2023 AFL Season Round 1: Gold Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 18 March 2023 between Gold Coast and Sydney during round one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Gold Coast hosted Sydney at Heritage Bank Stadium. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Gold Coast (9.7.61) were defeated by Sydney (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Gold Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 18 March 2023
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Heritage Bank Stadium
Attendance: 13,648

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 9.7.61 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 1 3 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Sydney 5 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin SYDN by 21 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 48 SYDN by 49 SYDN by 49
Duration 30:20 30:52 33:42 31:38 2:06:32

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 (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Callum Mills SYDN 14 3
Chad Warner SYDN 1 2
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Chad Warner SYDN 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 8 0 2 0 0 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 4 0 0 0 2 0
Dylan Stephens SYDN 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jarrod Witts GCST 28 3 0 0 1 0 0
Will Hayward SYDN 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Callum Mills SYDN 14 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 WL 86% 2 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah RO 82% 1 1 17 10 7 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 1 3
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 91% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 1
30 Casboult, Levi INT↓ 36% 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1 Chol, Mabior CHF 83% 0 1 6 5 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 78% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 6 1 1 2 0
33 Constable, Charlie HBFR 81% 0 0 26 23 3 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 2
5 Davies, Alex INT 69% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 2
50 Farrar, Jy BPL 86% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 3 0 5 2 1 7 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden SUB↑ 39% 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1
3 Flanders, Sam FPR 83% 2 0 19 9 10 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 2
36 Hollands, Elijah INT 85% 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 1
7 Holman, Nick FPL 89% 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 4
40 Jeffrey, Joel HFFR 72% 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 0
34 King, Ben FF 74% 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
22 Long, Ben HBFL 88% 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 4 0
13 Lukosius, Jack HFFL 76% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 6
44 MacPherson, Darcy BPR 86% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
11 Miller, Touk C 84% 0 0 29 13 16 1 0 8 7 5 2 0 3 5
18 Rowell, Matt RR 88% 0 0 28 17 11 2 0 8 9 4 4 2 2 3
24 Swallow, David WR 76% 1 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 1
32 Uwland, Bodhi INT 79% 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 5 2
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 87% 0 1 25 15 10 5 51 1 10 4 4 1 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 7 366 225 141 56 56 60 46 78 21 15 48 44

B. Fiorini replaced L. Casboult.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 76% 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 4 0 5 0 0 6 3
16 Campbell, Braeden BPR 89% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 3
7 Cunningham, Harry HFFR 84% 2 1 13 9 4 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
13 Florent, Oliver HBFR 91% 1 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2
23 Franklin, Lance FF 77% 2 1 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 7 1 4 0 2
21 Gulden, Errol WL 82% 1 1 24 18 6 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 10
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 79% 1 3 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 3
5 Heeney, Isaac FPR 83% 1 2 12 8 4 3 0 3 2 4 3 0 2 0
19 Ladhams, Peter RU↓ 74% 0 0 20 7 13 4 15 3 5 5 1 3 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake CHB 86% 1 0 28 15 13 9 0 2 0 2 1 2 5 0
39 McCartin, Paddy INT 73% 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 4 0
30 McCartin, Tom BPL 89% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 72% 2 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
27 McInerney, Justin WR 76% 0 0 23 15 8 7 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 4
2 McLean, Hayden CHF 78% 1 0 11 4 7 4 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
14 Mills, Callum C 82% 1 0 19 8 11 2 0 7 6 3 1 0 0 2
11 Papley, Tom FPL 86% 2 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 7 3 0 1 0 7
26 Parker, Luke RR 82% 0 0 25 9 16 1 0 6 4 2 0 1 0 3
24 Rampe, Dane FB 89% 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1
34 Roberts, Matt SUB↑ 12% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
8 Rowbottom, James INT 75% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 10 3 4 0 1 0 7
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 80% 1 0 27 19 8 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 3
1 Warner, Chad RO 84% 0 3 30 21 9 3 0 8 3 6 1 3 0 8
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 14 417 259 158 89 22 84 39 68 15 21 34 64

M. Roberts replaced P. Ladhams.

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
30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 16 B. Campbell 28 J. Witts 30 L. Casboult
3 S. Flanders 34 B. King 7 N. Holman 18 M. Rowell 5 A. Davies
FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 36 E. Hollands
HALF-BACK

32 B. Uwland
22 N. Blakey 44 J. Lloyd 13 O. Florent

8 B. Fiorini
40 J. Jeffrey 1 M. Chol 13 J. Lukosius



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 E. Gulden 14 C. Mills 27 J. McInerney



24 D. Swallow 11 T. Miller 9 B. Ainsworth FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 P. Ladhams 39 P. McCartin
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 6 L. McDonald
9 W. Hayward 2 H. McLean 7 H. Cunningham 1 C. Warner 8 J. Rowbottom
33 C. Constable 10 C. Ballard 22 B. Long

3 D. Stephens
HALF-BACK

34 M. Roberts
FORWARD



11 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 5 I. Heeney



44 D. MacPherson 25 S. Collins 50 J. Farrar



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Noah Anderson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:15
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 01:41
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 03:50
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 10:48
SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 12:15
SYDN Dylan Stephens goal 0.1.1 - 4.1.25 13:51
SYDN Will Hayward behind 0.1.1 - 4.2.26 15:38
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.1.1 - 4.3.27 16:52
SYDN Chad Warner behind 0.1.1 - 4.4.28 19:01
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 0.1.1 - 5.4.34 23:12
GCST Noah Anderson goal 1.1.7 - 5.4.34 27:35
GCST Sam Flanders goal 2.1.13 - 5.4.34 30:16
Q2 GCST David Swallow goal 3.1.19 - 5.4.34 00:23
GCST Jarrod Witts behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 11:18
SYDN Will Hayward behind 3.2.20 - 5.5.35 13:33
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 3.2.20 - 6.5.41 14:31
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.2.20 - 7.5.47 18:00
SYDN Will Hayward behind 3.2.20 - 7.6.48 19:37
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 3.2.20 - 7.7.49 24:04
Q3 SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.2.20 - 8.7.55 00:21
GCST Mabior Chol behind 3.3.21 - 8.7.55 04:09
GCST Joel Jeffrey goal 4.3.27 - 8.7.55 04:59
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 4.3.27 - 9.7.61 06:26
SYDN Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 9.8.62 09:31
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 4.3.27 - 10.8.68 10:45
SYDN Chad Warner behind 4.3.27 - 10.9.69 11:59
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 4.3.27 - 11.9.75 13:27
GCST Ben King goal 5.3.33 - 11.9.75 15:14
SYDN Callum Mills goal 5.3.33 - 12.9.81 19:26
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 5.3.33 - 12.10.82 24:58
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 5.3.33 - 13.10.88 27:43
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 5.4.34 - 13.10.88 29:35
GCST Nick Holman goal 6.4.40 - 13.10.88 32:37
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 13.11.89 01:45
GCST Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 13.11.89 02:44
SYDN Harry Cunningham behind 6.5.41 - 13.12.90 04:16
SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.5.41 - 14.12.96 09:34
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 7.5.47 - 14.12.96 11:47
GCST Elijah Hollands behind 7.6.48 - 14.12.96 13:36
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 7.6.48 - 15.12.102 16:23
GCST Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 15.12.102 18:04
GCST Sam Flanders goal 8.7.55 - 15.12.102 19:41
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 9.7.61 - 15.12.102 20:49
SYDN Chad Warner behind 9.7.61 - 15.13.103 22:00
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 9.7.61 - 15.14.104 28:01
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 9.7.61 - 16.14.110 30:31