2016 AFL Season 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 one of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (17.19.121) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

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

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 (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Rodney Eade

Essendon

Captain: Brendon Goddard
Vice-Captain: Mark Baguley
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hay (#20)
B. Hosking (#16)
S. McInerney (#30)
E: J. Waldorff (#38)

Goal Umpires

S. Apted
A. Meldrum
E: T. Symes

Boundary Umpires

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