Has an AFL game ever ended 46-43?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 46-43 4 times. It first happened on May 27, 1905, when St Kilda beat Geelong, and most recently on June 9, 1962, when Carlton beat St Kilda.
That makes 46-43 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 47-43 has happened 2 times and 46-44 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 48 years, between 1914 and 1962.