2012 AFL Season Round 18: Gold Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 2012 between Gold Coast and Sydney during round eighteen of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted Sydney at Metricon Stadium. Gary Ablett captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Guy McKenna and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Gold Coast (8.6.54) were defeated by Sydney (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Gold Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 28 July 2012
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 11,169

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 8.6.54 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 1 5 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Sydney 6 . 3 8 . 7 16 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin SYDN by 26 SYDN by 23 SYDN by 59 SYDN by 72 SYDN by 72
Duration 30:40 28:47 32:10 27:07 1:58:44

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Guy McKenna

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Fleer (#2)
M. Leppard (#11)
S. Wenn (#22)
E: A. Stephens (#39)

Goal Umpires

T. Mavroudis
C. Roffey
E: S. Apted

Boundary Umpires

A. Deckys
N. Liparota
N. Wade
D. Wilson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 3
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 2
Gary Ablett GCST 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GCST 9 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Kieren Jack SYDN 15 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Lewis Roberts-Thomson SYDN 30 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Pyke SYDN 38 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 95% 1 1 43 24 19 2 0 9 7 7 5 3 2 6
11 Bennell, Harley INT 84% 0 1 28 13 15 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 4
3 Brennan, Jared FF 88% 0 0 21 9 12 3 3 7 3 1 3 0 1 3
30 Brown, Campbell FPR 84% 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 4
28 Caddy, Josh WR 67% 0 0 16 9 7 7 2 6 2 2 0 1 2 2
23 Dixon, Charlie BPR 87% 0 1 12 7 5 5 11 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 96% 0 0 25 12 13 3 0 6 2 3 2 2 2 2
29 Hine, Taylor WL 85% 0 0 26 10 16 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 2
7 Hunt, Karmichael RR 68% 0 0 14 3 11 2 3 6 0 5 1 3 2 0
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 94% 1 0 17 9 8 6 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0
32 Matera, Brandon HFFR 83% 3 1 18 14 4 3 0 1 3 4 1 2 1 1
45 May, Steven FB 97% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
18 McKenzie, Trent HFFL 94% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 1 4 2 0 0 3 2
43 Patrick, Liam SUB↑ 42% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
41 Prestia, Dion INT 67% 0 0 24 8 16 0 0 2 6 6 1 1 1 1
8 Russell, Luke FPL 79% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 2
26 Shaw, Matt INT 79% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2
2 Smith, Zac RU 89% 2 0 12 2 10 2 15 1 3 1 3 1 1 0
25 Stanley, Danny HBFL 91% 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
24 Swallow, David RO↓ 41% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 Warnock, Matthew CHB 97% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
4 Weller, Maverick BPL 92% 0 0 16 4 12 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 6 401 195 206 74 35 61 40 53 25 20 33 37

L. Patrick replaced D. Swallow.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Bird, Craig SUB↑ 61% 1 0 18 6 12 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 4
24 Bolton, Jude C 88% 3 2 23 12 11 7 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 5
8 Dennis-Lane, Trent INT 81% 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 2
37 Goodes, Adam WL 87% 3 2 16 12 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 2
39 Grundy, Heath FB 100% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 0 0 4 1 2 9 1
4 Hannebery, Dan HFFL 80% 1 0 21 12 9 8 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 4
15 Jack, Kieren RO 84% 2 0 29 20 9 5 0 5 6 2 3 1 2 5
32 Jetta, Lewis WR 82% 1 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 5
34 Johnson, Alex BPR 92% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 1
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 90% 1 0 33 9 24 4 0 3 9 2 0 2 0 2
9 Malceski, Nick INT 76% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 5 3
29 Mattner, Martin HBFR 77% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
21 McGlynn, Ben HFFR 88% 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad FPL 87% 1 1 24 18 6 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5
5 O'Keefe, Ryan FF 87% 0 2 36 15 21 3 0 8 10 2 4 1 0 2
26 Parker, Luke INT 74% 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 3
38 Pyke, Mike RU 82% 0 0 9 4 5 2 47 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
20 Reid, Sam CHF↓ 11% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Richards, Ted CHB 100% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis FPR 90% 4 0 12 8 4 3 2 6 1 2 0 1 0 2
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPL 86% 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1
40 Smith, Nick HBFL 97% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 19 12 386 218 168 82 49 73 44 40 20 24 29 55

