2020 AFL Round 8: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 2020 between Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs during round 8 of the 2020 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, A. Keath, C. Daniel
Half-back: J. Johannisen, E. Wood, L. Young
Centre: J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.), L. Vandermeer
Half-forward: B. Gowers, Z. Cordy, P. Lipinski
Forward: M. Wallis, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
Follower: T. English, T. Liberatore, B. Smith
Int.: H. Crozier, C. Porter, E. Richards, M. Suckling

Gold Coast (6.10.46) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: A. Sexton (3), B. Ainsworth, B. Ellis, I. Rankine
Western Bulldogs: J. Johannisen, T. Liberatore, P. Lipinski, E. Richards, B. Smith, M. Wallis, L. Young

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 10th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs
Date: Thursday 23 July 2020
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 4,039

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 6.10.46 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 1 3 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin WBUL by 2 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 5 WBUL by 5
Duration 25:16 23:58 26:00 25:13 1:40:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), R. Findlay (#23), B. Hosking (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 2
David Swallow GCST 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Alex Keath WBUL 42 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jarrod Witts GCST 28 4 0 1 0 0 0
Hayden Crozier WBUL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Touk Miller GCST 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Sam Collins GCST 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 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
9 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 80% 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0
15 Anderson, Noah INT 69% 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 2
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 96% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 1
3 Bowes, Jack WL 85% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 4
35 Budarick, Connor BPL 80% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 4 0
25 Collins, Sam FB 97% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
12 Day, Sam CHF 79% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 86% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
21 Greenwood, Hugh C 73% 0 0 22 13 9 4 2 8 6 7 1 4 1 2
1 Hanley, Pearce HBFL 80% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 1 3 3 1 1 1
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 86% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 2
39 Holman, Nick HFFL 81% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 5 3 3 1 0 1 0
34 King, Ben FF 82% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Lukosius, Jack BPR 80% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy INT 73% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5
11 Miller, Touk RO 78% 0 0 26 12 14 2 0 7 7 5 5 3 1 4
27 Powell, Wil INT 74% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 82% 1 4 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 79% 3 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
24 Swallow, David RR 81% 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 7 7 7 2 1 3 3
14 Weller, Lachie INT 82% 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 5
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 98% 0 0 7 2 5 2 46 3 4 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 6 10 290 190 100 62 48 60 36 51 18 18 29 46

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 85% 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 5 3 4 4 2 2 4
17 Bruce, Josh FF 90% 0 0 8 0 8 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
12 Cordy, Zaine CHF 92% 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
9 Crozier, Hayden INT 85% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 4
35 Daniel, Caleb BPR 79% 0 0 25 14 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1
44 English, Tim RU 97% 0 0 9 6 3 2 14 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
26 Gowers, Billy HFFL 69% 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 82% 1 0 18 10 8 7 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2
42 Keath, Alex FB 94% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 6 2
21 Liberatore, Tom RR 90% 1 0 19 10 9 1 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 1
27 Lipinski, Patrick HFFR 88% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 3 1 6 2 2 4 2
11 Macrae, Jack WL 94% 0 0 28 12 16 2 2 6 7 1 2 1 3 6
28 Porter, Callum INT 56% 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 5 1 6 1 3 0 1
20 Richards, Ed INT 72% 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey RO 84% 1 2 22 14 8 2 0 2 5 3 0 1 1 2
1 Suckling, Matt INT 76% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 2
23 Vandermeer, Laitham WR 72% 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 4
3 Wallis, Mitch FPL 77% 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
19 Weightman, Cody FPR 71% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 86% 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 1
10 Wood, Easton CHB 86% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
40 Young, Lachie HBFR 76% 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 7 9 313 179 134 53 18 53 31 50 18 18 40 37

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
34 B. Williams 42 A. Keath 35 C. Daniel 28 J. Witts 15 N. Anderson
9 B. Ainsworth 34 B. King 22 I. Rankine 24 D. Swallow 44 D. MacPherson
FORWARD 11 T. Miller 27 W. Powell
HALF-BACK

14 L. Weller
39 J. Johannisen 10 E. Wood 40 L. Young



6 A. Sexton 12 S. Day 39 N. Holman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Macrae 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 23 L. Vandermeer



4 B. Ellis 21 H. Greenwood 3 J. Bowes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 9 H. Crozier
HALF-FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 28 C. Porter
26 B. Gowers 12 Z. Cordy 27 P. Lipinski 6 B. Smith 20 E. Richards
5 J. Harbrow 10 C. Ballard 1 P. Hanley

1 M. Suckling
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 M. Wallis 17 J. Bruce 19 C. Weightman



13 J. Lukosius 25 S. Collins 35 C. Budarick



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:12
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:13
WBUL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:46
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 09:03
GCST Alex Sexton goal 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 10:58
GCST Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 14:43
GCST Alex Sexton goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 15:39
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 22:35
Q2 WBUL Bailey Smith behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 02:17
GCST Izak Rankine goal 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 06:55
GCST Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 08:19
GCST David Swallow behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 10:00
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 17:48
WBUL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.5.17 20:11
WBUL Patrick Lipinski goal 3.4.22 - 3.5.23 21:45
WBUL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.6.24 23:52
Q3 GCST Alex Sexton goal 4.4.28 - 3.6.24 02:31
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 4.4.28 - 4.6.30 05:21
WBUL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 4.7.31 06:46
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 4.4.28 - 5.7.37 07:46
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 4.4.28 - 5.8.38 10:33
GCST Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 5.8.38 17:49
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 5.5.35 - 5.8.38 19:59
GCST Noah Anderson behind 5.6.36 - 5.8.38 21:25
Q4 GCST Izak Rankine behind 5.7.37 - 5.8.38 01:27
WBUL Ed Richards goal 5.7.37 - 6.8.44 02:04
WBUL Lachie Young goal 5.7.37 - 7.8.50 04:18
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 5.7.37 - 7.9.51 06:41
GCST Izak Rankine behind 5.8.38 - 7.9.51 07:19
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 6.8.44 - 7.9.51 10:59
GCST Izak Rankine behind 6.9.45 - 7.9.51 14:28
GCST Izak Rankine behind 6.10.46 - 7.9.51 17:52