2021 AFL Round 22: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2021 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 22 of the 2021 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at GMHBA Stadium. David Swallow captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

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

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, J. Stewart, T. Cutler
Half-back: M. Guelfi, J. Ridley, N. Hind
Centre: D. Heppell (capt.), Z. Merrett, S. Durham
Half-forward: W. Snelling, A. Francis, D. Shiel
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, D. Smith
Follower: S. Draper, D. Parish, D. Clarke
Int.: A. McGrath, A. Perkins, M. Redman, A. Waterman
Sub.: M. Gleeson

Gold Coast (4.6.30) were defeated by Essendon (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: J. Corbett, B. Fiorini, J. Jeffrey, J. Townsend
Essendon: J. Stringer (5), M. Guelfi (2), A. Waterman (2), D. Clarke, S. Durham, N. Hind, A. Perkins, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 15 August 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 4.6.30 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Essendon 2 . 2 8 . 8 12 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin level ESSE by 34 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 68 ESSE by 68
Duration 30:47 32:37 27:34 26:15 1:57:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: David Swallow (Gold Coast), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), S. Meredith (#21), R. O'Gorman (#10), E: J. Strybos (#41)
Goal Umpire: M. Bridges, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, L. Rayner, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 3
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 2
Sam Draper ESSE 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 10 2 0 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nick Hind ESSE 19 3 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1 0 0 0 0 1
Touk Miller GCST 11 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 80% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2
15 Anderson, Noah RR 84% 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2
2 Atkins, Rory SUB↑ 14% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 93% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0
3 Bowes, Jack RO 72% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 1
29 Burgess, Chris HBFL 79% 0 0 6 3 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 93% 0 0 19 9 10 13 0 2 0 5 0 3 1 1
19 Corbett, Josh FPL 85% 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
50 Farrar, Jy INT 73% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 73% 1 0 30 15 15 6 0 1 5 3 1 0 7 3
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 66% 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
34 King, Ben FF 94% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR↓ 72% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1
13 Lukosius, Jack CHF 88% 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 3 0 2 1 1 9 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy WL 82% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 4 1 5 1 1 1 2
11 Miller, Touk C 79% 0 0 30 9 21 0 0 3 5 4 1 0 2 3
27 Powell, Wil BPL 79% 0 0 20 13 7 0 0 3 0 8 2 2 5 1
18 Rowell, Matt INT 77% 0 0 13 2 11 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 77% 0 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5
37 Sharp, Jeremy WR 94% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 5
32 Smith, Zac RU 76% 0 0 5 0 5 0 18 1 3 1 1 1 0 1
24 Swallow, David (c) HBFR 86% 0 0 23 15 8 7 0 3 3 3 1 0 5 3
21 Townsend, Jacob HFFL 84% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 10 1 4 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 4 6 345 205 140 92 23 32 31 72 17 22 45 46

R. Atkins replaced S. Lemmens.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Clarke, Dylan RO 82% 1 0 15 4 11 4 0 2 3 5 1 3 1 3
12 Cutler, Tom BPR 85% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 79% 0 0 10 8 2 3 24 0 5 4 1 2 1 3
42 Durham, Sam WR 80% 1 1 20 8 12 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0
10 Francis, Aaron CHF 81% 0 2 15 9 6 5 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 4
8 Gleeson, Martin SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Guelfi, Matt HBFL 78% 2 1 15 9 6 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WL 76% 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 4
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 81% 1 0 30 21 9 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 3
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 93% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 1
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 74% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 82% 0 0 31 12 19 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 3 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 80% 0 1 34 17 17 7 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 6
16 Perkins, Archie INT 68% 1 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 3
27 Redman, Mason INT 87% 0 0 30 16 14 6 0 2 0 5 0 2 6 4
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 91% 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 2
9 Shiel, Dylan HFFR 84% 0 0 21 8 13 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 4
5 Smith, Devon FPR 82% 1 2 13 7 6 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 3
40 Snelling, Will HFFL 87% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 4
17 Stewart, James FB 86% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 85% 5 1 19 14 5 4 0 1 4 3 2 1 2 5
45 Waterman, Alec INT 79% 2 1 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 79% 0 1 8 6 2 4 10 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 14 405 222 183 94 34 35 37 57 22 17 42 61

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
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 12 T. Cutler 32 Z. Smith 50 J. Farrar
9 B. Ainsworth 34 B. King 19 J. Corbett 15 N. Anderson 8 B. Fiorini
FORWARD 3 J. Bowes 40 J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK

18 M. Rowell
35 M. Guelfi 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

2 R. Atkins
6 A. Sexton 13 J. Lukosius 21 J. Townsend



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 D. Heppell (c) 7 Z. Merrett 42 S. Durham



37 J. Sharp 11 T. Miller 44 D. MacPherson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 1 A. McGrath
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 16 A. Perkins
40 W. Snelling 10 A. Francis 9 D. Shiel 37 D. Clarke 27 M. Redman
24 D. Swallow (c) 10 C. Ballard 29 C. Burgess

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

8 M. Gleeson
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 5 D. Smith



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:38
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 08:10
GCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 13:28
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 15:31
GCST Joel Jeffrey goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 21:46
GCST Josh Corbett goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 25:05
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 27:21
ESSE Aaron Francis behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 30:45
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 00:51
GCST Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 01:56
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 02:52
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 04:09
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 06:41
ESSE Sam Durham goal 2.3.15 - 6.3.39 12:39
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 15:06
ESSE Peter Wright behind 2.3.15 - 6.5.41 16:49
ESSE Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 6.6.42 17:24
GCST Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 6.6.42 18:01
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.4.16 - 7.6.48 23:03
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 3.4.22 - 7.6.48 24:53
ESSE Aaron Francis behind 3.4.22 - 7.7.49 26:43
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 3.4.22 - 8.7.55 30:00
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 3.4.22 - 8.8.56 31:17
Q3 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.4.22 - 9.8.62 01:35
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 3.4.22 - 9.9.63 03:31
ESSE Devon Smith behind 3.4.22 - 9.10.64 04:41
GCST Alex Sexton behind 3.5.23 - 9.10.64 07:05
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 3.5.23 - 10.10.70 08:52
GCST Josh Corbett behind 3.6.24 - 10.10.70 10:26
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.6.24 - 10.11.71 12:32
ESSE Nick Hind goal 3.6.24 - 11.11.77 18:57
ESSE Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 11.12.78 23:52
ESSE Devon Smith goal 3.6.24 - 12.12.84 27:31
Q4 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.6.24 - 13.12.90 01:38
ESSE Dylan Clarke goal 3.6.24 - 14.12.96 04:49
ESSE Sam Durham behind 3.6.24 - 14.13.97 10:52
GCST Jacob Townsend goal 4.6.30 - 14.13.97 12:44
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.6.30 - 14.14.98 17:16