2021 AFL Season Round 18: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2021 between Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs during round eighteen of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted the Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium. David Swallow captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Gold Coast (11.13.79) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (14.6.90).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 17 July 2021
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 8,244

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.13.79 - 14.6.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 4 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 5 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Margin GCST by 5 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 16 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 11
Duration 30:46 32:23 31:12 33:17 2:07:38

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: David Swallow
Coach: Stuart Dew

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Dore (#28)
N. Foot (#2)
A. Whetton (#19)
E: N. Williamson (#22)

Goal Umpires

M. Bridges
A. Meldrum
E: M. Craig

Boundary Umpires

P. Bock
C. Delany
D. Kowalski
N. Swanson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 2
Jeremy Sharp GCST 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Alex Keath WBUL 42 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Collins GCST 25 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 FPR 78% 3 1 13 13 0 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
15 Anderson, Noah INT 67% 0 2 23 9 14 1 0 5 5 2 1 1 1 3
2 Atkins, Rory SUB↑ 79% 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 97% 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
3 Bowes, Jack INT 88% 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 4
29 Burgess, Chris CHF 80% 0 0 7 3 4 1 24 1 2 2 3 2 0 2
25 Collins, Sam FB 96% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 0
19 Corbett, Josh RR 83% 0 2 10 9 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3
4 Ellis, Brandon WL↓ 5% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden HFFL 76% 0 0 32 13 19 4 0 6 7 6 2 2 3 3
26 Flanders, Sam HBFR 74% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 5 2 2 3 0 1 3
46 Graham, Caleb RU 78% 0 0 9 5 4 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Holman, Nick HFFR 81% 3 0 16 13 3 6 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 3
34 King, Ben FF 94% 2 2 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 90% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 0
13 Lukosius, Jack HBFL 84% 0 1 22 16 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4
11 Miller, Touk C 88% 0 0 38 11 27 2 0 7 9 7 1 4 2 5
27 Powell, Wil BPL 82% 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 2 5 1 3 6 1
22 Rankine, Izak FPL 72% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
18 Rowell, Matt INT 68% 0 0 16 3 13 1 0 4 7 1 2 1 1 1
6 Sexton, Alex INT 72% 3 4 17 14 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
37 Sharp, Jeremy WR 88% 0 0 30 24 6 10 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 1
24 Swallow, David (c) RO 79% 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 13 378 230 148 99 33 59 37 54 21 20 41 45

R. Atkins replaced B. Ellis during the first quarter.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 88% 0 0 36 17 19 2 0 5 9 15 5 5 2 7
17 Bruce, Josh FF 85% 1 1 14 7 7 3 7 1 3 6 0 1 1 3
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 96% 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Crozier, Hayden INT 76% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 30 20 10 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 8 5
35 Daniel, Caleb BPL 77% 1 0 23 7 16 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 0
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 75% 0 0 21 6 15 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 2 1
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 86% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4
44 English, Tim RU 79% 1 1 14 8 6 0 37 2 6 3 2 1 0 1
38 Garcia, Riley INT 82% 0 0 16 4 12 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 4
7 Hunter, Lachie FPR 83% 0 0 27 14 13 6 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 2
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 82% 2 1 14 9 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 16 7 9 7 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
11 Macrae, Jack RR 79% 2 0 31 14 17 1 0 1 8 2 1 2 2 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 74% 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 2
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 86% 1 0 9 2 7 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
20 Richards, Ed WR 81% 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0
28 Scott, Anthony SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Smith, Bailey C 81% 0 0 33 13 20 2 0 4 9 6 0 1 2 7
37 Smith, Roarke WL 78% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
22 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FPL 69% 3 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
19 Weightman, Cody HFFR 82% 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 78% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 6 392 201 191 70 46 42 47 67 20 21 33 56

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
35 C. Daniel 42 A. Keath 34 B. Williams 46 C. Graham 15 N. Anderson
9 B. Ainsworth 34 B. King 22 I. Rankine 19 J. Corbett 3 J. Bowes
FORWARD 24 D. Swallow (c) 18 M. Rowell
HALF-BACK

6 A. Sexton
15 T. Duryea 12 Z. Cordy 31 B. Dale

2 R. Atkins
39 N. Holman 29 C. Burgess 8 B. Fiorini



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 R. Smith 6 B. Smith 20 E. Richards



37 J. Sharp 11 T. Miller 4 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 9 H. Crozier
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 5 J. Dunkley
39 J. Johannisen 33 A. Naughton 19 C. Weightman 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 38 R. Garcia
26 S. Flanders 10 C. Ballard 13 J. Lukosius

30 L. McNeil
HALF-BACK

28 A. Scott
FORWARD



22 J. Ugle-Hagan 17 J. Bruce 7 L. Hunter



23 S. Lemmens 25 S. Collins 27 W. Powell



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 05:15
WBUL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 08:23
GCST Nick Holman goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 09:32
GCST Nick Holman goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 11:44
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 18:18
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 20:44
GCST Nick Holman goal 4.0.24 - 2.1.13 25:13
GCST Alex Sexton behind 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 27:00
WBUL Tim English behind 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 29:22
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 30:44
Q2 WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 03:41
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 4.1.25 - 5.2.32 06:48
WBUL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 5.3.33 08:09
GCST Alex Sexton behind 4.2.26 - 5.3.33 08:48
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 4.2.26 - 6.3.39 09:36
GCST Josh Corbett behind 4.3.27 - 6.3.39 12:32
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 4.3.27 - 7.3.45 16:58
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 4.3.27 - 7.4.46 19:34
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 5.3.33 - 7.4.46 21:01
WBUL Tim English goal 5.3.33 - 8.4.52 23:43
GCST Alex Sexton goal 6.3.39 - 8.4.52 25:21
GCST Ben King behind 6.4.40 - 8.4.52 31:02
GCST Noah Anderson behind 6.5.41 - 8.4.52 31:28
Q3 GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 7.5.47 - 8.4.52 04:00
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 7.5.47 - 8.5.53 08:53
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 7.5.47 - 9.5.59 12:31
GCST Alex Sexton goal 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 14:39
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 8.5.53 - 10.5.65 21:57
GCST Rory Atkins behind 8.6.54 - 10.5.65 25:08
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 8.6.54 - 11.5.71 27:17
GCST Ben King behind 8.7.55 - 11.5.71 29:52
Q4 GCST Jack Lukosius behind 8.8.56 - 11.5.71 01:21
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 8.8.56 - 12.5.77 02:58
WBUL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 12.6.78 04:51
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 8.8.56 - 13.6.84 05:55
GCST Noah Anderson behind 8.9.57 - 13.6.84 11:53
GCST Alex Sexton behind 8.10.58 - 13.6.84 13:39
GCST Ben King goal 9.10.64 - 13.6.84 17:38
GCST Alex Sexton goal 10.10.70 - 13.6.84 20:39
GCST Alex Sexton behind 10.11.71 - 13.6.84 23:45
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 10.11.71 - 14.6.90 27:50
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 10.12.72 - 14.6.90 29:50
GCST Josh Corbett behind 10.13.73 - 14.6.90 31:04
GCST Ben King goal 11.13.79 - 14.6.90 31:56