2019 AFL Round 19: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 2019 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 19 of the 2019 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at Metricon Stadium. In the absence of Dyson Heppell, vice-captain Zach Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Dawson, J. Hombsch, J. Harbrow
Half-back: J. Joyce, C. Burgess, C. Ellis
Centre: P. Hanley, S. Lemmens, L. Weller
Half-forward: J. Heron, S. Day, T. Miller
Forward: A. Sexton, B. King, M. Rischitelli
Follower: J. Witts, D. Swallow, D. MacPherson
Int.: B. Fiorini, J. Lukosius, A. Miles, P. Wright

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath, C. Hooker, Z. Clarke
Half-back: P. Ambrose, A. Francis, A. Saad
Centre: M. Redman, Z. Merrett (capt.), D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: D. Shiel, B. McNiece, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: W. Snelling, M. Brown, J. Laverde
Follower: S. McKernan, D. Parish, D. Clarke
Int.: M. Gleeson, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, J. Stringer

Gold Coast (15.6.96) were defeated by Essendon (16.10.106).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (4), S. Day (3), B. Fiorini (2), P. Wright (2), C. Burgess, T. Miller, A. Sexton, D. Swallow
Essendon: S. McKernan (4), J. Stringer (4), M. Brown (3), C. Hooker, K. Langford, A. McGrath, D. Parish, D. Shiel

As a result of this match, Gold Coast remained 18th on the ladder and Essendon remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 28 July 2019
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 15,759

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 15.6.96 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 4 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 6 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin GCST by 17 GCST by 16 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration 27:40 31:01 31:57 35:50 2:06:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), R. Findlay (#23), A. Heffernan (#36)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun McKernan ESSE 44 3
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 2
Touk Miller GCST 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 9 1 1 0 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jarrod Witts GCST 28 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Shaun McKernan ESSE 44 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Burgess, Chris CHB 96% 1 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
45 Dawson, Jacob BPL 81% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 1
12 Day, Sam CHF 88% 3 0 15 7 8 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 3
17 Ellis, Corey HBFR 85% 0 0 12 3 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 71% 2 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 4 4 0 1 2 2
1 Hanley, Pearce WL 83% 0 0 26 15 11 5 0 1 5 3 0 0 2 1
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPR 82% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0
40 Heron, Jacob HFFL 71% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2
20 Hombsch, Jack FB 92% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Joyce, Jesse HBFL 77% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
34 King, Ben FF 84% 4 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
23 Lemmens, Sean C 76% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 6 1 2 1 1 1 3
41 Lukosius, Jack INT 85% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2
44 MacPherson, Darcy RO 75% 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 4 1 1 0 2 2
2 Miles, Anthony INT 73% 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 4 8 3 6 0 3 7
11 Miller, Touk HFFR 79% 1 2 32 17 15 4 0 4 6 3 2 0 2 3
35 Rischitelli, Michael FPR 77% 0 2 13 6 7 3 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 3
6 Sexton, Alex FPL 89% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1
24 Swallow, David RR 77% 1 1 18 11 7 5 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 2
14 Weller, Lachie WR 88% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 3 1 3 0 2 6 2
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 88% 0 0 19 13 6 4 60 1 7 2 2 1 2 2
30 Wright, Peter INT 82% 2 0 14 6 8 3 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 6 337 203 134 87 64 49 44 45 22 11 36 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick HBFL 98% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 0
28 Brown, Mitch FF 95% 3 0 12 6 6 5 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 1
37 Clarke, Dylan RO 78% 0 0 22 8 14 0 0 4 2 5 0 3 0 4
20 Clarke, Zac BPR 81% 0 0 14 3 11 0 24 4 5 1 1 1 0 1
10 Francis, Aaron CHB 80% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 85% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 2
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 63% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 3
26 Hooker, Cale FB 89% 1 0 14 10 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 73% 1 0 16 7 9 1 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 3
15 Laverde, Jayden FPR 85% 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 77% 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 6 0 1 4 0 0 6
1 McGrath, Andrew BPL 81% 1 1 19 7 12 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 79% 4 1 15 11 4 8 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 3
41 McNiece, Ben CHF 77% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) C 78% 0 0 27 15 12 4 0 5 3 7 0 1 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy RR 72% 1 0 19 9 10 4 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 5
27 Redman, Mason WL 89% 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 3
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 83% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 7 3 0 2 0 4 3
9 Shiel, Dylan HFFL 83% 1 0 28 14 14 4 0 7 5 4 0 1 1 3
40 Snelling, Will FPL 88% 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake INT 80% 4 2 15 13 2 3 0 4 6 2 0 1 0 5
11 Zaharakis, David WR 87% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 16 10 353 188 165 72 29 68 43 49 11 22 26 55

