2026 AFL Season Round 25: St Kilda v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2026 between St Kilda and Gold Coast during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

St Kilda (12.8.80) were defeated by Gold Coast (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: St Kilda v Gold Coast
Date: Thursday 20 August 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 14,429

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Gold Coast
Score: 12.8.80 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 1 8 . 5 9 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Gold Coast 7 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 16 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin GCST by 15 GCST by 15 GCST by 28 GCST by 23 GCST by 23
Duration 34:12 30:25 27:36 29:22 2:01:35

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3
Noah Anderson GCST 15 2
Max Hall STKL 40 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh WR 83% 3 1 17 8 9 4 0 9 2 4 2 1 0 2
16 Butler, Dan FPR 84% 0 1 10 4 6 1 0 7 1 5 3 3 0 2
13 Byrnes, Ryan HFFL 83% 2 0 15 7 8 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 2
21 De Koning, Tom RU 79% 0 0 9 3 6 1 15 1 0 3 0 1 1 2
34 Garcia, Hugo RR 80% 1 0 28 16 12 5 0 9 4 7 0 3 0 5
40 Hall, Max RO 84% 1 1 37 17 20 4 0 5 8 2 4 0 0 9
24 Hastie, Angus INT 42% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley HFFR 91% 0 0 42 29 13 4 0 2 3 2 0 0 9 6
20 Howard, Dougal INT 58% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1
39 Lake, Campbell INT 76% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 1
6 Macrae, Jack INT 64% 0 0 21 6 15 4 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 3
19 Marshall, Rowan FF 88% 1 0 15 8 7 4 13 0 1 3 1 1 0 2
45 O'Connell, Liam HBFL 81% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 0
10 Owens, Mitch C 81% 2 0 12 4 8 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1
25 Phillipou, Mattaes CHF 85% 0 0 19 7 12 3 0 7 0 5 0 3 1 1
31 Ryan, Liam INT 68% 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
43 Sharman, Cooper FPL 81% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 67% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
14 Stocker, Liam HBFR 79% 0 0 24 9 15 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1
5 Travaglia, Tobie BPR 74% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0
22 Wilson, Darcy WL 90% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 4
2 Windhager, Marcus CHB 83% 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 3 3 2 0 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 8 384 189 195 72 28 68 32 61 16 19 34 51

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Addinsall, Beau WR 77% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
15 Anderson, Noah (c) RO 89% 1 1 37 19 18 8 0 2 6 5 1 2 5 9
1 Andrew, Mac CHB 100% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 0
10 Ballard, Charlie FB 100% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0
33 Clohesy, Sam INT 67% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3
39 Gulbin, Lachlan CHF 76% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
7 Holman, Nick WL 84% 2 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 3
19 Humphrey, Bailey C 81% 0 1 16 3 13 2 0 3 7 2 0 1 0 1
16 Jeffrey, Joel BPL 87% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 1
44 Jepson, Ben INT 70% 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1
34 King, Ben FF 71% 3 2 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
8 Lombard, Leo HFFR 79% 3 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
22 Long, Ben FPL 78% 1 2 8 7 1 4 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 0
11 Miller, Touk HFFL 82% 1 1 40 15 25 7 0 6 5 2 1 2 3 3
23 Moyle, Ned RU 73% 0 0 5 1 4 1 35 6 0 2 1 1 1 1
2 Noble, John HBFR 87% 0 1 42 29 13 13 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 4
20 Read, Ethan INT 75% 0 3 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFL 73% 0 0 17 7 10 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 3
29 Rogers, Jake INT 71% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
18 Rowell, Matt RR 87% 0 1 28 18 10 2 0 8 11 6 7 2 2 8
6 Uwland, Bodhi BPR 87% 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
4 Walter, Jed FPR 78% 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Witts, Jarrod INT 27% 0 0 6 1 5 0 10 2 3 0 2 0 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 14 19 389 208 181 98 45 60 40 48 19 16 37 50

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

St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 J. Jeffrey 10 C. Ballard 6 B. Uwland 21 T. De Koning 24 A. Hastie
16 D. Butler 19 R. Marshall 43 C. Sharman 34 H. Garcia 20 D. Howard
FORWARD 40 M. Hall 39 C. Lake
HALF-BACK

