2018 AFL Round 1: Gold Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2018 between Gold Coast and North Melbourne during round 1 of the 2018 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted North Melbourne at Cazalys Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, R. Thompson, J. Joyce
Half-back: M. Rischitelli, S. May, K. Kolodjashnij
Centre: L. Weller, J. Lyons, J. Bowes
Half-forward: J. Martin, T. Lynch, A. Young
Forward: D. MacPherson, S. Day, A. Sexton
Follower: J. Witts, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Int.: B. Ainsworth, B. Fiorini, N. Holman, M. Rosa

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, S. Thompson, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, E. Vickers-Willis
Centre: L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Jacobs, B. Hartung
Half-forward: S. Atley, J. Waite, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Forward: K. Turner, B. Brown, R. Clarke
Follower: T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, B. Cunnington
Int.: J. Anderson, T. Dumont, N. Hrovat, J. Simpkin

Gold Coast (7.13.55) defeated North Melbourne (5.9.39).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), J. Bowes, J. Lyons, D. MacPherson, A. Sexton, A. Young
North Melbourne: J. Ziebell (2), J. Anderson, T. Dumont, S. Higgins

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 4th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Gold Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 March 2018
Time: 6:25 PM
Venue: Cazalys Stadium
Attendance: 3,722

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. North Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 0 . 2 5 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin NMLB by 6 GCST by 24 GCST by 1 GCST by 16 GCST by 16
Duration 28:15 32:02 32:58 28:27 2:01:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), R. Findlay (#23), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jarrod Harbrow GCST 5 3
Touk Miller GCST 11 2
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jarrod Harbrow GCST 5 7 1 0 0 1 0
Aaron Young GCST 15 7 1 0 0 1 0
Jarrod Witts GCST 28 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Bowes GCST 29 4 0 1 0 0 0
David Swallow GCST 24 4 0 1 0 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 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 Ainsworth, Ben INT 63% 2 0 11 5 6 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 2 1
29 Bowes, Jack WR 78% 1 0 21 17 4 2 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 4
12 Day, Sam FF 78% 0 0 10 6 4 2 8 3 2 2 1 0 1 3
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 71% 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 6 4 0 0 0 3 6
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 80% 0 0 23 23 0 3 0 5 3 4 0 0 6 3
39 Holman, Nick INT 81% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 14 1 4 2 2 0 3
38 Joyce, Jesse BPR 90% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
10 Kolodjashnij, Kade HBFR 84% 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 1 5 0 0 4 2
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 96% 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 7 0 9 3 6 0 3
25 Lyons, Jarryd C 55% 1 0 22 18 4 2 0 2 7 5 1 0 0 4
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPL 84% 1 1 18 15 3 3 0 9 2 4 0 1 1 2
4 Martin, Jack HFFL 81% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 8 4 7 1 2 0 3
17 May, Steven CHB 88% 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 1
11 Miller, Touk RR 62% 0 1 21 12 9 1 0 6 11 4 3 3 4 3
35 Rischitelli, Michael HBFL 90% 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 0 7 0 4 5 3
3 Rosa, Matt INT 83% 0 0 26 15 11 2 0 2 4 2 3 0 1 2
6 Sexton, Alex FPR 84% 1 3 18 14 4 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 6
24 Swallow, David RO 80% 0 0 32 22 10 4 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 7
16 Thompson, Rory FB 88% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
14 Weller, Lachie WL 55% 0 1 19 11 8 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 3 0
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 65% 0 1 25 21 4 4 34 5 7 4 2 0 2 5
15 Young, Aaron HFFR 80% 1 1 27 16 11 3 0 9 1 5 1 3 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 13 404 295 109 59 42 100 54 89 22 24 40 67

