{"id":614383,"date":"2026-04-18T04:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614383\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:54:09","slug":"afl-live-updates-suns-vs-bombers-hawks-vs-power-crows-vs-saints-blog-scores-and-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614383\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL live updates Suns vs Bombers, Hawks vs Power, Crows vs Saints blog, scores and stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

2m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:51am<\/p>\n

Suns stretch their lead\"Luke<\/p>\n

Ethan Read marks the ball just to the right of the posts, before playing on to kick his second goal for the Suns.<\/p>\n

An earllier Bombers’ behind had reduced the Suns’ lead to two points, but it stretches out to eight following Read’s effort.<\/p>\n

5m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:48am<\/p>\n

Suns back in front\"Luke<\/p>\n

The Suns hit the ground running in the third quarter, with Ben King adding his third goal of the match.<\/p>\n

King’s set-shot major iced a well-constructed attacking movement from the Suns, who lead by three points early in the term.<\/p>\n

8m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:45am<\/p>\n

Play underway in third quarter\"Luke<\/p>\n

Hostilities resume at Carrara, with the Bombers leading by three points.<\/p>\n

It feels like we have a dramatic third term coming up!<\/p>\n

9m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:43am<\/p>\n

Stat chat\"Luke\"Ssuns(Getty)<\/p>\n

It’s no surprise the Bombers and Suns are barely split on the\u00a0 scoreboard.<\/p>\n

The inside-50s count is level-pegging at 28 apiece, while the Bombers narrowly lead the contested possessions, 65-64.<\/p>\n

We have a bumper final two quarters awaiting us!<\/p>\n

18m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:34am<\/p>\n

Bombers feeling positive vibes\"Luke<\/p>\n

27m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:26am<\/p>\n

Bombers capitalise from free kick\"Luke<\/p>\n

The Suns gave away a free kick inside their defensive 50, and it was a costly one indeed.<\/p>\n

Xavier Duursma kicked truly from the set-shot that followed, giving the Bombers a three-point lead at the main break.<\/p>\n

30m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:22am<\/p>\n

Bombers aren’t going away!\"Luke<\/p>\n

Two straight goals from the Bombers!<\/p>\n

Archer May coolly kicked his second goal after claiming a\u00a0 contested mark at the back of a pack.<\/p>\n

He converted from the set-shot, before Zach Merrett cleaned up following the re-start to go long for another Bombers major.<\/p>\n

34m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:19am<\/p>\n

Petracca has a second goal\"Luke<\/p>\n

The Bombers are punished for a turnover, with the Suns launching a counter-attack movement that was finished off with Christian Petracca kicking his second goal of the match.<\/p>\n

It’s the hosts leading by 15.<\/p>\n

36m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:17am<\/p>\n

No quarter asked, none given!\"Luke\"A(Getty)<\/p>\n

38m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:15am<\/p>\n

Edwards gives Bombers another lift\"Luke<\/p>\n

The Bombers go back to back, as Tom Edwards lands a goal not long after Peter Wright troubled the scorers\u00a0 with his major.<\/p>\n

It’s an eight-point ball game as we approach half-time.<\/p>\n

39m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:14am<\/p>\n

Two-metre Peter on target\"Luke<\/p>\n

Great work from Peter Wright, who got separation from Mac Andrew to mark and then kick a goal inside the Bombers’\u00a0 attacking 50.<\/p>\n

Wright’s major reduces the Suns’ lead to 14 points.<\/p>\n

42m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:11am<\/p>\n

King has his second goal\"Luke<\/p>\n

Ben King was allowed too much space inside the Suns’ attacking 50 and he made the Bombers pay.<\/p>\n

King took an uncontested mark before slotting the set-shot from in front of the posts with ease.<\/p>\n

The Suns up by 20.<\/p>\n

45m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:08am<\/p>\n

Suns give themselves breathing space\"Luke<\/p>\n

The Suns would rather have goals to their name on the scoreboard, but the addition of some behinds has pushed their lead out to 14 points midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n

47m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:06am<\/p>\n

Suns playing for a good cause\"Luke\"A(Getty)<\/p>\n

If you’re watching the TV broadcast, you’ll notice the Suns wearing blue socks.<\/p>\n

The Suns are supporting their charity partner RizeUp, who provide support to families fleeing domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Well done to the Suns for supporting such an important cause.<\/p>\n

52m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:01am<\/p>\n

Read replies for Suns\"Luke<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for the Suns to cancel out Jade Gresham’s goal, with Ethan Read on target for the home side.<\/p>\n

The Suns by nine points.<\/p>\n

53m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:00am<\/p>\n

Bombers strike early\"Luke<\/p>\n

Jade Gresham gives the Bombers a positive start to the second term.<\/p>\n

A poor clearance from the Suns inside their defensive 50 was pounced upon by the Bombers.<\/p>\n

The ball transferred through various sets of hands, before Jordan Ridley stabbed a kick to find Gresham inside the 50.<\/p>\n

Gresham completed the assignment for the Bombers to reduce the Suns’ advantage on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

57m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 3:55am<\/p>\n

Play resumes at Carrara\"Luke<\/p>\n

It’s an eight-point lead the Suns are holding over the Bombers as we make a start to the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Who’ll be on top at the main break?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2m agoSat 18 Apr 2026 at 4:51am Suns stretch their lead Ethan Read marks the ball just to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3443,638,64,63,3028,2485,6854,160,6082,85,1122],"class_list":{"0":"post-614383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-adelaide","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-essendon","13":"tag-gold-coast","14":"tag-hawthorn","15":"tag-live-blog","16":"tag-port-adelaide","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-st-kilda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}