C. Bird replaced S. Reid.

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

Gold Coast Coach: Guy McKenna
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 R. Shaw 39 H. Grundy 34 A. Johnson 2 Z. Smith 11 H. Bennell
30 C. Brown 3 J. Brennan 8 L. Russell 7 K. Hunt 41 D. Prestia
FORWARD 24 D. Swallow 26 M. Shaw
HALF-BACK

43 L. Patrick
40 N. Smith 25 T. Richards 29 M. Mattner



32 B. Matera 19 T. Lynch 18 T. McKenzie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 A. Goodes 24 J. Bolton 32 L. Jetta



28 J. Caddy 9 G. Ablett (c) 29 T. Hine FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 M. Pyke 8 T. Dennis-Lane
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Kennedy 9 N. Malceski
4 D. Hannebery 20 S. Reid 21 B. McGlynn 15 K. Jack 26 L. Parker
5 J. Harbrow 14 M. Warnock 25 D. Stanley

14 C. Bird
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 J. McVeigh 5 R. O'Keefe 30 L. Roberts-Thomson



23 C. Dixon 45 S. May 4 M. Weller



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:09
GCST Gary Ablett goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:33
SYDN Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 10:22
GCST Campbell Brown behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 13:48
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 16:13
SYDN Lewis Jetta goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 20:03
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 22:22
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 25:16
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 26:10
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 1.1.7 - 5.3.33 28:07
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 1.1.7 - 6.3.39 28:37
GCST Zac Smith goal 2.1.13 - 6.3.39 30:34
Q2 SYDN Jude Bolton behind 2.1.13 - 6.4.40 02:16
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 2.1.13 - 7.4.46 03:23
GCST Tom Lynch goal 3.1.19 - 7.4.46 05:12
GCST Zac Smith goal 4.1.25 - 7.4.46 08:04
SYDN Trent Dennis-Lane goal 4.1.25 - 8.4.52 11:20
GCST Charlie Dixon behind 4.2.26 - 8.4.52 15:08
GCST Brandon Matera goal 5.2.32 - 8.4.52 18:15
SYDN Luke Parker behind 5.2.32 - 8.5.53 19:25
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 5.2.32 - 8.6.54 21:33
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 5.2.32 - 8.7.55 27:37
Q3 SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 5.2.32 - 8.8.56 02:39
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 5.2.32 - 9.8.62 03:47
GCST Campbell Brown goal 6.2.38 - 9.8.62 04:47
SYDN Craig Bird goal 6.2.38 - 10.8.68 08:38
SYDN Trent Dennis-Lane goal 6.2.38 - 11.8.74 12:30
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 6.2.38 - 12.8.80 13:44
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 6.2.38 - 13.8.86 14:58
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 6.2.38 - 14.8.92 17:26
GCST Harley Bennell behind 6.3.39 - 14.8.92 19:36
GCST Brandon Matera goal 7.3.45 - 14.8.92 20:59
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 7.3.45 - 14.9.93 24:39
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 7.3.45 - 15.9.99 25:36
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 7.3.45 - 16.9.105 27:25
GCST Brandon Matera behind 7.4.46 - 16.9.105 29:13
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 16.10.106 01:08
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal 7.4.46 - 17.10.112 02:53
GCST Brandon Matera goal 8.4.52 - 17.10.112 04:29
GCST Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 17.10.112 06:55
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 8.5.53 - 18.10.118 11:53
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 8.5.53 - 18.11.119 14:06
SYDN Trent Dennis-Lane behind 8.5.53 - 18.12.120 16:07
GCST Gary Ablett behind 8.6.54 - 18.12.120 20:54
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal 8.6.54 - 19.12.126 27:01