2023 AFL Round 6: Gold Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 2023 between Gold Coast and North Melbourne during round 6 of the 2023 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted North Melbourne at Heritage Bank Stadium. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Gold Coast
Back: S. Lemmens, S. Collins, D. MacPherson
Half-back: B. Long, C. Ballard, W. Powell
Centre: L. Weller, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, M. Chol, B. Ellis
Forward: N. Holman, B. King, J. Lukosius
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: M. Andrew, L. Casboult, B. Fiorini, M. Rosas
Sub.: B. Humphrey

North Melbourne
Back: G. Logue, B. McKay, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Ziebell, A. Corr, D. Tucker
Centre: B. Scott, B. Cunnington, H. Sheezel
Half-forward: J. Stephenson, C. Comben, C. Taylor
Forward: C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Powell
Int.: P. Curtis, A. Hall, D. Howe, W. Phillips
Sub.: L. Shiels

Gold Coast (14.13.97) defeated North Melbourne (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (5), B. Ainsworth (2), M. Chol (2), B. Humphrey (2), N. Holman, J. Lukosius, J. Witts
North Melbourne: J. Stephenson (2), N. Larkey, L. Shiels, C. Taylor, D. Tucker, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 14th on the ladder (up from 16th) and North Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Gold Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 23 April 2023
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Heritage Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,672

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 4 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin GCST by 19 GCST by 21 GCST by 41 GCST by 43 GCST by 43
Duration 28:19 29:47 30:09 33:28 2:01:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Noah Anderson GCST 15 3
Ben King GCST 34 2
Lachie Weller GCST 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Noah Anderson GCST 15 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ben King GCST 34 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Lachie Weller GCST 14 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ben Ainsworth GCST 9 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Darcy MacPherson GCST 44 2 0 0 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 HFFL 85% 2 1 24 15 9 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
15 Anderson, Noah RO 86% 0 1 28 17 11 8 0 1 8 2 0 0 3 2
31 Andrew, Mac INT 88% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 91% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0
30 Casboult, Levi INT 83% 0 1 10 7 3 3 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 2
1 Chol, Mabior CHF 76% 2 2 13 12 1 6 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 3
25 Collins, Sam FB 97% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
4 Ellis, Brandon HFFR 89% 0 2 21 15 6 9 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 3
8 Fiorini, Brayden INT 74% 0 2 21 12 9 4 0 3 2 4 1 1 3 3
7 Holman, Nick FPL 91% 1 0 8 3 5 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey SUB↑ 42% 2 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
34 King, Ben FF 86% 5 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
23 Lemmens, Sean BPL 80% 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 4 1 1 1 1 6 0
22 Long, Ben HBFL 82% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0 5 1 2 3 0
13 Lukosius, Jack FPR 83% 1 2 20 15 5 10 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 3
44 MacPherson, Darcy BPR 94% 0 0 24 18 6 10 0 4 1 4 0 1 5 3
11 Miller, Touk C 58% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 3 6 1 3 3 0
27 Powell, Wil HBFR 64% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 4
41 Rosas, Malcolm INT↓ 37% 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
18 Rowell, Matt RR 79% 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 12 4 2 1 0 1 5
24 Swallow, David WR 83% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
14 Weller, Lachie WL 90% 0 0 28 22 6 14 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 8
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 61% 1 0 17 10 7 5 21 1 5 5 2 3 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 13 370 256 114 135 27 52 34 53 17 16 42 51

