West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns – Round 1 2025 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2025 AFLRound 1Sun, 16 Mar, 6:10 pm AEDT

West Coast EaglesWest Coast

Home

49136

7.720.16

Gold Coast by 87

Gold Coast SunsGold Coast

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	2.1 13	2.4 16	5.5 35	7.7 49
GCS	4.5 29	9.7 61	14.11 95	20.16 136

Optus Stadium, PerthSunny, 29°Lead changes 2

Recap

Gold Coast thrash West Coast by 87

Gold Coast 20.16 (136) beat West Coast 7.7 (49) at Optus Stadium in Round 1, a 87-point win.

Gold Coast led at every change.

Ben King kicked six goals for Gold Coast and Ben Long four; Oscar Allen kicked two for West Coast.

Matt Rowell led the way with 30 disposals, 10 clearances and 8 tackles.

A run of nine straight goals from the first quarter to the third turned a 4-point deficit into a 51-point lead.

Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 67–34 and won the clearances 50–33.

In context

AFL debut for Archer Reid.
First game for West Coast: Liam Baker, Jack Graham, Matthew Owies.
First game for Gold Coast: John Noble, Daniel Rioli.
Jarrod Witts’s 68 hitouts are the most by any player in a game this season.
A career-high 6 goals for Ben King (previous best 5).

More from Round 1

Thursday 13 March

FTRichmond13.482–9.1569Carlton

Friday 14 March

FT

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

West Coast Eagles7.749

West Coast Eagles player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
17J. Graham	8.0	23	0	0	3	10	2	97	11	12	5	0
28T. ColeInt	7.3	19	0	0	8	4	1	89	10	9	3	0
25M. Flynn	6.9	13	1	0	4	3	4	73	7	6	0	13
3L. Baker	6.7	21	0	1	3	1	2	61	14	7	4	0
7R. Ginbey	6.7	16	0	0	3	4	1	68	10	6	1	0
20J. McGovern	6.4	19	0	0	1	2	0	61	14	5	0	0
14L. Duggan	6.2	20	0	0	4	3	3	71	11	9	1	0
19B. Hough	6.2	16	0	0	4	2	1	60	8	8	0	0
44J. Hutchinson	6.2	12	0	0	5	7	1	71	7	5	2	0
12O. Allen	6.2	8	2	0	5	3	0	59	6	2	1	0
9H. Reid	6.0	12	1	1	1	1	1	44	6	6	3	0
11T. Kelly	5.9	14	0	1	2	6	4	63	7	7	1	0
8E. HewettInt	5.8	11	0	1	1	4	4	47	6	5	1	0
15J. Cripps	5.7	14	0	0	4	0	0	51	11	3	3	0
10T. BrockmanInt	5.6	15	0	1	1	3	2	43	3	12	2	0
16M. Owies	5.6	11	1	0	5	3	0	57	5	6	2	0
23R. MaricSub	5.4	9	0	0	0	2	0	31	5	4	0	0
22A. ReidInt	5.4	6	0	0	0	3	3	32	1	5	1	6
2J. Waterman	5.4	5	2	0	3	0	0	33	2	3	1	0
42H. Edwards	5.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	20	2	1	0	0
43T. Dewar	5.0	15	0	0	2	1	0	46	12	3	3	0
5J. Hunt	4.7	8	0	0	1	1	3	26	3	5	0	0
13N. Long	4.0	6	0	1	1	0	1	15	2	4	0	0
Team		296	7	6	62	65	33	1218	163	133	34	19

Gold Coast Suns20.16136

Gold Coast Suns player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
18M. Rowell	8.9	30	0	0	0	8	10	108	17	13	6	0
15N. Anderson	8.8	36	0	0	3	5	9	117	16	20	9	0
28J. Witts	8.7	13	0	0	2	4	5	125	6	7	3	68
11T. Miller	8.2	26	2	1	4	2	10	95	12	14	3	0
22B. Long	7.6	12	4	1	5	0	0	73	9	3	4	0
40J. JeffreyInt	7.5	20	0	0	4	3	0	80	14	6	4	0
34B. King	7.3	11	6	2	8	0	0	92	8	3	0	0
17D. Rioli	7.1	21	2	0	5	0	1	78	12	9	3	0
19B. Humphrey	6.9	20	0	0	4	2	5	66	8	12	6	0
26W. Graham	6.7	9	1	1	2	7	2	64	7	2	2	0
14L. Weller	6.6	21	0	0	2	6	3	81	9	12	5	0
35C. BudarickInt	6.6	17	0	0	4	3	0	66	8	9	4	0
25S. Collins	6.6	12	0	0	7	2	1	61	8	4	2	0
2J. Noble	6.4	19	0	0	2	2	0	66	14	5	2	0
29J. RogersInt	6.3	13	3	0	4	1	0	64	6	7	1	0
20E. Read	6.3	10	2	2	3	2	0	65	7	3	0	9
7N. HolmanInt	6.2	14	0	1	1	5	2	61	7	7	2	0
27W. Powell	6.2	13	0	0	5	3	0	61	8	5	2	0
9B. Ainsworth	5.8	18	0	0	5	2	1	69	9	9	5	0
32B. Uwland	5.6	15	0	0	2	3	1	50	7	8	0	0
10C. Ballard	5.2	6	0	0	3	1	0	30	5	1	0	0
33S. Clohesy	5.1	9	0	1	1	1	0	33	7	2	3	0
6A. SextonSub	4.3	3	0	1	1	2	0	21	2	1	1	0
Team		368	20	10	77	64	50	1626	206	162	67	77

