2020 AFL Round 11: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2020 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 11 of the 2020 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at Metricon Stadium. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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: B. Fiorini, S. Day, S. Lemmens
Forward: I. Rankine, B. King, S. Flanders
Follower: J. Witts, D. Swallow, T. Miller
Int.: B. Ainsworth, N. Anderson, J. Corbett, W. Powell

Essendon
Back: M. Gleeson, A. Francis, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: J. Ridley, C. McKenna, A. Saad
Centre: T. Cutler, Z. Merrett, D. Parish
Half-forward: D. Smith, D. Zaharakis, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: K. Langford, J. Stewart, W. Snelling
Follower: T. Bellchambers, M. Guelfi, A. McGrath
Int.: D. Clarke, S. McKernan, M. Redman, D. Shiel

Gold Coast (11.7.73) drew with Essendon (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: S. Day (2), B. King (2), L. Weller (2), B. Ainsworth, J. Bowes, B. Fiorini, H. Greenwood, I. Rankine
Essendon: J. Stewart (3), D. Zaharakis (3), K. Langford (2), T. Bellchambers, T. Cutler, W. Snelling

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Wednesday 12 August 2020
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 4,303

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast drew with Essendon
Score: 11.7.73 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 1 7 . 4 9 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin GCST by 10 GCST by 19 GCST by 12 level drawn
Duration 24:51 28:51 23:57 27:55 1:45:34

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), R. O'Gorman (#10), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Hugh Greenwood GCST 21 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Lachie Weller GCST 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 7 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 6 0 1 0 1 0
Lachie Weller GCST 14 5 0 0 1 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben INT 82% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah INT 73% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 2
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 98% 0 0 10 10 0 7 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 2
3 Bowes, Jack HBFL 83% 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
35 Budarick, Connor BPL 85% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 96% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Corbett, Josh INT 86% 0 1 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
12 Day, Sam CHF 80% 2 0 10 7 3 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 82% 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden HFFL 80% 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
26 Flanders, Sam FPR 59% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 3
21 Greenwood, Hugh C 78% 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 3 8 5 0 1 0 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 85% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 1
34 King, Ben FF 94% 2 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
23 Lemmens, Sean HFFR 69% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 3
13 Lukosius, Jack BPR 89% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1
11 Miller, Touk RO 82% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 5 3 0 1 1 2
27 Powell, Wil INT 66% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 1
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 85% 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 4
24 Swallow, David RR 75% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 2
14 Weller, Lachie WL 83% 2 1 18 10 8 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 3 3
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 92% 0 0 11 6 5 0 30 2 2 4 2 3 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 7 247 165 82 64 31 42 32 40 12 16 36 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 85% 1 0 8 6 2 3 19 2 3 1 2 0 0 2
37 Clarke, Dylan INT 64% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 2 1
12 Cutler, Tom WL 78% 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 2
10 Francis, Aaron FB 98% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
8 Gleeson, Martin BPL 85% 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
35 Guelfi, Matt RR 89% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPL 86% 2 0 11 4 7 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 81% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew RO 79% 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 2 6 1 3 0 2 2
45 McKenna, Conor CHB 84% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
44 McKernan, Shaun INT 66% 0 1 8 5 3 5 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 83% 0 0 30 17 13 5 0 0 3 3 1 0 4 6
3 Parish, Darcy WR 81% 0 1 20 13 7 2 0 8 2 3 1 0 1 4
27 Redman, Mason INT 76% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFL 78% 0 0 23 20 3 10 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 3
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 86% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 3
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 76% 0 1 26 16 10 4 0 4 6 1 1 0 1 5
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 85% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1
40 Snelling, Will FPR 90% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 7 2 5 0 2 0 1
17 Stewart, James FF 82% 3 1 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David CHF 79% 3 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 88% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 7 316 177 139 74 25 45 26 46 16 12 30 48

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
8 M. Gleeson 10 A. Francis 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 28 J. Witts 9 B. Ainsworth
26 S. Flanders 34 B. King 22 I. Rankine 24 D. Swallow 15 N. Anderson
FORWARD 11 T. Miller 19 J. Corbett
HALF-BACK

27 W. Powell
14 J. Ridley 45 C. McKenna 42 A. Saad



23 S. Lemmens 12 S. Day 8 B. Fiorini



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 T. Cutler 7 Z. Merrett 3 D. Parish



4 B. Ellis 21 H. Greenwood 14 L. Weller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 37 D. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 35 M. Guelfi 44 S. McKernan
5 D. Smith 11 D. Zaharakis 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 1 A. McGrath 27 M. Redman
5 J. Harbrow 10 C. Ballard 3 J. Bowes

9 D. Shiel
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 K. Langford 17 J. Stewart 40 W. Snelling



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:34
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:11
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 06:17
ESSE James Stewart behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 07:03
ESSE James Stewart goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 09:11
GCST Ben King goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 13:00
GCST Lachie Weller goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 21:05
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 22:43
Q2 GCST Izak Rankine goal 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 00:28
ESSE James Stewart goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 04:37
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 08:27
GCST Hugh Greenwood goal 6.1.37 - 2.3.15 10:36
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 6.1.37 - 3.3.21 13:13
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.1.37 - 4.3.27 15:57
GCST Lachie Weller behind 6.2.38 - 4.3.27 17:17
GCST Izak Rankine behind 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 19:48
GCST Izak Rankine behind 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 20:52
GCST Jack Bowes goal 7.4.46 - 4.3.27 27:23
Q3 GCST Brandon Ellis behind 7.5.47 - 4.3.27 03:49
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.5.47 - 5.3.33 05:11
GCST Sam Day goal 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 08:17
ESSE Will Snelling goal 8.5.53 - 6.3.39 12:38
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 8.5.53 - 6.4.40 15:41
ESSE James Stewart goal 8.5.53 - 7.4.46 16:56
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 8.5.53 - 7.5.47 22:40
GCST Sam Day goal 9.5.59 - 7.5.47 23:53
Q4 GCST Lachie Weller goal 10.5.65 - 7.5.47 02:44
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 10.5.65 - 8.5.53 04:27
GCST Josh Corbett behind 10.6.66 - 8.5.53 05:48
ESSE Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 8.6.54 08:12
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.6.66 - 9.6.60 14:30
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.6.66 - 10.6.66 18:13
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.6.66 - 11.6.72 20:56
GCST Ben King goal 11.6.72 - 11.6.72 22:57
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 11.6.72 - 11.7.73 24:48
GCST Ben King behind 11.7.73 - 11.7.73 25:48