2021 AFL Season 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 one of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (12.11.83) defeated Gold Coast (8.10.58).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Dalgleish (#7)
D. Johanson (#30)
J. Power (#4)
E: L. Jago (#40)

Goal Umpires

S. Boud
B. Rogers
E: S. Hunter

Boundary Umpires

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