Player news from R22 of 2026: Western Sydney vs Gold Coast

Lachie Whitfield (105/110): Starting at half back
Whitfield contributed with 26 touches, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Clayton Oliver (90/83): Playing inside midfield on Rowell
Oliver contributed with 23 touches, 3 grabs and 6 tackles.
Toby Greene (85/90): Starting at half forward… switched to mids in Q3
Greene contributed with 18 disposals, 7 tackles and kicked 2.0.
Josaia Delana (81/113): Rotating on a wing
Delana contributed with 20 disposals, 3 grabs, 3 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Callum M. Brown (78/77): In attack on Powell
Brown contributed with 15 touches, 2 grabs, 6 tackles and booted 1.2.
Stephen Coniglio (74/71): Starting on a HFF and joining mids
Coniglio contributed with 19 touches, 4 tackles and booted 1.0.
Kieren Briggs (72/64): Tandem ruck with Madden
Briggs contributed with 12 touches, 2 marks, 3 tackles, 23 hit outs and 0.1.
Harry Rowston (69/69): Rotating in midfield
Rowston contributed with 22 disposals, 3 grabs and 2 tackles.
Harvey Thomas (64/101): Starting on a wing on Read
Thomas contributed with 20 disposals, 2 tackles and 1.1.
Joe Fonti (64/51): Running off half back
Fonti contributed with 14 possessions, 2 marks and 6 tackles.
Lachie Ash (63/74): Roaming from half back
Ash added 20 disposals and 3 marks.
Jake Stringer (63/67): Starting forward on Bodhi Uwland
Stringer contributed with 8 touches, 8 tackles and managed 1.2.
Ryan Angwin (60/73): Starting on a wing on Noble
Angwin added 14 disposals and 5 tackles.
Xavier O’Halloran (53/77): Playing midfield
O’Halloran added 15 possessions and 5 tackles.
Connor Idun (51/70): In defence
Idun contributed with 11 possessions, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Harry Himmelberg (49/68): Third tall defender on Farrar then went to Walter in Q3
Himmelberg added 11 touches and 5 tackles.
Max Gruzewski (48/56): At FF on Ballard
Gruzewski contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks and 2.0.
Riley Hamilton (45/34): Rotating forward
Hamilton contributed with 10 touches, 4 tackles and managed 0.1.
Aaron Cadman (41/62): Playing key forward on Andrew
Cadman added 12 possessions and kicked 2.0.
Nicholas Madden (36/46): Tandem ruck with Briggs
Madden contributed with 5 disposals, 2 tackles and 19 ruck taps.
Toby Bedford (27/26): Knock to his back in Q2 and did not return… 5 possessions including 4 handballs… also 4 tackles. Playing defensive midfielder on Miller.

Sam Taylor (25/41): At FB on King
Taylor also had 7 possessions.
Jayden Laverde (22/21): Copped a Read knee to the left ribs early in Q1… 3 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles. At CHB on Walter.

Matt Rowell (182/174): Hugely prolific in Q3 in particular… 40 possessions and 4 marks plus 16 tackles. Starting in midfield on Clayton Oliver.

Touk Miller (131/157): Mostly on ball on Bedford then freed up when Bedford was injured in Q2
Miller contributed with 23 disposals, 5 grabs, 9 tackles and 3.0 on the scoreboard.
Noah Anderson (107/78): Starting in midfield
Anderson added 24 touches and 10 tackles.
Wil Powell (96/115): Starting at half back on Brown
Powell contributed with 18 disposals, 5 marks, 7 tackles and 1.0.
Ned Moyle (95/118): Lead ruck
Moyle contributed with 11 possessions, 2 tackles and 60 hit outs.
Bodhi Uwland (88/110): Minding Stringer
Uwland contributed with 20 possessions, 7 marks and 4 tackles.
John Noble (81/83): Started on a wing on Angwin
Noble contributed with 16 possessions, 4 marks and 6 tackles.
Bailey Humphrey (71/109): Starting in attack with centre rotations
Humphrey contributed with 19 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles, managed 2.2 and 3 free kicks given away.
Daniel Rioli (70/86): Starting at half back
Rioli contributed with 21 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Mac Andrew (69/84): Standing Cadman
Andrew contributed with 13 disposals, 8 grabs and 3 tackles.
Leo Lombard (68/76): Rotating forward
Lombard contributed with 23 touches, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Sam Clohesy (61/81): On the outside
Clohesy added 17 disposals and 6 tackles.
Lachlan Gulbin (61/45): Rotating at half forward
Gulbin contributed with 10 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 1.2.
Charlie Ballard (53/63): In defence on Gruzewski
Ballard contributed with 10 touches, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Ben King (51/69): First goal… 2.0 from 9 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles. In attack on Taylor.

Ethan Read (44/31): Starting on a wing on Thomas
Read contributed with 13 touches, 3 hit outs and managed 0.1.
Joel Jeffrey (42/73): Playing a half back role
Jeffrey also had 14 touches.
Jed Walter (42/52): Up forward on Laverde then got Himmelberg in Q3
Walter contributed with 9 disposals, 2 marks, 2 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Ben Long (40/35): Starting at half forward
Long contributed with 9 possessions, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Christian Petracca (39/46): His new role keeping him out of the play… 14 possessions. Starting at half forward.

Jake Rogers (38/34): Rotating forward
Rogers contributed with 7 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and booted 0.1.
Zeke Uwland (24/29): Starting at half back
Uwland added 13 possessions and 3 frees against.
Jy Farrar (4/9): Playing third key forward on Himmelberg then got Idun in Q3
Farrar also had 0 touches.