GWS Giants v Essendon – Round 9 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 9Sat, 9 May, 4:15 pm AEST

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GWS by 14

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GWS	4.0 24	5.2 32	11.5 71	16.7 103
ESS	3.2 20	7.5 47	11.7 73	13.11 89

ENGIE Stadium, SydneySunny, 22°Lead changes 4

Recap

GWS 16.7 (103) beat Essendon 13.11 (89) at ENGIE Stadium in Round 9, a 14-point win after trailing by 26.

GWS trailed by 2 at three-quarter time, then kicked 5.2 to 2.4 in the last quarter.

Toby Greene kicked three goals for GWS and Jake Stringer three; Peter Wright kicked three for Essendon.

Lachie Whitfield led the way with 35 disposals.

A run of four straight goals in the third quarter cut the deficit from 26 to 2.

Essendon won the inside-50 count 61–46 but couldn’t convert it.

Best on ground

GWS · #6 · 81% game time

More from Round 9

GWS Giants16.7103

Essendon13.1189

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

4:47GoalT. GreeneGWS1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
6:32GoalM. RedmanESSLevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
11:27GoalM. GruzewskiGWS2.0 (12) – 1.0 (6)
13:52GoalX. DuursmaESSLevel2.0 (12) – 2.0 (12)
17:47GoalX. DuursmaESSLead change2.0 (12) – 3.0 (18)
22:52BehindP. WrightESS2.0 (12) – 3.1 (19)
24:54GoalJ. StringerGWS3.0 (18) – 3.1 (19)
28:46BehindX. DuursmaESS3.0 (18) – 3.2 (20)
29:45GoalJ. RiccardiGWSLead change4.0 (24) – 3.2 (20)

2:05BehindN. CaddyESS4.0 (24) – 3.3 (21)
3:48GoalT. GreeneGWS5.0 (30) – 3.3 (21)
6:37GoalP. WrightESS5.0 (30) – 4.3 (27)
8:47BehindK. LangfordESS5.0 (30) – 4.4 (28)
10:26GoalN. CaddyESSLead change5.0 (30) – 5.4 (34)
14:57GoalD. ParishESS5.0 (30) – 6.4 (40)
17:55RushedEssendonESS5.0 (30) – 6.5 (41)
21:54GoalA. MayESS5.0 (30) – 7.5 (47)
25:36BehindT. GreeneGWS5.1 (31) – 7.5 (47)
26:24BehindT. McMullinGWS5.2 (32) – 7.5 (47)

1:53BehindP. WrightESS5.2 (32) – 7.6 (48)
2:57BehindA. CadmanGWS5.3 (33) – 7.6 (48)
5:06BehindA. CadmanGWS5.4 (34) – 7.6 (48)
6:11BehindM. RedmanESS5.4 (34) – 7.7 (49)
6:44GoalJ. StringerGWS6.4 (40) – 7.7 (49)
8:39GoalN. CaddyESS6.4 (40) – 8.7 (55)
13:41GoalP. WrightESS6.4 (40) – 9.7 (61)
15:14BehindJ. RiccardiGWS6.5 (41) – 9.7 (61)
16:34GoalA. PerkinsESS6.5 (41) – 10.7 (67)
18:09GoalJ. RiccardiGWS7.5 (47) – 10.7 (67)
21:32GoalP. GothardGWS8.5 (53) – 10.7 (67)
25:00GoalB. DanielsGWS9.5 (59) – 10.7 (67)
26:48GoalM. GruzewskiGWS10.5 (65) – 10.7 (67)
28:46GoalA. MayESS10.5 (65) – 11.7 (73)
33:31GoalJ. StringerGWS11.5 (71) – 11.7 (73)

4:15BehindD. ParishESS11.5 (71) – 11.8 (74)
5:24GoalA. MayESS11.5 (71) – 12.8 (80)
7:31GoalT. GreeneGWS12.5 (77) – 12.8 (80)
13:29GoalP. WrightESS12.5 (77) – 13.8 (86)
14:45GoalA. CadmanGWS13.5 (83) – 13.8 (86)
16:20BehindJ. NguyenESS13.5 (83) – 13.9 (87)
17:23GoalH. HimmelbergGWSLead change14.5 (89) – 13.9 (87)
18:27GoalB. DanielsGWS15.5 (95) – 13.9 (87)
20:20BehindK. LangfordESS15.5 (95) – 13.10 (88)
21:35RushedGWSGWS15.6 (96) – 13.10 (88)
23:07BehindT. BedfordGWS15.7 (97) – 13.10 (88)
24:52GoalP. GothardGWS16.7 (103) – 13.10 (88)
28:06BehindP. WrightESS16.7 (103) – 13.11 (89)