Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants – Round 8 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 8Sun, 3 May, 7:20 pm AEST

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11.178.15

Gold Coast by 20

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GCS	3.4 22	4.8 32	8.13 61	11.17 83
GWS	1.7 13	3.10 28	5.13 43	8.15 63

People First Stadium, Gold CoastRain, 26°Lead changes 2

Recap

Gold Coast 11.17 (83) beat GWS 8.15 (63) at People First Stadium in Round 8, a 20-point win.

Gold Coast led at every change.

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan kicked three goals for Gold Coast and Ben King two; Aaron Cadman kicked two for GWS.

John Noble led the way with 35 disposals, a goal and 12 marks.

A run of four straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 2-point deficit into a 23-point lead.

GWS won the clearances 37–29 but kicked 8.15.

Best on ground

More from Round 8

Gold Coast Suns11.1783

GWS Giants8.1563

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

1:42GoalW. PowellGCS1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
4:11BehindW. PowellGCS1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
5:28BehindL. AleerGWS1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
6:32GoalC. PetraccaGCS2.1 (13) – 0.1 (1)
11:57GoalN. AndersonGCS3.1 (19) – 0.1 (1)
13:41BehindS. ClohesyGCS3.2 (20) – 0.1 (1)
14:15RushedGWSGWS3.2 (20) – 0.2 (2)
15:47BehindJ. HoganGWS3.2 (20) – 0.3 (3)
19:47BehindA. CadmanGWS3.2 (20) – 0.4 (4)
20:48BehindS. ConiglioGWS3.2 (20) – 0.5 (5)
22:45BehindT. GreeneGWS3.2 (20) – 0.6 (6)
24:03RushedGold CoastGCS3.3 (21) – 0.6 (6)
24:59GoalA. CadmanGWS3.3 (21) – 1.6 (12)
26:18BehindC. OliverGWS3.3 (21) – 1.7 (13)
26:46BehindL. LombardGCS3.4 (22) – 1.7 (13)

2:10BehindB. HumphreyGCS3.5 (23) – 1.7 (13)
3:45BehindB. HumphreyGCS3.6 (24) – 1.7 (13)
4:56BehindC. PetraccaGCS3.7 (25) – 1.7 (13)
9:38BehindR. AngwinGWS3.7 (25) – 1.8 (14)
11:17BehindL. AleerGWS3.7 (25) – 1.9 (15)
13:40GoalA. CadmanGWS3.7 (25) – 2.9 (21)
18:44GoalP. GothardGWSLead change3.7 (25) – 3.9 (27)
21:40RushedGold CoastGCS3.8 (26) – 3.9 (27)
25:12BehindX. O'HalloranGWS3.8 (26) – 3.10 (28)
26:39GoalB. KingGCSLead change4.8 (32) – 3.10 (28)

1:42BehindB. KingGCS4.9 (33) – 3.10 (28)
3:03RushedGold CoastGCS4.10 (34) – 3.10 (28)
3:37GoalJ. Ugle-HaganGCS5.10 (40) – 3.10 (28)
7:11BehindH. HimmelbergGWS5.10 (40) – 3.11 (29)
10:04GoalC. PetraccaGCS6.10 (46) – 3.11 (29)
13:33GoalJ. Ugle-HaganGCS7.10 (52) – 3.11 (29)
14:55GoalP. GothardGWS7.10 (52) – 4.11 (35)
16:40BehindM. AndrewGCS7.11 (53) – 4.11 (35)
17:39BehindE. ReadGCS7.12 (54) – 4.11 (35)
19:22BehindJ. HoganGWS7.12 (54) – 4.12 (36)
23:42GoalJ. HoganGWS7.12 (54) – 5.12 (42)
26:14GoalJ. NobleGCS8.12 (60) – 5.12 (42)
28:24BehindT. GreeneGWS8.12 (60) – 5.13 (43)
29:54RushedGold CoastGCS8.13 (61) – 5.13 (43)