2016 Round 1: Gold Coast v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday, March 26th, 2016
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium (Carrara Stadium)
Attendance: 16,239
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Essendon
Score: 17.19.121 - 9.6.60
Best on Ground: D. Zaharakis, A. Hall, M. Rischitelli, G. Ablett

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 5 . 5 11 . 9 15 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Essendon 1 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin GCS by 29 GCS by 44 GCS by 57 GCS by 61 GCS by 61
Duration 29:14 32:21 28:11 27:53 1:57:39

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Rodney Eade (Gold Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captain(s): Gary Ablett (Gold Coast), Brendon Goddard (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Sam Hay (#20), Brendan Hosking (#16), Shane McInerney (#30), E: James Waldorff (#38)
Goal Umpire(s): Shaun Apted, Alistair Meldrum, E: Tristan Symes
Boundary Umpire(s): Aaron Deckys, Drew Kowalski, Tim Morrison, Nick Wade
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Aaron Hall (GCS #33) 2 - Tom Lynch (GCS #19) 1 - Gary Ablett (GCS #9)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Aaron Hall GCS 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GCS 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Lynch GCS 5 0 0 1 1 0
David Zaharakis ESS 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nick Malceski GCS 1 0 0 0 0 1
Steven May GCS 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
9 Ablett, Gary RO 87% 1 3 34 20 14 4 0 7 14 21 9 4 3 2 1 7 2 2 0 1
13 Ah Chee, Callum INT 74% 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 Cameron, Clay BPR 86% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 3 3 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
39 Davis, Ryan FPR 75% 0 2 17 8 9 1 0 4 8 10 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
12 Day, Sam FF 95% 2 0 15 7 8 4 2 2 7 8 1 3 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 2
33 Hall, Aaron HFFL 77% 2 1 36 19 17 4 0 3 11 25 5 2 0 1 1 9 0 1 1 0
5 Harbrow, Jarrod WR 82% 0 1 20 10 10 3 0 2 8 12 0 4 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 0
23 Lemmens, Sean INT 78% 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 2 2 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Lonergan, Jesse INT 67% 1 0 20 9 11 3 0 6 8 11 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 95% 4 1 18 8 10 7 0 4 10 6 0 7 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 1
7 Malceski, Nick HBFL 86% 1 2 19 12 7 4 0 3 8 12 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 1
4 Martin, Jack HFFR 79% 2 0 13 8 5 4 0 8 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2
17 May, Steven CHB 93% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 4 11 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 10 0
18 McKenzie, Trent HBFR 57% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 5 4 13 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
11 Miller, Touk RR 74% 1 2 20 9 11 2 0 2 7 15 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
22 Nicholls, Tom RU 87% 0 0 10 5 5 3 24 4 6 5 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0
10 Prestia, Dion INT 67% 1 0 29 13 16 3 0 9 9 23 3 4 0 0 2 8 0 1 1 0
35 Rischitelli, Michael C 79% 0 0 27 7 20 3 0 7 13 14 10 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0
3 Rosa, Matt WL 86% 0 0 32 16 16 9 0 1 7 26 1 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 2
42 Saad, Adam BPL 79% 0 1 15 7 8 6 0 3 4 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 4 0
6 Sexton, Alex FPL 85% 1 2 23 15 8 6 0 3 3 19 1 4 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 2
16 Thompson, Rory FB 90% 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 2 5 9 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total 17 19 428 223 205 91 27 87 152 280 38 52 20 17 28 66 15 17 40 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 84% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 4 7 0 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 6 0
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 89% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 3 4 10 0 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 1
24 Bird, Craig INT 70% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 6 4 8 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
28 Brown, Mitch FB 91% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 3 10 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
17 Cooney, Adam HFFL 82% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 3 6 8 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
51 Crowley, Ryan RR 85% 1 0 13 6 7 3 1 2 4 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 Daniher, Joe FF 82% 1 1 11 7 4 5 1 1 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0
49 Dea, Matt BPL 87% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 5 4 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 83% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 1 16 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0
9 Goddard, Brendon WL 83% 0 0 24 8 16 7 0 1 10 14 3 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
42 Gwilt, James HBFR 85% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 4 14 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0
47 Kelly, James INT 81% 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 7 10 16 2 4 2 1 5 1 1 0 2 0
30 Langford, Kyle CHF 78% 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 2 11 0 2 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 0
22 Leuenberger, Matthew FPR 75% 0 0 8 2 6 3 32 0 1 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 78% 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 81% 1 0 6 4 2 1 5 0 2 5 1 6 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 1
20 Merrett, Jackson HFFR 84% 0 0 21 9 12 4 0 3 5 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach FPL 74% 0 0 31 18 13 10 0 3 12 23 4 3 0 1 4 4 0 0 4 0
3 Parish, Darcy INT 78% 0 0 25 8 17 5 0 6 12 14 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0
52 Simpkin, Jonathan WR 77% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 8 10 1 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
48 Stokes, Mathew C 90% 3 1 27 18 9 7 0 1 7 20 0 7 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 1
11 Zaharakis, David RO 84% 2 2 33 21 12 5 0 2 12 20 5 2 1 0 1 8 1 4 3 1
Rushed 1
Total 9 6 383 205 178 98 39 56 125 263 25 64 17 20 43 40 8 5 47 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Gold Coast Coach: Rodney Eade
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
49 M. Dea 28 M. Brown 8 M. Gleeson 22 T. Nicholls 13 C. Ah Chee
39 R. Davis 12 S. Day 6 A. Sexton 11 T. Miller 23 S. Lemmens
FORWARD 9 G. Ablett (c) 37 J. Lonergan
HALF-BACK

