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AFL belt news · July 19, 2026

Essendon beat GWS Giants 67–64 and takes the AFL belt

The 3rd reign for the club; it ends GWS Giants’ 16 days with the belt and 1 defense.

Essendon took the lineal AFL belt on July 19, 2026, beating GWS Giants 67–64 at home. It is reign 97 in the belt's history and the 3rd for the club.

GWS Giants had held it since July 3, 2026: 16 days and 1 defense.

Essendon last held the belt in 2019, 2,642 days before this one; that reign lasted 12 days with 1 defense.

The reign lasted 6 days and 0 defenses, ending July 25, 2026 against Hawthorn.

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