Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats, Opening Round 2026
2026 AFLOpening Round
| 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 too strong for Geelong
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.
In context
- Milestones: Bodhi Uwland’s 50th game, Sam Collins’s 150th game.
- AFL debut for Zeke Uwland.
- First game for Gold Coast: Christian Petracca.
- First game for Geelong: James Worpel.
- A career-high 31 disposals for Tanner Bruhn (previous best 27).
Best on ground
Gold Coast · #3 · 77% game time
- 34
- D
- 3
- G
- 5
- M
- 2
- T
6 clearances · 10 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 121
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Gold Coast aheadGeelong aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 4 goals in a row to Gold CoastQ1 25:32 – Q2 8:21
- 8 goals in a row to Gold CoastQ2 31:00 – Q3 25:41
- Gold Coast lead by 85Q3 25:41
- 5 goals in a row to GeelongQ3 29:32 – Q4 9:41
Gold CoastGoals
- B. Humphrey 4.2
- B. King 4
- C. Petracca 3
- L. Lombard 2.2
- B. Long 2
- J. Noble 2
- N. Anderson 1.4
- T. Miller 1
GeelongGoals
- O. Dempsey 4.1
- O. Henry 2
- S. Neale 1.2
- M. Knevitt 1.1
- J. Clark 1
- S. Mannagh 1
- Field umpires
- Andrew Stephens, Hayden Meyer, Nathan Williamson, Nathan Toner
Gold Coast SunsFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesN. Moyle, L. Gulbin, C. Graham
Milestones
- Bodhi Uwland · 50th game
- Sam Collins · 150th game
- Zeke Uwland · Debut game
First game for the club
- Christian Petracca · Beverley Hills (Vic)/Eastern U18/Melbourne
- Zeke Uwland · Burleigh (Qld)/Gold Coast SUNS Academy U18
Geelong CatsFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 71–50.
GCSAttackGEE
- Inside 50s 50
- Scoring shots 10.919
- Accuracy 53%
71
3019.11
63%
The ball
- Disposals 381
- Contested possessions 136
- Clearances 41
- Marks 78
- Tackles 61
- Free kicks 29
- Biggest lead 1
412
145
34
74
69
17
85
Disposals
Goals
Marks
Tackles
Gold Coast Suns19.11125
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3C. Petracca | 34 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 121 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 0 | |
| 11T. Miller | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 109 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2J. Noble | 28 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15N. Anderson | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 100 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |
| 19B. Humphrey | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1M. Andrew | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
| 27W. Powell | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17D. Rioli | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 16J. Jeffrey | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 8L. Lombard | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| 14L. Weller | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22B. LongInt | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28J. Witts | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 52 | |
| 25S. Collins | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33S. Clohesy | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5A. DaviesInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6B. Uwland | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 48O. AdamsInt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 34B. King | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32Z. UwlandInt | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| 20E. Read | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 26W. Graham | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 50J. FarrarInt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 412 | 19 | 11 | 74 | 69 | 34 | 1645 | 210 | 202 | 71 | 58 |
Geelong Cats10.969
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28O. Dempsey | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 94 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30T. Atkins | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 102 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4T. Bruhn | 31 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 9M. Holmes | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 108 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
| 32G. MiersInt | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 121 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| 29J. WorpelInt | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 92 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| 44T. Stewart | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3B. Smith | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 39Z. Guthrie | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14C. O'Sullivan | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42M. O'Connor | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17L. HumphriesInt | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7S. Mannagh | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 46M. Blicavs | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 18 | |
| 38J. Henry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 36O. HenryInt | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 13J. ClarkInt | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10M. Knevitt | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16S. De Koning | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19J. Martin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 33S. Neale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 34O. Mullin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45B. Close | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 381 | 10 | 8 | 78 | 61 | 41 | 1519 | 208 | 173 | 50 | 25 |
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 quarterGCS 7.1 (43) · GEE 2.2 (14)
- 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)
Second quarterGCS 4.4 (28) · GEE 2.3 (15)
- 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)
Third quarterGCS 7.3 (45) · GEE 1.2 (8)
- 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)
Last quarterGCS 1.3 (9) · GEE 5.2 (32)
- 2:28GoalO. DempseyGEE18.8 (116) – 6.7 (43)
- 4:34GoalS. NealeGEE18.8 (116) – 7.7 (49)
- 5:44BehindL. LombardGCS18.9 (117) – 7.7 (49)
- 8:10GoalO. DempseyGEE18.9 (117) – 8.7 (55)
- 9:41GoalO. DempseyGEE18.9 (117) – 9.7 (61)
- 17:35RushedGeelongGEE18.9 (117) – 9.8 (62)
- 20:42BehindW. GrahamGCS18.10 (118) – 9.8 (62)
- 23:04BehindG. MiersGEE18.10 (118) – 9.9 (63)
- 25:12GoalN. AndersonGCS19.10 (124) – 9.9 (63)
- 27:40GoalO. HenryGEE19.10 (124) – 10.9 (69)
- 30:47BehindL. LombardGCS19.11 (125) – 10.9 (69)