AFL 2026 Wildcard Round results
29 August 2026
The AFL's new ten-team finals format played its first Wildcard Round this weekend, and both games went down to the wire. The Western Bulldogs held off a fast-finishing Collingwood by 3 points on Friday night; Carlton ran out 19-point winners over Melbourne on Saturday. Two results, two survivors through to next week's Elimination Finals.
Wildcard Round scores
- Western Bulldogs 96 , winner 93 Collingwood , lost by 3 points
- Melbourne 55 , lost 74 Carlton , winner by 19 points
The round in two lines
Closest finish: Western Bulldogs by 3 — 96 to Collingwood's 93 at the MCG on Friday night, the tighter of the two Wildcard games.
Biggest margin: Carlton by 19 — the Blues ran out 74-55 winners over Melbourne on Saturday, both teams' seasons on the line.
That's the Wildcard Round done — both survivors move into next week's Elimination Finals. Running a competition with your mates through the rest of the finals series? A TippingMates ladder updates itself off results like these automatically, every round.
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