2023 AFL Round 8: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 2023 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 8 of the 2023 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at Heritage Bank Stadium. The hosts were coached by Stuart Dew and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Gold Coast
Back: S. Lemmens, S. Collins, B. Long
Half-back: D. MacPherson, C. Ballard, W. Powell
Centre: B. Fiorini, D. Swallow, B. Ellis
Half-forward: T. Berry, J. Lukosius, M. Rosas
Forward: L. Casboult, B. King, M. Chol
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: R. Atkins, A. Davies, S. Flanders, B. Humphrey
Sub.: J. Tsitas

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, S. May, T. Rivers
Half-back: J. McVee, H. Petty, D. Turner
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Oliver, L. Hunter
Half-forward: E. Langdon, B. Fritsch, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: K. Chandler, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, J. Jordon, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Harmes

Gold Coast (13.7.85) were defeated by Melbourne (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: M. Rosas (4), L. Casboult (2), M. Chol (2), B. King (2), N. Anderson, B. Ellis, J. Lukosius
Melbourne: M. Gawn (2), B. Grundy (2), K. Pickett (2), J. Bowey, K. Chandler, J. Jordon, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 May 2023
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Heritage Bank Stadium
Attendance: 11,440

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.7.85 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 6 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 7 level MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration 33:35 33:26 32:28 35:09 2:14:38

Honour Roll

Coaches: Stuart Dew (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Noah Anderson GCST 15 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Noah Anderson GCST 15 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 7 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Rowell GCST 18 4 0 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Wil Powell GCST 27 3 0 0 ? ? ?
David Swallow GCST 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Ballard GCST 10 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
15 Anderson, Noah RO 85% 1 0 37 16 21 4 0 6 10 2 0 0 3 4
2 Atkins, Rory INT 75% 0 1 22 19 3 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 8 2
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 85% 0 0 16 15 1 11 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 0
16 Berry, Tom HFFL 80% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
30 Casboult, Levi FPL 100% 2 0 9 7 2 6 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 1
1 Chol, Mabior FPR 75% 2 0 5 4 1 1 2 2 1 6 0 2 0 0
25 Collins, Sam FB 100% 0 0 8 5 3 5 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0
5 Davies, Alex INT 66% 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 3 3 4 2 2 1 0
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 85% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1
8 Fiorini, Brayden WL 82% 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 6
3 Flanders, Sam INT↓ 54% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
19 Humphrey, Bailey INT 75% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 5 0 5 3 0 1 2
34 King, Ben FF 84% 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
23 Lemmens, Sean BPL 71% 0 1 10 6 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0
22 Long, Ben BPR 77% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 5 0
13 Lukosius, Jack CHF 87% 1 3 15 13 2 7 0 2 0 5 1 2 3 6
44 MacPherson, Darcy HBFL 92% 0 1 30 22 8 7 0 1 2 7 0 2 6 3
27 Powell, Wil HBFR 84% 0 0 25 18 7 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 1
41 Rosas, Malcolm HFFR 70% 4 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
18 Rowell, Matt RR 87% 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 6 11 4 2 2 2 5
24 Swallow, David C 82% 0 0 25 9 16 4 0 3 6 3 1 1 0 3
21 Tsitas, James SUB↑ 21% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 85% 0 0 13 6 7 1 35 1 4 1 4 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 7 348 227 121 94 37 44 43 70 23 23 48 45