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

First quarterWCE 2.1 (13) · GCS 4.5 (29)

1:05GoalE. ReadGCS0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
2:47GoalJ. WatermanWCELevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
7:28BehindB. LongGCS1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
8:48GoalO. AllenWCELead change2.0 (12) – 1.1 (7)
11:27BehindB. KingGCS2.0 (12) – 1.2 (8)
14:34GoalJ. RogersGCSLead change2.0 (12) – 2.2 (14)
15:48BehindH. ReidWCE2.1 (13) – 2.2 (14)
16:58BehindW. GrahamGCS2.1 (13) – 2.3 (15)
18:19GoalB. KingGCS2.1 (13) – 3.3 (21)
22:57RushedGold CoastGCS2.1 (13) – 3.4 (22)
27:04GoalT. MillerGCS2.1 (13) – 4.4 (28)
29:05BehindE. ReadGCS2.1 (13) – 4.5 (29)

Second quarterWCE 0.3 (3) · GCS 5.2 (32)

1:11GoalD. RioliGCS2.1 (13) – 5.5 (35)
8:19GoalE. ReadGCS2.1 (13) – 6.5 (41)
11:02BehindE. HewettWCE2.2 (14) – 6.5 (41)
14:03GoalB. KingGCS2.2 (14) – 7.5 (47)
15:50RushedWest CoastWCE2.3 (15) – 7.5 (47)
17:05GoalB. LongGCS2.3 (15) – 8.5 (53)
19:37BehindN. HolmanGCS2.3 (15) – 8.6 (54)
22:35GoalB. LongGCS2.3 (15) – 9.6 (60)
26:46BehindN. LongWCE2.4 (16) – 9.6 (60)
29:52RushedGold CoastGCS2.4 (16) – 9.7 (61)

Third quarterWCE 3.1 (19) · GCS 5.4 (34)

2:04BehindT. BrockmanWCE2.5 (17) – 9.7 (61)
5:18BehindT. MillerGCS2.5 (17) – 9.8 (62)
6:22GoalW. GrahamGCS2.5 (17) – 10.8 (68)
10:27GoalJ. WatermanWCE3.5 (23) – 10.8 (68)
13:08BehindA. SextonGCS3.5 (23) – 10.9 (69)
14:28GoalB. KingGCS3.5 (23) – 11.9 (75)
18:16GoalH. ReidWCE4.5 (29) – 11.9 (75)
19:28GoalT. MillerGCS4.5 (29) – 12.9 (81)
22:53GoalB. KingGCS4.5 (29) – 13.9 (87)
25:04GoalM. FlynnWCE5.5 (35) – 13.9 (87)
26:20GoalB. LongGCS5.5 (35) – 14.9 (93)
27:59BehindS. ClohesyGCS5.5 (35) – 14.10 (94)
28:59BehindE. ReadGCS5.5 (35) – 14.11 (95)

Last quarterWCE 2.2 (14) · GCS 6.5 (41)

1:11RushedGold CoastGCS5.5 (35) – 14.12 (96)
2:20GoalM. OwiesWCE6.5 (41) – 14.12 (96)
5:22BehindL. BakerWCE6.6 (42) – 14.12 (96)
8:20GoalB. KingGCS6.6 (42) – 15.12 (102)
10:10GoalJ. RogersGCS6.6 (42) – 16.12 (108)
11:31GoalJ. RogersGCS6.6 (42) – 17.12 (114)
13:10BehindB. KingGCS6.6 (42) – 17.13 (115)
14:20RushedGold CoastGCS6.6 (42) – 17.14 (116)
15:32RushedGold CoastGCS6.6 (42) – 17.15 (117)
16:59GoalB. LongGCS6.6 (42) – 18.15 (123)
18:51GoalB. KingGCS6.6 (42) – 19.15 (129)
22:44GoalD. RioliGCS6.6 (42) – 20.15 (135)
26:31GoalO. AllenWCE7.6 (48) – 20.15 (135)
29:12BehindT. KellyWCE7.7 (49) – 20.15 (135)
31:21RushedGold CoastGCS7.7 (49) – 20.16 (136)