2026 AFL Season Round 23: West Coast v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2026 between West Coast and Collingwood during round twenty-three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Collingwood at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

West Coast (15.8.98) were defeated by Collingwood (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: West Coast v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 9 August 2026
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 47,609

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Collingwood
Score: 15.8.98 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 6 . 1 9 . 5 12 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Collingwood 6 . 3 10 . 5 15 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin COLL by 2 COLL by 6 COLL by 23 COLL by 19 COLL by 19
Duration 35:02 31:47 34:16 31:43 2:12:48

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Collingwood

Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)
Coach: Craig McRae

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Daicos COLL 35 3
Elliot Yeo WCST 6 2
Daniel McStay COLL 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Allan, Bo WR 75% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 1 6 1 2 2 3
3 Baker, Liam HBFL 66% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 5 1
33 Bazzo, Rhett FB 90% 0 0 13 7 6 8 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0
28 Cole, Tom INT 72% 0 1 14 7 7 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 1
21 Duff-Tytler, Cooper FPR 61% 1 2 12 6 6 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 2
14 Duggan, Liam WL 83% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 4
1 Duursma, Willem HFFL 77% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 2
17 Graham, Jack HFFR 76% 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 6
27 Gross, Tom INT 66% 2 0 14 6 8 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 3
51 Herbert, Marcus HBFR 86% 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 1
19 Hough, Brady BPR 77% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 7 3 3 0 1 0 4
11 Kelly, Tim RO 77% 1 0 23 8 15 3 0 5 6 4 0 1 2 3
5 Lindsay, Josh INT 78% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
18 McCarthy, Tom INT 79% 0 0 24 19 5 5 0 3 0 2 3 0 12 2
47 Murdock, Milan FPL 74% 1 0 14 4 10 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 2
9 Reid, Harley RR 87% 1 0 29 7 22 2 0 3 6 8 2 5 0 3
35 Shanahan, Jobe CHF 91% 2 1 5 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
4 Starcevich, Brandon BPL 81% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 1 0 6 0 1 4 1
2 Waterman, Jake FF 87% 3 2 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5
32 Williams, Bailey RU 82% 0 1 17 8 9 3 38 4 3 5 2 1 0 0
34 Williams, Jack INT 79% 2 0 7 5 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
6 Yeo, Elliot C 73% 1 0 28 10 18 2 0 6 11 5 1 2 1 6
20 Young, Tylar CHB 84% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 8 376 199 177 85 45 68 36 67 17 22 45 52

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed C 77% 1 1 20 10 10 0 0 7 6 4 1 1 0 4
41 Anderson, Angus INT 65% 0 1 14 4 10 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 2
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 81% 0 1 24 13 11 5 30 5 6 4 1 2 3 1
25 Crisp, Jack WR 84% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
7 Daicos, Josh RR 83% 0 0 35 24 11 3 0 6 1 4 0 1 12 6
35 Daicos, Nick (ac) RO 89% 1 0 39 21 18 1 0 1 10 4 2 1 3 11
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 100% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0
36 Harrison, Harvey INT 58% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
39 Hayes, Will HFFR 70% 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
9 Houston, Dan CHB 84% 1 1 17 9 8 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 3
40 Howes, Noah BPR 72% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
44 Long, Ned INT 76% 0 0 25 7 18 1 0 7 8 2 2 1 0 8
31 McCreery, Beau HFFL 77% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 8 0 11 1 4 0 6
11 McStay, Daniel FPL 81% 3 2 20 11 9 5 5 5 4 7 4 0 0 5
28 Membrey, Tim FF 81% 3 2 20 14 6 8 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
47 Puncher, Liam FB 85% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 2 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFL 84% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
8 Schultz, Lachie FPR 84% 3 4 11 7 4 3 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 0
22 Sidebottom, Steele INT 81% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
45 Steele, Roan WL 78% 2 1 13 8 5 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1
33 Sullivan, Lachlan CHF 70% 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
32 Swadling, Sam HBFR 66% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 1
29 West, Charlie INT 72% 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 17 15 370 192 178 60 36 74 47 62 22 17 35 64

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

West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 B. Frampton 47 L. Puncher 40 N. Howes 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
21 C. Duff-Tytler 2 J. Waterman 47 M. Murdock 9 H. Reid 27 T. Gross
FORWARD 11 T. Kelly 5 J. Lindsay
HALF-BACK