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
1 A. McGrath 26 C. Hooker 20 Z. Clarke 28 J. Witts 8 B. Fiorini
35 M. Rischitelli 34 B. King 6 A. Sexton 24 D. Swallow 41 J. Lukosius
FORWARD 44 D. MacPherson 2 A. Miles
HALF-BACK

30 P. Wright
29 P. Ambrose 10 A. Francis 42 A. Saad



11 T. Miller 12 S. Day 40 J. Heron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 M. Redman 7 Z. Merrett (ac) 11 D. Zaharakis



14 L. Weller 23 S. Lemmens 1 P. Hanley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 8 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 35 M. Guelfi
9 D. Shiel 41 B. McNiece 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 37 D. Clarke 4 K. Langford
17 C. Ellis 29 C. Burgess 38 J. Joyce

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



40 W. Snelling 28 M. Brown 15 J. Laverde



5 J. Harbrow 20 J. Hombsch 45 J. Dawson



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:00
GCST Michael Rischitelli behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:27
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:40
GCST Anthony Miles behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 09:39
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:07
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 12:59
GCST Sam Day goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 16:23
GCST Peter Wright goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 17:34
GCST Alex Sexton goal 4.2.26 - 1.2.8 19:19
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 25:46
Q2 GCST Peter Wright goal 5.2.32 - 1.3.9 02:30
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 05:35
GCST Sam Day goal 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 07:28
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 6.2.38 - 3.3.21 09:19
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.2.38 - 3.4.22 14:43
GCST David Swallow behind 6.3.39 - 3.4.22 15:53
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 17:05
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.3.39 - 4.5.29 22:59
GCST Ben King goal 7.3.45 - 4.5.29 24:52
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 4.6.30 00:29
GCST Touk Miller goal 8.3.51 - 4.6.30 01:21
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 8.3.51 - 4.7.31 07:44
GCST Touk Miller behind 8.4.52 - 4.7.31 09:28
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 9.4.58 - 4.7.31 10:17
ESSE Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 4.8.32 12:40
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 9.4.58 - 5.8.38 13:52
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 9.4.58 - 6.8.44 15:35
GCST Touk Miller behind 9.5.59 - 6.8.44 18:22
GCST Michael Rischitelli behind 9.6.60 - 6.8.44 20:38
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 9.6.60 - 7.8.50 21:46
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 9.6.60 - 8.8.56 23:26
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 28:51
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 9.6.60 - 10.8.68 30:09
Q4 GCST Ben King goal 10.6.66 - 10.8.68 02:14
GCST Ben King goal 11.6.72 - 10.8.68 05:49
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.6.72 - 11.8.74 08:09
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 11.6.72 - 12.8.80 10:03
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 11.6.72 - 13.8.86 11:37
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 11.6.72 - 13.9.87 16:37
GCST Ben King goal 12.6.78 - 13.9.87 18:12
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.6.78 - 14.9.93 19:50
GCST Sam Day goal 13.6.84 - 14.9.93 22:47
GCST David Swallow goal 14.6.90 - 14.9.93 27:47
ESSE Rushed behind 14.6.90 - 14.10.94 29:08
GCST Chris Burgess goal 15.6.96 - 14.10.94 29:41
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 15.6.96 - 15.10.100 33:23
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 15.6.96 - 16.10.106 34:33