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

Connor Budarick and Tom Hanily have been named as tactical subs.

 2025-04-27T03:15:00Z 
Gold Coast WON BY 38 POINTS
People First Stadium
GC   
117
FT
79
   SYD
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MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN No change
IN Ben Paton, Peter Ladhams
OUTSam Wicks (Injured), Joel Hamling (Omitted)
FB 1 Mac Andrew 40 Joel Jeffrey 25 Sam Collins
FF 19 Will Hayward 10 Aaron Francis 16 Braeden Campbell
HB 2 John Noble 27 Wil Powell 17 Daniel Rioli
HF 27 Justin McInerney 2 Hayden McLean 17 James Jordon
C 14 Lachie Weller 18 Matthew Rowell 11 Touk Miller
C 44 Jake Lloyd 5 Isaac Heeney 14 Oliver Florent
HF 26 Will Graham 4 Jed Walter 9 Sam Flanders
HB 34 Matthew Roberts 22 Nick Blakey 26 Riley Bice
FF 20 Ethan Read 22 Ben Long 34 Ben King
FB 43 Lewis Melican 30 Tom McCartin 24 Dane Rampe
FOLLOWERS
28 Jarrod Witts
19 Bailey Humphrey
15 Noah Anderson
INTERCHANGE
7 Nick Holman
12 Ben Ainsworth
29 Jake Rogers
19 Connor Budarick
6 Bodhi Uwland
EMERGENCIES
8 Brayden Fiorini
23 Ned Moyle
33 Sam Clohesy
FOLLOWERS
4 Brodie Grundy
1 Chad Warner
8 James Rowbottom
INTERCHANGE
25 Ben Paton
19 Peter Ladhams
37 Corey Warner
40 Tom Hanily
33 Caiden Cleary
EMERGENCIES
29 Joel Hamling
12 Angus Sheldrick
35 Caleb Mitchell

Gold Coast
B M. Andrew, J. Jeffrey, S. Collins
HB J. Noble, W. Powell, D. Rioli
C L. Weller, M. Rowell, T. Miller
HF W. Graham, J. Walter, S. Flanders
F E. Read, B. Long, B. King
FOL J. Witts, B. Humphrey, N. Anderson
I/C N. Holman, B. Ainsworth, J. Rogers, C. Budarick, B. Uwland
EMG B. Fiorini, N. Moyle, S. Clohesy

Sydney
INB. Paton, P. Ladhams
OUTS. Wicks, J. Hamling
B L. Melican, T. McCartin, D. Rampe
HB M. Roberts, N. Blakey, R. Bice
C J. Lloyd, I. Heeney, O. Florent
HF J. McInerney, H. McLean, J. Jordon
F W. Hayward, A. Francis, B. Campbell
FOL B. Grundy, C. Warner, J. Rowbottom
I/C B. Paton, P. Ladhams, C. Warner, T. Hanily, C. Cleary
EMG J. Hamling, A. Sheldrick, C. Mitchell

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