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed INT 69% 1 0 12 11 1 0 0 7 2 6 1 3 1 2
18 Atley, Shaun HFFL 88% 0 1 20 9 11 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 4
50 Brown, Ben FF 65% 0 0 4 3 1 0 9 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
13 Clarke, Ryan FPR 81% 0 0 26 18 8 0 0 4 1 5 0 1 10 3
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 74% 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 7 6 3 0 0 3 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke WL 67% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
14 Dumont, Trent INT 79% 1 0 18 11 7 0 0 9 3 4 2 1 2 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 76% 0 1 14 8 6 3 35 2 1 2 2 0 2 5
39 Hartung, Billy WR 89% 0 1 22 11 11 1 0 5 0 7 0 2 0 3
4 Higgins, Shaun RR 85% 1 2 21 14 7 2 0 4 4 4 4 1 1 4
8 Hrovat, Nathan INT 73% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 3
5 Jacobs, Ben C 80% 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 7 1 5 1 3 0 0
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 87% 0 0 27 20 7 2 0 2 1 5 3 1 7 1
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 89% 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 4 4 2 2 2 2
12 Simpkin, Jy INT 78% 0 0 22 13 9 0 0 2 3 5 1 2 2 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 87% 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 7 1 4 1 1 6 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 100% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 3 0 5 3 2 4 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPL 81% 0 2 12 5 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
33 Vickers-Willis, Ed HBFR 87% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 3 1
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 93% 0 1 15 10 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 0
2 Williams, Marley BPL 77% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 3
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) HFFR 95% 2 0 21 15 6 2 0 3 3 6 1 1 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 5 9 347 217 130 21 46 88 37 81 24 22 54 47

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: Stuart Dew
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 M. Williams 16 S. Thompson 11 L. McDonald 28 J. Witts 9 B. Ainsworth
6 A. Sexton 12 S. Day 44 D. MacPherson 11 T. Miller 8 B. Fiorini
FORWARD 24 D. Swallow 39 N. Holman
HALF-BACK

3 M. Rosa
34 J. Macmillan 25 R. Tarrant 33 E. Vickers-Willis



15 A. Young 19 T. Lynch 4 J. Martin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 L. Davies-Uniacke 5 B. Jacobs 39 B. Hartung



29 J. Bowes 25 J. Lyons 14 L. Weller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 4 S. Higgins 14 T. Dumont
18 S. Atley 30 J. Waite 7 J. Ziebell (c) 10 B. Cunnington 8 N. Hrovat
10 K. Kolodjashnij 17 S. May 35 M. Rischitelli

12 J. Simpkin
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 K. Turner 50 B. Brown 13 R. Clarke



38 J. Joyce 16 R. Thompson 5 J. Harbrow



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Lachie Weller behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:15
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:41
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 04:37
GCST Aaron Young behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 05:35
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 18:12
Q2 GCST Tom Lynch behind 0.3.3 - 1.2.8 00:28
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 0.3.3 - 1.3.9 01:17
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 0.3.3 - 1.4.10 03:29
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 0.3.3 - 1.5.11 05:51
GCST Alex Sexton behind 0.4.4 - 1.5.11 10:06
GCST Darcy MacPherson goal 1.4.10 - 1.5.11 10:33
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 2.4.16 - 1.5.11 13:03
GCST Alex Sexton goal 3.4.22 - 1.5.11 16:02
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 4.4.28 - 1.5.11 19:45
GCST Aaron Young goal 5.4.34 - 1.5.11 24:51
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 5.4.34 - 1.6.12 27:46
GCST Alex Sexton behind 5.5.35 - 1.6.12 29:40
GCST Jarrod Witts behind 5.6.36 - 1.6.12 30:58
Q3 GCST Nick Holman behind 5.7.37 - 1.6.12 00:54
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 5.7.37 - 2.6.18 04:42
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.7.37 - 3.6.24 07:05
NMLB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 3.7.25 11:54
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.7.37 - 4.7.31 20:03
NMLB Trent Dumont goal 5.7.37 - 5.7.37 23:06
GCST Alex Sexton behind 5.8.38 - 5.7.37 28:58
Q4 GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 5.9.39 - 5.7.37 00:39
GCST Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 5.7.37 04:22
GCST Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 5.7.37 05:19
GCST Touk Miller behind 5.12.42 - 5.7.37 07:40
NMLB Billy Hartung behind 5.12.42 - 5.8.38 09:34
GCST Jack Bowes goal 6.12.48 - 5.8.38 11:56
GCST Jarryd Lyons goal 7.12.54 - 5.8.38 20:26
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 7.12.54 - 5.9.39 24:27
GCST Rushed behind 7.13.55 - 5.9.39 27:11