2018 AFL Round 17: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 2018 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 17 of the 2018 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at Metricon Stadium. Steven May captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, R. Thompson, J. Joyce
Half-back: C. Ballard, S. May (capt.), L. Weller
Centre: D. Swallow, T. Miller, S. Lemmens
Half-forward: W. Powell, P. Wright, N. Holman
Forward: C. Ah Chee, B. Crossley, A. Sexton
Follower: J. Witts, W. Brodie, J. Martin
Int.: J. Lyons, M. Rischitelli, J. Schoenfeld, A. Young

Essendon
Back: C. Hooker, D. Myers, M. Guelfi
Half-back: A. Saad, M. Hurley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Centre: M. Dea, Z. Merrett, C. McKenna
Half-forward: D. Smith, S. McKernan, B. Goddard
Forward: J. Long, M. Brown, M. Baguley
Follower: T. Bellchambers, K. Langford, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Int.: T. Colyer, A. McGrath, B. McNiece, D. Parish

Gold Coast (6.15.51) were defeated by Essendon (13.17.95).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: N. Holman (3), A. Young (2), A. Sexton
Essendon: M. Baguley (3), M. Guelfi (2), S. McKernan (2), M. Brown, J. Long, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Myers, D. Parish, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Gold Coast remained 17th on the ladder and Essendon remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 July 2018
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 13,061

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 6.15.51 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 8 4 . 11 4 . 14 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 10 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin GCST by 4 GCST by 5 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration 28:14 29:50 28:14 30:26 1:56:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Steven May (Gold Coast), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), M. Nicholls (#15), E. Tee (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2
David Myers ESSE 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Devon Smith ESSE 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Mark Baguley ESSE 12 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 FPL 86% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 3
31 Ballard, Charlie HBFL 84% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
41 Brodie, Will RR 74% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 3 4 1 1 1 4 1
32 Crossley, Brayden FF 79% 0 0 7 2 5 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 89% 0 0 25 19 6 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 5 3
39 Holman, Nick HFFR 86% 3 0 11 6 5 7 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2
38 Joyce, Jesse BPR 83% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 4
23 Lemmens, Sean WR 76% 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1
25 Lyons, Jarryd INT 75% 0 3 23 17 6 2 0 6 7 1 4 0 2 5
4 Martin, Jack RO 83% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 7 6 3 2 2 4 3
17 May, Steven (c) CHB 90% 0 1 19 17 2 10 0 1 0 6 0 1 12 1
11 Miller, Touk C 84% 0 1 24 11 13 3 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 4
27 Powell, Wil HFFL 75% 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
35 Rischitelli, Michael INT 80% 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 1
36 Schoenfeld, Josh INT 74% 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
6 Sexton, Alex FPR 87% 1 4 20 12 8 5 0 2 2 7 0 3 0 3
24 Swallow, David WL 82% 0 1 15 6 9 0 0 5 3 4 2 1 0 3
16 Thompson, Rory FB 89% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 1
14 Weller, Lachie HBFR 84% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 5
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 78% 0 0 12 7 5 2 30 4 2 2 0 1 0 3
30 Wright, Peter CHF 85% 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1
15 Young, Aaron INT 79% 2 1 11 10 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 15 309 189 120 77 37 61 32 56 20 17 47 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark FPR 82% 3 2 11 9 2 6 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 77% 0 2 10 10 0 5 28 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
28 Brown, Mitch FF 94% 1 1 14 9 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
32 Colyer, Travis INT 70% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
49 Dea, Matt WL 84% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1
9 Goddard, Brendon HFFR 92% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 0 6 0 2 3 2
35 Guelfi, Matt BPR 78% 2 0 17 10 7 5 0 5 2 2 2 1 2 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 85% 0 1 36 17 19 5 0 5 7 6 3 1 3 4
26 Hooker, Cale BPL 93% 0 0 19 10 9 9 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 2
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 91% 0 0 24 15 9 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 2
4 Langford, Kyle RR 81% 0 2 26 15 11 6 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 10
34 Long, Jake FPL 73% 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony RO 78% 1 2 21 12 9 7 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 4
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 82% 0 1 25 15 10 9 0 4 1 3 1 1 4 1
45 McKenna, Conor WR 84% 0 1 17 14 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 93% 2 0 14 8 6 7 10 1 2 5 0 2 0 4
41 McNiece, Ben INT 81% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 0 0 37 19 18 7 0 7 2 7 2 2 4 7
23 Myers, David FB 73% 1 0 24 11 13 8 0 3 6 2 0 1 0 8
3 Parish, Darcy INT 77% 1 1 26 13 13 2 0 2 8 3 1 1 1 4
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 67% 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 0 6 1 3 6 3
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 83% 1 2 23 17 6 5 0 9 3 5 0 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 17 425 256 169 121 38 69 40 65 17 20 39 66

