2021 AFL Season 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 two of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (14.14.98) defeated North Melbourne (5.9.39).

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
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

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 (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

North Melbourne

Captain: Jack Ziebell
Coach: David Noble

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
M. Stevic (#9)
E. Tee (#34)
E: J. Strybos (#41)

Goal Umpires

M. Bridges
A. Meldrum
E: J. Baird

Boundary Umpires

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 50s

Player Line-Up

Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

14 L. Weller
21 D. Tyson 7 J. Ziebell (c) 18 S. Atley

39 N. Holman
27 W. Powell 12 S. Day 24 D. Swallow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Scott 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 26 T. Thomas



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

17 L. Young
HALF-BACK

43 A. Hall
FORWARD



28 K. Turner 19 J. Walker 44 C. Zurhaar



23 S. Lemmens 25 S. Collins 15 N. Anderson



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: David Noble

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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