2016 AFL Round 1: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2016 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 1 of the 2016 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at Metricon Stadium. Gary Ablett captained the hosts. Brendon Goddard captained the visitors with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Gold Coast
Back: A. Saad, R. Thompson, C. Cameron
Half-back: N. Malceski, S. May, T. McKenzie
Centre: M. Rosa, M. Rischitelli, J. Harbrow
Half-forward: A. Hall, T. Lynch, J. Martin
Forward: A. Sexton, S. Day, R. Davis
Follower: T. Nicholls, T. Miller, G. Ablett (capt.)
Int.: C. Ah Chee, S. Lemmens, J. Lonergan, D. Prestia

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Brown, M. Gleeson
Half-back: M. Baguley (vice-capt.), P. Ambrose, J. Gwilt
Centre: B. Goddard (capt.), M. Stokes, J. Simpkin
Half-forward: A. Cooney, K. Langford, J. Merrett
Forward: Z. Merrett, J. Daniher, M. Leuenberger
Follower: S. McKernan, R. Crowley, D. Zaharakis
Int.: C. Bird, J. Kelly, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Parish

Gold Coast (17.19.121) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: T. Lynch (4), S. Day (2), A. Hall (2), J. Martin (2), G. Ablett, C. Ah Chee, J. Lonergan, N. Malceski, T. Miller, D. Prestia, A. Sexton
Essendon: M. Stokes (3), D. Zaharakis (2), R. Crowley, J. Daniher, K. Langford, S. McKernan

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 3rd on the ladder and Essendon were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

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

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Essendon
Score: 17.19.121 - 9.6.60

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 GCST by 29 GCST by 44 GCST by 57 GCST by 61 GCST by 61
Duration 29:14 32:21 28:11 27:53 1:57:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Gold Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Gary Ablett (Gold Coast), Brendon Goddard (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Mark Baguley (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), B. Hosking (#16), S. McInerney (#30), E: J. Waldorff (#38)
Goal Umpire: S. Apted, A. Meldrum, E: T. Symes
Boundary Umpire: A. Deckys, D. Kowalski, T. Morrison, N. Wade

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Aaron Hall GCST 33 3
Tom Lynch GCST 19 2
Gary Ablett GCST 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Aaron Hall GCST 33 10 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GCST 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Lynch GCST 19 5 0 0 1 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nick Malceski GCST 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
Steven May GCST 17 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) RO 87% 1 3 34 20 14 4 0 7 9 4 3 2 1 7
13 Ah Chee, Callum INT 74% 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
27 Cameron, Clay BPR 86% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1
39 Davis, Ryan FPR 75% 0 2 17 8 9 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3
12 Day, Sam FF 95% 2 0 15 7 8 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 0 3
33 Hall, Aaron HFFL 77% 2 1 36 19 17 4 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 9
5 Harbrow, Jarrod WR 82% 0 1 20 10 10 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 3
23 Lemmens, Sean INT 78% 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0
37 Lonergan, Jesse INT 67% 1 0 20 9 11 3 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 4
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 95% 4 1 18 8 10 7 0 4 0 7 1 2 0 0
7 Malceski, Nick HBFL 86% 1 2 19 12 7 4 0 3 1 4 2 2 1 4
4 Martin, Jack HFFR 79% 2 0 13 8 5 4 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 2
17 May, Steven CHB 93% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3
18 McKenzie, Trent HBFR 57% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 3
11 Miller, Touk RR 74% 1 2 20 9 11 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1
22 Nicholls, Tom RU 87% 0 0 10 5 5 3 24 4 2 4 0 2 1 1
10 Prestia, Dion INT 67% 1 0 29 13 16 3 0 9 3 4 0 0 2 8
35 Rischitelli, Michael C 79% 0 0 27 7 20 3 0 7 10 0 2 0 1 3
3 Rosa, Matt WL 86% 0 0 32 16 16 9 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 5
42 Saad, Adam BPL 79% 0 1 15 7 8 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Sexton, Alex FPL 85% 1 2 23 15 8 6 0 3 1 4 0 1 4 2
16 Thompson, Rory FB 90% 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 17 19 428 223 205 91 27 87 38 52 20 17 28 66

Essendon

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

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