2018 AFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2018 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round twenty of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at the MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Melbourne (21.17.143) defeated Gold Coast (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 5 August 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,072

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 21.17.143 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 9 . 3 14 . 6 16 . 12 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
Gold Coast 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin MELB by 51 MELB by 64 MELB by 74 MELB by 96 MELB by 96
Duration 31:58 28:15 26:56 30:48 1:57:57

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Foot (#2)
S. Hay (#20)
J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 2
James Harmes MELB 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 6 0 ? ? ? 0
James Harmes MELB 4 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Alex Sexton GCST 6 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 79% 1 0 27 17 10 8 0 10 8 3 2 0 3 7
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFR 84% 0 2 21 15 6 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 3
17 Frost, Sam FB 84% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 1 1 1 1 5 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 81% 2 3 21 16 5 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 0 0 18 10 8 6 30 4 2 3 1 0 2 5
4 Harmes, James WR 81% 3 0 25 13 12 3 0 5 5 4 2 2 0 4
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 89% 4 1 22 15 7 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 84% 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 83% 2 0 24 15 9 5 0 3 3 7 1 6 2 7
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 76% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 3
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFR 87% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 90% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
25 McDonald, Tom FF 81% 0 3 17 11 6 11 7 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WL 77% 2 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 0 7 2 1 1 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 90% 2 2 31 17 14 11 0 7 4 4 0 0 4 3
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 85% 2 1 20 12 8 6 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 86% 1 0 26 19 7 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 4 3
44 Smith, Joel BPL 69% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 2
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 73% 2 0 12 9 3 5 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 77% 0 0 27 13 14 6 0 3 3 5 2 1 1 3
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 74% 0 2 14 8 6 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 6
23 Vince, Bernie INT 85% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 21 17 426 262 164 130 37 77 33 59 19 15 34 69

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Ah Chee, Callum BPL 82% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 2
29 Bowes, Jack WR 84% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 2
41 Brodie, Will RR 81% 0 0 23 8 15 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 3
45 Dawson, Jacob INT 78% 0 0 18 4 14 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 73% 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 10 3 2 4 0 1 3
1 Hanley, Pearce HBFL 79% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 4 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPR 85% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 3
40 Heron, Jacob INT 82% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
39 Holman, Nick HFFL 89% 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
10 Kolodjashnij, Kade HBFR 97% 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 2 0 5 1 1 7 3
23 Lemmens, Sean FPR 86% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 7 1 5 1 1 0 3
21 Leslie, Jack CHB 100% 0 3 10 8 2 4 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
7 Lonergan, Jesse C 78% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 7 5 4 2 3 0 3
11 Miller, Touk RO 88% 0 0 25 5 20 5 0 7 5 8 2 1 4 0
27 Powell, Wil FPL 81% 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2
35 Rischitelli, Michael INT 76% 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 5 0
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 92% 5 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2
43 Spencer, Max FB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0
14 Weller, Lachie WL 86% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 5 1 2 2 0 1 3
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 89% 0 0 10 6 4 1 40 6 2 1 0 1 2 0
30 Wright, Peter CHF 3% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Young, Aaron FF 90% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 4 0 5 0 3 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 7 5 302 162 140 68 48 71 29 63 15 19 46 41

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
13 C. Ah Chee 43 M. Spencer 5 J. Harbrow 11 M. Gawn 24 J. Kennedy Harris
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 36 J. Garlett 2 N. Jones (c) 12 D. Tyson
FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 22 A. vandenBerg
HALF-BACK

23 B. Vince
1 P. Hanley 21 J. Leslie 10 K. Kolodjashnij



31 B. Fritsch 1 J. Hogan 5 C. Petracca



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Weller 7 J. Lonergan 29 J. Bowes



4 J. Harmes 13 C. Oliver 30 A. Neal-Bullen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 45 J. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD 41 W. Brodie 8 B. Fiorini
39 N. Holman 30 P. Wright 6 A. Sexton 11 T. Miller 40 J. Heron
6 J. Lewis 28 O. McDonald 3 C. Salem

35 M. Rischitelli
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 W. Powell 15 A. Young 23 S. Lemmens



39 N. Jetta 17 S. Frost 44 J. Smith



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Nathan Jones goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:44
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:58
MELB Tom McDonald behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 07:39
MELB Christian Salem goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 10:54
GCST Nick Holman goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 15:39
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 16:59
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 19:50
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 21:33
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.2.38 - 1.0.6 22:35
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 7.2.44 - 1.0.6 24:56
MELB Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 1.0.6 26:30
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 8.3.51 - 1.0.6 27:58
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 9.3.57 - 1.0.6 30:32
Q2 MELB Tom McDonald behind 9.4.58 - 1.0.6 01:49
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 9.5.59 - 1.0.6 03:26
MELB James Harmes goal 10.5.65 - 1.0.6 06:24
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 11.5.71 - 1.0.6 08:30
MELB Nathan Jones goal 12.5.77 - 1.0.6 10:20
GCST Jack Leslie behind 12.5.77 - 1.1.7 14:15
GCST Alex Sexton goal 12.5.77 - 2.1.13 15:06
GCST Jack Leslie behind 12.5.77 - 2.2.14 16:45
MELB James Harmes goal 13.5.83 - 2.2.14 18:02
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 14.5.89 - 2.2.14 20:07
GCST Alex Sexton goal 14.5.89 - 3.2.20 21:11
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 14.6.90 - 3.2.20 26:55
GCST Alex Sexton goal 14.6.90 - 4.2.26 28:13
Q3 GCST Wil Powell behind 14.6.90 - 4.3.27 04:44
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 15.6.96 - 4.3.27 10:08
GCST Alex Sexton goal 15.6.96 - 5.3.33 13:13
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 15.7.97 - 5.3.33 14:32
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 15.8.98 - 5.3.33 16:58
GCST Jack Leslie behind 15.8.98 - 5.4.34 18:28
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 15.9.99 - 5.4.34 19:57
MELB Rushed behind 15.10.100 - 5.4.34 20:50
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 16.10.106 - 5.4.34 22:04
MELB Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 5.4.34 23:23
MELB Tom McDonald behind 16.12.108 - 5.4.34 24:27
Q4 GCST Alex Sexton goal 16.12.108 - 6.4.40 00:35
MELB James Harmes goal 17.12.114 - 6.4.40 02:23
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 18.12.120 - 6.4.40 04:42
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 18.12.120 - 6.5.41 10:04
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 18.13.121 - 6.5.41 11:56
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 18.14.122 - 6.5.41 15:12
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 19.14.128 - 6.5.41 16:37
MELB Christian Petracca behind 19.15.129 - 6.5.41 18:18
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 20.15.135 - 6.5.41 20:58
MELB Christian Petracca goal 21.15.141 - 6.5.41 23:20
GCST Michael Rischitelli goal 21.15.141 - 7.5.47 24:52
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 21.16.142 - 7.5.47 27:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 21.17.143 - 7.5.47 30:42