2026 AFL Season Round 6: Sydney v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2026 between Sydney and Gold Coast during round six of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Gold Coast at Coopers Stadium. Callum Mills captained the hosts with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Sydney (14.16.100) defeated Gold Coast (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Sydney v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 11 April 2026
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,228

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Gold Coast
Score: 14.16.100 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	5	.	6	7	.	9	10	.	13	14	.	16	14	.	16	(100)
Gold Coast	2	.	1	5	.	5	8	.	8	9	.	14	9	.	14	(68)
Margin	SYDN by 23			SYDN by 16			SYDN by 17			SYDN by 32			SYDN by 32
Duration	31:42			31:31			32:34			31:55			2:07:42

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Vice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	3
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	2
Tom Papley	SYDN	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Amartey, Joel	FPL	77%	0	3	7	5	2	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
26	Bice, Riley	INT	77%	1	0	18	12	6	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	2
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	85%	0	0	24	17	7	2	0	2	0	5	1	3	7	6
7	Cunningham, Harry	INT	70%	1	1	13	7	6	3	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1
35	Curnow, Charlie	FF	87%	0	4	11	10	1	5	0	0	1	6	2	3	0	2
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	84%	0	1	20	5	15	4	36	12	7	9	3	5	1	0
29	Hamling, Joel	BPL	94%	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	4	0
5	Heeney, Isaac (vc)	C	80%	2	0	33	17	16	2	0	11	10	4	3	1	2	7
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	89%	0	0	14	3	11	0	0	5	2	3	3	2	1	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	FPR	83%	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	3
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	93%	0	0	24	11	13	7	0	0	0	3	4	1	7	1
6	McDonald, Logan	INT	61%	1	2	9	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
27	McInerney, Justin	RO	89%	1	1	27	12	15	5	0	2	6	5	1	1	4	6
14	Mills, Callum (c)	BPR	73%	0	0	25	11	14	3	0	7	0	7	3	1	5	4
11	Papley, Tom	CHF	73%	3	3	17	11	6	2	0	7	1	2	2	0	0	3
24	Rampe, Dane	HBFR	69%	0	0	17	9	8	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	5	2
34	Roberts, Matt	WR	86%	0	0	25	16	9	4	0	2	2	5	1	1	2	2
10	Rosas, Malcolm	HFFL	77%	2	0	12	7	5	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	63%	0	0	15	6	9	0	0	10	3	2	2	1	0	3
13	Serong, Jai	WL	89%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	7	1	2	2	0	1	3
1	Warner, Chad	RR	75%	2	0	22	12	10	1	0	6	6	9	2	2	0	9
37	Warner, Corey	INT	42%	1	0	6	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFL	84%	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	16	391	210	181	66	39	97	43	76	35	24	47	62

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RR	87%	0	0	20	11	9	1	0	3	5	5	1	4	2	4
1	Andrew, Mac	BPR	83%	0	0	17	11	6	6	11	0	2	2	1	2	0	3
10	Ballard, Charlie	INT	70%	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
33	Clohesy, Sam	WR	68%	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1
25	Collins, Sam	FB	94%	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1
5	Davies, Alex	INT	53%	1	1	11	3	8	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	1
26	Graham, Will	HFFR	82%	1	1	17	8	9	3	0	5	2	3	1	1	1	5
39	Gulbin, Lachlan	CHF	74%	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	1
16	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	62%	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
34	King, Ben	FF	80%	2	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0
8	Lombard, Leo	FPR	76%	0	1	12	5	7	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	2
22	Long, Ben	CHB	90%	3	2	14	10	4	2	0	4	1	4	0	2	0	4
11	Miller, Touk	HFFL	83%	0	0	26	10	16	3	0	3	6	7	0	2	3	4
2	Noble, John	HBFL	83%	0	0	24	14	10	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	3
27	Powell, Wil	C	80%	0	1	14	10	4	7	0	3	1	4	0	1	6	3
20	Read, Ethan	FPL	81%	0	0	6	3	3	1	1	2	0	5	1	4	2	0
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	75%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
18	Rowell, Matt	RO	90%	0	0	32	16	16	3	0	7	8	7	2	5	2	8
6	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	90%	0	0	26	20	6	3	0	1	2	2	2	0	7	1
32	Uwland, Zeke	INT	71%	0	2	14	7	7	2	0	2	1	3	1	1	3	4
4	Walter, Jed	INT	66%	2	1	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	87%	0	0	15	6	9	3	0	2	1	2	1	1	4	3
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	73%	0	0	13	8	5	0	30	2	6	4	3	3	3	3
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				9	14	333	180	153	50	43	52	39	66	24	35	48	56

