2020 AFL Season Round 8: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 2020 between Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs during round eight of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted the 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 (6.10.46) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (7.9.51).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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