2026 AFL Season Round 20: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2026 between Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted the Western Bulldogs at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Gold Coast (9.14.68) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 14,809

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.14.68 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 1 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin WBUL by 6 GCST by 6 WBUL by 23 WBUL by 9 WBUL by 9
Duration 28:30 31:42 29:22 29:20 1:58:54

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Touk Miller GCST 11 2
John Noble GCST 2 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 INT 63% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
38 Addinsall, Beau CHF 67% 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah (c) C 80% 0 0 23 8 15 5 0 4 4 2 0 0 1 1
1 Andrew, Mac BPL 96% 1 0 18 13 5 6 0 2 2 4 0 3 1 0
25 Collins, Sam BPR 93% 0 0 18 8 10 10 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey HFFR 76% 1 1 12 7 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
16 Jeffrey, Joel INT 71% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 6
34 King, Ben FPR 80% 1 4 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
45 Lewis, Caleb INT 72% 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 1
8 Lombard, Leo HFFL 88% 2 2 13 6 7 4 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2
22 Long, Ben FPL 85% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 2 6 0 4 0 1
11 Miller, Touk INT 79% 0 0 39 12 27 5 0 5 9 4 2 1 0 5
23 Moyle, Ned RU 83% 0 0 11 2 9 2 43 2 4 0 1 0 1 2
35 Murray, Jai INT 73% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 2
2 Noble, John HBFL 82% 0 1 30 18 12 10 0 1 0 5 1 3 3 3
30 Patterson, Dylan WL 65% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
3 Petracca, Christian RO 79% 2 1 23 9 14 5 0 1 3 6 0 2 0 5
27 Powell, Wil HBFR 83% 0 1 31 17 14 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 4
17 Rioli, Daniel WR 80% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 5 0 5 2 3 3 3
18 Rowell, Matt RR 82% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 11 7 3 6 2 2 2
6 Uwland, Bodhi FB 81% 0 0 24 15 9 7 0 3 0 6 1 0 5 2
32 Uwland, Zeke CHB 78% 0 0 26 15 11 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 5
4 Walter, Jed FF 65% 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 14 401 204 197 100 45 62 39 61 21 25 32 53

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 84% 3 1 23 16 7 2 0 5 5 4 2 1 1 7
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 80% 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
5 Busslinger, Jedd HBFR 100% 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 7 0
17 Coffield, Nick INT 76% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
16 Croft, Jordan INT 75% 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1
42 Davidson, Sam INT 75% 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
26 Dolan, Josh CHF 62% 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
44 English, Tim RU 77% 0 0 20 11 9 10 20 1 5 1 0 0 1 1
27 Freijah, Joel RR 69% 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 2 4
6 Hynes, Cooper WR 79% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 6
32 Jones, Arthur HFFR 71% 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2
8 Kennedy, Matthew INT 77% 3 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 2
24 Khamis, Buku BPR 90% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 4 2 0 3 0
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 87% 1 1 13 8 5 5 7 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan HFFL 69% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 74% 1 2 10 8 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 2
18 O'Donnell, James FB 85% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
20 Richards, Ed RO 74% 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 5 1 2 1 3 4
9 Sanders, Ryley WL 86% 0 0 22 8 14 4 0 4 2 6 0 3 1 2
37 Sellwood, Michael BPL 81% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
3 Weightman, Cody FPR 69% 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 3 2 5 1 3 0 5
14 West, Rhylee FPL 72% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 0 4 1 1 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey INT 86% 0 0 29 19 10 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 11 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 309 203 106 91 28 42 31 53 25 21 42 43

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
37 M. Sellwood 18 J. O'Donnell 24 B. Khamis 23 N. Moyle 48 O. Adams
34 B. King 4 J. Walter 22 B. Long 18 M. Rowell 16 J. Jeffrey
FORWARD 3 C. Petracca 45 C. Lewis
HALF-BACK

11 T. Miller
29 L. Bramble 7 R. Lobb 5 J. Busslinger

35 J. Murray
19 B. Humphrey 38 B. Addinsall 8 L. Lombard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. Sanders 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 6 C. Hynes



17 D. Rioli 15 N. Anderson (c) 30 D. Patterson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 17 N. Coffield
HALF-FORWARD 27 J. Freijah 16 J. Croft
30 L. McNeil 26 J. Dolan 32 A. Jones 20 E. Richards 42 S. Davidson
27 W. Powell 32 Z. Uwland 2 J. Noble

8 M. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

34 B. Williams
FORWARD



14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 3 C. Weightman



25 S. Collins 6 B. Uwland 1 M. Andrew



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:24
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:37
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 07:49
GCST Leo Lombard goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 10:49
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 14:04
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 17:24
WBUL Sam Davidson behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 26:13
Q2 WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 01:04
GCST Leo Lombard behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 03:25
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 05:28
WBUL Josh Dolan behind 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 07:09
GCST Ben Long goal 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 08:40
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 12:15
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 2.3.15 - 3.6.24 13:21
WBUL Rhylee West goal 2.3.15 - 4.6.30 16:09
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 3.3.21 - 4.6.30 17:45
GCST Ben King behind 3.4.22 - 4.6.30 21:02
GCST Christian Petracca goal 4.4.28 - 4.6.30 22:24
GCST Ben King behind 4.5.29 - 4.6.30 24:49
GCST Leo Lombard behind 4.6.30 - 4.6.30 25:40
GCST Leo Lombard goal 5.6.36 - 4.6.30 26:37
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 5.6.36 - 5.6.36 28:34
GCST Ben King goal 6.6.42 - 5.6.36 31:36
Q3 GCST Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 5.6.36 01:37
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.7.43 - 5.7.37 04:59
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.7.43 - 6.7.43 07:54
WBUL Joel Freijah behind 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 09:29
GCST Caleb Lewis behind 6.8.44 - 6.8.44 13:28
WBUL Ed Richards goal 6.8.44 - 7.8.50 14:52
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 6.8.44 - 8.8.56 16:47
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 6.8.44 - 9.8.62 19:16
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 6.8.44 - 10.8.68 21:17
WBUL Rory Lobb behind 6.8.44 - 10.9.69 22:46
GCST Christian Petracca behind 6.9.45 - 10.9.69 25:52
GCST John Noble behind 6.10.46 - 10.9.69 28:31
Q4 GCST Ben King behind 6.11.47 - 10.9.69 02:20
WBUL Josh Dolan behind 6.11.47 - 10.10.70 04:33
GCST Ben King behind 6.12.48 - 10.10.70 06:30
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 6.12.48 - 11.10.76 11:04
GCST Mac Andrew goal 7.12.54 - 11.10.76 14:22
GCST Dylan Patterson goal 8.12.60 - 11.10.76 15:58
WBUL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 11.11.77 19:57
GCST Wil Powell behind 8.13.61 - 11.11.77 25:09
GCST Christian Petracca goal 9.13.67 - 11.11.77 27:14
GCST Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 11.11.77 28:27