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
26 C. Hooker 23 D. Myers 35 M. Guelfi 28 J. Witts 25 J. Lyons
6 A. Sexton 32 B. Crossley 13 C. Ah Chee 41 W. Brodie 35 M. Rischitelli
FORWARD 4 J. Martin 36 J. Schoenfeld
HALF-BACK

15 A. Young
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 21 D. Heppell (c)



39 N. Holman 30 P. Wright 27 W. Powell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



49 M. Dea 7 Z. Merrett 45 C. McKenna



23 S. Lemmens 11 T. Miller 24 D. Swallow FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 32 T. Colyer
HALF-FORWARD 4 K. Langford 1 A. McGrath
5 D. Smith 44 S. McKernan 9 B. Goddard 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 41 B. McNiece
14 L. Weller 17 S. May (c) 31 C. Ballard

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 J. Long 28 M. Brown 12 M. Baguley



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:56
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:51
ESSE Devon Smith behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 06:07
GCST Steven May behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 07:22
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 0.1.1 - 0.4.4 08:16
GCST Alex Sexton behind 0.2.2 - 0.4.4 09:43
GCST Aaron Young behind 0.3.3 - 0.4.4 10:56
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 0.3.3 - 1.4.10 14:41
GCST Josh Schoenfeld behind 0.4.4 - 1.4.10 17:35
ESSE Devon Smith goal 0.4.4 - 2.4.16 19:00
GCST Aaron Young goal 1.4.10 - 2.4.16 20:15
GCST Wil Powell behind 1.5.11 - 2.4.16 21:47
GCST Nick Holman goal 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 22:55
GCST Touk Miller behind 2.6.18 - 2.4.16 24:03
GCST David Swallow behind 2.7.19 - 2.4.16 24:52
GCST Jarryd Lyons behind 2.8.20 - 2.4.16 27:18
Q2 GCST Alex Sexton behind 2.9.21 - 2.4.16 03:35
GCST Aaron Young goal 3.9.27 - 2.4.16 04:01
ESSE Jake Long goal 3.9.27 - 3.4.22 10:52
GCST Jarryd Lyons behind 3.10.28 - 3.4.22 15:55
GCST Peter Wright behind 3.11.29 - 3.4.22 17:22
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 3.11.29 - 4.4.28 18:30
GCST Nick Holman goal 4.11.35 - 4.4.28 20:28
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 4.11.35 - 4.5.29 28:10
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 4.11.35 - 4.6.30 29:44
Q3 ESSE Darcy Parish goal 4.11.35 - 5.6.36 01:09
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 4.11.35 - 5.7.37 02:39
GCST Rushed behind 4.12.36 - 5.7.37 03:53
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 4.12.36 - 5.8.38 06:03
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 4.12.36 - 6.8.44 06:38
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 4.12.36 - 7.8.50 10:08
ESSE David Myers goal 4.12.36 - 8.8.56 12:42
GCST Alex Sexton behind 4.13.37 - 8.8.56 14:54
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 4.13.37 - 8.9.57 18:36
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.13.37 - 8.10.58 19:31
GCST Jarryd Lyons behind 4.14.38 - 8.10.58 26:49
Q4 ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 4.14.38 - 8.11.59 04:13
ESSE Rushed behind 4.14.38 - 8.12.60 05:38
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 4.14.38 - 9.12.66 07:25
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 4.14.38 - 9.13.67 09:04
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 4.14.38 - 9.14.68 10:10
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 4.14.38 - 9.15.69 11:30
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 4.14.38 - 9.16.70 12:55
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 4.14.38 - 10.16.76 14:01
GCST Alex Sexton goal 5.14.44 - 10.16.76 15:03
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 5.14.44 - 11.16.82 16:51
GCST Alex Sexton behind 5.15.45 - 11.16.82 24:36
GCST Nick Holman goal 6.15.51 - 11.16.82 25:49
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 6.15.51 - 12.16.88 27:38
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 6.15.51 - 13.16.94 29:02
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.15.51 - 13.17.95 30:21