Gold Coast vs Melbourne AFLW 2026 Round 9

Sat 10 Oct 2026 · 20:15 AEDT

Scheduled AFLW 2026 · Round 9

Gold Coast SUNS Coach: Rhyce Shaw

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Melbourne Coach: Tom Wilson

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Gold Coast SUNS

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

33 Aoife Horisk FF 9 Georgia Gall FPR

Half forwards

24 Megan Fitzsimon HFFL 8 Sarah Lampard CHF 12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon HFFR

Followers

1 Georgia Campbell RK 32 Jordyn S. Allen RR 20 Maggie Mahony ROV

Centre

6 Alyssa Bannan WL 7 Tayla Harris C 19 Laela Ebert WR

Half backs

11 Molly O'Hehir HBFL 2 Olivia Purcell CHB 17 Tahlia Gillard HBFR

Backs

5 Tyla Hanks BPL 13 Maeve Chaplin FB

Interchange 5

40 Jorja Livingstone INT 30 Shelley Heath-Barker INT 4 Paxy Paxman INT 29 Tahlia Fellows INT 25 Jacinta Hose INT

Emergencies 2

3 Alyssia Pisano EMG 15 Lauren Pearce EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Dekota Baron1Q - 2:18 - Behind - 1–0 Ava Usher1Q - 3:36 - Goal - 7–0

Rushed behind1Q - 4:46 - Rushed behind - 7–1

Havana Harris1Q - 11:48 - Goal - 13–1 Tayla Harris1Q - 13:52 - Behind - 13–2 Tyla Hanks1Q - 14:45 - Goal - 13–8 Megan Fitzsimon1Q - 16:58 - Behind - 13–9

Rushed behind1Q - 17:59 - Rushed behind - 13–10

Alyssa Bannan1Q - 19:49 - Goal - 13–16 Tayla Harris2Q - 1:41 - Behind - 13–17 Anne Hatchard2Q - 5:24 - Goal - 19–17 Dekota Baron2Q - 6:32 - Behind - 20–17 Darcie Davies2Q - 10:33 - Goal - 26–17 Havana Harris2Q - 13:41 - Goal - 32–17 Sunny Lappin3Q - 1:54 - Behind - 33–17 Mikayla Nurse3Q - 2:42 - Goal - 39–17 Jorja Livingstone3Q - 6:30 - Goal - 39–23 Dekota Baron3Q - 8:50 - Goal - 45–23 Mikayla Nurse3Q - 13:55 - Goal - 51–23 Aoife Horisk3Q - 17:42 - Behind - 51–24 Georgia Campbell3Q - 20:38 - Goal - 51–30

Rushed behind3Q - 21:50 - Rushed behind - 51–31

Havana Harris4Q - 1:11 - Behind - 52–31 Ava Usher4Q - 2:21 - Behind - 53–31 Ava Usher4Q - 5:59 - Goal - 59–31 Anne Hatchard4Q - 9:05 - Behind - 60–31 Tyla Hanks4Q - 12:29 - Goal - 60–37 Megan Fitzsimon4Q - 16:49 - Behind - 60–38 Havana Harris4Q - 18:08 - Behind - 61–38 Maggie Mahony4Q - 19:36 - Behind - 61–39

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Maggie MahonyBehind
4Q 19:3661–39
Havana HarrisBehind
4Q 18:0861–38
Megan FitzsimonBehind
4Q 16:4960–38
Tyla HanksGoal
4Q 12:2960–37
Anne HatchardBehind
4Q 9:0560–31
Ava UsherGoal
4Q 5:5959–31
Ava UsherBehind
4Q 2:2153–31
Havana HarrisBehind
4Q 1:1152–31
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 21:5051–31
Georgia CampbellGoal
3Q 20:3851–30
Aoife HoriskBehind
3Q 17:4251–24
Mikayla NurseGoal
3Q 13:5551–23
Dekota BaronGoal
3Q 8:5045–23
Jorja LivingstoneGoal
3Q 6:3039–23
Mikayla NurseGoal
3Q 2:4239–17
Sunny LappinBehind
3Q 1:5433–17
Havana HarrisGoal
2Q 13:4132–17
Darcie DaviesGoal
2Q 10:3326–17
Dekota BaronBehind
2Q 6:3220–17
Anne HatchardGoal
2Q 5:2419–17
Tayla HarrisBehind
2Q 1:4113–17
Alyssa BannanGoal
1Q 19:4913–16
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 17:5913–10
Megan FitzsimonBehind
1Q 16:5813–9
Tyla HanksGoal
1Q 14:4513–8
Tayla HarrisBehind
1Q 13:5213–2
Havana HarrisGoal
1Q 11:4813–1
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 4:467–1
Ava UsherGoal
1Q 3:367–0
Dekota BaronBehind
1Q 2:181–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GCS	13	32	51	61	—
MEL	16	17	31	39	—

Match Leaders

Goals

4 tied leaders

Ava UsherGCS

Behinds

4 tied leaders

Dekota BaronGCS

Disposals

Charlie RowbottomGCS

Tackles

Maggie MahonyMEL

Team Stats

GCSMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals5

7Behinds9

19Shots at goal15

47.4Goal accuracy %33.3

34Inside 50s35

7Goal assists2

14Marks inside 502

Possession

327Disposals252

182Kicks148

145Handballs104

130Contested possessions107

194Uncontested possessions130

Clearance / Contest

16Total clearances23

7Centre clearances8

9Stoppage clearances15

43Tackles52

25Hitouts12

10Contested marks6

Other

75Marks42

69.7Disposal efficiency %65.9

4Bounces3

63Turnovers68

58Clangers38

324Total possessions237

68Intercepts63

28Rebound 50s25

1Tackles inside 5017

21One-percenters24

14Frees for18

18Frees against14

1,279AFL Fantasy1,010

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: GCS 29 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: GCS 26 pts
Lead Changes: 2
Score Ties: 0

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