West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns – Round 1 2022 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2022 AFLRound 1Sun, 20 Mar, 7:40 pm AEDT

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12.816.11

Gold Coast by 27

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	5.1 31	7.3 45	10.5 65	12.8 80
GCS	2.2 14	5.6 36	8.11 59	16.11 107

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 8

Recap

Gold Coast 16.11 (107) beat West Coast 12.8 (80) at Optus Stadium in Round 1, a 27-point win after trailing by 23. The lead changed 8 times.

Gold Coast trailed by 6 at three-quarter time, then kicked 8.0 to 2.3 in the last quarter.

Izak Rankine kicked four goals for Gold Coast and Levi Casboult two; Jack Petruccelle kicked two for West Coast.

Matt Rowell led the way with 33 disposals and 8 clearances.

A run of four straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 23-point deficit into a 4-point lead.

Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 59–42 and won the contested ball 156–122.

West Coast’s 5th loss in a row, going back to last season.
Milestones: Brady Hough’s 1st game, Tom Barrass’s 100th game.
First game for West Coast: Sam Petrevski-Seton, Hugh Dixon, Brady Hough, Patrick Naish.
First game for Gold Coast: Levi Casboult, Mabior Chol.

More from Round 1

West Coast Eagles12.880

Gold Coast Suns16.11107

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

3:50BehindN. HolmanGCS0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
6:23GoalI. RankineGCS0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
8:48GoalZ. LangdonWCE1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
12:38GoalJ. JonesWCELead change2.0 (12) – 1.1 (7)
20:10GoalI. RankineGCSLead change2.0 (12) – 2.1 (13)
22:02GoalJ. PetruccelleWCELead change3.0 (18) – 2.1 (13)
23:29BehindB. EllisGCS3.0 (18) – 2.2 (14)
24:50GoalJ. WatermanWCE4.0 (24) – 2.2 (14)
29:00RushedWest CoastWCE4.1 (25) – 2.2 (14)
30:39GoalT. BarrassWCE5.1 (31) – 2.2 (14)

5:59GoalL. CasboultGCS5.1 (31) – 3.2 (20)
7:50GoalX. O'NeillWCE6.1 (37) – 3.2 (20)
14:25GoalJ. PetruccelleWCE7.1 (43) – 3.2 (20)
16:55GoalL. CasboultGCS7.1 (43) – 4.2 (26)
18:47RushedGold CoastGCS7.1 (43) – 4.3 (27)
20:49BehindB. WilliamsWCE7.2 (44) – 4.3 (27)
21:20GoalB. AinsworthGCS7.2 (44) – 5.3 (33)
22:30BehindM. RowellGCS7.2 (44) – 5.4 (34)
25:07BehindN. NaitanuiWCE7.3 (45) – 5.4 (34)
27:42BehindJ. WittsGCS7.3 (45) – 5.5 (35)
29:00BehindJ. LukosiusGCS7.3 (45) – 5.6 (36)

0:35GoalM. CholGCS7.3 (45) – 6.6 (42)
2:09BehindI. RankineGCS7.3 (45) – 6.7 (43)
4:00GoalJ. SharpGCSLead change7.3 (45) – 7.7 (49)
6:02GoalW. RioliWCELead change8.3 (51) – 7.7 (49)
8:33GoalT. MillerGCSLead change8.3 (51) – 8.7 (55)
11:11BehindJ. LukosiusGCS8.3 (51) – 8.8 (56)
13:01BehindW. RioliWCE8.4 (52) – 8.8 (56)
14:19BehindL. CasboultGCS8.4 (52) – 8.9 (57)
17:22RushedGold CoastGCS8.4 (52) – 8.10 (58)
21:53GoalH. DixonWCELevel9.4 (58) – 8.10 (58)
24:18BehindJ. PetruccelleWCELead change9.5 (59) – 8.10 (58)
27:23GoalJ. KennedyWCE10.5 (65) – 8.10 (58)
30:35RushedGold CoastGCS10.5 (65) – 8.11 (59)