B. Humphrey replaced M. Rosas.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Comben, Charlie CHF 86% 0 2 10 4 6 2 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 0
4 Corr, Aidan CHB 84% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 71% 0 0 27 11 16 3 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 5
25 Curtis, Paul INT 77% 0 3 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 69% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 4 2 3 2 2 0 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 84% 0 0 14 6 8 0 33 3 5 4 5 1 0 2
43 Hall, Aaron INT 78% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 2
15 Howe, Daniel INT 81% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 3
20 Larkey, Nick FF 87% 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
19 Logue, Griffin BPL 85% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 92% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 3
23 McKay, Ben FB 90% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1
29 Phillips, Will INT↓ 39% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0
24 Powell, Tom RO 88% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 5 3 3 0 0 2 5
8 Scott, Bailey WL 82% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1
3 Sheezel, Harry WR 83% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 1
14 Shiels, Liam SUB↑ 38% 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFL 79% 2 2 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3
5 Taylor, Curtis HFFR 86% 1 1 17 12 5 5 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 4
13 Tucker, Darcy HBFR 80% 1 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 3
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 81% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Ziebell, Jack HBFL 82% 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 80% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 7
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 7 12 306 188 118 69 34 48 31 54 16 17 36 50

L. Shiels replaced W. Phillips.

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
19 G. Logue 23 B. McKay 11 L. McDonald 28 J. Witts 31 M. Andrew
13 J. Lukosius 34 B. King 7 N. Holman 18 M. Rowell 30 L. Casboult
FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 8 B. Fiorini
HALF-BACK

41 M. Rosas
7 J. Ziebell 4 A. Corr 13 D. Tucker

19 B. Humphrey
4 B. Ellis 1 M. Chol 9 B. Ainsworth



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Scott 10 B. Cunnington 3 H. Sheezel



24 D. Swallow 11 T. Miller 14 L. Weller FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 25 P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 43 A. Hall
2 J. Stephenson 30 C. Comben 5 C. Taylor 24 T. Powell 15 D. Howe
27 W. Powell 10 C. Ballard 22 B. Long

29 W. Phillips
HALF-BACK

14 L. Shiels
FORWARD



44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 28 K. Turner



44 D. MacPherson 25 S. Collins 23 S. Lemmens



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Mabior Chol goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:51
GCST Ben King goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:04
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:39
GCST Brandon Ellis behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 09:26
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 11:26
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 16:51
GCST Ben King goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 21:42
GCST Mabior Chol behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 24:23
GCST Jarrod Witts goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 25:27
NMLB Charlie Comben behind 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 27:24
Q2 GCST Jack Lukosius behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 01:10
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 4.4.28 - 1.3.9 02:02
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 06:42
GCST Ben King goal 5.4.34 - 2.3.15 08:27
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 5.5.35 - 2.3.15 11:53
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 14:40
GCST Mabior Chol behind 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 16:29
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 6.6.42 - 3.3.21 19:35
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 21:30
GCST Ben King goal 7.6.48 - 4.3.27 28:51
Q3 NMLB Charlie Comben behind 7.6.48 - 4.4.28 01:39
GCST Noah Anderson behind 7.7.49 - 4.4.28 02:44
GCST Levi Casboult behind 7.8.50 - 4.4.28 03:57
GCST Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 4.4.28 07:58
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 8.9.57 - 4.4.28 12:55
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 9.9.63 - 4.4.28 14:45
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 10.9.69 - 4.4.28 20:01
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 10.10.70 - 4.4.28 25:03
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 10.10.70 - 4.5.29 26:18
Q4 GCST Nick Holman goal 11.10.76 - 4.5.29 01:13
NMLB Darcy Tucker goal 11.10.76 - 5.5.35 04:05
GCST Brandon Ellis behind 11.11.77 - 5.5.35 06:50
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 11.11.77 - 5.6.36 07:55
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 11.11.77 - 5.7.37 09:41
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 12.11.83 - 5.7.37 12:03
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 12.11.83 - 5.8.38 15:19
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 12.11.83 - 5.9.39 17:18
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 12.11.83 - 5.10.40 18:22
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 12.11.83 - 6.10.46 20:45
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 12.12.84 - 6.10.46 22:49
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 12.12.84 - 6.11.47 23:36
NMLB Liam Shiels goal 12.12.84 - 7.11.53 24:17
GCST Ben King goal 13.12.90 - 7.11.53 25:26
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 13.13.91 - 7.11.53 27:00
GCST Mabior Chol goal 14.13.97 - 7.11.53 29:16
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 14.13.97 - 7.12.54 30:33