Gold Coast vs Melbourne 02-Aug-2026 Lineups

Sun 02-Aug-2026 Final Round 21

GCS

105 16.9

Coach: Damien Hardwick

114 18.6

MEL

Coach: Steven King

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Gold Coast

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

12 Koltyn Tholstrup FPL 2 Jacob van Rooyen FF 31 Bayley Fritsch FPR

Half forwards

36 Kysaiah Pickett HFFL 15 Ed Langdon CHF 16 Bailey Laurie HFFR

Followers

11 Max Gawn RK 9 Jack Steele RR 32 Tom Sparrow ROV

Centre

30 Harry Sharp WL 6 Caleb Windsor C 4 Harvey Langford WR

Half backs

14 Changkuoth Jiath HBFL 35 Harrison Petty CHB 25 Tom McDonald HBFR

Backs

17 Jake Bowey BPL 8 Jake Lever FB 22 Blake Howes BPR

Interchange 5

24 Trent Rivers INT 47 Joel Fitzgerald INT 3 Christian Salem INT 21 Matthew Jefferson INT 41 Paddy Cross INT

2Q3Q4Q

Ben KingQ1 - 1:17 - Goal - 6-0 Jacob van RooyenQ1 - 3:03 - Goal - 6-6 Jai MurrayQ1 - 5:17 - Behind - 7-6 Harry SharpQ1 - 6:55 - Goal - 7-12 Kysaiah PickettQ1 - 13:50 - Goal - 7-18 Joel FitzgeraldQ1 - 16:33 - Goal - 7-24 Jed WalterQ1 - 19:26 - Goal - 13-24 Ben LongQ1 - 21:55 - Goal - 19-24

RushedQ1 - 23:08 - Behind - 20-24

Bayley FritschQ1 - 25:00 - Goal - 20-30

RushedQ1 - 26:18 - Behind - 21-30

Jed WalterQ1 - 29:25 - Goal - 27-30

RushedQ2 - 0:24 - Behind - 28-30

Leonardo LombardQ2 - 1:00 - Goal - 34-30 Ed LangdonQ2 - 2:11 - Behind - 34-31 Caleb WindsorQ2 - 3:40 - Goal - 34-37

RushedQ2 - 5:27 - Behind - 34-38

Tom SparrowQ2 - 14:54 - Goal - 34-44 Jed WalterQ2 - 16:32 - Behind - 35-44 Jed WalterQ2 - 18:35 - Goal - 41-44 Touk MillerQ2 - 22:15 - Goal - 47-44 Bayley FritschQ2 - 27:23 - Goal - 47-50 Jed WalterQ2 - 28:57 - Behind - 48-50 Bailey HumphreyQ2 - 31:46 - Goal - 54-50 Ben KingQ3 - 1:51 - Behind - 55-50 Bayley FritschQ3 - 3:08 - Behind - 55-51 Ben KingQ3 - 6:42 - Behind - 56-51 Bailey HumphreyQ3 - 9:33 - Goal - 62-51 Harrison PettyQ3 - 11:19 - Goal - 62-57 Ethan ReadQ3 - 13:30 - Goal - 68-57 Ben LongQ3 - 18:06 - Goal - 74-57 Bailey LaurieQ3 - 20:14 - Goal - 74-63 Harry SharpQ3 - 22:20 - Goal - 74-69 Joel FitzgeraldQ3 - 24:48 - Goal - 74-75 Ben KingQ3 - 27:02 - Goal - 80-75 Ben LongQ3 - 29:32 - Goal - 86-75 Jacob van RooyenQ3 - 31:22 - Goal - 86-81 Harrison PettyQ3 - 33:07 - Goal - 86-87 Trent RiversQ4 - 0:41 - Behind - 86-88 Max GawnQ4 - 4:55 - Behind - 86-89 Jacob van RooyenQ4 - 7:40 - Goal - 86-95 Beau AddinsallQ4 - 10:09 - Goal - 92-95 Caleb WindsorQ4 - 11:21 - Goal - 92-101 Leonardo LombardQ4 - 12:35 - Behind - 93-101 Jake RogersQ4 - 13:25 - Goal - 99-101 Harrison PettyQ4 - 15:35 - Goal - 99-107 Joel FitzgeraldQ4 - 21:34 - Behind - 99-108 Harvey LangfordQ4 - 23:28 - Goal - 99-114 Ethan ReadQ4 - 30:09 - Goal - 105-114

