Gold Coast Suns v Melbourne – Round 21 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 21Sun, 2 Aug, 3:15 pm AEST

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105114

16.918.6

Melbourne by 9

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GCS	4.3 27	8.6 54	13.8 86	16.9 105
MEL	5.0 30	8.2 50	14.3 87	18.6 114

People First Stadium, Gold CoastRain, 21°Lead changes 9

Recap

Melbourne 18.6 (114) beat Gold Coast 16.9 (105) at People First Stadium in Round 21, a 9-point win. The lead changed 9 times.

Harrison Petty kicked three goals for Melbourne and Jacob van Rooyen three; Jed Walter kicked three for Gold Coast.

Max Gawn led the way with 25 disposals, 9 clearances, 10 marks and 33 hitouts.

A run of four straight goals in the first quarter turned a 6-point deficit into a 17-point lead.

Melbourne took 105 marks to 76.

Best on ground

More from Round 21

Gold Coast Suns16.9105

Melbourne18.6114

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

1:17GoalB. KingGCS1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
3:03GoalJ. van RooyenMELLevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
5:17BehindJ. MurrayGCS1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
6:55GoalH. SharpMELLead change1.1 (7) – 2.0 (12)
13:50GoalK. PickettMEL1.1 (7) – 3.0 (18)
16:33GoalJ. FitzgeraldMEL1.1 (7) – 4.0 (24)
19:26GoalJ. WalterGCS2.1 (13) – 4.0 (24)
21:55GoalB. LongGCS3.1 (19) – 4.0 (24)
23:08RushedGold CoastGCS3.2 (20) – 4.0 (24)
25:00GoalB. FritschMEL3.2 (20) – 5.0 (30)
26:18RushedGold CoastGCS3.3 (21) – 5.0 (30)
29:25GoalJ. WalterGCS4.3 (27) – 5.0 (30)

0:24RushedGold CoastGCS4.4 (28) – 5.0 (30)
1:00GoalL. LombardGCSLead change5.4 (34) – 5.0 (30)
2:11BehindE. LangdonMEL5.4 (34) – 5.1 (31)
3:40GoalC. WindsorMELLead change5.4 (34) – 6.1 (37)
5:27RushedMelbourneMEL5.4 (34) – 6.2 (38)
14:54GoalT. SparrowMEL5.4 (34) – 7.2 (44)
16:32BehindJ. WalterGCS5.5 (35) – 7.2 (44)
18:35GoalJ. WalterGCS6.5 (41) – 7.2 (44)
22:15GoalT. MillerGCSLead change7.5 (47) – 7.2 (44)
27:23GoalB. FritschMELLead change7.5 (47) – 8.2 (50)
28:57BehindJ. WalterGCS7.6 (48) – 8.2 (50)
31:46GoalB. HumphreyGCSLead change8.6 (54) – 8.2 (50)

1:51BehindB. KingGCS8.7 (55) – 8.2 (50)
3:08BehindB. FritschMEL8.7 (55) – 8.3 (51)
6:42BehindB. KingGCS8.8 (56) – 8.3 (51)
9:33GoalB. HumphreyGCS9.8 (62) – 8.3 (51)
11:19GoalH. PettyMEL9.8 (62) – 9.3 (57)
13:30GoalE. ReadGCS10.8 (68) – 9.3 (57)
18:06GoalB. LongGCS11.8 (74) – 9.3 (57)
20:14GoalB. LaurieMEL11.8 (74) – 10.3 (63)
22:20GoalH. SharpMEL11.8 (74) – 11.3 (69)
24:48GoalJ. FitzgeraldMELLead change11.8 (74) – 12.3 (75)
27:02GoalB. KingGCSLead change12.8 (80) – 12.3 (75)
29:32GoalB. LongGCS13.8 (86) – 12.3 (75)
31:22GoalJ. van RooyenMEL13.8 (86) – 13.3 (81)
33:07GoalH. PettyMELLead change13.8 (86) – 14.3 (87)