Gold Coast Suns v Essendon – Round 6 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 6Sat, 18 Apr, 1:15 pm AEST

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119110

17.1717.8

Gold Coast by 9

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GCS	5.3 33	8.10 58	15.11 101	17.17 119
ESS	4.1 25	10.1 61	14.5 89	17.8 110

People First Stadium, Gold CoastSunny, 27°Lead changes 7

Recap

Gold Coast 17.17 (119) beat Essendon 17.8 (110) at People First Stadium in Round 6, a 9-point win. The lead changed 7 times.

Ben King kicked three goals for Gold Coast and Christian Petracca three; Xavier Duursma kicked two for Essendon.

Matt Rowell led the way with 35 disposals.

A run of five straight goals across the third and last quarters turned a 12-point deficit into a 18-point lead.

Essendon won the clearances 37–29 but couldn’t convert it.

Best on ground

More from Round 6

Gold Coast Suns17.17119

Essendon17.8110

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

1:33GoalS. El-HawliESS0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
3:47BehindC. PetraccaGCS0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
5:08GoalC. PetraccaGCSLead change1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
8:56GoalA. MayESSLead change1.1 (7) – 2.0 (12)
11:36GoalX. DuursmaESS1.1 (7) – 3.0 (18)
13:03GoalJ. WalterGCS2.1 (13) – 3.0 (18)
15:10GoalI. KakoESS2.1 (13) – 4.0 (24)
20:10BehindM. AndrewGCS2.2 (14) – 4.0 (24)
21:35BehindB. LongGCS2.3 (15) – 4.0 (24)
25:23RushedEssendonESS2.3 (15) – 4.1 (25)
28:17GoalB. KingGCS3.3 (21) – 4.1 (25)
29:24GoalB. LongGCSLead change4.3 (27) – 4.1 (25)
31:07GoalB. LongGCS5.3 (33) – 4.1 (25)

0:17BehindW. PowellGCS5.4 (34) – 4.1 (25)
2:14GoalJ. GreshamESS5.4 (34) – 5.1 (31)
4:49GoalE. ReadGCS6.4 (40) – 5.1 (31)
5:50BehindB. HumphreyGCS6.5 (41) – 5.1 (31)
6:36RushedGold CoastGCS6.6 (42) – 5.1 (31)
7:41BehindE. ReadGCS6.7 (43) – 5.1 (31)
8:14BehindT. MillerGCS6.8 (44) – 5.1 (31)
9:21BehindB. HumphreyGCS6.9 (45) – 5.1 (31)
14:59GoalB. KingGCS7.9 (51) – 5.1 (31)
18:04GoalP. WrightESS7.9 (51) – 6.1 (37)
19:17GoalT. EdwardsESS7.9 (51) – 7.1 (43)
21:04RushedGold CoastGCS7.10 (52) – 7.1 (43)
22:58GoalC. PetraccaGCS8.10 (58) – 7.1 (43)
25:47GoalA. MayESS8.10 (58) – 8.1 (49)
26:53GoalZ. MerrettESS8.10 (58) – 9.1 (55)
30:29GoalX. DuursmaESSLead change8.10 (58) – 10.1 (61)

2:24GoalB. KingGCSLead change9.10 (64) – 10.1 (61)
3:34BehindJ. GreshamESS9.10 (64) – 10.2 (62)
4:29GoalE. ReadGCS10.10 (70) – 10.2 (62)
6:07BehindZ. MerrettESS10.10 (70) – 10.3 (63)
7:58BehindB. HumphreyGCS10.11 (71) – 10.3 (63)
8:31RushedEssendonESS10.11 (71) – 10.4 (64)
12:45GoalI. KakoESS10.11 (71) – 11.4 (70)
13:55GoalA. McGrathESSLead change10.11 (71) – 12.4 (76)
17:24BehindN. CaddyESS10.11 (71) – 12.5 (77)
19:37GoalS. RobeyESS10.11 (71) – 13.5 (83)
20:46GoalT. MillerGCS11.11 (77) – 13.5 (83)
22:39GoalJ. CaldwellESS11.11 (77) – 14.5 (89)
24:42GoalJ. RogersGCS12.11 (83) – 14.5 (89)
27:26GoalC. PetraccaGCSLevel13.11 (89) – 14.5 (89)
29:01GoalZ. UwlandGCSLead change14.11 (95) – 14.5 (89)
30:45GoalJ. WalterGCS15.11 (101) – 14.5 (89)