2021 AFL Round 3: Adelaide v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2021 between Adelaide and Gold Coast during round 3 of the 2021 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval. Rory Sloane captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Adelaide
Back: A. McPherson, J. Butts, L. Brown
Half-back: T. Doedee, B. Smith, W. Hamill
Centre: L. Sholl, R. Sloane (capt.), P. Seedsman
Half-forward: J. Rowe, B. Frampton, N. McHenry
Forward: S. McAdam, T. Walker, L. Murphy
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: S. Berry, J. Kelly, T. Lynch, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: N. Murray

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

Adelaide (14.11.95) defeated Gold Coast (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (6), S. McAdam (2), J. Rowe (2), S. Berry, B. Keays, N. McHenry, H. Schoenberg
Gold Coast: B. King (4), C. Burgess (2), N. Holman (2), B. Ellis, D. MacPherson, I. Rankine, L. Weller

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 8th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Gold Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Adelaide v Gold Coast
Date: Friday 2 April 2021
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 30,175

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Gold Coast
Score: 14.11.95 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 5 . 0 8 . 2 11 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Gold Coast 5 . 6 5 . 9 9 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin GCST by 6 ADEL by 11 ADEL by 7 ADEL by 10 ADEL by 10
Duration 34:07 27:13 30:24 31:49 2:03:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: Rory Sloane (Adelaide), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 3
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 2
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
Hugh Greenwood GCST 1 4 0 0 1 0 1
Rory Laird ADEL 29 3 0 0 1 0 0
Ben Keays ADEL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Reilly O'Brien ADEL 43 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Berry, Sam INT 77% 1 1 11 4 7 2 0 4 1 4 3 3 0 1
16 Brown, Luke BPR 82% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 3
41 Butts, Jordon FB 97% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 5 1
39 Doedee, Tom HBFL 95% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 3
22 Frampton, Billy CHF 75% 0 1 5 4 1 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
17 Hamill, Will HBFR 82% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
2 Keays, Ben RO 82% 1 1 26 16 10 5 0 3 4 1 0 1 3 5
8 Kelly, Jake INT 86% 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
29 Laird, Rory RR 73% 0 0 28 11 17 2 0 9 5 5 0 1 2 5
27 Lynch, Tom INT 79% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 3
23 McAdam, Shane FPL 69% 2 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
25 McHenry, Ned HFFR 78% 1 0 12 4 8 1 0 4 0 5 0 1 1 1
36 McPherson, Andrew BPL 78% 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 0
4 Murphy, Lachlan FPR 85% 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3
28 Murray, Nick SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 89% 0 0 19 5 14 3 34 3 3 4 1 1 1 1
31 Rowe, James HFFL 83% 2 1 14 7 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2
26 Schoenberg, Harry INT 58% 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 2
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 83% 0 1 27 17 10 5 0 2 1 4 0 2 1 6
38 Sholl, Lachlan WL 91% 0 1 18 13 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Sloane, Rory (c) C 85% 0 0 34 15 19 7 0 3 7 5 2 1 2 4
33 Smith, Brodie CHB 81% 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 7 7
13 Walker, Taylor FF 92% 6 3 24 15 9 9 0 3 3 6 1 1 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 11 371 210 161 81 36 58 32 61 17 20 45 57

