2023 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2023 between Essendon and Gold Coast during round 2 of the 2023 AFL season. Essendon hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: K. Langford, W. Setterfield, A. Phillips
Half-forward: S. Durham, H. Jones, J. Menzie
Forward: A. Davey, M. D'Ambrosio, A. Perkins
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (capt.), D. Parish
Int.: J. Caldwell, D. Heppell, N. Martin, D. Shiel
Sub.: M. Guelfi

Gold Coast
Back: L. Weller, S. Collins, D. MacPherson
Half-back: B. Long, C. Ballard, C. Constable
Centre: J. Lukosius, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, L. Casboult, M. Rosas
Forward: N. Holman, B. King, E. Hollands
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: B. Fiorini, S. Flanders, J. Jeffrey, B. Uwland
Sub.: A. Sexton

Essendon (16.12.108) defeated Gold Coast (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (5), M. Guelfi (2), J. Menzie (2), D. Shiel (2), A. Davey, N. Martin, A. Perkins, A. Phillips, W. Setterfield
Gold Coast: L. Casboult (2), B. King (2), B. Ainsworth, B. Fiorini, E. Hollands, J. Jeffrey, J. Lukosius, A. Sexton, J. Witts

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Gold Coast were then 16th on the ladder (up from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 26 March 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 32,915

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.12.108 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 6 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Gold Coast 3 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 6 level ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration 30:36 32:47 32:28 31:33 2:07:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Gold Coast)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 2
Matt Rowell GCST 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Mason Redman ESSE 27 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Will Setterfield ESSE 12 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher ESSE 30 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 79% 0 1 15 7 8 2 0 7 2 1 2 1 1 5
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo FF 79% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
33 Davey, Alwyn FPL 78% 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 2 10 6 4 5 24 1 3 3 0 2 2 0
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 82% 0 1 20 8 12 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 1
35 Guelfi, Matt SUB↑ 33% 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT↓ 58% 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
23 Jones, Harry CHF 82% 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
29 Kelly, Jake HBFL 95% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 3
4 Langford, Kyle WL 86% 5 2 14 12 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden CHB 95% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
37 Martin, Nic INT 84% 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 0
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 81% 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 5 3
47 Menzie, Jye HFFR 84% 2 0 8 6 2 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 85% 0 1 31 16 15 4 0 3 4 3 0 1 1 7
3 Parish, Darcy RO 67% 0 0 30 16 14 2 0 6 11 5 3 2 5 7
16 Perkins, Archie FPR 84% 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2
34 Phillips, Andrew WR 66% 1 0 7 4 3 0 14 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
27 Redman, Mason BPL 81% 0 1 22 17 5 7 0 6 0 4 2 2 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan FB 92% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 0
12 Setterfield, Will C 83% 1 0 28 17 11 4 0 9 5 2 3 0 1 10
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 68% 2 0 27 12 15 3 0 4 7 4 0 0 4 4
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 79% 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 16 12 367 213 154 90 38 66 36 54 18 18 44 57

M. Guelfi replaced D. Heppell.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFL 82% 1 2 19 9 10 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 5
15 Anderson, Noah RO 88% 0 2 25 18 7 4 0 1 7 2 0 1 2 5
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 95% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
30 Casboult, Levi CHF 80% 2 0 8 3 5 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 98% 0 0 17 10 7 11 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0
33 Constable, Charlie HBFR 86% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 2 2 2 1 1 8 3
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT↓ 55% 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
3 Flanders, Sam INT 63% 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Hollands, Elijah FPR 83% 1 0 10 9 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
7 Holman, Nick FPL 78% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 1 2 4 1 3 0 3
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 63% 1 2 11 10 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 3
34 King, Ben FF 86% 2 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
22 Long, Ben HBFL 90% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 2
13 Lukosius, Jack WL 87% 1 1 17 15 2 6 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 3
44 MacPherson, Darcy BPR 84% 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3
11 Miller, Touk C 92% 0 0 31 24 7 3 0 5 5 10 2 5 5 5
41 Rosas, Malcolm HFFR 63% 0 3 11 7 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
18 Rowell, Matt RR 86% 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 6 10 2 1 0 0 8
6 Sexton, Alex SUB↑ 30% 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
24 Swallow, David WR 75% 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 5 4 2 1 0 0 5
32 Uwland, Bodhi INT 71% 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 0
14 Weller, Lachie BPL 77% 0 1 24 18 6 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 90% 1 0 12 6 6 4 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 14 331 216 115 91 39 48 42 46 18 18 41 57

