2011 AFL Season Round 23: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2011 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round twenty-three of the 2011 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at the MCG. Brad Green captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Todd Viney and the visitors were coached by Guy McKenna.

Melbourne (17.10.112) defeated Gold Coast (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 28 August 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,534

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.10.112 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 13 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Gold Coast 1 . 2 6 . 5 7 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 6 MELB by 35 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration 28:29 32:07 30:57 30:18 2:01:51

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Brad Green
Coach: Todd Viney (caretaker)

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Guy McKenna

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Ritchie (#5)
J. Schmitt (#17)
S. Stewart (#10)
E: T. Keating (#31)

Goal Umpires

P. Gonis
S. Williams
E: L. Walker

Boundary Umpires

M. Hill
L. Roberts
M. Saunders
S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Colin Garland MELB 20 3
Sam Blease MELB 46 2
Brent Moloney MELB 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Blease MELB 46 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brent Moloney MELB 22 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Michael Rischitelli GCST 35 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Colin Garland MELB 20 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brad Green MELB 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Clint Bartram MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Swallow GCST 24 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint BPR 88% 0 1 15 5 10 2 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0
7 Bennell, Jamie FPR 92% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4
46 Blease, Sam WL 81% 0 1 28 22 6 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 7 4
8 Frawley, James FB 99% 0 0 21 10 11 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
20 Garland, Colin BPL 97% 1 0 29 20 9 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 3
18 Green, Brad (c) HFFR 95% 4 0 18 14 4 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3
38 Howe, Jeremy SUB↑ 34% 2 1 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
40 Jamar, Mark RU 85% 0 1 14 4 10 3 39 2 3 4 2 3 0 0
39 Jetta, Neville RR 86% 1 0 11 4 7 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 3
2 Jones, Nathan RO 88% 1 0 25 15 10 5 0 4 3 4 1 3 1 3
24 Jurrah, Liam INT↓ 48% 3 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
34 Martin, Stefan CHF 86% 1 0 15 7 8 2 7 2 2 0 3 0 1 3
43 McDonald, Tom HBFR 84% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 4 0 1 2 0 6 2
13 McKenzie, Jordie C 72% 0 0 18 5 13 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 4
30 McNamara, Tom INT 68% 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
22 Moloney, Brent INT 82% 3 1 22 13 9 1 0 6 7 2 1 0 1 3
10 Morton, Cale FPL 90% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 90% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
31 Scully, Tom HFFL 79% 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 6 6 1 1 1 1 1
35 Tapscott, Luke HBFL 80% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 4 0 3 1 2 1 1
9 Trengove, Jack WR 82% 0 0 17 9 8 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 6
4 Watts, Jack FF 92% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 17 10 350 197 153 84 49 64 31 33 18 17 34 55

J. Howe replaced L. Jurrah.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ablett, Gary (c) C 90% 0 0 28 11 17 1 0 6 6 1 2 0 3 2
55 Ablett, Nathan FF 93% 1 1 12 3 9 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
37 Bennell, Harley INT 77% 2 1 15 7 8 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 4
44 Bock, Nathan HBFL 100% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 6 1
3 Brennan, Jared CHB 95% 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 5 0 2 2 1 5 1
42 Caddy, Josh SUB↑ 55% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 100% 0 0 24 11 13 3 0 8 1 5 0 1 3 1
40 Hickey, Tom FPL↓ 24% 0 0 5 0 5 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Hunt, Karmichael BPR 95% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
36 Iles, Sam INT 75% 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 2
32 Matera, Brandon FPR 94% 0 1 18 14 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3
18 McKenzie, Trent CHF 89% 0 1 17 10 7 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 7
41 Prestia, Dion WR 71% 0 0 24 10 14 1 0 4 7 3 2 0 3 4
35 Rischitelli, Michael RO 79% 2 0 30 11 19 5 0 6 6 3 0 1 1 5
8 Russell, Luke HFFL 91% 2 2 15 9 6 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3
26 Shaw, Matt WL 80% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 5
2 Smith, Zac RU 71% 2 0 10 5 5 2 12 0 3 2 3 1 0 0
25 Stanley, Danny HFFR 92% 1 1 22 8 14 3 0 6 5 4 2 3 0 3
24 Swallow, David RR 66% 1 0 25 13 12 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 8
48 Tape, Seb BPL 100% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 0
16 Thompson, Rory FB 80% 1 1 12 2 10 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
4 Weller, Maverick INT 83% 0 0 15 4 11 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 10 358 166 192 58 17 70 41 46 17 18 31 51

