2023 AFL 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 1 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Farrar, S. Collins, D. MacPherson
Half-back: B. Long, C. Ballard, C. Constable
Centre: B. Ainsworth, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Half-forward: J. Lukosius, M. Chol, J. Jeffrey
Forward: N. Holman, B. King, S. Flanders
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: L. Casboult, A. Davies, E. Hollands, B. Uwland
Sub.: B. Fiorini

Sydney
Back: T. McCartin, D. Rampe, B. Campbell
Half-back: N. Blakey, J. Lloyd, O. Florent
Centre: E. Gulden, C. Mills, J. McInerney
Half-forward: W. Hayward, H. McLean, H. Cunningham
Forward: T. Papley, L. Franklin, I. Heeney
Follower: P. Ladhams, L. Parker, C. Warner
Int.: P. McCartin, L. McDonald, J. Rowbottom, D. Stephens
Sub.: M. Roberts

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

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), S. Flanders (2), N. Anderson, N. Holman, J. Jeffrey, B. King, D. Swallow
Sydney: H. Cunningham (2), L. Franklin (2), L. McDonald (2), T. Papley (2), O. Florent, E. Gulden, W. Hayward, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd, H. McLean, C. Mills, D. Stephens

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 17th on the ladder and Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), unknown (Sydney)

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