Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats – Opening Round 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLOpening RoundFri, 6 Mar, 8:05 pm AEDT

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19.1110.9

Gold Coast by 56

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GCS	7.1 43	11.5 71	18.8 116	19.11 125
GEE	2.2 14	4.5 29	5.7 37	10.9 69

People First Stadium, Gold CoastRain, 29°Lead changes 2

Recap

Gold Coast 19.11 (125) beat Geelong 10.9 (69) at People First Stadium in Opening Round, a 56-point win.

Gold Coast led at every change.

Bailey Humphrey kicked four goals for Gold Coast and Ben King four; Oliver Dempsey kicked four for Geelong.

Christian Petracca led the way with 34 disposals, three goals and 6 clearances.

A run of eight straight goals across the second and third quarters stretched the lead from 36 to 85.

Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 71–50.

More from Opening Round

Gold Coast Suns19.11125

Geelong Cats10.969

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

0:47GoalB. HumphreyGCS1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
3:14GoalS. MannaghGEELevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
6:37BehindM. KnevittGEELead change1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
8:29BehindN. AndersonGCSLevel1.1 (7) – 1.1 (7)
9:21GoalB. HumphreyGCSLead change2.1 (13) – 1.1 (7)
13:22BehindJ. WorpelGEE2.1 (13) – 1.2 (8)
15:17GoalL. LombardGCS3.1 (19) – 1.2 (8)
17:03GoalB. HumphreyGCS4.1 (25) – 1.2 (8)
18:17GoalJ. ClarkGEE4.1 (25) – 2.2 (14)
25:32GoalC. PetraccaGCS5.1 (31) – 2.2 (14)
29:03GoalJ. NobleGCS6.1 (37) – 2.2 (14)
31:34GoalB. KingGCS7.1 (43) – 2.2 (14)

1:48BehindN. AndersonGCS7.2 (44) – 2.2 (14)
4:10BehindB. HumphreyGCS7.3 (45) – 2.2 (14)
8:21GoalC. PetraccaGCS8.3 (51) – 2.2 (14)
9:37BehindT. BruhnGEE8.3 (51) – 2.3 (15)
11:21GoalM. KnevittGEE8.3 (51) – 3.3 (21)
12:58BehindE. ReadGCS8.4 (52) – 3.3 (21)
15:37GoalB. KingGCS9.4 (58) – 3.3 (21)
19:46BehindO. DempseyGEE9.4 (58) – 3.4 (22)
22:28GoalT. MillerGCS10.4 (64) – 3.4 (22)
24:30GoalO. HenryGEE10.4 (64) – 4.4 (28)
27:33BehindN. AndersonGCS10.5 (65) – 4.4 (28)
28:48BehindM. O'ConnorGEE10.5 (65) – 4.5 (29)
31:00GoalB. LongGCS11.5 (71) – 4.5 (29)

1:31GoalB. HumphreyGCS12.5 (77) – 4.5 (29)
3:18BehindB. HumphreyGCS12.6 (78) – 4.5 (29)
4:21BehindD. RioliGCS12.7 (79) – 4.5 (29)
5:30BehindS. NealeGEE12.7 (79) – 4.6 (30)
6:42BehindS. NealeGEE12.7 (79) – 4.7 (31)
7:53GoalC. PetraccaGCS13.7 (85) – 4.7 (31)
11:18BehindN. AndersonGCS13.8 (86) – 4.7 (31)
12:27GoalB. KingGCS14.8 (92) – 4.7 (31)
15:15GoalL. LombardGCS15.8 (98) – 4.7 (31)
18:47GoalB. KingGCS16.8 (104) – 4.7 (31)
22:11GoalB. LongGCS17.8 (110) – 4.7 (31)
25:41GoalJ. NobleGCS18.8 (116) – 4.7 (31)
29:32GoalO. DempseyGEE18.8 (116) – 5.7 (37)