J. Caddy replaced T. Hickey.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Todd Viney
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
48 S. Tape 16 R. Thompson 7 K. Hunt 40 M. Jamar 24 L. Jurrah
7 J. Bennell 4 J. Watts 10 C. Morton 39 N. Jetta 30 T. McNamara
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 22 B. Moloney
HALF-BACK

38 J. Howe
44 N. Bock 3 J. Brennan 5 J. Harbrow



18 B. Green (c) 34 S. Martin 31 T. Scully



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 M. Shaw 9 G. Ablett (c) 41 D. Prestia



9 J. Trengove 13 J. McKenzie 46 S. Blease FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 Z. Smith 37 H. Bennell
HALF-FORWARD 24 D. Swallow 36 S. Iles
8 L. Russell 18 T. McKenzie 25 D. Stanley 35 M. Rischitelli 4 M. Weller
43 T. McDonald 27 J. Rivers 35 L. Tapscott

42 J. Caddy
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



40 T. Hickey 55 N. Ablett 32 B. Matera



3 C. Bartram 8 J. Frawley 20 C. Garland



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Guy McKenna

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:19
MELB Liam Jurrah behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 07:56
GCST Trent McKenzie behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 09:09
MELB Nathan Jones goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 11:01
GCST Harley Bennell behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 15:07
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 16:22
MELB Clint Bartram behind 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 20:14
GCST Harley Bennell goal 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 21:59
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 24:14
MELB Brent Moloney goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 26:10
Q2 GCST Harley Bennell goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 00:55
GCST Danny Stanley goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 04:20
MELB Brent Moloney goal 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 05:50
GCST Zac Smith goal 5.3.33 - 4.2.26 08:36
GCST David Swallow goal 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 10:02
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 6.3.39 - 5.2.32 12:12
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 13:29
MELB Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 17:14
GCST Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 21:11
GCST Michael Rischitelli goal 6.5.41 - 6.3.39 22:00
GCST Danny Stanley behind 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 26:39
MELB Brad Green goal 7.5.47 - 6.4.40 29:20
GCST Luke Russell behind 7.5.47 - 6.5.41 31:25
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 8.5.53 - 6.5.41 03:50
GCST Luke Russell behind 8.5.53 - 6.6.42 06:19
MELB Stefan Martin goal 9.5.59 - 6.6.42 07:04
MELB Mark Jamar behind 9.6.60 - 6.6.42 09:22
GCST Brandon Matera behind 9.6.60 - 6.7.43 10:34
MELB Sam Blease behind 9.7.61 - 6.7.43 14:13
GCST Nathan Ablett behind 9.7.61 - 6.8.44 15:17
MELB Luke Tapscott goal 10.7.67 - 6.8.44 16:18
MELB Neville Jetta goal 11.7.73 - 6.8.44 19:04
MELB Brad Green goal 12.7.79 - 6.8.44 20:44
GCST Zac Smith goal 12.7.79 - 7.8.50 23:46
MELB Colin Garland goal 13.7.85 - 7.8.50 25:33
Q4 GCST Nathan Ablett goal 13.7.85 - 8.8.56 01:17
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 14.7.91 - 8.8.56 04:49
GCST Michael Rischitelli goal 14.7.91 - 9.8.62 06:10
GCST Luke Russell goal 14.7.91 - 10.8.68 07:39
GCST Rory Thompson goal 14.7.91 - 11.8.74 09:30
GCST Rushed behind 14.7.91 - 11.9.75 10:32
MELB Brad Green goal 15.7.97 - 11.9.75 12:01
GCST Luke Russell goal 15.7.97 - 12.9.81 15:27
MELB Rushed behind 15.8.98 - 12.9.81 17:34
MELB Jeremy Howe behind 15.9.99 - 12.9.81 19:31
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 16.9.105 - 12.9.81 21:29
MELB Brent Moloney goal 17.9.111 - 12.9.81 23:16
MELB Brent Moloney behind 17.10.112 - 12.9.81 25:51
GCST Rory Thompson behind 17.10.112 - 12.10.82 28:00