2021 AFL Round 20: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 2021 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2021 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. David Swallow captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Gold Coast
Back: W. Powell, S. Collins, S. Lemmens
Half-back: J. Farrar, C. Burgess, C. Ballard
Centre: J. Lukosius, T. Miller, J. Sharp
Half-forward: S. Flanders, J. Jeffrey, A. Sexton
Forward: D. MacPherson, B. King, B. Ainsworth
Follower: Z. Smith, N. Anderson, D. Swallow (capt.)
Int.: J. Bowes, J. Corbett, B. Fiorini, M. Rowell
Sub.: W. Brodie

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Jordon

Gold Coast (4.6.30) were defeated by Melbourne (18.20.128).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: C. Burgess, J. Corbett, S. Flanders, A. Sexton
Melbourne: B. Brown (4), L. Jackson (4), B. Fritsch (2), M. Gawn (2), K. Pickett (2), T. McDonald, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 1 August 2021
Time: 12:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 4.6.30 - 18.20.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 3 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Melbourne 6 . 4 12 . 8 17 . 14 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 59 MELB by 95 MELB by 98 MELB by 98
Duration 33:03 30:53 31:44 27:08 2:02:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: David Swallow (Gold Coast), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Dore (#28), J. Howorth (#17), M. Nicholls (#15), E: N. Toner (#25)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, T. Lougoon, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 6 0 0 2 0 0
Luke Jackson MELB 6 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jake Lever MELB 8 3 0 0 0 1 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 82% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah RR 82% 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 4 2 7 1 1 3 2
10 Ballard, Charlie HBFR 97% 0 0 18 14 4 10 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0
3 Bowes, Jack INT 83% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 1
7 Brodie, Will SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Burgess, Chris CHB 85% 1 0 10 4 6 3 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
25 Collins, Sam FB 98% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 5 0
19 Corbett, Josh INT 79% 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 3
50 Farrar, Jy HBFL 84% 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 76% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 3
26 Flanders, Sam HFFL 78% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2
40 Jeffrey, Joel CHF 69% 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
34 King, Ben FF 83% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 89% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0 5 1 1 6 0
13 Lukosius, Jack WL 78% 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 13 2
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPL 74% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 7 2 4 1 1 1 0
11 Miller, Touk C 83% 0 1 34 19 15 2 0 10 7 8 4 1 2 6
27 Powell, Wil BPL 74% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 1
18 Rowell, Matt INT 68% 0 0 19 5 14 2 0 6 5 2 3 2 2 1
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 88% 1 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1
37 Sharp, Jeremy WR 92% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
32 Smith, Zac RU 75% 0 0 7 1 6 0 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
24 Swallow, David (c) RO 82% 0 1 26 17 9 9 0 3 0 2 0 2 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 4 6 320 198 122 89 25 61 28 62 16 16 53 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 81% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 81% 0 1 19 15 4 6 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 5
50 Brown, Ben FF 80% 4 1 12 10 2 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 68% 2 0 11 8 3 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 83% 2 1 16 14 2 5 31 1 4 1 0 0 0 3
4 Harmes, James INT 77% 0 3 24 10 14 5 0 8 3 4 3 2 1 4
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 83% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 77% 4 0 17 6 11 3 13 2 3 0 1 0 0 1
23 Jordon, James SUB↑ 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 89% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 97% 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
1 May, Steven FB 97% 0 1 16 14 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF↓ 64% 1 2 15 9 6 4 3 5 0 2 1 0 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 76% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 1 1 35 13 22 2 0 5 10 4 3 3 2 6
5 Petracca, Christian C 89% 1 0 32 19 13 10 0 5 6 5 0 1 2 10
35 Petty, Harry CHB 92% 0 0 8 6 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 79% 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 5
24 Rivers, Trent INT 69% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 5
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 81% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 74% 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 73% 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 3
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RO 78% 0 1 22 9 13 3 0 4 7 8 0 5 0 2
Rushed 7
Total (23 players) 18 20 386 231 155 106 49 63 41 47 16 16 23 71

J. Jordon replaced T. McDonald.

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
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 32 Z. Smith 3 J. Bowes
9 B. Ainsworth 34 B. King 44 D. MacPherson 15 N. Anderson 19 J. Corbett
FORWARD 24 D. Swallow (c) 8 B. Fiorini
HALF-BACK

18 M. Rowell
17 J. Bowey 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

7 W. Brodie
6 A. Sexton 40 J. Jeffrey 26 S. Flanders



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon



37 J. Sharp 11 T. Miller 13 J. Lukosius FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 9 C. Spargo 7 J. Viney (vc) 24 T. Rivers
10 C. Ballard 29 C. Burgess 50 J. Farrar

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

23 J. Jordon
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch



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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:18
MELB Tom McDonald goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:50
GCST Touk Miller behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:06
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 10:37
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 11:34
MELB Ben Brown goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 13:50
GCST Chris Burgess goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 15:42
GCST Alex Sexton goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 19:17
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.1.13 - 4.2.26 20:31
GCST Josh Corbett behind 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 24:55
GCST Josh Corbett goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 26:22
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 27:38
MELB Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 28:53
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 30:38
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.2.20 - 6.4.40 31:53
Q2 MELB Clayton Oliver goal 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 01:50
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.2.20 - 8.4.52 05:43
MELB James Harmes behind 3.2.20 - 8.5.53 07:51
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.2.20 - 9.5.59 08:53
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 3.2.20 - 10.5.65 11:51
MELB Max Gawn goal 3.2.20 - 11.5.71 13:54
GCST David Swallow behind 3.3.21 - 11.5.71 15:26
MELB James Harmes behind 3.3.21 - 11.6.72 16:28
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 3.3.21 - 11.7.73 19:32
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.3.21 - 12.7.79 22:58
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 12.8.80 30:06
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 12.9.81 01:06
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.3.21 - 13.9.87 04:14
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.3.21 - 14.9.93 05:56
MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 14.10.94 09:00
MELB Max Gawn goal 3.3.21 - 15.10.100 14:04
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 3.3.21 - 15.11.101 15:20
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.3.21 - 16.11.107 16:13
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 16.12.108 18:29
MELB Max Gawn behind 3.3.21 - 16.13.109 25:34
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.3.21 - 17.13.115 27:07
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 17.14.116 30:45
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.3.21 - 18.14.122 05:05
GCST Josh Corbett behind 3.4.22 - 18.14.122 07:01
MELB Steven May behind 3.4.22 - 18.15.123 11:55
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 3.4.22 - 18.16.124 14:43
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 18.17.125 15:27
MELB Ben Brown behind 3.4.22 - 18.18.126 17:12
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 3.5.23 - 18.18.126 19:31
GCST Sam Flanders goal 4.5.29 - 18.18.126 20:46
GCST Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 18.18.126 23:45
MELB Jack Viney behind 4.6.30 - 18.19.127 25:08
MELB James Harmes behind 4.6.30 - 18.20.128 26:20