2021 AFL Round 6: Gold Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2021 between Gold Coast and Sydney during round 6 of the 2021 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Sydney at Metricon Stadium. David Swallow captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, K. Brand
Half-back: G. Hewett, J. Dawson, J. Lloyd
Centre: N. Blakey, L. Parker, J. McInerney
Half-forward: T. Papley, I. Heeney, W. Hayward
Forward: E. Gulden, H. McLean, S. Reid
Follower: C. Sinclair, J. Kennedy, C. Mills
Int.: O. Florent, J. Rowbottom, C. Warner, S. Wicks
Sub.: B. Campbell

Gold Coast (15.10.100) defeated Sydney (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (5), B. Ainsworth (3), J. Corbett (2), I. Rankine (2), H. Greenwood, N. Holman, L. Weller
Sydney: H. McLean (2), O. Florent, W. Hayward, I. Heeney, T. Papley, J. Rowbottom, C. Warner, S. Wicks

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 11th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Gold Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 24 April 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 9,819

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Sydney
Score: 15.10.100 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 4 . 2 8 . 2 13 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Sydney 3 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin GCST by 7 GCST by 22 GCST by 49 GCST by 40 GCST by 40
Duration 31:25 30:00 30:55 31:48 2:04:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: David Swallow (Gold Coast), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), L. Fisher (#3), D. Harris (#24), E: J. Strybos (#41)
Goal Umpire: M. Bridges, A. Meldrum, E: J. Baird
Boundary Umpire: P. Bock, C. Delany, A. Reardon, N. Swanson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Noah Anderson GCST 15 3
Ben King GCST 34 2
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Touk Miller GCST 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Noah Anderson GCST 15 7 0 1 1 0 0
Ben King GCST 34 7 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Holman GCST 39 4 0 0 0 2 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben INT 72% 3 1 20 14 6 9 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4
15 Anderson, Noah INT 78% 0 1 34 18 16 7 0 3 6 0 0 0 4 4
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 85% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bowes, Jack INT 86% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 2
29 Burgess, Chris RU 70% 0 1 11 8 3 5 7 2 3 1 0 1 1 3
25 Collins, Sam FB 91% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Corbett, Josh HFFR 82% 2 0 10 8 2 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
4 Ellis, Brandon WL 96% 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 4 2 4 1 1 5 4
50 Farrar, Jy HBFR 84% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Flanders, Sam FPR 72% 0 1 17 7 10 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 1
46 Graham, Caleb CHF 70% 0 0 7 3 4 2 11 0 3 3 1 2 0 1
1 Greenwood, Hugh BPL 83% 1 1 19 12 7 2 0 7 7 1 1 0 2 0
39 Holman, Nick HFFL 85% 1 0 23 14 9 7 0 13 2 4 2 2 0 5
34 King, Ben FF 84% 5 1 14 9 5 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
23 Lemmens, Sean WR 88% 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 7 0
13 Lukosius, Jack RR 87% 0 0 21 19 2 8 0 1 2 4 1 2 4 8
17 Markov, Oleg HBFL 81% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1
11 Miller, Touk RO 83% 0 0 36 19 17 4 0 9 9 1 3 0 4 6
27 Powell, Wil BPR 85% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 6 0
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 87% 2 0 18 9 9 3 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 4
6 Sexton, Alex SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Swallow, David (c) C 75% 0 1 31 18 13 7 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 3
14 Weller, Lachie INT 76% 1 0 17 6 11 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 15 10 396 246 150 114 20 79 44 39 19 16 44 52