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

Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	6	B. Uwland	25	S. Collins	1	M. Andrew	4	B. Grundy	26	R. Bice
	44	J. Lloyd	35	C. Curnow	36	J. Amartey	1	C. Warner	7	H. Cunningham
FORWARD							27	J. McInerney	6	L. McDonald
HALF-BACK									8	J. Rowbottom
	2	J. Noble	22	B. Long	17	D. Rioli			37	C. Warner
	17	J. Jordon	11	T. Papley	10	M. Rosas
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Weller	27	W. Powell	33	S. Clohesy
	34	M. Roberts	5	I. Heeney (vc)	13	J. Serong	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	10	C. Ballard
HALF-FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	5	A. Davies
	11	T. Miller	39	L. Gulbin	26	W. Graham	18	M. Rowell	16	J. Jeffrey
	24	D. Rampe	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			32	Z. Uwland
HALF-BACK									4	J. Walter
FORWARD
	20	E. Read	34	B. King	8	L. Lombard
	14	C. Mills (c)	30	T. McCartin	29	J. Hamling
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	04:36
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	06:43
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	08:43
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	11:10
	SYDN	Riley Bice goal	2.3.15	-	0.0.0	13:02
	GCST	Ben Long behind	2.3.15	-	0.1.1	16:09
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	2.3.15	-	1.1.7	17:13
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	3.3.21	-	1.1.7	19:04
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	3.4.22	-	1.1.7	21:55
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	4.4.28	-	1.1.7	23:40
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	24:54
	SYDN	Malcolm Rosas goal	5.5.35	-	1.1.7	26:49
	GCST	Ben Long goal	5.5.35	-	2.1.13	27:49
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	5.6.36	-	2.1.13	29:56
Q2	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	6.6.42	-	2.1.13	05:13
	GCST	Zeke Uwland behind	6.6.42	-	2.2.14	06:50
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	6.7.43	-	2.2.14	09:37
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	6.7.43	-	3.2.20	12:27
	GCST	Ben King goal	6.7.43	-	4.2.26	14:20
	GCST	Ben Long goal	6.7.43	-	5.2.32	15:50
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	6.8.44	-	5.2.32	17:12
	SYDN	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	5.2.32	18:30
	SYDN	Corey Warner goal	7.9.51	-	5.2.32	19:22
	GCST	Alex Davies behind	7.9.51	-	5.3.33	26:10
	GCST	Wil Powell behind	7.9.51	-	5.4.34	27:15
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	7.9.51	-	5.5.35	28:17
Q3	GCST	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	5.6.36	00:25
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	8.9.57	-	5.6.36	03:22
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	8.10.58	-	5.6.36	06:58
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	8.11.59	-	5.6.36	08:46
	GCST	Zeke Uwland behind	8.11.59	-	5.7.37	10:25
	GCST	Ben Long goal	8.11.59	-	6.7.43	11:03
	GCST	Ben King goal	8.11.59	-	7.7.49	17:13
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	8.12.60	-	7.7.49	19:15
	SYDN	Malcolm Rosas goal	9.12.66	-	7.7.49	21:39
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	10.12.72	-	7.7.49	23:12
	GCST	Alex Davies goal	10.12.72	-	8.7.55	25:07
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy behind	10.13.73	-	8.7.55	29:52
	GCST	Rushed behind	10.13.73	-	8.8.56	30:56
Q4	SYDN	Harry Cunningham goal	11.13.79	-	8.8.56	01:16
	GCST	Will Graham goal	11.13.79	-	9.8.62	03:12
	GCST	Ben Long behind	11.13.79	-	9.9.63	04:41
	GCST	Leo Lombard behind	11.13.79	-	9.10.64	06:52
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	12.13.85	-	9.10.64	10:21
	GCST	Ben King behind	12.13.85	-	9.11.65	12:06
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	13.13.91	-	9.11.65	13:33
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	13.14.92	-	9.11.65	15:19
	GCST	Will Graham behind	13.14.92	-	9.12.66	15:43
	SYDN	Harry Cunningham behind	13.15.93	-	9.12.66	19:30
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	13.16.94	-	9.12.66	22:34
	GCST	Rushed behind	13.16.94	-	9.13.67	23:10
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	14.16.100	-	9.13.67	23:59
	GCST	Rushed behind	14.16.100	-	9.14.68	30:35

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