2021 AFL Round 2: Gold Coast v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2021 between Gold Coast and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 2021 AFL season.
Gold Coast hosted North Melbourne at Metricon Stadium.
Jack Ziebell captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by David Noble.
Gold Coast
Back:
N. Anderson, 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, W. Powell
Forward:
I. Rankine, B. King, D. MacPherson
Follower:
J. Witts, B. Ainsworth, T. Miller
Int.:
W. Brodie, C. Budarick, A. Sexton, L. Weller
Sub.:
N. Holman
North Melbourne
Back:
A. Corr, B. McKay, A. Bonar
Half-back:
D. Tyson, J. Ziebell (capt.), S. Atley
Centre:
B. Scott, L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Thomas
Half-forward:
J. Stephenson, N. Larkey, J. Mahony
Forward:
K. Turner, J. Walker, C. Zurhaar
Follower:
T. Goldstein, J. Anderson, J. Simpkin
Int.:
C. Lazzaro, J. Polec, T. Powell, L. Young
Sub.:
A. Hall
Gold Coast (14.14.98) defeated North Melbourne (5.9.39).
Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (3), I. Rankine (3), A. Sexton (2), B. Ainsworth, S. Day, J. Lukosius, O. Markov, D. Swallow, L. Weller
North Melbourne: T. Goldstein, N. Larkey, T. Powell, B. Scott, T. Thomas
As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 6th on the ladder (up from 17th) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Gold Coast
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 27 March 2021
Time:
7:10 PM
Venue:
Metricon Stadium
Attendance:
6,661
Match Results
Outcome:
Gold Coast
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
14.14.98 - 5.9.39
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Gold Coast | 3 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 10 | 14 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 14 | (98) |
| North Melbourne | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 9 | 5 | . | 9 | (39) |
| Margin | GCST by 14 | GCST by 44 | GCST by 41 | GCST by 59 | GCST by 59 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:10 | 31:59 | 30:31 | 30:12 | 2:02:52 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Stuart Dew
(Gold Coast),
David Noble
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
unknown
(Gold Coast),
Jack Ziebell
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
C. Donlon
(#1),
E. Glouftsis
(#34),
M. Stevic
(#9), E:
J. Strybos
(#41)
Goal Umpire:
M. Bridges,
A. Meldrum,
E:
J. Baird
Boundary Umpire:
P. Bock,
C. Delany,
D. Kowalski,
N. Swanson
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Anderson | GCST | 15 | 3 |
| Brandon Ellis | GCST | 4 | 2 |
| Touk Miller | GCST | 11 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Anderson | GCST | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Touk Miller | GCST | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Ellis | GCST | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Lukosius | GCST | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod Witts | GCST | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben King | GCST | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Izak Rankine | GCST | 22 | 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 | RR | 71% | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Anderson, Noah | BPL | 87% | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ballard, Charlie | CHB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Bowes, Jack | HBFL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Brodie, Will | INT | 76% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Budarick, Connor | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Collins, Sam | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Day, Sam | CHF↓ | 45% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Ellis, Brandon | WL | 85% | 0 | 1 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | Greenwood, Hugh | C | 74% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Holman, Nick | SUB↑ | 33% | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | King, Ben | FF | 95% | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lemmens, Sean | BPR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 13 | Lukosius, Jack | WR | 83% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 44 | MacPherson, Darcy | FPR | 82% | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Markov, Oleg | HBFR | 71% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Miller, Touk | RO | 84% | 0 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | Powell, Wil | HFFR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Rankine, Izak | FPL | 88% | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Sexton, Alex | INT | 75% | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Swallow, David | HFFL | 70% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Weller, Lachie | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | Witts, Jarrod | RU | 75% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 14 | 14 | 440 | 292 | 148 | 115 | 34 | 69 | 39 | 68 | 20 | 21 | 47 | 66 | |||
