2021 AFL Round 1: West Coast v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2021 between West Coast and Gold Coast during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. West Coast hosted Gold Coast at Optus Stadium. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

West Coast
Back: S. Hurn, T. Barrass, B. Sheppard
Half-back: J. Rotham, J. McGovern, J. Nelson
Centre: L. Duggan, D. Sheed, J. Redden
Half-forward: J. Petruccelle, J. Darling, J. Cripps
Forward: L. Ryan, J. Kennedy, O. Allen
Follower: N. Naitanui, T. Kelly, A. Gaff
Int.: T. Cole, Z. Langdon, X. O'Neill, N. Vardy
Sub.: J. Jones

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

West Coast (12.11.83) defeated Gold Coast (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
West Coast: O. Allen (4), J. Darling (2), J. Kennedy (2), J. Cripps, J. Petruccelle, L. Ryan, N. Vardy
Gold Coast: B. King (3), N. Holman, T. Miller, A. Sexton, D. Swallow, L. Weller

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 2nd on the ladder and Gold Coast were then 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 21 March 2021
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 38,493

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Gold Coast
Score: 12.11.83 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 3 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Gold Coast 2 . 4 4 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin WCST by 5 WCST by 5 GCST by 1 WCST by 25 WCST by 25
Duration 28:52 27:07 30:27 29:53 1:56:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), unknown (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), D. Johanson (#30), J. Power (#4), E: L. Jago (#40)
Goal Umpire: S. Boud, B. Rogers, E: S. Hunter
Boundary Umpire: A. Bastick, N. Doig, J. Garrett, S. Moylan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Oscar Allen WCST 12 3
Dom Sheed WCST 4 2
Tom Barrass WCST 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tim Kelly WCST 11 8 1 0 1 0 0
Oscar Allen WCST 12 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dom Sheed WCST 4 5 1 0 0 0 0
Shannon Hurn WCST 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Bowes GCST 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Swallow GCST 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Barrass WCST 37 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Lukosius GCST 13 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FPR 81% 4 0 13 11 2 8 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 0
37 Barrass, Tom FB 86% 0 0 22 15 7 13 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
28 Cole, Tom INT 79% 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 2
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 91% 1 3 20 12 8 8 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 3
27 Darling, Jack CHF 96% 2 1 14 8 6 4 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 3
14 Duggan, Liam WL 88% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
3 Gaff, Andrew RO 90% 0 1 16 12 4 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2
25 Hurn, Shannon BPL 78% 0 0 31 23 8 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 3
31 Jones, Jamaine SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kelly, Tim RR 82% 0 1 28 19 9 7 0 3 5 0 2 0 1 9
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 86% 2 2 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2
7 Langdon, Zac INT 76% 0 1 12 6 6 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 76% 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 7 0
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 66% 0 1 14 4 10 0 22 1 6 2 1 1 0 3
30 Nelson, Jackson HBFR 85% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
24 O'Neill, Xavier INT 72% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
21 Petruccelle, Jack HFFL 80% 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Redden, Jack WR 85% 0 0 22 11 11 7 0 2 3 4 0 1 2 4
35 Rotham, Josh HBFL 85% 0 0 16 12 4 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 87% 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 7
4 Sheed, Dom C 86% 0 1 34 23 11 12 0 3 9 7 1 1 4 4
5 Sheppard, Brad BPR 95% 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2
19 Vardy, Nathan INT 52% 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 12 11 390 259 131 144 23 34 30 44 20 15 36 52

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Anderson, Noah INT 75% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 3 8 0 2 1 1
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 94% 0 0 21 17 4 12 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0
3 Bowes, Jack HBFL 92% 0 0 30 28 2 14 0 2 1 2 0 1 7 1
7 Brodie, Will INT 64% 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 1
35 Budarick, Connor BPL 83% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 92% 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 0 3 4 0 6 0
12 Day, Sam CHF 86% 0 2 10 3 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
4 Ellis, Brandon WL 87% 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
1 Greenwood, Hugh C 77% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 3
39 Holman, Nick SUB↑ 50% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 King, Ben FF 89% 3 1 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 5
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 87% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 0 3 0 3 3 2
13 Lukosius, Jack WR 78% 0 2 23 20 3 11 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 4
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPR 77% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3
17 Markov, Oleg HBFR 81% 0 0 20 17 3 14 0 2 0 3 1 0 3 0
11 Miller, Touk RO 83% 1 1 20 11 9 1 0 2 4 3 2 1 0 4
27 Powell, Wil INT 71% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 1
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 80% 0 1 11 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2
18 Rowell, Matt RR↓ 15% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
6 Sexton, Alex INT 83% 1 1 12 9 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
24 Swallow, David HFFL 76% 1 1 29 14 15 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1
14 Weller, Lachie HFFR 86% 1 0 21 13 8 6 0 3 3 7 1 2 1 4
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 80% 0 0 12 6 6 3 31 4 3 3 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 8 10 381 256 125 137 31 39 30 64 15 20 39 44