J. Tsitas replaced S. Flanders.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 77% 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 80% 0 0 24 10 14 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 5 4
37 Chandler, Kade FPL 74% 1 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 91% 0 3 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 90% 2 1 15 9 6 6 17 5 2 0 0 0 2 2
6 Grundy, Brodie INT 68% 2 0 6 4 2 3 16 4 1 7 0 7 0 1
4 Harmes, James SUB↑ 18% 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
12 Hunter, Lachie WR 88% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 4
23 Jordon, James INT 67% 1 0 17 7 10 2 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 2
15 Langdon, Ed HFFL 88% 0 1 12 5 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
8 Lever, Jake BPL 100% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 6 1
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 75% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 73% 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 80% 0 0 28 12 16 6 0 4 6 1 2 0 1 5
5 Petracca, Christian RR 83% 1 1 26 12 14 2 0 2 8 4 1 2 3 8
35 Petty, Harry CHB 81% 0 0 9 5 4 5 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 84% 2 0 8 5 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 84% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 67% 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 7 1 1 0 1 1 5
42 Turner, Daniel HBFR↓ 74% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 79% 1 0 8 5 3 2 2 4 0 5 2 4 0 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 80% 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 7 3 5 4 1 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 12 323 177 146 66 37 66 36 53 23 23 30 61

J. Harmes replaced D. Turner.

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
8 J. Lever 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers 28 J. Witts 2 R. Atkins
1 M. Chol 34 B. King 30 L. Casboult 18 M. Rowell 5 A. Davies
FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 3 S. Flanders
HALF-BACK

19 B. Humphrey
41 J. McVee 35 H. Petty 42 D. Turner

21 J. Tsitas
41 M. Rosas 13 J. Lukosius 16 T. Berry



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 13 C. Oliver 12 L. Hunter



4 B. Ellis 24 D. Swallow 8 B. Fiorini FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 6 B. Grundy
15 E. Langdon 31 B. Fritsch 30 A. Neal-Bullen 7 J. Viney 23 J. Jordon
27 W. Powell 10 C. Ballard 44 D. MacPherson

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

4 J. Harmes
FORWARD



37 K. Chandler 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



22 B. Long 25 S. Collins 23 S. Lemmens



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Jack Lukosius behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:47
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:05
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:13
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 08:10
GCST Sean Lemmens behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 10:20
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 13:44
MELB Brodie Grundy goal 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 17:34
MELB Jack Viney behind 0.2.2 - 3.3.21 19:37
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 20:07
MELB Christian Petracca behind 1.2.8 - 3.4.22 22:30
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 26:16
GCST Mabior Chol goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 28:53
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 31:16
MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 32:25
Q2 MELB Max Gawn goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 01:56
MELB Max Gawn behind 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 03:08
GCST Levi Casboult goal 4.3.27 - 5.5.35 07:48
MELB James Jordon goal 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 16:54
MELB Brodie Grundy goal 4.3.27 - 7.5.47 18:50
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 5.3.33 - 7.5.47 20:48
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 6.3.39 - 7.5.47 23:01
GCST Rory Atkins behind 6.4.40 - 7.5.47 25:40
GCST Mabior Chol goal 7.4.46 - 7.5.47 27:10
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.4.46 - 8.5.53 31:23
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.4.46 - 9.5.59 02:23
GCST Levi Casboult goal 8.4.52 - 9.5.59 04:35
GCST Ben King goal 9.4.58 - 9.5.59 11:35
MELB Jake Bowey goal 9.4.58 - 10.5.65 14:08
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 10.4.64 - 10.5.65 16:06
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 10.4.64 - 10.6.66 18:28
GCST Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 10.6.66 24:37
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 10.5.65 - 11.6.72 27:52
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 10.6.66 - 11.6.72 31:08
GCST Ben King goal 11.6.72 - 11.6.72 32:22
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.6.72 - 12.6.78 05:55
MELB Ed Langdon behind 11.6.72 - 12.7.79 09:33
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 11.6.72 - 12.8.80 10:16
MELB Max Gawn goal 11.6.72 - 13.8.86 11:17
MELB James Harmes behind 11.6.72 - 13.9.87 12:48
GCST Noah Anderson goal 12.6.78 - 13.9.87 21:17
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.6.78 - 13.10.88 23:06
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 13.6.84 - 13.10.88 25:02
MELB Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 13.11.89 29:20
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 13.6.84 - 13.12.90 30:20
GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 13.7.85 - 13.12.90 34:35