2026 AFL Season Round 9: Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2026 between Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney during round nine of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted Greater Western Sydney at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Gold Coast (11.17.83) defeated Greater Western Sydney (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 3 May 2026
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 13,537

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 4 4 . 8 8 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Greater Western Sydney 1 . 7 3 . 10 5 . 13 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin GCST by 9 GCST by 4 GCST by 18 GCST by 20 GCST by 20
Duration 28:12 28:55 33:35 29:21 2:00:03

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca GCST 3 3
John Noble GCST 2 2
Clayton Oliver GWSY 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
48 Adams, Oscar BPL 71% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
15 Anderson, Noah (c) RR 87% 1 0 27 17 10 6 0 0 2 3 0 1 5 2
1 Andrew, Mac BPR 98% 0 1 24 16 8 10 2 1 2 2 1 2 6 3
33 Clohesy, Sam INT 72% 0 2 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
25 Collins, Sam FB 92% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 0
5 Davies, Alex RO 54% 0 0 17 4 13 3 0 5 4 3 0 1 0 2
26 Graham, Will HFFL 80% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 Gulbin, Lachlan INT 73% 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2
19 Humphrey, Bailey CHF 81% 0 3 8 8 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 5
16 Jeffrey, Joel INT 63% 1 0 23 15 8 10 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2
34 King, Ben FF 80% 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
8 Lombard, Leo INT 80% 0 1 17 4 13 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 3
22 Long, Ben FPR 81% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 5 1 5 0 3 1 4
11 Miller, Touk WR 79% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 5 5 1 1 0 1 3
23 Moyle, Ned RU 80% 0 0 8 4 4 4 34 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Noble, John HFFR 83% 1 0 35 30 5 12 0 1 1 4 1 1 8 3
3 Petracca, Christian C 84% 2 1 29 19 10 4 0 4 6 2 2 1 0 8
27 Powell, Wil CHB 82% 1 1 21 14 7 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 4
20 Read, Ethan FPL 72% 0 1 9 6 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 82% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 3
9 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra INT 68% 3 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0
6 Uwland, Bodhi HBFL 75% 0 0 26 16 10 13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Weller, Lachie WL 80% 0 0 24 14 10 8 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 5
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 11 17 397 238 159 126 38 56 29 44 13 15 40 58

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aleer, Leek RU 62% 0 2 10 4 6 2 9 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
9 Angwin, Ryan WL 59% 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 76% 0 0 29 13 16 9 0 2 3 4 0 1 3 4
14 Bedford, Toby HFFL 83% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0
32 Briggs, Kieren INT 51% 0 0 3 1 2 0 18 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
44 Buckley, Jack FB 96% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
5 Cadman, Aaron FPL 96% 2 1 15 8 7 6 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 6
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 83% 0 0 28 12 16 2 0 6 7 5 2 0 6 4
3 Coniglio, Stephen INT 67% 0 1 21 14 7 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 2
16 Daniels, Brent CHF 77% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 3
37 Fonti, Joe WR 80% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 3
11 Gothard, Phoenix HFFR 67% 2 0 11 3 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
4 Greene, Toby (c) RR 79% 1 2 16 13 3 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 4
27 Himmelberg, Harry HBFL 85% 0 1 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
23 Hogan, Jesse FPR 91% 1 3 8 7 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
39 Idun, Connor BPR 100% 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 5 2
25 Laverde, Jayden BPL 89% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 4 1
30 Leake, James INT 73% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 68% 0 1 18 12 6 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 8
10 Oliver, Clayton C 85% 0 1 32 12 20 5 0 4 9 5 2 2 3 3
20 Stringer, Jake INT 72% 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1
1 Thomas, Harvey FF 85% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 3 2 2 2 0 5 0
6 Whitfield, Lachie CHB 78% 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 4 1 3 1 0 8 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 15 371 198 173 71 27 58 37 59 15 13 47 49

