Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles – Round 1 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 1Sun, 15 Mar, 6:10 pm AEDT

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20.1110.12

Gold Coast by 59

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GCS	7.3 45	13.6 84	16.8 104	20.11 131
WCE	1.1 7	3.4 22	8.8 56	10.12 72

People First Stadium, Gold CoastMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 1

Recap

Gold Coast 20.11 (131) beat West Coast 10.12 (72) at People First Stadium in Round 1, a 59-point win.

Gold Coast led at every change.

Ben King kicked five goals for Gold Coast and Christian Petracca four; Jake Waterman kicked three for West Coast.

Christian Petracca led the way with 23 disposals, four goals and 6 clearances.

A run of six straight goals in the second quarter stretched the lead from 33 to 68.

Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 60–39, and West Coast laid 73 tackles to 46.

West Coast’s 14th loss in a row, going back to last season.
Milestone: Jack Graham’s 150th game.
AFL debuts for Willem Duursma and Cooper Duff-Tytler and Josh Lindsay and Milan Murdock.
First game for West Coast: Tylar Young, Deven Robertson.
A career-high 12 tackles for Deven Robertson (previous best 10).

More from Round 1

Gold Coast Suns20.11131

West Coast Eagles10.1272

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

1:36RushedWest CoastWCE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
4:11GoalB. KingGCSLead change1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
5:43GoalC. PetraccaGCS2.0 (12) – 0.1 (1)
8:01GoalM. MurdockWCE2.0 (12) – 1.1 (7)
11:42BehindL. LombardGCS2.1 (13) – 1.1 (7)
14:34BehindA. DaviesGCS2.2 (14) – 1.1 (7)
16:29GoalN. AndersonGCS3.2 (20) – 1.1 (7)
19:30BehindJ. FarrarGCS3.3 (21) – 1.1 (7)
20:11GoalA. DaviesGCS4.3 (27) – 1.1 (7)
21:44GoalC. PetraccaGCS5.3 (33) – 1.1 (7)
23:49GoalC. PetraccaGCS6.3 (39) – 1.1 (7)
30:59GoalJ. WittsGCS7.3 (45) – 1.1 (7)

1:07BehindN. AndersonGCS7.4 (46) – 1.1 (7)
2:19GoalJ. WatermanWCE7.4 (46) – 2.1 (13)
4:02GoalB. KingGCS8.4 (52) – 2.1 (13)
6:55GoalJ. FarrarGCS9.4 (58) – 2.1 (13)
9:40GoalJ. RogersGCS10.4 (64) – 2.1 (13)
11:44BehindJ. ShanahanWCE10.4 (64) – 2.2 (14)
12:49GoalB. KingGCS11.4 (70) – 2.2 (14)
17:32GoalD. RioliGCS12.4 (76) – 2.2 (14)
19:14GoalB. LongGCS13.4 (82) – 2.2 (14)
21:11RushedWest CoastWCE13.4 (82) – 2.3 (15)
22:24BehindJ. WatermanWCE13.4 (82) – 2.4 (16)
24:58BehindE. ReadGCS13.5 (83) – 2.4 (16)
26:31BehindA. DaviesGCS13.6 (84) – 2.4 (16)
28:36GoalM. MurdockWCE13.6 (84) – 3.4 (22)

1:22GoalB. KingGCS14.6 (90) – 3.4 (22)
2:35BehindC. PetraccaGCS14.7 (91) – 3.4 (22)
3:25GoalE. YeoWCE14.7 (91) – 4.4 (28)
5:01BehindJ. NewtonWCE14.7 (91) – 4.5 (29)
6:40GoalE. YeoWCE14.7 (91) – 5.5 (35)
7:47BehindW. PowellGCS14.8 (92) – 5.5 (35)
14:42BehindJ. CrippsWCE14.8 (92) – 5.6 (36)
15:52GoalJ. ShanahanWCE14.8 (92) – 6.6 (42)
18:38BehindJ. WatermanWCE14.8 (92) – 6.7 (43)
22:03GoalS. ClohesyGCS15.8 (98) – 6.7 (43)
24:26GoalL. LombardGCS16.8 (104) – 6.7 (43)
27:20GoalJ. WatermanWCE16.8 (104) – 7.7 (49)
29:14BehindA. ReidWCE16.8 (104) – 7.8 (50)
31:30GoalJ. NewtonWCE16.8 (104) – 8.8 (56)