N. Holman replaced M. Rowell.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 C. Budarick 25 S. Collins 23 S. Lemmens 9 N. Naitanui 28 T. Cole
12 O. Allen 17 J. Kennedy 1 L. Ryan 11 T. Kelly 7 Z. Langdon
FORWARD 3 A. Gaff 24 X. O'Neill
HALF-BACK

19 N. Vardy
3 J. Bowes 10 C. Ballard 17 O. Markov

31 J. Jones
15 J. Cripps 27 J. Darling 21 J. Petruccelle



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 B. Ellis 1 H. Greenwood 13 J. Lukosius



8 J. Redden 4 D. Sheed 14 L. Duggan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 15 N. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 7 W. Brodie
24 D. Swallow 12 S. Day 14 L. Weller 11 T. Miller 27 W. Powell
30 J. Nelson 20 J. McGovern 35 J. Rotham

6 A. Sexton
HALF-BACK

39 N. Holman
FORWARD



22 I. Rankine 34 B. King 44 D. MacPherson



5 B. Sheppard 37 T. Barrass 25 S. Hurn



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Oscar Allen goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:01
WCST Jack Darling goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 02:12
WCST Oscar Allen goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 04:21
GCST David Swallow behind 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 05:48
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 06:49
GCST Ben King goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 09:10
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 13:09
GCST Ben King behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 15:58
GCST Izak Rankine behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 18:16
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 22:07
GCST Alex Sexton goal 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 23:57
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 28:06
Q2 WCST Oscar Allen goal 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 03:09
GCST Touk Miller behind 4.3.27 - 2.5.17 05:50
GCST Lachie Weller goal 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 06:38
WCST Andrew Gaff behind 4.4.28 - 3.5.23 12:27
GCST Ben King goal 4.4.28 - 4.5.29 14:01
WCST Jack Darling goal 5.4.34 - 4.5.29 22:55
Q3 WCST Josh Kennedy goal 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 01:29
GCST Touk Miller goal 6.4.40 - 5.5.35 04:45
GCST Sam Day behind 6.4.40 - 5.6.36 06:28
WCST Nic Naitanui behind 6.5.41 - 5.6.36 07:42
GCST Will Brodie behind 6.5.41 - 5.7.37 09:39
WCST Zac Langdon behind 6.6.42 - 5.7.37 10:54
GCST Ben King goal 6.6.42 - 6.7.43 11:48
WCST Tim Kelly behind 6.7.43 - 6.7.43 15:35
GCST David Swallow goal 6.7.43 - 7.7.49 17:44
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 6.7.43 - 7.8.50 19:53
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 7.7.49 - 7.8.50 21:56
Q4 GCST Nick Holman goal 7.7.49 - 8.8.56 00:18
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 8.7.55 - 8.8.56 02:20
WCST Oscar Allen goal 9.7.61 - 8.8.56 04:16
WCST Nathan Vardy goal 10.7.67 - 8.8.56 07:50
GCST Sam Day behind 10.7.67 - 8.9.57 09:42
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 10.8.68 - 8.9.57 12:15
GCST Alex Sexton behind 10.8.68 - 8.10.58 17:44
WCST Jack Darling behind 10.9.69 - 8.10.58 18:42
WCST Dom Sheed behind 10.10.70 - 8.10.58 21:31
WCST Liam Ryan goal 11.10.76 - 8.10.58 22:43
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 12.10.82 - 8.10.58 27:33
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 12.11.83 - 8.10.58 29:51