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

Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 J. Laverde 44 J. Buckley 39 C. Idun 23 N. Moyle 33 S. Clohesy
22 B. Long 34 B. King 20 E. Read 15 N. Anderson (c) 39 L. Gulbin
FORWARD 5 A. Davies 16 J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK

8 L. Lombard
27 H. Himmelberg 6 L. Whitfield 7 L. Ash

9 J. Ugle-Hagan
2 J. Noble 19 B. Humphrey 26 W. Graham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. Angwin 10 C. Oliver 37 J. Fonti



11 T. Miller 3 C. Petracca 14 L. Weller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 L. Aleer 32 K. Briggs
HALF-FORWARD 4 T. Greene (c) 3 S. Coniglio
14 T. Bedford 16 B. Daniels 11 P. Gothard 17 F. Callaghan 30 J. Leake
17 D. Rioli 27 W. Powell 6 B. Uwland

33 X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK

20 J. Stringer
FORWARD



5 A. Cadman 1 H. Thomas 23 J. Hogan



1 M. Andrew 25 S. Collins 48 O. Adams



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Wil Powell goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:42
GCST Wil Powell behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:11
GWSY Leek Aleer behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:28
GCST Christian Petracca goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 06:32
GCST Noah Anderson goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 11:57
GCST Sam Clohesy behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 13:41
GWSY Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 14:15
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 15:47
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 19:47
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 3.2.20 - 0.5.5 20:48
GWSY Toby Greene behind 3.2.20 - 0.6.6 22:45
GCST Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 0.6.6 24:03
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 24:59
GWSY Clayton Oliver behind 3.3.21 - 1.7.13 26:18
GCST Leo Lombard behind 3.4.22 - 1.7.13 26:46
Q2 GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 3.5.23 - 1.7.13 02:10
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 3.6.24 - 1.7.13 03:45
GCST Christian Petracca behind 3.7.25 - 1.7.13 04:56
GWSY Ryan Angwin behind 3.7.25 - 1.8.14 09:38
GWSY Leek Aleer behind 3.7.25 - 1.9.15 11:17
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 3.7.25 - 2.9.21 13:40
GWSY Phoenix Gothard goal 3.7.25 - 3.9.27 18:44
GCST Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 3.9.27 21:40
GWSY Xavier O'Halloran behind 3.8.26 - 3.10.28 25:12
GCST Ben King goal 4.8.32 - 3.10.28 26:39
Q3 GCST Ben King behind 4.9.33 - 3.10.28 01:42
GCST Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 3.10.28 03:03
GCST Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 5.10.40 - 3.10.28 03:37
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 5.10.40 - 3.11.29 07:11
GCST Christian Petracca goal 6.10.46 - 3.11.29 10:04
GCST Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 7.10.52 - 3.11.29 13:33
GWSY Phoenix Gothard goal 7.10.52 - 4.11.35 14:55
GCST Mac Andrew behind 7.11.53 - 4.11.35 16:40
GCST Ethan Read behind 7.12.54 - 4.11.35 17:39
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 7.12.54 - 4.12.36 19:22
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 7.12.54 - 5.12.42 23:42
GCST John Noble goal 8.12.60 - 5.12.42 26:14
GWSY Toby Greene behind 8.12.60 - 5.13.43 28:24
GCST Rushed behind 8.13.61 - 5.13.43 29:54
Q4 GCST Ben King goal 9.13.67 - 5.13.43 03:08
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 9.14.68 - 5.13.43 07:17
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 9.14.68 - 6.13.49 08:09
GCST Joel Jeffrey goal 10.14.74 - 6.13.49 13:10
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 10.14.74 - 7.13.55 14:31
GCST Sam Clohesy behind 10.15.75 - 7.13.55 16:12
GCST Rushed behind 10.16.76 - 7.13.55 16:59
GCST Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 11.16.82 - 7.13.55 21:14
GWSY Rushed behind 11.16.82 - 7.14.56 22:30
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 11.16.82 - 7.15.57 23:47
GWSY Toby Greene goal 11.16.82 - 8.15.63 25:19
GCST Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 11.17.83 - 8.15.63 27:37