18 T. McCarthy
3 I. Quaynor 9 D. Houston 32 S. Swadling

34 J. Williams
17 J. Graham 35 J. Shanahan 1 W. Duursma



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



45 R. Steele 16 E. Allan 25 J. Crisp



26 B. Allan 6 E. Yeo 14 L. Duggan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 41 A. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Daicos 36 H. Harrison
31 B. McCreery 33 L. Sullivan 39 W. Hayes 35 N. Daicos (ac) 44 N. Long
51 M. Herbert 20 T. Young 3 L. Baker

22 S. Sidebottom
HALF-BACK

29 C. West
FORWARD



11 D. McStay 28 T. Membrey 8 L. Schultz



19 B. Hough 33 R. Bazzo 4 B. Starcevich



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:52
COLL Ed Allan behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:48
COLL Daniel McStay goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 08:41
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 10:23
WCST Tim Kelly goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 11:53
COLL Lachlan Sullivan goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 13:50
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 15:04
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 3.0.18 - 4.1.25 17:56
COLL Angus Anderson behind 3.0.18 - 4.2.26 19:07
COLL Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 4.3.27 20:58
COLL Roan Steele goal 3.0.18 - 5.3.33 22:16
WCST Tom Gross goal 4.0.24 - 5.3.33 26:16
WCST Jack Williams goal 5.0.30 - 5.3.33 28:28
WCST Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 5.3.33 29:50
COLL Daniel McStay goal 5.1.31 - 6.3.39 31:58
WCST Elliot Yeo goal 6.1.37 - 6.3.39 33:59
Q2 COLL Daniel McStay behind 6.1.37 - 6.4.40 02:14
WCST Tom Gross goal 7.1.43 - 6.4.40 03:35
WCST Jake Waterman goal 8.1.49 - 6.4.40 06:59
WCST Bailey Williams behind 8.2.50 - 6.4.40 12:50
COLL Sam Swadling goal 8.2.50 - 7.4.46 14:26
WCST Jake Waterman behind 8.3.51 - 7.4.46 16:35
WCST Jack Graham goal 9.3.57 - 7.4.46 17:22
COLL Nick Daicos goal 9.3.57 - 8.4.52 18:41
WCST Cooper Duff-Tytler behind 9.4.58 - 8.4.52 22:26
COLL Daniel McStay goal 9.4.58 - 9.4.58 24:12
COLL Dan Houston goal 9.4.58 - 10.4.64 28:55
COLL Will Hayes behind 9.4.58 - 10.5.65 30:22
WCST Cooper Duff-Tytler behind 9.5.59 - 10.5.65 31:42
Q3 COLL Ed Allan goal 9.5.59 - 11.5.71 01:18
COLL Dan Houston behind 9.5.59 - 11.6.72 03:30
COLL Darcy Cameron behind 9.5.59 - 11.7.73 04:51
COLL Tim Membrey goal 9.5.59 - 12.7.79 05:52
WCST Milan Murdock goal 10.5.65 - 12.7.79 08:20
WCST Jake Waterman behind 10.6.66 - 12.7.79 09:54
COLL Tim Membrey behind 10.6.66 - 12.8.80 10:40
COLL Lachie Schultz behind 10.6.66 - 12.9.81 11:49
COLL Tim Membrey goal 10.6.66 - 13.9.87 13:17
COLL Will Hayes goal 10.6.66 - 14.9.93 19:26
COLL Lachie Schultz behind 10.6.66 - 14.10.94 23:39
COLL Roan Steele goal 10.6.66 - 15.10.100 24:16
WCST Harley Reid goal 11.6.72 - 15.10.100 27:45
WCST Jack Williams goal 12.6.78 - 15.10.100 29:51
COLL Daniel McStay behind 12.6.78 - 15.11.101 33:11
Q4 WCST Jake Waterman goal 13.6.84 - 15.11.101 01:27
WCST Cooper Duff-Tytler goal 14.6.90 - 15.11.101 04:38
WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 14.7.91 - 15.11.101 06:40
COLL Tim Membrey goal 14.7.91 - 16.11.107 08:03
WCST Jake Waterman goal 15.7.97 - 16.11.107 10:47
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 15.7.97 - 17.11.113 12:57
COLL Tim Membrey behind 15.7.97 - 17.12.114 15:03
COLL Lachie Schultz behind 15.7.97 - 17.13.115 19:06
WCST Tom Cole behind 15.8.98 - 17.13.115 22:42
COLL Roan Steele behind 15.8.98 - 17.14.116 25:53
COLL Lachie Schultz behind 15.8.98 - 17.15.117 27:28