strip the scoreboard and this is GWS GIANTS's game: 24 scoring shots to 17, the run of play in one direction. What beat them was the finish, not the football — Essendon took its chances and GWS GIANTS didn't, and the ladder only records the four points. The second scoreboard, the one that measures the game rather than the goalface, reads the other way.

Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-07-19
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