2018 AFL Round 8: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 2018 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 8 of the 2018 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at Gabba. Steven May captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, R. Thompson, S. May (capt.)
Half-back: A. Hall, J. Leslie, C. Ah Chee
Centre: J. Bowes, J. Lyons, L. Weller
Half-forward: N. Holman, B. Crossley, C. Ballard
Forward: J. Martin, S. Day, A. Young
Follower: J. Witts, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Int.: B. Ainsworth, M. Rischitelli, B. Scheer, A. Sexton

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: A. Brayshaw, J. Lever, A. Neal-Bullen
Centre: J. Lewis, N. Jones (capt.), C. Salem
Half-forward: M. Hannan, J. Hogan, J. Melksham
Forward: S. Weideman, T. McDonald, C. Petracca
Follower: M. Gawn, D. Tyson, C. Oliver
Int.: B. Fritsch, J. Harmes, C. Spargo, B. Vince

Gold Coast (11.11.77) were defeated by Melbourne (21.20.146).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: J. Martin (4), S. Day (2), A. Hall, N. Holman, S. May, A. Sexton, A. Young
Melbourne: T. McDonald (5), M. Hannan (3), J. Hogan (3), A. Neal-Bullen (2), C. Salem (2), C. Spargo (2), A. Brayshaw, M. Gawn, M. Hibberd, J. Melksham

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 2018
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 6,060

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.11.77 - 21.20.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 17 21 . 20 21 . 20 (146)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 22 MELB by 32 MELB by 69 MELB by 69
Duration 31:43 32:29 34:19 33:37 2:12:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Steven May (Gold Coast), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), D. Harris (#24), J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
James Harmes MELB 4 3
Christian Salem MELB 3 2
Tom McDonald MELB 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 9 1 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 6 ? ? ? ? ?
James Harmes MELB 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Lewis MELB 6 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
13 Ah Chee, Callum HBFR 67% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 1 1 4 2 1 4 2
9 Ainsworth, Ben INT 73% 0 1 19 8 11 2 0 4 7 0 1 0 2 1
31 Ballard, Charlie HFFR 72% 0 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
29 Bowes, Jack WL 78% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
32 Crossley, Brayden CHF 87% 0 0 8 4 4 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0
12 Day, Sam FF 87% 2 2 14 6 8 5 1 4 0 3 2 0 1 4
33 Hall, Aaron HBFL 85% 1 0 23 18 5 8 0 3 3 3 2 2 8 3
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 93% 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 3 2
39 Holman, Nick HFFL 75% 1 0 10 3 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
21 Leslie, Jack CHB 89% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
25 Lyons, Jarryd C 73% 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 4 4 5 1 3 4 2
4 Martin, Jack FPL 87% 4 0 19 15 4 5 0 2 2 5 2 2 2 3
17 May, Steven (c) BPR 91% 1 0 21 16 5 8 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 1
11 Miller, Touk RR 86% 0 1 28 10 18 4 0 8 4 4 2 2 3 1
35 Rischitelli, Michael INT 80% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 1
18 Scheer, Brad INT 78% 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 2 4 1 2 1 4
6 Sexton, Alex INT 86% 1 2 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
24 Swallow, David RO 63% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
16 Thompson, Rory FB 92% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 1
14 Weller, Lachie WR 86% 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 6 5
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 86% 0 0 11 4 7 2 29 6 3 3 1 2 0 2
15 Young, Aaron FPR 87% 1 2 18 9 9 2 0 1 2 6 1 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 11 329 197 132 79 38 55 32 62 21 23 55 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 68% 1 3 24 16 8 2 0 1 4 4 0 1 2 8
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 82% 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 4 1 2 2 0 2 7
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 1 1 18 4 14 2 41 4 2 1 1 0 0 2
19 Hannan, Mitch HFFL 77% 3 3 17 10 7 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3
4 Harmes, James INT 81% 0 3 33 16 17 9 0 6 7 4 1 2 0 5
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 84% 1 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 94% 3 0 22 12 10 8 0 3 4 2 3 1 1 4
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 89% 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) C 85% 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 7 4 4 1 1 1 7
8 Lever, Jake CHB 92% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 2
6 Lewis, Jordan WL 85% 0 0 25 15 10 9 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 1
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 91% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 86% 5 1 17 11 6 7 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 81% 1 3 21 16 5 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 10
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HBFR 81% 2 2 23 11 12 5 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 75% 0 1 29 12 17 2 0 11 11 2 4 1 0 6
5 Petracca, Christian FPR 80% 0 1 19 5 14 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 2
3 Salem, Christian WR 81% 2 1 27 14 13 8 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 7
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 67% 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 3
12 Tyson, Dom RR 77% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 4 3 2 2 1 1 2
23 Vince, Bernie INT 87% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 2
26 Weideman, Sam FPL 73% 0 0 6 2 4 1 6 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 21 20 426 227 199 91 47 65 49 49 23 21 24 83

