Gold Coast Suns v Essendon, Round 6 2026
2026 AFLRound 6
| 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 beat Essendon by 9
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.
In context
- Gold Coast have now beaten Essendon 5 times in a row.
- A career-high 9 tackles for Wil Powell (previous best 8).
Best on ground
Gold Coast · #18 · 82% game time
- 35
- D
- 0
- G
- 1
- M
- 4
- T
5 clearances · 3 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 98
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Gold Coast aheadEssendon aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- Gold Coast lead by 20Q2 14:59
- Gold Coast down by 12Q3 19:37
- 5 goals in a row to Gold CoastQ3 24:42 – Q4 0:22
Gold CoastGoals
EssendonGoals
- X. Duursma 2
- T. Edwards 2
- I. Kako 2
- A. May 2
- S. Robey 2
- J. Caldwell 1.2
- N. Caddy 1.1
- J. Gresham 1.1
- Z. Merrett 1.1
- P. Wright 1.1
- S. El-Hawli 1
- A. McGrath 1
- Field umpires
- Nick Foot, Alex Whetton, Joel Clamp, Harrison Birch
Gold Coast SunsFinal team
EssendonFinal 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.
Essendon won the clearances 37–29 but couldn’t convert it.
GCSAttackESS
- Inside 50s 55
- Scoring shots 17.825
- Accuracy 68%
60
3417.17
50%
The ball
- Disposals 365
- Contested possessions 127
- Clearances 37
- Marks 98
- Tackles 72
- Free kicks 20
- Biggest lead 12
381
133
29
86
51
15
20
Disposals
Goals
Marks
Tackles
Gold Coast Suns17.17119
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18M. Rowell | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3C. Petracca | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 97 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11T. Miller | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 103 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 28J. Witts | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 96 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 36 | |
| 14L. Weller | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 27W. Powell | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 95 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| 19B. Humphrey | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 89 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| 6B. Uwland | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 20E. Read | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25S. Collins | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22B. Long | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17D. Rioli | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2J. Noble | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1M. Andrew | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| 32Z. UwlandInt | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34B. King | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16J. Jeffrey | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26W. GrahamInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 8L. Lombard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 29J. RogersInt | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 48O. AdamsInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4J. WalterInt | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 10C. Ballard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 381 | 17 | 14 | 86 | 51 | 29 | 1538 | 199 | 182 | 60 | 44 |
Essendon17.8110
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7Z. Merrett | 34 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 151 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6J. Caldwell | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 109 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1A. McGrath | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 81 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3D. Parish | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | |
| 21A. Roberts | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5E. TsatasInt | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 89 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26A. May | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4K. Langford | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41S. El-Hawli | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28X. DuursmaInt | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22S. Durham | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 20P. Wright | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 9S. Robey | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 44A. Day-WicksInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11J. Gresham | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2J. Farrow | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10I. Kako | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14J. Ridley | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 45T. EdwardsInt | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31Z. ReidInt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32B. McKay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30N. Caddy | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 46L. Blakiston | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Team | 365 | 17 | 6 | 98 | 72 | 37 | 1640 | 227 | 138 | 55 | 18 |
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 5.3 (33) · ESS 4.1 (25)
- 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)
Second quarterGCS 3.7 (25) · ESS 6.0 (36)
- 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)
Third quarterGCS 7.1 (43) · ESS 4.4 (28)
- 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)
Last quarterGCS 2.6 (18) · ESS 3.3 (21)
- 0:22GoalL. WellerGCS16.11 (107) – 14.5 (89)
- 2:01GoalT. EdwardsESS16.11 (107) – 15.5 (95)
- 3:40GoalN. CaddyESS16.11 (107) – 16.5 (101)
- 5:52RushedGold CoastGCS16.12 (108) – 16.5 (101)
- 10:57GoalS. RobeyESS16.12 (108) – 17.5 (107)
- 12:15GoalL. WellerGCS17.12 (114) – 17.5 (107)
- 15:19BehindB. KingGCS17.13 (115) – 17.5 (107)
- 20:23BehindB. KingGCS17.14 (116) – 17.5 (107)
- 21:12BehindJ. CaldwellESS17.14 (116) – 17.6 (108)
- 21:47BehindJ. CaldwellESS17.14 (116) – 17.7 (109)
- 25:07BehindE. ReadGCS17.15 (117) – 17.7 (109)
- 26:21BehindW. PowellGCS17.16 (118) – 17.7 (109)
- 27:30BehindJ. WalterGCS17.17 (119) – 17.7 (109)
- 29:39BehindP. WrightESS17.17 (119) – 17.8 (110)