{"id":691018,"date":"2026-05-24T07:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691018\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T07:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:02:22","slug":"afl-news-2026-gws-giants-score-86-points-in-third-quarter-vs-brisbane-lions-result-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691018\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL news 2026: GWS Giants score 86 points in third quarter vs Brisbane Lions, result, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

GWS<\/a> have produced the biggest third quarter in AFL history, completely stunning reigning premiers Brisbane<\/a> en route to an emphatic victory.<\/p>\n

After leading 9.5(59) to 8.5(53) at half time, the Giants absolutely exploded in the third term, booting 14 goals and scoring a total of 86 points, blowing the game wide open.<\/p>\n

By the time the teams paused at three-quarter time, the Lions had no answers and ended up failing to restore any pride in the 26.10(166) to 13.10(88) defeat.<\/p>\n

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Giants players celebrate against the Lions.\u00a0via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” Gerard Healy said on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

“They’ll gave a look at this on replay, they won’t believe what they’re putting out here at the moment. Is there a mercy rule? They are no better than witches hats at the moment.<\/p>\n

“They’ve sat back and let their game fall apart … it’s just been an avalanche.”<\/p>\n

Geelong great Cameron Mooney couldn’t believe what he was watching unfold.<\/p>\n

“This is an extraordinary quarter of football from both teams … what we’re seeing from the Lions is horrifying,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Questions will be asked of them and probably for themselves as well.”<\/p>\n

The previous highest third-quarter score in V\/AFL history came in 1982 in a clash between Essendon and Western Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

It also marked the highest total score in GWS history with 166 points. <\/p>\n

Jake Stringer and Toby Greene<\/a> both had six goals apiece, while Max Gruzewski and Aaron Cadman finished with three each in a dominant performance.<\/p>\n

Brisbane remain on the fringe of the top-eight with six wins and four losses, while the Giants climbed up slightly but remain well outside the finals picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GWS have produced the biggest third quarter in AFL history, completely stunning reigning premiers Brisbane en route to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-691018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691018","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=691018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}