2020 AFL Round 6: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2020 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 6 of the 2020 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at GIANTS Stadium. Max Gawn captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, S. May, O. McDonald
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, M. Hibberd
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Half-forward: B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, A. Brayshaw
Forward: J. Melksham, T. McDonald, H. Bennell
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: M. Hannan, J. Harmes, J. Lockhart, A. vandenBerg

Gold Coast
Back: C. Budarick, S. Collins, J. Lukosius
Half-back: J. Bowes, C. Ballard, J. Harbrow
Centre: L. Weller, H. Greenwood, B. Ellis
Half-forward: N. Anderson, S. Day, A. Sexton
Forward: I. Rankine, B. King, B. Ainsworth
Follower: J. Witts, D. Swallow, N. Holman
Int.: B. Fiorini, P. Hanley, D. MacPherson, T. Miller

Melbourne (12.8.80) defeated Gold Coast (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), C. Petracca (2), S. Weideman (2), H. Bennell, M. Hannan, J. Harmes, M. Hibberd, J. Melksham, C. Salem
Gold Coast: I. Rankine (3), B. Ellis (2), B. Ainsworth, B. Fiorini, B. King, L. Weller

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) and Gold Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 11 July 2020
Time: 6:05 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 250

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 12.8.80 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Gold Coast 3 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin GCST by 7 MELB by 7 MELB by 3 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration 25:29 27:01 26:11 25:53 1:44:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), J. Mollison (#32), B. Rosebury (#8), E: J. Broadbent (#20)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Izak Rankine GCST 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 7 1 0 0 1 0
Charlie Ballard GCST 10 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Izak Rankine GCST 22 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bennell, Harley FPR 78% 1 1 13 7 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 82% 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFL 90% 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 98% 0 0 15 10 5 8 30 3 3 3 2 1 1 5
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 71% 1 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
4 Harmes, James INT 69% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 83% 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 78% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WL 91% 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 5
8 Lever, Jake CHB 97% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 3
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 70% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
1 May, Steven FB 93% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 2
28 McDonald, Oscar BPR 94% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 McDonald, Tom FF 21% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 91% 1 0 14 5 9 3 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton C 85% 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 5 8 6 1 3 0 6
5 Petracca, Christian RR 89% 2 0 25 11 14 6 0 1 6 8 0 2 3 3
36 Pickett, Kysaiah WR 79% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 91% 1 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 77% 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 77% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 2
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 96% 2 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 8 279 172 107 67 30 39 31 51 15 17 26 48

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 87% 1 1 9 8 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4
15 Anderson, Noah HFFL 70% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 0
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 90% 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 0 0 6 2 1 6 1
3 Bowes, Jack HBFL 84% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 2
35 Budarick, Connor BPL 83% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 100% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
12 Day, Sam CHF 66% 0 0 7 4 3 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 3
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 86% 2 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 71% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
21 Greenwood, Hugh C 86% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 12 3 5 0 1 1 2
1 Hanley, Pearce INT 78% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 86% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
39 Holman, Nick RO 76% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
34 King, Ben FF 94% 1 2 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lukosius, Jack BPR 80% 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 2
44 MacPherson, Darcy INT 70% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 Miller, Touk INT 77% 0 1 23 10 13 4 0 5 3 0 2 0 3 2
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 86% 3 3 12 8 4 1 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 2
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 89% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 Swallow, David RR 76% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 4
14 Weller, Lachie WL 80% 1 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 1 3
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 84% 0 1 8 3 5 1 18 5 1 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 9 281 168 113 75 20 56 21 50 17 15 34 35

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
35 C. Budarick 25 S. Collins 13 J. Lukosius 11 M. Gawn (c) 19 M. Hannan
17 H. Bennell 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham 5 C. Petracca 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 41 J. Lockhart
HALF-BACK

22 A. vandenBerg
3 J. Bowes 10 C. Ballard 5 J. Harbrow



10 A. Brayshaw 26 S. Weideman 31 B. Fritsch



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Weller 21 H. Greenwood 4 B. Ellis



36 K. Pickett 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 8 B. Fiorini
HALF-FORWARD 24 D. Swallow 1 P. Hanley
15 N. Anderson 12 S. Day 6 A. Sexton 39 N. Holman 44 D. MacPherson
14 M. Hibberd 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

11 T. Miller
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 I. Rankine 34 B. King 9 B. Ainsworth



28 O. McDonald 1 S. May 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Hugh Greenwood behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:35
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:04
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:20
GCST Izak Rankine goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 12:22
MELB Ed Langdon behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 15:51
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 18:08
GCST Lachie Weller goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 20:08
GCST Ben King behind 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 23:23
Q2 MELB James Harmes goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 01:17
MELB Christian Salem goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 03:38
MELB Michael Hibberd goal 5.1.31 - 3.2.20 06:20
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 3.2.20 08:18
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 11:59
GCST Jarrod Witts behind 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 12:57
MELB Sam Weideman goal 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 14:46
GCST Ben King goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 16:24
GCST Izak Rankine behind 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 19:17
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 6.3.39 - 5.4.34 20:16
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 5.4.34 24:53
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 25:37
Q3 MELB Jake Melksham goal 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 01:51
MELB Harley Bennell behind 7.6.48 - 5.4.34 06:11
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 7.6.48 - 6.4.40 09:57
GCST Ben King behind 7.6.48 - 6.5.41 14:11
GCST Izak Rankine goal 7.6.48 - 7.5.47 14:52
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.6.54 - 7.5.47 16:08
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 8.6.54 - 8.5.53 20:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.7.55 - 8.5.53 24:07
MELB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 8.5.53 25:59
Q4 GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 8.8.56 - 8.6.54 00:35
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 9.8.62 - 8.6.54 03:51
GCST Touk Miller behind 9.8.62 - 8.7.55 06:13
GCST Izak Rankine goal 9.8.62 - 9.7.61 07:03
GCST Izak Rankine behind 9.8.62 - 9.8.62 12:00
MELB Sam Weideman goal 10.8.68 - 9.8.62 15:33
GCST Izak Rankine behind 10.8.68 - 9.9.63 18:26
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.8.74 - 9.9.63 21:48
MELB Harley Bennell goal 12.8.80 - 9.9.63 25:49