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick WL 43% 0 1 7 3 4 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
2 Brand, Kaiden BPR 86% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
16 Campbell, Braeden SUB↑ 55% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 87% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 1
34 Dawson, Jordan CHB 93% 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 4 0 4 0 1 4 3
13 Florent, Oliver INT 83% 1 0 23 17 6 6 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 5
21 Gulden, Errol FPL 81% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 4
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 88% 1 0 9 5 4 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF 82% 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5
29 Hewett, George HBFL↓ 14% 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 77% 0 1 42 14 28 6 0 7 11 1 1 0 2 7
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 80% 0 0 35 16 19 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 2
27 McInerney, Justin WR 87% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4
41 McLean, Hayden FF 91% 2 0 8 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
43 Melican, Lewis FB 96% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
14 Mills, Callum RO 86% 0 0 34 18 16 10 0 7 7 3 1 1 5 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 92% 1 1 12 6 6 3 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 2
26 Parker, Luke C 79% 0 0 36 15 21 2 0 5 9 7 1 3 1 4
20 Reid, Sam FPR 79% 0 1 9 4 5 2 18 4 0 2 1 1 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 70% 1 0 16 15 1 4 0 5 3 1 1 1 3 4
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 86% 0 0 13 7 6 4 54 3 4 3 2 1 0 1
1 Warner, Chad INT 83% 1 0 23 17 6 3 0 4 4 5 1 2 0 3
45 Wicks, Sam INT 84% 1 0 11 9 2 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 6 391 216 175 90 76 71 41 51 15 19 36 53

B. Campbell replaced G. Hewett.

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
7 H. Cunningham 43 L. Melican 2 K. Brand 29 C. Burgess 9 B. Ainsworth
26 S. Flanders 34 B. King 22 I. Rankine 13 J. Lukosius 15 N. Anderson
FORWARD 11 T. Miller 3 J. Bowes
HALF-BACK

14 L. Weller
29 G. Hewett 34 J. Dawson 44 J. Lloyd

6 A. Sexton
19 J. Corbett 46 C. Graham 39 N. Holman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 N. Blakey 26 L. Parker 27 J. McInerney



23 S. Lemmens 24 D. Swallow (c) 4 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 13 O. Florent
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Kennedy 8 J. Rowbottom
11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 9 W. Hayward 14 C. Mills 1 C. Warner
50 J. Farrar 10 C. Ballard 17 O. Markov

45 S. Wicks
HALF-BACK

16 B. Campbell
FORWARD



21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 20 S. Reid



27 W. Powell 25 S. Collins 1 H. Greenwood



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Sam Reid behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:39
GCST Josh Corbett goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:33
GCST Ben King goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 07:12
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 09:49
GCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 13:31
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 16:55
GCST Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 22:42
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 24:47
SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 28:32
GCST Nick Holman goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 31:22
Q2 GCST Ben King goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 04:42
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 5.2.32 - 3.2.20 07:57
GCST Izak Rankine goal 6.2.38 - 3.2.20 11:52
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 7.2.44 - 3.2.20 16:24
GCST Izak Rankine goal 8.2.50 - 3.2.20 17:47
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 8.2.50 - 4.2.26 25:29
SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.2.50 - 4.3.27 26:56
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 8.2.50 - 4.4.28 28:20
Q3 GCST Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 4.4.28 02:20
GCST Ben King goal 9.3.57 - 4.4.28 05:33
GCST Ben King goal 10.3.63 - 4.4.28 08:45
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 11.3.69 - 4.4.28 12:10
GCST Sam Flanders behind 11.4.70 - 4.4.28 16:28
SYDN Rushed behind 11.4.70 - 4.5.29 17:15
GCST Ben King behind 11.5.71 - 4.5.29 20:46
GCST Ben King goal 12.5.77 - 4.5.29 22:36
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 12.5.77 - 5.5.35 27:45
GCST Chris Burgess behind 12.6.78 - 5.5.35 29:27
GCST Hugh Greenwood goal 13.6.84 - 5.5.35 30:51
Q4 SYDN James Rowbottom goal 13.6.84 - 6.5.41 01:44
GCST Noah Anderson behind 13.7.85 - 6.5.41 03:15
SYDN Will Hayward goal 13.7.85 - 7.5.47 05:18
GCST David Swallow behind 13.8.86 - 7.5.47 12:42
GCST Josh Corbett goal 14.8.92 - 7.5.47 14:19
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 14.9.93 - 7.5.47 15:42
GCST Hugh Greenwood behind 14.10.94 - 7.5.47 20:41
SYDN Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 7.6.48 22:59
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 14.10.94 - 8.6.54 23:50
GCST Lachie Weller goal 15.10.100 - 8.6.54 27:48
SYDN Chad Warner goal 15.10.100 - 9.6.60 30:30