2026 AFL Season Round 22: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2026 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Gold Coast (16.9.105) were defeated by Melbourne (18.6.114).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 2 August 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 14,963

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 16.9.105 - 18.6.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 4 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Melbourne 5 . 0 8 . 2 14 . 3 18 . 6 18 . 6 (114)
Margin MELB by 3 GCST by 4 MELB by 1 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration 31:54 31:48 33:10 32:11 2:09:03

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Tom Sparrow MELB 32 2
Joel Fitzgerald MELB 47 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
38 Addinsall, Beau INT 69% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 3 5 1 2 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah (c) C 87% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 5
1 Andrew, Mac BPL 97% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 2
10 Ballard, Charlie INT 65% 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
25 Collins, Sam BPR 41% 0 0 6 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey CHF 85% 2 0 12 8 4 5 0 4 2 4 1 2 0 3
16 Jeffrey, Joel INT 81% 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
34 King, Ben FPR 74% 2 2 7 7 0 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
8 Lombard, Leo HFFL 81% 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
22 Long, Ben INT 67% 3 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 2
11 Miller, Touk RO 85% 1 0 21 8 13 2 0 2 5 4 1 2 0 4
23 Moyle, Ned RU 89% 0 0 9 4 5 0 36 0 4 4 3 2 3 2
35 Murray, Jai WL 69% 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
2 Noble, John HBFR 84% 0 0 34 25 9 10 0 7 4 6 1 0 10 5
30 Patterson, Dylan INT 61% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Petracca, Christian FPL 86% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3
27 Powell, Wil CHB 87% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 7 1 2 1 0 2 0
20 Read, Ethan WR 84% 2 0 10 7 3 1 6 1 2 3 2 1 3 1
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFL 87% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
29 Rogers, Jake HFFR 71% 1 0 6 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rowell, Matt RR 86% 0 0 30 19 11 3 0 9 8 3 4 1 4 8
6 Uwland, Bodhi FB 84% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 2
4 Walter, Jed FF 80% 3 2 12 9 3 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 9 316 190 126 76 42 57 38 48 23 15 37 58

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 87% 0 0 29 18 11 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 8 2
41 Cross, Paddy INT 49% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
47 Fitzgerald, Joel INT 69% 2 1 23 13 10 3 0 6 7 2 1 0 0 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 85% 2 1 10 10 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 88% 0 1 25 13 12 10 33 3 9 6 2 3 1 4
22 Howes, Blake BPR 62% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
21 Jefferson, Matthew INT 57% 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3
14 Jiath, Changkuoth HBFL 83% 0 0 9 7 2 6 0 2 0 3 0 2 3 0
15 Langdon, Ed CHF 100% 0 1 20 6 14 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 2
4 Langford, Harvey WR 79% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0
16 Laurie, Bailey HFFR 62% 1 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3
8 Lever, Jake FB 97% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 0
25 McDonald, Tom HBFR 96% 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
35 Petty, Harry CHB 83% 3 0 9 6 3 6 1 5 1 3 0 2 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 81% 1 0 20 15 5 2 0 5 2 3 3 2 1 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 73% 0 1 29 22 7 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 2
3 Salem, Christian INT 63% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1
30 Sharp, Harry WL 85% 2 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 81% 1 0 25 16 9 4 0 12 3 5 0 2 1 8
9 Steele, Jack RR 69% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 2 3 4 1 3 2 2
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn FPL 90% 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 86% 3 0 16 9 7 7 5 1 2 2 2 2 0 2
6 Windsor, Caleb C 75% 2 0 18 6 12 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 18 6 364 209 155 105 39 67 33 56 15 23 40 55

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
17 J. Bowey 8 J. Lever 22 B. Howes 23 N. Moyle 38 B. Addinsall
34 B. King 4 J. Walter 3 C. Petracca 18 M. Rowell 10 C. Ballard
FORWARD 11 T. Miller 16 J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK

22 B. Long
14 C. Jiath 35 H. Petty 25 T. McDonald

30 D. Patterson
29 J. Rogers 19 B. Humphrey 8 L. Lombard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 H. Sharp 6 C. Windsor 4 H. Langford



20 E. Read 15 N. Anderson (c) 35 J. Murray FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 41 P. Cross
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 47 J. Fitzgerald
36 K. Pickett 15 E. Langdon 16 B. Laurie 32 T. Sparrow 21 M. Jefferson
2 J. Noble 27 W. Powell 17 D. Rioli

24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

3 C. Salem
FORWARD



12 K. Tholstrup 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch



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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ben King goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:17
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:03
GCST Jai Murray behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:17
MELB Harry Sharp goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 06:55
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 13:50
MELB Joel Fitzgerald goal 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 16:33
GCST Jed Walter goal 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 19:26
GCST Ben Long goal 3.1.19 - 4.0.24 21:55
GCST Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.0.24 23:08
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 5.0.30 25:00
GCST Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.0.30 26:18
GCST Jed Walter goal 4.3.27 - 5.0.30 29:25
Q2 GCST Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 5.0.30 00:24
GCST Leo Lombard goal 5.4.34 - 5.0.30 01:00
MELB Ed Langdon behind 5.4.34 - 5.1.31 02:11
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 5.4.34 - 6.1.37 03:40
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.2.38 05:27
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 5.4.34 - 7.2.44 14:54
GCST Jed Walter behind 5.5.35 - 7.2.44 16:32
GCST Jed Walter goal 6.5.41 - 7.2.44 18:35
GCST Touk Miller goal 7.5.47 - 7.2.44 22:15
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.5.47 - 8.2.50 27:23
GCST Jed Walter behind 7.6.48 - 8.2.50 28:57
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 8.6.54 - 8.2.50 31:46
Q3 GCST Ben King behind 8.7.55 - 8.2.50 01:51
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.7.55 - 8.3.51 03:08
GCST Ben King behind 8.8.56 - 8.3.51 06:42
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 9.8.62 - 8.3.51 09:33
MELB Harry Petty goal 9.8.62 - 9.3.57 11:19
GCST Ethan Read goal 10.8.68 - 9.3.57 13:30
GCST Ben Long goal 11.8.74 - 9.3.57 18:06
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 11.8.74 - 10.3.63 20:14
MELB Harry Sharp goal 11.8.74 - 11.3.69 22:20
MELB Joel Fitzgerald goal 11.8.74 - 12.3.75 24:48
GCST Ben King goal 12.8.80 - 12.3.75 27:02
GCST Ben Long goal 13.8.86 - 12.3.75 29:32
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 13.8.86 - 13.3.81 31:22
MELB Harry Petty goal 13.8.86 - 14.3.87 33:07
Q4 MELB Trent Rivers behind 13.8.86 - 14.4.88 00:41
MELB Max Gawn behind 13.8.86 - 14.5.89 04:55
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 13.8.86 - 15.5.95 07:40
GCST Beau Addinsall goal 14.8.92 - 15.5.95 10:09
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 14.8.92 - 16.5.101 11:21
GCST Leo Lombard behind 14.9.93 - 16.5.101 12:35
GCST Jake Rogers goal 15.9.99 - 16.5.101 13:25
MELB Harry Petty goal 15.9.99 - 17.5.107 15:35
MELB Joel Fitzgerald behind 15.9.99 - 17.6.108 21:34
MELB Harvey Langford goal 15.9.99 - 18.6.114 23:28
GCST Ethan Read goal 16.9.105 - 18.6.114 30:09