2026 AFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2026 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Steven King and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne (16.13.109) defeated Gold Coast (14.5.89).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 5 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,287

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.13.109 - 14.5.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Gold Coast 4 . 1 8 . 2 12 . 4 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Margin GCST by 7 MELB by 6 MELB by 14 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration 28:34 32:08 32:48 29:24 2:02:54

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 2
Tom Sparrow MELB 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Chandler, Kade HFFR 76% 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 6 3 4 0 1 1 2
13 Culley, Jai RO 75% 0 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 1 0 22 11 11 5 32 3 4 2 4 1 2 2
22 Howes, Blake INT 80% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed RR 84% 0 1 15 11 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
4 Langford, Harvey INT 67% 2 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 60% 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 3
8 Lever, Jake FB 86% 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2
5 Lindsay, Xavier HBFL 77% 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 96% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 84% 4 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1
28 Mihocek, Brody FF 84% 2 1 6 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
35 Petty, Harry INT 82% 0 1 6 4 2 4 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 80% 1 0 25 18 7 2 0 5 6 3 1 1 2 10
33 Pickett, Latrelle HFFL 65% 1 2 13 10 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 4
3 Salem, Christian BPR 77% 1 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 1 4 0 2 4 2
30 Sharp, Harry HBFR 74% 1 1 16 10 6 6 0 5 2 6 1 2 1 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 68% 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 10 4 2 2 0 1 6
9 Steele, Jack C 77% 0 0 26 10 16 5 0 8 11 0 3 0 0 4
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn WL 78% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
10 Turner, Daniel BPL 95% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 78% 1 1 14 8 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 75% 0 0 17 11 6 0 0 7 2 5 1 1 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 13 341 210 131 89 42 59 39 52 19 17 30 59

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Anderson, Noah (c) WR 90% 0 1 22 13 9 5 0 1 7 2 0 0 3 5
1 Andrew, Mac BPR 84% 0 0 12 7 5 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 1
10 Ballard, Charlie BPL 80% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
33 Clohesy, Sam RR 69% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 4
25 Collins, Sam FB 97% 0 0 14 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
26 Graham, Will HFFR 83% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 6 4 2 2 2 0 4
39 Gulbin, Lachlan RO 69% 1 0 22 11 11 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5
16 Jeffrey, Joel INT 71% 1 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2
34 King, Ben FF 88% 3 1 10 6 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2
8 Lombard, Leo FPR 77% 0 0 18 4 14 3 0 1 1 7 0 2 0 3
22 Long, Ben HFFL 81% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 1
11 Miller, Touk CHF 78% 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 1
2 Noble, John HBFL 84% 0 0 26 16 10 5 0 3 0 2 2 1 7 2
27 Powell, Wil C 82% 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 2
20 Read, Ethan FPL 88% 3 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 78% 0 0 23 11 12 6 0 3 1 4 0 2 6 4
29 Rogers, Jake INT 65% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 1
18 Rowell, Matt INT 77% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 4 3 0 2 0 1
6 Uwland, Bodhi CHB 90% 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 6 1
32 Uwland, Zeke INT 65% 2 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
4 Walter, Jed INT 56% 2 1 10 7 3 7 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 2
14 Weller, Lachie WL 70% 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 4 1
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 80% 0 0 8 3 5 1 21 2 2 5 1 4 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 5 351 188 163 90 27 54 28 52 17 19 42 45

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Steven King
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins 1 M. Andrew 11 M. Gawn (c) 22 B. Howes
36 K. Pickett 28 B. Mihocek 18 J. Melksham 15 E. Langdon 4 H. Langford
FORWARD 13 J. Culley 16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

35 H. Petty
2 J. Noble 6 B. Uwland 17 D. Rioli

32 T. Sparrow
37 K. Chandler 2 J. van Rooyen 33 L. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Weller 27 W. Powell 15 N. Anderson (c)



6 C. Windsor 9 J. Steele 12 K. Tholstrup FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 16 J. Jeffrey
HALF-FORWARD 33 S. Clohesy 29 J. Rogers
22 B. Long 11 T. Miller 26 W. Graham 39 L. Gulbin 18 M. Rowell
30 H. Sharp 25 T. McDonald 5 X. Lindsay

32 Z. Uwland
HALF-BACK

4 J. Walter
FORWARD



20 E. Read 34 B. King 8 L. Lombard



3 C. Salem 8 J. Lever 10 D. Turner



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ben King goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:10
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:21
MELB Jai Culley behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:49
GCST Ethan Read goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 08:04
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 09:34
GCST Zeke Uwland goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 13:10
MELB Brody Mihocek behind 1.3.9 - 3.0.18 15:54
GCST Ben King behind 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 17:51
GCST Ben King goal 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 19:27
MELB Jai Culley behind 1.4.10 - 4.1.25 21:46
MELB Latrelle Pickett behind 1.5.11 - 4.1.25 22:26
MELB Ed Langdon behind 1.6.12 - 4.1.25 24:55
MELB Christian Salem goal 2.6.18 - 4.1.25 28:31
Q2 MELB Latrelle Pickett behind 2.7.19 - 4.1.25 00:23
GCST Lachlan Gulbin goal 2.7.19 - 5.1.31 01:51
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 3.7.25 - 5.1.31 05:17
GCST Ethan Read goal 3.7.25 - 6.1.37 07:08
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.7.31 - 6.1.37 08:31
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.7.37 - 6.1.37 10:50
MELB Harvey Langford goal 6.7.43 - 6.1.37 13:17
MELB Harry Sharp goal 7.7.49 - 6.1.37 16:59
GCST Ben King goal 7.7.49 - 7.1.43 19:47
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 8.7.55 - 7.1.43 21:50
GCST Wil Powell goal 8.7.55 - 8.1.49 26:10
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 8.8.56 - 8.1.49 27:15
GCST Noah Anderson behind 8.8.56 - 8.2.50 29:26
Q3 GCST Zeke Uwland goal 8.8.56 - 9.2.56 01:20
GCST Will Graham goal 8.8.56 - 10.2.62 03:32
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 9.8.62 - 10.2.62 06:37
MELB Jake Melksham goal 10.8.68 - 10.2.62 11:48
GCST Jed Walter behind 10.8.68 - 10.3.63 14:30
MELB Kade Chandler behind 10.9.69 - 10.3.63 15:14
GCST Jed Walter goal 10.9.69 - 11.3.69 17:16
MELB Max Gawn goal 11.9.75 - 11.3.69 19:00
MELB Xavier Lindsay goal 12.9.81 - 11.3.69 21:50
MELB Harry Sharp behind 12.10.82 - 11.3.69 23:19
MELB Harry Petty behind 12.11.83 - 11.3.69 24:16
GCST Ethan Read goal 12.11.83 - 12.3.75 24:50
GCST Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 12.4.76 27:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.11.89 - 12.4.76 29:13
MELB Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 12.4.76 30:24
Q4 MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 13.13.91 - 12.4.76 01:15
MELB Jake Melksham goal 14.13.97 - 12.4.76 02:45
MELB Harvey Langford goal 15.13.103 - 12.4.76 05:42
GCST Touk Miller behind 15.13.103 - 12.5.77 10:34
GCST Jed Walter goal 15.13.103 - 13.5.83 13:04
MELB Latrelle Pickett goal 16.13.109 - 13.5.83 16:27
GCST Joel Jeffrey goal 16.13.109 - 14.5.89 19:21