{"id":626379,"date":"2026-04-23T19:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626379\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:52:26","slug":"afl-round-seven-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-marvel-stadium-in-melbourne-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626379\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL round seven 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from Marvel Stadium in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The Western Bulldogs\u2019 injury crisis has claimed another star player with key forward Aaron Naughton stretchered off the ground after a sickening fall in the club\u2019s defeat to Sydney on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans\u2019 star recruit Charlie Curnow feasted on the Dogs\u2019 undermanned defence to boot seven goals on another dirty night for Luke Beveridge\u2019s decimated team, who were no match after half-time to lose by 66 points \u2013 18.18 (126) to 9.6 (60).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charlie Curnow takes possession ahead of Buku Khamis.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e6b769be3bdc70c54c1c28e02085ac36cdcc78cc.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Charlie Curnow takes possession ahead of Buku Khamis.AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>On top of the ladder just over a fortnight ago, the Dogs are a shadow of the side that was the last team to taste defeat this season and have now lost their past three games by a combined total of 181 points.<\/p>\n<p>This loss, on the night they celebrated the 10-year reunion of their fairytale 2016 flag, was compounded by a terrifying incident involving Naughton.<\/p>\n<p>Naughton landed on his head after flipping midair, attempting a high mark on Jai Serong deep in the Bulldogs\u2019 forward line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aaron Naughton is treated by medical staff after his horror fall.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/78232bfbc195ab17893d6413f5ccc3711f31fe6e.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Aaron Naughton is treated by medical staff after his horror fall.AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>The Dog have cleared Naughton of serious injury, but he is in extreme doubt for the Dogs\u2019 clash with leading premiership fancy Fremantle on Friday week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitial examination makes us optimistic that Aaron has avoided any serious injuries,\u201d the Bulldogs said in a statement released in the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be reassessed over the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The injury is another devastating blow to the Dogs, who last week lost the other half of their star forward pairing Sam Darcy to a season-ending knee injury. Ruckman Tim English and key defenders James O\u2019Donnell and Rory Lobb are also on a lengthy injury list.<\/p>\n<p>The Dogs finished the game with young pups Louis Emmett and Will Lewis deep in attack.<\/p>\n<p>The absences of O\u2019Donnell and Lobb were keenly felt. Curnow and Joel Amartey combined for Sydney\u2019s first eight goals and finished with 10 of their side\u2019s 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Western Bulldogs\u2019 injury crisis has claimed another star player with key forward Aaron Naughton stretchered off the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-626379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626379","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=626379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}