6 J. Macrae
17 D. Rioli 1 M. Andrew 2 J. Noble

31 L. Ryan
8 B. Hill 25 M. Phillipou 13 R. Byrnes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 N. Holman 19 B. Humphrey 38 B. Addinsall



38 H. Boxshall 10 M. Owens 22 D. Wilson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 N. Moyle 33 S. Clohesy
HALF-FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 44 B. Jepson
11 T. Miller 39 L. Gulbin 8 L. Lombard 15 N. Anderson (c) 20 E. Read
14 L. Stocker 2 M. Windhager 45 L. O'Connell

29 J. Rogers
HALF-BACK

28 J. Witts
FORWARD



22 B. Long 34 B. King 4 J. Walter



5 T. Travaglia 44 C. Wilkie 3 J. Silvagni



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:36
STKL Max Hall goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:34
GCST Ben King goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:53
STKL Liam Ryan goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 11:32
GCST Ethan Read behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 13:16
GCST Ben Long behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 14:14
GCST Touk Miller behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 15:11
GCST Leo Lombard goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 16:23
GCST Noah Anderson goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 18:45
STKL Ryan Byrnes goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 21:07
GCST Leo Lombard goal 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 22:46
GCST Ben King goal 3.1.19 - 5.3.33 25:15
GCST Matt Rowell behind 3.1.19 - 5.4.34 26:18
STKL Hugo Garcia goal 4.1.25 - 5.4.34 27:56
GCST Lachlan Gulbin goal 4.1.25 - 6.4.40 29:00
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 5.1.31 - 6.4.40 31:05
GCST Nick Holman goal 5.1.31 - 7.4.46 34:07
Q2 GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 5.1.31 - 7.5.47 00:43
STKL Ryan Byrnes goal 6.1.37 - 7.5.47 05:42
STKL Max Hall behind 6.2.38 - 7.5.47 07:41
STKL Mitch Owens goal 7.2.44 - 7.5.47 08:38
GCST Leo Lombard goal 7.2.44 - 8.5.53 10:27
STKL Hugh Boxshall goal 8.2.50 - 8.5.53 12:11
GCST Touk Miller goal 8.2.50 - 9.5.59 16:20
STKL Liam Ryan behind 8.3.51 - 9.5.59 17:48
STKL Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 9.5.59 20:54
GCST Ben Jepson behind 8.4.52 - 9.6.60 21:46
STKL Hugh Boxshall behind 8.5.53 - 9.6.60 22:29
GCST Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 9.7.61 26:04
GCST Jed Walter goal 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 28:29
GCST Ben King behind 8.5.53 - 10.8.68 30:18
Q3 GCST Noah Anderson behind 8.5.53 - 10.9.69 02:28
GCST John Noble behind 8.5.53 - 10.10.70 06:17
GCST Ben Long behind 8.5.53 - 10.11.71 08:14
GCST Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 10.12.72 11:32
STKL Dougal Howard behind 8.6.54 - 10.12.72 13:15
GCST Jed Walter goal 8.6.54 - 11.12.78 15:18
GCST Nick Holman goal 8.6.54 - 12.12.84 17:04
GCST Ethan Read behind 8.6.54 - 12.13.85 18:46
GCST Ben King behind 8.6.54 - 12.14.86 19:07
GCST Ethan Read behind 8.6.54 - 12.15.87 21:33
STKL Hugh Boxshall goal 9.6.60 - 12.15.87 23:21
GCST Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 12.16.88 25:07
Q4 STKL Cooper Sharman behind 9.7.61 - 12.16.88 00:56
STKL Mitch Owens goal 10.7.67 - 12.16.88 02:00
GCST Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 12.17.89 08:49
STKL Liam Ryan goal 11.7.73 - 12.17.89 11:06
GCST Leo Lombard behind 11.7.73 - 12.18.90 14:54
STKL Dan Butler behind 11.8.74 - 12.18.90 17:17
GCST Ben King goal 11.8.74 - 13.18.96 19:07
STKL Hugh Boxshall goal 12.8.80 - 13.18.96 21:18
GCST Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 13.19.97 23:11
GCST Ben Long goal 12.8.80 - 14.19.103 25:56