2012 AFL Round 1: Gold Coast v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2012 between Gold Coast and Adelaide during round 1 of the 2012 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Adelaide at Metricon Stadium. Gary Ablett captained the hosts. Nathan van Berlo captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Guy McKenna and the visitors were coached by Brenton Sanderson.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, M. Warnock, S. Tape
Half-back: J. Brennan, S. May, J. Taylor
Centre: M. Rischitelli, G. Ablett (capt.), H. Bennell
Half-forward: D. Prestia, T. Lynch, B. Matera
Forward: C. Brown, D. Gorringe, A. Hall
Follower: Z. Smith, S. Iles, D. Swallow
Int.: J. Caddy, T. Hickey, K. Hunt
Sub.: L. Russell

Adelaide
Back: M. Doughty, B. Rutten, D. Talia
Half-back: G. Johncock, A. Otten, B. Reilly
Centre: D. MacKay, P. Dangerfield, J. Petrenko
Half-forward: R. Sloane, T. Walker, B. Vince
Forward: J. Porplyzia, K. Tippett, B. Smith
Follower: S. Jacobs, S. Thompson, N. van Berlo (capt.)
Int.: I. Callinan, R. Douglas, R. Henderson
Sub.: T. Lynch

Gold Coast (10.8.68) were defeated by Adelaide (19.23.137).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: G. Ablett (2), H. Bennell (2), C. Brown (2), J. Caddy, D. Prestia, Z. Smith, D. Swallow
Adelaide: T. Walker (5), K. Tippett (4), I. Callinan (2), P. Dangerfield (2), N. van Berlo (2), R. Douglas, T. Lynch, J. Porplyzia, R. Sloane

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 17th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Gold Coast v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 31 March 2012
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 12,790

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Adelaide
Score: 10.8.68 - 19.23.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Adelaide 7 . 8 11 . 10 15 . 16 19 . 23 19 . 23 (137)
Margin ADEL by 31 ADEL by 43 ADEL by 52 ADEL by 69 ADEL by 69
Duration 32:26 35:23 30:27 30:52 2:09:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Guy McKenna (Gold Coast), Brenton Sanderson (Adelaide)
Captains: Gary Ablett (Gold Coast), Nathan van Berlo (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GCST 9 3
Scott Thompson ADEL 5 2
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Scott Thompson ADEL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GCST 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
Sam Jacobs ADEL 24 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Kurt Tippett ADEL 4 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ablett, Gary (c) C 92% 2 0 43 23 20 3 0 3 7 6 2 2 5 6
11 Bennell, Harley WR 89% 2 1 22 12 10 6 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 4
3 Brennan, Jared HBFL 92% 0 0 27 20 7 6 1 3 0 6 2 1 10 3
30 Brown, Campbell FPL 98% 2 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
28 Caddy, Josh INT 74% 1 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 3 4 1 1 1 4
47 Gorringe, Daniel FF 89% 0 0 8 1 7 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 Hall, Aaron FPR 75% 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 98% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2
40 Hickey, Tom INT 76% 0 1 9 3 6 3 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
7 Hunt, Karmichael INT 71% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 4
36 Iles, Sam RR 89% 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 1
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 94% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1
32 Matera, Brandon HFFR 82% 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 3
45 May, Steven CHB 87% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 1
41 Prestia, Dion HFFL 65% 1 1 19 9 10 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0
35 Rischitelli, Michael WL 77% 0 0 26 9 17 3 0 3 5 2 1 1 3 2
8 Russell, Luke SUB↑ 46% 0 1 16 11 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
2 Smith, Zac RU 83% 1 0 13 5 8 1 15 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
24 Swallow, David RO 83% 1 0 23 13 10 2 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 3
48 Tape, Seb BPR↓ 51% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1
21 Taylor, Jeremy HBFR 91% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1
14 Warnock, Matthew FB 97% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 8 365 192 173 83 21 48 34 47 16 15 41 43