N. Holman replaced S. Day during the third quarter.
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Anderson, Jed | RR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Atley, Shaun | HBFR | 95% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Bonar, Aiden | BPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Corr, Aidan | BPL | 81% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Davies-Uniacke, Luke | C | 79% | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 92% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | Hall, Aaron | SUB↑ | 5% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Larkey, Nick | CHF | 86% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Lazzaro, Charlie | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | Mahony, Jack | HFFR↓ | 71% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | McKay, Ben | FB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Polec, Jared | INT | 78% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Powell, Tom | INT | 72% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Scott, Bailey | WL | 88% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Simpkin, Jy | RO | 79% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Stephenson, Jaidyn | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Thomas, Tarryn | WR | 79% | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Turner, Kayne | FPL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Tyson, Dom | HBFL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Walker, Josh | FF | 88% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Young, Lachie | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack (c) | CHB | 76% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 44 | Zurhaar, Cameron | FPR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 5 | 9 | 368 | 203 | 165 | 81 | 40 | 62 | 32 | 77 | 21 | 19 | 50 | 52 | |||
A. Hall replaced J. Mahony during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Gold Coast | Coach: Stuart Dew | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 | A. Corr | 23 | B. McKay | 16 | A. Bonar | 28 | J. Witts | 7 | W. Brodie | ||||||
| 44 | D. MacPherson | 34 | B. King | 22 | I. Rankine | 9 | B. Ainsworth | 35 | C. Budarick | ||||||
| FORWARD | 11 | T. Miller | 6 | A. Sexton | |||||||||||
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| 21 | D. Tyson | 7 | J. Ziebell (c) | 18 | S. Atley |
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| 27 | W. Powell | 12 | S. Day | 24 | D. Swallow |
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| 8 | B. Scott | 9 | L. Davies-Uniacke | 26 | T. Thomas |
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| 13 | J. Lukosius | 1 | H. Greenwood | 4 | B. Ellis | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 22 | T. Goldstein | 35 | C. Lazzaro | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 3 | J. Anderson | 13 | J. Polec | |||||||||||
| 2 | J. Stephenson | 20 | N. Larkey | 1 | J. Mahony | 12 | J. Simpkin | 24 | T. Powell | ||||||
| 17 | O. Markov | 10 | C. Ballard | 3 | J. Bowes |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: David Noble | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GCST | Jack Lukosius goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:14 |
| GCST | Rushed behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:50 | |
| NMLB | Jaidyn Stephenson behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 06:00 | |
| GCST | Ben Ainsworth goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 12:20 | |
| GCST | Oleg Markov goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.1.1 | 20:57 | |
| GCST | Ben Ainsworth behind | 3.2.20 | - | 0.1.1 | 24:14 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine behind | 3.3.21 | - | 0.1.1 | 26:05 | |
| NMLB | Todd Goldstein goal | 3.3.21 | - | 1.1.7 | 27:36 | |
| NMLB | Tarryn Thomas behind | 3.3.21 | - | 1.2.8 | 28:57 | |
| GCST | Alex Sexton behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.2.8 | 30:07 | |
| Q2 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.3.9 | 01:00 |
| GCST | Sam Day goal | 4.4.28 | - | 1.3.9 | 02:35 | |
| NMLB | Jared Polec behind | 4.4.28 | - | 1.4.10 | 04:47 | |
| GCST | Lachie Weller goal | 5.4.34 | - | 1.4.10 | 06:02 | |
| GCST | Alex Sexton goal | 6.4.40 | - | 1.4.10 | 11:43 | |
| GCST | Ben King goal | 7.4.46 | - | 1.4.10 | 14:50 | |
| GCST | David Swallow goal | 8.4.52 | - | 1.4.10 | 19:48 | |
| GCST | Ben King behind | 8.5.53 | - | 1.4.10 | 22:52 | |
| GCST | Touk Miller behind | 8.6.54 | - | 1.4.10 | 23:53 | |
| GCST | Alex Sexton goal | 9.6.60 | - | 1.4.10 | 25:46 | |
| NMLB | Bailey Scott goal | 9.6.60 | - | 2.4.16 | 30:36 | |
| Q3 | GCST | Ben Ainsworth behind | 9.7.61 | - | 2.4.16 | 01:31 |
| GCST | Nick Holman behind | 9.8.62 | - | 2.4.16 | 02:26 | |
| NMLB | Nick Larkey goal | 9.8.62 | - | 3.4.22 | 05:41 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine goal | 10.8.68 | - | 3.4.22 | 07:37 | |
| GCST | Ben King goal | 11.8.74 | - | 3.4.22 | 11:02 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine behind | 11.9.75 | - | 3.4.22 | 12:31 | |
| NMLB | Tom Powell goal | 11.9.75 | - | 4.4.28 | 16:49 | |
| NMLB | Aidan Corr behind | 11.9.75 | - | 4.5.29 | 20:52 | |
| NMLB | Tarryn Thomas goal | 11.9.75 | - | 5.5.35 | 23:53 | |
| GCST | Darcy MacPherson behind | 11.10.76 | - | 5.5.35 | 28:24 | |
| Q4 | GCST | Ben King goal | 12.10.82 | - | 5.5.35 | 01:27 |
| NMLB | Tarryn Thomas behind | 12.10.82 | - | 5.6.36 | 05:21 | |
| GCST | Darcy MacPherson behind | 12.11.83 | - | 5.6.36 | 06:50 | |
| GCST | Noah Anderson behind | 12.12.84 | - | 5.6.36 | 08:02 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine goal | 13.12.90 | - | 5.6.36 | 10:33 | |
| GCST | Brandon Ellis behind | 13.13.91 | - | 5.6.36 | 12:07 | |
| NMLB | Luke Davies-Uniacke behind | 13.13.91 | - | 5.7.37 | 13:27 | |
| NMLB | Tarryn Thomas behind | 13.13.91 | - | 5.8.38 | 14:32 | |
| GCST | Izak Rankine goal | 14.13.97 | - | 5.8.38 | 22:47 | |
| GCST | Hugh Greenwood behind | 14.14.98 | - | 5.8.38 | 25:17 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 14.14.98 | - | 5.9.39 | 29:30 | |