FINAL TEAMS: Gold Coast vs Essendon – Round 6, 2026

Gold Coast and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at People First Stadium.

People First Stadium

GC   

 2026-04-18T03:15:00Z 

   ESS

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MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Christian Petracca, Bailey Humphrey, Jake Rogers, Oscar Adams OUT Sam Clohesy (Omitted), Lachlan Gulbin (Omitted), Noah Anderson (Illness), Alex Davies (Omitted)

IN Saad El-Hawli OUT Jaxon Prior (Managed)

FB 1 Mac Andrew 25 Sam Collins 6 Bodhi Uwland FF 10 Isaac Kako 20 Peter Wright 26 Archer May HB 2 John Noble 27 Wil Powell 17 Daniel Rioli HF 22 Sam Durham 30 Nate Caddy 4 Kyle Langford C 14 Lachie Weller 3 Christian Petracca 32 Zeke Uwland C 28 Xavier Duursma 6 Jye Caldwell 44 Archer Day-Wicks HF 22 Ben Long 19 Bailey Humphrey 26 Will Graham HB 21 Archie Roberts 31 Zach Reid 2 Jacob Farrow FF 20 Ethan Read 34 Ben King 8 Leo Lombard FB 14 Jordan Ridley 32 Ben McKay 1 Andrew McGrath

FOLLOWERS
28	Jarrod Witts
11	Touk Miller
18	Matthew Rowell

INTERCHANGE
4	Jed Walter
10	Charlie Ballard
40	Joel Jeffrey
29	Jake Rogers
48	Oscar Adams

EMERGENCIES
23	Ned Moyle
39	Lachlan Gulbin
44	Ben Jepson

FOLLOWERS
46	Lachie Blakiston
3	Darcy Parish
7	Zach Merrett

INTERCHANGE
5	Elijah Tsatas
9	Sullivan Robey
11	Jade Gresham
41	Saad El-Hawli
45	Tom Edwards

EMERGENCIES
13	Nikolas Cox
25	Jaxon Prior
42	Jayden Nguyen

Gold Coast
IN	C. Petracca, B. Humphrey, J. Rogers, O. Adams
OUT	S. Clohesy, L. Gulbin, N. Anderson, A. Davies
B M. Andrew, S. Collins, B. Uwland HB J. Noble, W. Powell, D. Rioli C L. Weller, C. Petracca, Z. Uwland HF B. Long, B. Humphrey, W. Graham F E. Read, B. King, L. Lombard FOL J. Witts, T. Miller, M. Rowell I/C J. Walter, C. Ballard, J. Jeffrey, J. Rogers, O. Adams EMG N. Moyle, L. Gulbin, B. Jepson
Essendon
IN	S. El-Hawli
OUT	J. Prior
B J. Ridley, B. McKay, A. McGrath HB A. Roberts, Z. Reid, J. Farrow C X. Duursma, J. Caldwell, A. Day-Wicks HF S. Durham, N. Caddy, K. Langford F I. Kako, P. Wright, A. May FOL L. Blakiston, D. Parish, Z. Merrett I/C E. Tsatas, S. Robey, J. Gresham, S. El-Hawli, T. Edwards EMG N. Cox, J. Prior, J. Nguyen