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
14 M. Hibberd 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 28 J. Witts 9 B. Ainsworth
15 A. Young 12 S. Day 4 J. Martin 11 T. Miller 35 M. Rischitelli
FORWARD 24 D. Swallow 18 B. Scheer
HALF-BACK

6 A. Sexton
10 A. Brayshaw 8 J. Lever 30 A. Neal-Bullen



31 C. Ballard 32 B. Crossley 39 N. Holman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 J. Lewis 2 N. Jones (c) 3 C. Salem



14 L. Weller 25 J. Lyons 29 J. Bowes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 31 B. Fritsch
HALF-FORWARD 12 D. Tyson 4 J. Harmes
19 M. Hannan 1 J. Hogan 18 J. Melksham 13 C. Oliver 9 C. Spargo
13 C. Ah Chee 21 J. Leslie 33 A. Hall

23 B. Vince
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



26 S. Weideman 25 T. McDonald 5 C. Petracca



17 S. May (c) 16 R. Thompson 5 J. Harbrow



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Jack Martin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:31
MELB Jake Melksham behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:50
MELB Max Gawn behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 05:04
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 05:39
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 09:57
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 10:58
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 12:36
MELB Christian Salem behind 1.1.7 - 2.4.16 13:48
GCST Sam Day behind 1.2.8 - 2.4.16 14:19
GCST Aaron Young goal 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 15:34
GCST Sam Day behind 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 19:04
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 2.3.15 - 2.5.17 19:37
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 20:48
GCST Jack Martin goal 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 23:51
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.3.21 - 4.5.29 24:51
GCST Alex Sexton behind 3.4.22 - 4.5.29 28:12
GCST Touk Miller behind 3.5.23 - 4.5.29 29:47
Q2 MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.5.23 - 4.6.30 01:16
MELB James Harmes behind 3.5.23 - 4.7.31 02:43
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 3.5.23 - 4.8.32 03:36
GCST Steven May goal 4.5.29 - 4.8.32 09:16
GCST Alex Sexton goal 5.5.35 - 4.8.32 11:58
GCST Charlie Ballard behind 5.6.36 - 4.8.32 13:48
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.6.36 - 4.9.33 15:45
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.6.36 - 5.9.39 17:03
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.6.36 - 5.10.40 21:04
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 5.6.36 - 6.10.46 22:31
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.6.36 - 7.10.52 24:07
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.6.36 - 7.11.53 28:52
MELB Christian Salem goal 5.6.36 - 8.11.59 31:16
GCST Alex Sexton behind 5.7.37 - 8.11.59 32:22
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald behind 5.7.37 - 8.12.60 01:12
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.7.37 - 9.12.66 01:59
GCST Sam Day goal 6.7.43 - 9.12.66 03:24
MELB Max Gawn goal 6.7.43 - 10.12.72 05:04
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 6.7.43 - 10.13.73 09:40
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.7.43 - 11.13.79 10:50
GCST Jack Martin goal 7.7.49 - 11.13.79 14:58
GCST Nick Holman goal 8.7.55 - 11.13.79 16:45
GCST Aaron Young behind 8.8.56 - 11.13.79 18:28
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 8.8.56 - 11.14.80 19:57
GCST Aaron Hall goal 9.8.62 - 11.14.80 21:29
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 9.8.62 - 11.15.81 22:51
MELB Michael Hibberd goal 9.8.62 - 12.15.87 25:51
GCST Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 12.15.87 27:16
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 9.9.63 - 13.15.93 30:21
MELB James Harmes behind 9.9.63 - 13.16.94 31:52
MELB Jake Melksham behind 9.9.63 - 13.17.95 33:03
Q4 GCST Aaron Young behind 9.10.64 - 13.17.95 03:07
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 9.10.64 - 13.18.96 05:18
MELB Christian Salem goal 9.10.64 - 14.18.102 07:01
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 9.10.64 - 15.18.108 08:27
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 9.10.64 - 15.19.109 10:44
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 9.10.64 - 16.19.115 12:13
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 9.10.64 - 17.19.121 13:43
MELB Jake Melksham goal 9.10.64 - 18.19.127 15:11
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 9.10.64 - 19.19.133 17:58
GCST Sam Day goal 10.10.70 - 19.19.133 20:06
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.10.70 - 20.19.139 22:16
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.10.70 - 21.19.145 24:35
GCST Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 21.19.145 26:41
MELB James Harmes behind 10.11.71 - 21.20.146 27:30
GCST Jack Martin goal 11.11.77 - 21.20.146 29:46