2022 AFL Round 2: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2022 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2022 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at Metricon Stadium. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Gold Coast
Back: D. Swallow, S. Collins, S. Lemmens
Half-back: R. Atkins, C. Ballard, W. Powell
Centre: J. Sharp, T. Miller, B. Ellis
Half-forward: N. Holman, L. Casboult, J. Lukosius
Forward: S. Flanders, M. Chol, B. Ainsworth
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: A. Davies, B. Fiorini, C. Graham, A. Sexton
Sub.: D. MacPherson

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

Gold Coast (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: N. Anderson (2), L. Casboult (2), J. Lukosius (2), M. Chol, A. Davies, B. Fiorini, J. Sharp
Melbourne: B. Brown (2), L. Jackson (2), K. Pickett (2), B. Fritsch, M. Gawn, J. Harmes, T. McDonald, C. Oliver, J. Viney

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 March 2022
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 8,280

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 3 . 1 9 . 1 12 . 5 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 14 MELB by 22 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration 31:33 35:40 30:45 28:01 2:05:59

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), C. Fleer (#26), E. Glouftsis (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Touk Miller GCST 11 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Jackson MELB 6 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Jake Bowey MELB 17 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Touk Miller GCST 11 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 ? ? ? ?

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 87% 0 2 15 12 3 6 0 1 0 4 1 2 1 5
15 Anderson, Noah RO 83% 2 0 25 17 8 2 0 3 8 5 1 1 1 5
2 Atkins, Rory HBFL 88% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 86% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
30 Casboult, Levi CHF 97% 2 1 13 12 1 9 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 4
1 Chol, Mabior FF 78% 1 2 8 8 0 3 11 3 0 4 2 1 2 3
25 Collins, Sam FB 95% 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 0 4 2 1 4 2
5 Davies, Alex INT 65% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 90% 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 2 1 4 0 1 4 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 78% 1 1 25 18 7 2 0 5 1 8 1 0 3 6
26 Flanders, Sam FPL 56% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
46 Graham, Caleb INT 76% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 Holman, Nick HFFL 72% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 3
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 85% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Lukosius, Jack HFFR 87% 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3
44 MacPherson, Darcy SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Miller, Touk C 89% 0 1 38 24 14 6 0 7 9 4 0 0 7 9
27 Powell, Wil HBFR 83% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 0
18 Rowell, Matt RR 84% 0 0 19 6 13 0 0 4 5 8 1 5 1 3
6 Sexton, Alex INT 67% 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sharp, Jeremy WL 94% 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2
24 Swallow, David BPL 84% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 3 4 4 0 1 3 5
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 76% 0 0 10 4 6 4 38 3 4 2 2 2 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 9 300 199 101 73 49 51 40 66 17 20 41 60

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bedford, Toby SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 72% 0 0 34 24 10 9 0 1 1 2 2 0 7 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 80% 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2
50 Brown, Ben CHF 83% 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 79% 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 1 0 18 13 5 2 18 1 5 5 2 2 1 0
4 Harmes, James INT 70% 1 0 21 9 12 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 87% 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 81% 2 0 21 11 10 5 16 4 7 2 3 1 1 4
23 Jordon, James WL 70% 0 0 22 5 17 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 3
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 24 21 3 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 15 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 74% 1 0 9 5 4 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 81% 0 1 23 13 10 7 0 9 3 1 0 0 3 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 89% 1 1 34 19 15 4 0 4 13 5 1 1 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 86% 0 2 40 23 17 6 0 3 6 5 1 0 0 14
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 84% 2 1 12 9 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 72% 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 4 0 5 1 2 3 1
44 Smith, Joel BPR 90% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 0 4 1 3 1 1
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 72% 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 5
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 70% 0 2 18 6 12 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 23 16 7 9 0 2 0 5 0 3 7 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 79% 1 0 23 12 11 2 0 6 4 7 3 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 10 422 253 169 92 35 64 47 61 20 17 49 55

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 44 J. Smith 28 J. Witts 5 A. Davies
9 B. Ainsworth 1 M. Chol 26 S. Flanders 18 M. Rowell 8 B. Fiorini
FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 46 C. Graham
HALF-BACK

6 A. Sexton
10 A. Brayshaw 20 A. Tomlinson 17 J. Bowey

44 D. MacPherson
13 J. Lukosius 30 L. Casboult 7 N. Holman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 J. Jordon 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon



4 B. Ellis 11 T. Miller 20 J. Sharp FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 6 L. Jackson
9 C. Spargo 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 7 J. Viney 24 T. Rivers
27 W. Powell 10 C. Ballard 2 R. Atkins

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

12 T. Bedford
FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 25 T. McDonald 36 K. Pickett



23 S. Lemmens 25 S. Collins 24 D. Swallow



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Levi Casboult behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:36
GCST Jeremy Sharp goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:10
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 08:51
GCST Touk Miller behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 11:04
GCST Levi Casboult goal 2.3.15 - 0.0.0 11:49
MELB Max Gawn goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 20:19
MELB Ben Brown goal 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 23:21
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 26:46
MELB Luke Jackson goal 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 29:23
Q2 MELB Jack Viney goal 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 03:01
GCST Mabior Chol goal 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 05:06
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.3.21 - 5.1.31 06:27
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 3.3.21 - 6.1.37 07:53
GCST Alex Davies goal 4.3.27 - 6.1.37 11:57
GCST Noah Anderson goal 5.3.33 - 6.1.37 13:14
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 5.4.34 - 6.1.37 17:54
GCST Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 6.1.37 21:30
MELB Ben Brown goal 5.5.35 - 7.1.43 23:14
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 6.5.41 - 7.1.43 26:53
MELB Luke Jackson goal 6.5.41 - 8.1.49 29:34
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.5.41 - 9.1.55 33:00
Q3 GCST Levi Casboult goal 7.5.47 - 9.1.55 00:49
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.5.47 - 10.1.61 02:43
GCST Mabior Chol behind 7.6.48 - 10.1.61 04:06
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 8.6.54 - 10.1.61 05:58
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 8.6.54 - 10.2.62 08:09
MELB James Harmes goal 8.6.54 - 11.2.68 13:29
MELB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 11.3.69 18:04
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 8.6.54 - 11.4.70 18:46
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.6.54 - 12.4.76 23:08
GCST Alex Sexton behind 8.7.55 - 12.4.76 24:44
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 8.7.55 - 12.5.77 30:39
Q4 GCST Mabior Chol behind 8.8.56 - 12.5.77 02:53
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.8.56 - 12.6.78 04:01
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 8.8.56 - 12.7.79 08:22
GCST Noah Anderson goal 9.8.62 - 12.7.79 12:05
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 9.8.62 - 12.8.80 13:40
MELB Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 12.9.81 14:37
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.8.62 - 12.10.82 17:08
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 9.9.63 - 12.10.82 19:01
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 10.9.69 - 12.10.82 25:14