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben RR 84% 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
15 Anderson, Noah WR 84% 0 0 26 13 13 3 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 3
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 97% 0 0 17 14 3 10 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0
3 Bowes, Jack BPL 84% 0 0 24 20 4 8 0 3 3 3 0 1 7 4
7 Brodie, Will INT 62% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
29 Burgess, Chris CHF 85% 2 1 9 7 2 5 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 2
25 Collins, Sam FB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 5 0
4 Ellis, Brandon WL 86% 1 0 25 16 9 7 0 4 3 2 1 0 2 3
1 Greenwood, Hugh C 80% 0 1 23 16 7 2 0 13 10 4 4 1 2 7
5 Harbrow, Jarrod INT 74% 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
39 Holman, Nick SUB↑ 26% 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 King, Ben FF 97% 4 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 81% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 0 1 3 1 4 2
13 Lukosius, Jack HBFR 85% 0 1 19 18 1 9 0 2 0 6 1 1 4 7
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPR 76% 1 1 18 11 7 5 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 3
17 Markov, Oleg HBFL 79% 0 1 15 13 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 2
11 Miller, Touk RO 73% 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 9 3 5 1 3 3 3
27 Powell, Wil HFFR 85% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 3
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 91% 1 2 13 6 7 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 6
6 Sexton, Alex INT 64% 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Swallow, David HFFL 78% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 3 4 1 3 0 3
14 Weller, Lachie INT 73% 1 0 12 7 5 6 0 9 1 3 0 0 2 4
28 Witts, Jarrod RU↓ 57% 0 1 10 8 2 3 26 0 3 1 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 13 329 230 99 104 34 70 41 55 20 17 41 58

N. Holman replaced J. Witts.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ben King goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:05
GCST Chris Burgess behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:38
GCST Jarrod Witts behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 04:36
GCST Izak Rankine goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 05:28
GCST Ben King goal 0.0.0 - 3.2.20 07:17
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 09:23
GCST Izak Rankine behind 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 10:41
GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 1.0.6 - 3.4.22 13:59
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.0.12 - 3.4.22 15:23
GCST Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 3.5.23 16:45
GCST Darcy MacPherson goal 2.0.12 - 4.5.29 18:00
GCST Lachie Weller goal 2.0.12 - 5.5.35 21:48
ADEL James Rowe goal 3.0.18 - 5.5.35 23:56
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.0.24 - 5.5.35 25:18
GCST Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 5.6.36 26:59
ADEL Sam Berry goal 5.0.30 - 5.6.36 34:05
Q2 ADEL Taylor Walker behind 5.1.31 - 5.6.36 01:45
GCST Izak Rankine behind 5.1.31 - 5.7.37 03:45
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 5.1.31 - 5.8.38 07:35
ADEL Billy Frampton behind 5.2.32 - 5.8.38 08:35
GCST Hugh Greenwood behind 5.2.32 - 5.9.39 10:03
ADEL Harry Schoenberg goal 6.2.38 - 5.9.39 19:02
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 7.2.44 - 5.9.39 20:55
ADEL James Rowe goal 8.2.50 - 5.9.39 22:25
Q3 GCST Ben King goal 8.2.50 - 6.9.45 01:47
GCST Chris Burgess goal 8.2.50 - 7.9.51 06:35
GCST Oleg Markov behind 8.2.50 - 7.10.52 07:48
GCST Ben King goal 8.2.50 - 8.10.58 09:27
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 9.2.56 - 8.10.58 11:14
GCST Alex Sexton behind 9.2.56 - 8.11.59 13:12
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 9.3.57 - 8.11.59 16:04
GCST Chris Burgess goal 9.3.57 - 9.11.65 17:27
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.3.63 - 9.11.65 19:39
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 11.3.69 - 9.11.65 22:09
ADEL Ben Keays behind 11.4.70 - 9.11.65 27:08
ADEL James Rowe behind 11.5.71 - 9.11.65 27:58
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 11.6.72 - 9.11.65 30:20
Q4 GCST Brandon Ellis goal 11.6.72 - 10.11.71 01:14
GCST Nick Holman goal 11.6.72 - 11.11.77 04:14
ADEL Ben Keays goal 12.6.78 - 11.11.77 10:30
ADEL Lachlan Sholl behind 12.7.79 - 11.11.77 12:24
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 12.8.80 - 11.11.77 13:00
GCST Nick Holman goal 12.8.80 - 12.11.83 14:35
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 12.8.80 - 12.12.84 16:27
ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 12.9.81 - 12.12.84 17:18
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 13.9.87 - 12.12.84 20:45
ADEL Sam Berry behind 13.10.88 - 12.12.84 23:10
ADEL Ned McHenry goal 14.10.94 - 12.12.84 25:57
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 14.10.94 - 12.13.85 29:22
ADEL Rushed behind 14.11.95 - 12.13.85 31:22