10 D. Prestia
12 M. Baguley 29 P. Ambrose 42 J. Gwilt



4 J. Martin 19 T. Lynch 33 A. Hall



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 B. Goddard (c) 48 M. Stokes 52 J. Simpkin



5 J. Harbrow 35 M. Rischitelli 3 M. Rosa FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 24 C. Bird
HALF-FORWARD 51 R. Crowley 47 J. Kelly
17 A. Cooney 30 K. Langford 20 J. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
18 T. McKenzie 17 S. May 7 N. Malceski

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 Z. Merrett 6 J. Daniher 22 M. Leuenberger



27 C. Cameron 16 R. Thompson 42 A. Saad



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS David Zaharakis goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:57
GCS Touk Miller goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:17
GCS Jack Martin goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:09
GCS Nick Malceski behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 07:15
GCS Gary Ablett behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 11:57
GCS Jesse Lonergan goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 14:41
GCS Tom Lynch goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 17:30
GCS Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 1.0.6 19:08
GCS Nick Malceski behind 4.4.28 - 1.0.6 19:44
GCS Gary Ablett behind 4.5.29 - 1.0.6 22:19
GCS Tom Lynch goal 5.5.35 - 1.0.6 25:35
Q2 ESS Shaun McKernan goal 5.5.35 - 2.0.12 00:37
ESS Joe Daniher behind 5.5.35 - 2.1.13 02:52
ESS Ryan Crowley goal 5.5.35 - 3.1.19 03:48
GCS Gary Ablett goal 6.5.41 - 3.1.19 04:56
GCS Aaron Hall goal 7.5.47 - 3.1.19 07:33
GCS Jack Martin goal 8.5.53 - 3.1.19 11:46
GCS Tom Lynch behind 8.6.54 - 3.1.19 13:56
GCS Jarrod Harbrow behind 8.7.55 - 3.1.19 15:06
GCS Callum Ah Chee goal 9.7.61 - 3.1.19 16:34
GCS Gary Ablett behind 9.8.62 - 3.1.19 17:38
GCS Dion Prestia goal 10.8.68 - 3.1.19 22:19
ESS Kyle Langford goal 10.8.68 - 4.1.25 25:57
GCS Tom Lynch goal 11.8.74 - 4.1.25 28:14
ESS Joe Daniher goal 11.8.74 - 5.1.31 29:43
GCS Touk Miller behind 11.9.75 - 5.1.31 30:59
Q3 GCS Aaron Hall behind 11.10.76 - 5.1.31 03:46
ESS Mathew Stokes behind 11.10.76 - 5.2.32 05:18
ESS David Zaharakis goal 11.10.76 - 6.2.38 07:38
ESS Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 6.3.39 09:36
GCS Sam Day goal 12.10.82 - 6.3.39 12:43
ESS David Zaharakis behind 12.10.82 - 6.4.40 14:52
GCS Aaron Hall goal 13.10.88 - 6.4.40 15:36
GCS Ryan Davis behind 13.11.89 - 6.4.40 17:25
GCS Alex Sexton behind 13.12.90 - 6.4.40 17:54
GCS Nick Malceski goal 14.12.96 - 6.4.40 18:25
ESS David Zaharakis behind 14.12.96 - 6.5.41 20:52
GCS Ryan Davis behind 14.13.97 - 6.5.41 22:31
GCS Tom Lynch goal 15.13.103 - 6.5.41 24:38
GCS Rushed behind 15.14.104 - 6.5.41 25:39
ESS Mathew Stokes goal 15.14.104 - 7.5.47 27:00
Q4 ESS Mathew Stokes goal 15.14.104 - 8.5.53 01:01
ESS Mathew Stokes goal 15.14.104 - 9.5.59 04:56
GCS Sam Day goal 16.14.110 - 9.5.59 09:40
GCS Touk Miller behind 16.15.111 - 9.5.59 12:42
GCS Callum Ah Chee behind 16.16.112 - 9.5.59 14:11
GCS Rushed behind 16.17.113 - 9.5.59 14:53
GCS Adam Saad behind 16.18.114 - 9.5.59 16:34
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 16.18.114 - 9.6.60 18:23
GCS Alex Sexton behind 16.19.115 - 9.6.60 19:32
GCS Alex Sexton goal 17.19.121 - 9.6.60 22:39