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AFL round 22 live updates: GWS Giants vs Gold Coast, West Coast vs Collingwood, St Kilda vs Carlton — blog, scores and stats
Gold Coast is forced into a last-minute line-up shuffle after the withdrawl of veteran defender Sam Collins ahead of the clash against the GWS Giants.
The Giants are not out of contention for the wildcard round yet, and they will play at Sydney Showground against a Suns side trying to end a 10-game losing streak under coach Damien Hardwick.
Later, West Coast will host an under-strength Collingwood side missing a list of important injured players including Jeremy Howe, Jordan De Goey and Scott Pendlebury.
Finally the stage moves to Docklands, where St Kilda takes on Carlton in a clash that will definitely shape the lower half of the top 10.
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Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 12:56pm
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Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 1:10pm
Play underway between the Giants and Suns
We're off and running in today's Sunday AFL slate!
Some first-bounce match-ups: Aaron Cadman is being manned by Mac Andrew, Jayden Laverde has the job on Jed Walter and Toby Bedford has the run-with job on Noah Anderson.
Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 1:09pm
It's absolutely horrible conditions in Canberra today
Today's weather in Canberra is how people not from Canberra would describe Canberra weather if you ever asked them to.
It's wet, wild and wooly out there, and it's going to be tough sledding for both of these sides.
Real war of attrition stuff.
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Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 1:01pm
GWS Giants vs Gold Coast team news — Collins ruled out late
Gold Coast has been dealt a blow ahead of the first bounce with veteran defender Sam Collins forced out.
It seems as though Collins has failed to recover quickly enough from the blow he copped last week in the loss to the Dees.
Collins is one of four changes to the Suns side with Zeke Uwland, Lachlan Gulbin, Sam Clohesy and Jy Farrar coming in for Collins, Jai Murray, Dylan Patterson and Beau Addinsall.
The Giants have made the one change with Toby Greene taking the place of Jack Ough.
Sun 9 Aug 2026 at 12:57pm
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Good afternoon and welcome to ABC Sport's live AFL coverage!
Round 22 wraps up today with a triple header, and all three matches could end up shaping the post-season in a big way.
Here's a look at who's playing who and at what time and where:
- 1:10pm -GWS Giants vs Gold Coast @ Manuka Oval
- 4:10pm -West Coast vs Collingwood at Perth Stadium
- 7:20pm -St Kilda vs Carlton @ Docklands Stadium