2023 AFL Season 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 eight of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (13.7.85) were defeated by Melbourne (13.12.90).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stuart Dew

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

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

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