L. Russell replaced S. Tape.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Callinan, Ian INT 84% 2 5 18 14 4 5 0 5 1 4 0 1 0 2
32 Dangerfield, Patrick C 92% 2 0 25 13 12 3 0 2 9 4 0 1 0 6
11 Doughty, Michael BPL 81% 0 0 17 5 12 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2
26 Douglas, Richard INT 83% 1 3 19 14 5 6 0 7 0 3 2 0 1 5
45 Henderson, Ricky INT↓ 36% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 87% 0 0 18 9 9 5 28 3 1 3 1 1 0 2
18 Johncock, Graham HBFL 88% 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 8 1
27 Lynch, Tom SUB↑ 42% 1 2 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5
14 MacKay, David WL 86% 0 0 21 9 12 3 1 5 2 1 1 1 0 1
22 Otten, Andy CHB 89% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 2
23 Petrenko, Jared WR 79% 0 1 13 6 7 4 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3
40 Porplyzia, Jason FPL 87% 1 0 17 8 9 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
3 Reilly, Brent HBFR 87% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 5
25 Rutten, Ben FB 84% 0 0 10 6 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
9 Sloane, Rory HFFL 86% 1 1 24 18 6 6 0 9 5 3 1 1 0 11
33 Smith, Brodie FPR 84% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1
12 Talia, Daniel BPR 94% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1
5 Thompson, Scott RR 84% 0 1 39 25 14 6 0 3 6 2 1 0 6 4
4 Tippett, Kurt FF 90% 4 3 20 14 6 7 13 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
7 van Berlo, Nathan (c) RO 84% 2 0 22 15 7 7 0 5 3 3 2 2 0 6
17 Vince, Bernie HFFR 84% 0 1 22 18 4 3 0 3 4 3 1 0 2 5
13 Walker, Taylor CHF 90% 5 2 15 10 5 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 19 23 409 255 154 109 42 73 39 47 15 16 28 73

T. Lynch replaced R. Henderson.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Taylor Walker behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:41
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:11
ADEL Kurt Tippett behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 04:41
GCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 07:23
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 07:48
GCST Harley Bennell goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 10:05
ADEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 11:42
ADEL Rory Sloane goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 13:27
ADEL Ian Callinan behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 14:41
ADEL Ian Callinan goal 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 15:29
GCST Gary Ablett goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 17:05
ADEL Rory Sloane behind 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 18:08
ADEL Kurt Tippett behind 2.1.13 - 4.6.30 20:37
ADEL Scott Thompson behind 2.1.13 - 4.7.31 21:24
ADEL Nathan van Berlo goal 2.1.13 - 5.7.37 22:48
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 2.1.13 - 6.7.43 24:13
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 2.1.13 - 7.7.49 26:11
ADEL Ian Callinan behind 2.1.13 - 7.8.50 27:58
GCST David Swallow goal 3.1.19 - 7.8.50 30:10
Q2 GCST Dion Prestia behind 3.2.20 - 7.8.50 00:19
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 3.2.20 - 8.8.56 02:29
GCST Dion Prestia goal 4.2.26 - 8.8.56 05:19
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 4.2.26 - 9.8.62 08:21
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.2.26 - 10.8.68 12:47
ADEL Nathan van Berlo goal 4.2.26 - 11.8.74 24:55
GCST Harley Bennell behind 4.3.27 - 11.8.74 27:10
GCST Campbell Brown goal 5.3.33 - 11.8.74 31:11
ADEL Kurt Tippett behind 5.3.33 - 11.9.75 32:58
ADEL Ian Callinan behind 5.3.33 - 11.10.76 33:43
Q3 GCST Campbell Brown goal 6.3.39 - 11.10.76 00:48
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 6.3.39 - 11.11.77 02:44
GCST Harley Bennell goal 7.3.45 - 11.11.77 03:27
ADEL Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 11.12.78 04:33
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 7.3.45 - 12.12.84 07:11
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 7.3.45 - 13.12.90 09:43
GCST Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 13.12.90 11:18
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 7.4.46 - 14.12.96 12:13
GCST Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 14.12.96 13:13
GCST Josh Caddy goal 8.5.53 - 14.12.96 14:34
ADEL Ian Callinan goal 8.5.53 - 15.12.102 16:45
GCST Luke Russell behind 8.6.54 - 15.12.102 21:26
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 8.6.54 - 15.13.103 22:00
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 8.6.54 - 15.14.104 26:47
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 8.6.54 - 15.15.105 29:16
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 8.6.54 - 15.16.106 30:18
Q4 GCST Gary Ablett goal 9.6.60 - 15.16.106 00:59
ADEL Ian Callinan behind 9.6.60 - 15.17.107 05:46
ADEL Jared Petrenko behind 9.6.60 - 15.18.108 07:45
GCST Zac Smith goal 10.6.66 - 15.18.108 09:36
GCST Tom Hickey behind 10.7.67 - 15.18.108 10:46
ADEL Bernie Vince behind 10.7.67 - 15.19.109 12:20
ADEL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 15.20.110 15:10
GCST Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 15.20.110 17:02
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 10.8.68 - 16.20.116 19:33
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 10.8.68 - 17.20.122 20:36
ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 10.8.68 - 18.20.128 22:34
ADEL Ian Callinan behind 10.8.68 - 18.21.129 24:39
ADEL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 18.22.130 26:14
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 10.8.68 - 18.23.131 28:03
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 10.8.68 - 19.23.137 29:58