2023 AFL Season 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 two of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (16.12.108) defeated Gold Coast (11.14.80).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

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

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