A. Sexton replaced B. Fiorini.

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

Essendon Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 L. Weller 25 S. Collins 44 D. MacPherson 2 S. Draper 6 J. Caldwell
16 A. Perkins 42 M. D'Ambrosio 33 A. Davey 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 37 N. Martin
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
22 B. Long 10 C. Ballard 33 C. Constable

35 M. Guelfi
47 J. Menzie 23 H. Jones 22 S. Durham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 J. Lukosius 11 T. Miller 24 D. Swallow



34 A. Phillips 12 W. Setterfield 4 K. Langford FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 8 B. Fiorini
HALF-FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 3 S. Flanders
9 B. Ainsworth 30 L. Casboult 41 M. Rosas 15 N. Anderson 40 J. Jeffrey
1 A. McGrath (vc) 15 J. Laverde 29 J. Kelly

32 B. Uwland
HALF-BACK

6 A. Sexton
FORWARD



7 N. Holman 34 B. King 36 E. Hollands



30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 14 J. Ridley 27 M. Redman



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Jack Lukosius goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 05:12
GCST Noah Anderson behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 07:36
GCST Elijah Hollands goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 09:39
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 15:06
ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 17:15
ESSE Sam Durham behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 18:29
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 19:24
GCST Joel Jeffrey goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 21:45
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 22:58
ESSE Sam Draper behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 24:44
ESSE Mason Redman behind 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 28:30
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 30:26
Q2 ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 00:37
GCST Levi Casboult goal 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 03:50
GCST David Swallow behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 05:54
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 08:47
GCST Noah Anderson behind 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 15:54
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 17:22
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 5.4.34 - 5.5.35 19:21
ESSE Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 5.5.35 21:11
GCST Levi Casboult goal 5.5.35 - 6.5.41 22:01
ESSE Sam Draper behind 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 23:45
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 26:08
ESSE Nic Martin goal 7.6.48 - 6.5.41 30:44
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 7.6.48 - 6.6.42 32:39
Q3 GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 7.6.48 - 6.7.43 01:33
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 7.6.48 - 6.8.44 03:15
GCST Ben King goal 7.6.48 - 7.8.50 07:03
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 7.6.48 - 8.8.56 09:07
GCST Jarrod Witts goal 7.6.48 - 9.8.62 11:48
ESSE Andrew Phillips goal 8.6.54 - 9.8.62 14:43
ESSE Will Setterfield goal 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 18:28
GCST Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 9.9.63 19:55
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 9.6.60 - 9.10.64 20:44
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 9.6.60 - 9.11.65 21:41
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.6.66 - 9.11.65 24:59
GCST Alex Sexton goal 10.6.66 - 10.11.71 28:49
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.6.72 - 10.11.71 30:24
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 11.6.72 - 10.12.72 31:57
Q4 ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 11.7.73 - 10.12.72 01:51
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 12.7.79 - 10.12.72 02:59
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 12.8.80 - 10.12.72 04:42
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 13.8.86 - 10.12.72 08:39
GCST Alex Sexton behind 13.8.86 - 10.13.73 12:32
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 13.9.87 - 10.13.73 15:59
GCST Ben King goal 13.9.87 - 11.13.79 17:11
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 14.9.93 - 11.13.79 20:10
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 15.9.99 - 11.13.79 22:34
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 15.10.100 - 11.13.79 23:45
GCST Lachie Weller behind 15.10.100 - 11.14.80 26:52
ESSE Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 11.14.80 28:09
ESSE Rushed behind 15.12.102 - 11.14.80 28:53
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 16.12.108 - 11.14.80 30:32