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Ethan ReadGoal
4Q 30:09105-114
Harvey LangfordGoal
4Q 23:2899-114
Joel FitzgeraldBehind
4Q 21:3499-108
Harrison PettyGoal
4Q 15:3599-107
Jake RogersGoal
4Q 13:2599-101
Leonardo LombardBehind
4Q 12:3593-101
Caleb WindsorGoal
4Q 11:2192-101
Beau AddinsallGoal
4Q 10:0992-95
Jacob van RooyenGoal
4Q 7:4086-95
Max GawnBehind
4Q 4:5586-89
Trent RiversBehind
4Q 0:4186-88
Harrison PettyGoal
3Q 33:0786-87
Jacob van RooyenGoal
3Q 31:2286-81
Ben LongGoal
3Q 29:3286-75
Ben KingGoal
3Q 27:0280-75
Joel FitzgeraldGoal
3Q 24:4874-75
Harry SharpGoal
3Q 22:2074-69
Bailey LaurieGoal
3Q 20:1474-63
Ben LongGoal
3Q 18:0674-57
Ethan ReadGoal
3Q 13:3068-57
Harrison PettyGoal
3Q 11:1962-57
Bailey HumphreyGoal
3Q 9:3362-51
Ben KingBehind
3Q 6:4256-51
Bayley FritschBehind
3Q 3:0855-51
Ben KingBehind
3Q 1:5155-50
Bailey HumphreyGoal
2Q 31:4654-50
Jed WalterBehind
2Q 28:5748-50
Bayley FritschGoal
2Q 27:2347-50
Touk MillerGoal
2Q 22:1547-44
Jed WalterGoal
2Q 18:3541-44
Jed WalterBehind
2Q 16:3235-44
Tom SparrowGoal
2Q 14:5434-44
RushedBehind
2Q 5:2734-38
Caleb WindsorGoal
2Q 3:4034-37
Ed LangdonBehind
2Q 2:1134-31
Leonardo LombardGoal
2Q 1:0034-30
RushedBehind
2Q 0:2428-30
Jed WalterGoal
1Q 29:2527-30
RushedBehind
1Q 26:1821-30
Bayley FritschGoal
1Q 25:0020-30
RushedBehind
1Q 23:0820-24
Ben LongGoal
1Q 21:5519-24
Jed WalterGoal
1Q 19:2613-24
Joel FitzgeraldGoal
1Q 16:337-24
Kysaiah PickettGoal
1Q 13:507-18
Harry SharpGoal
1Q 6:557-12
Jai MurrayBehind
1Q 5:177-6
Jacob van RooyenGoal
1Q 3:036-6
Ben KingGoal
1Q 1:176-0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GCS	4.3	4.3	5.2	3.1	105
MEL	5.0	3.2	6.1	4.3	114

Match Leaders

Goals

4 tied leaders

Jed WalterGCS

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Jed WalterGCS

SuperCoach

148

Max GawnMEL

Tackles

Tom SparrowMEL

Team Stats

GCSMEL

Scoring / Attack

16Goals18

9Behinds6

28Shots At Goal26

58Inside 50s55

9Goal Assists18

87Score Involvements99

13Marks Inside 5016

3Behinds Rushed1

Possession

316Disposals364

190Kicks209

126Handballs155

130Contested Possessions133

179Uncontested Possessions227

5,976Metres Gained6,163

84Ground Ball Gets85

Clearance / Contest

38Clearances33

15Centre Clearances18

23Stoppage Clearances15

57Tackles67

42Hitouts39

11Hitouts To Advantage11

240Pressure Acts231

12Contested Marks15

Other

76Marks105

23Frees For15

15Frees Against23

37Rebound 50s40

48Clangers56

47One Percenters40

13Bounces5

1,532Supercoach Points1,769

1,400Dream Team Points1,618

70Turnovers67

26Hitout To Advantage Rate28

41Spoils32

68Intercepts70

14Intercept Marks18

6Kick Ins9

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 17 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: MEL 20 pts
Lead Changes: 9
Score Ties: 1

Preliminary Finals

Gold Coast vs Melbourne Match Centre

Forwards

Half forwards

Followers

Centre

Half backs

Backs

Interchange 5

Forwards

Half forwards

Followers

Centre

Half backs

Backs

Interchange 5