2023 AFL Round 21: Adelaide v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2023 between Adelaide and Gold Coast during round 21 of the 2023 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Adelaide
Back: B. Smith, J. Borlase, M. Keane
Half-back: M. Michalanney, J. Worrell, W. Milera
Centre: C. Jones, J. Dawson, M. Hinge
Half-forward: B. Keays, D. Fogarty, S. McAdam
Forward: L. Murphy, T. Walker, H. Schoenberg
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, M. Crouch
Int.: L. Nankervis, J. Rachele, J. Soligo, R. Thilthorpe
Sub.: R. Sloane

Gold Coast
Back: C. Ballard, S. Collins, M. Andrew
Half-back: B. Ellis, R. Atkins, S. Lemmens
Centre: W. Powell, S. Flanders, B. Ainsworth
Half-forward: M. Rosas, J. Lukosius, D. Swallow
Forward: N. Holman, B. King, L. Casboult
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson
Int.: J. Farrar, E. Hollands, B. Humphrey, D. MacPherson
Sub.: J. Tsitas

Adelaide (13.11.89) defeated Gold Coast (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: D. Fogarty (3), S. McAdam (3), T. Walker (2), M. Crouch, J. Dawson, B. Keays, L. Murphy, J. Soligo
Gold Coast: L. Casboult (2), B. King (2), J. Lukosius (2), B. Ellis, D. MacPherson, M. Rowell

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Gold Coast remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Adelaide v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 5 August 2023
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 35,777

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Gold Coast
Score: 13.11.89 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 5 . 2 8 . 4 8 . 11 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Gold Coast 0 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin ADEL by 29 ADEL by 28 ADEL by 17 ADEL by 28 ADEL by 28
Duration 31:59 33:21 30:51 34:30 2:10:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Steven King (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 3
Rory Laird ADEL 29 2
Darcy Fogarty ADEL 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Darcy Fogarty ADEL 32 9 1 1 0 0 0
Mitch Hinge ADEL 20 9 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Crouch ADEL 5 6 0 0 2 0 0
Lachlan Murphy ADEL 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mac Andrew GCST 31 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Borlase ADEL 35 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
35 Borlase, James FB 98% 0 0 18 10 8 9 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
5 Crouch, Matt RO 71% 1 0 31 13 18 4 0 7 4 3 2 1 1 3
12 Dawson, Jordan C 88% 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 8 6 7 2 4 0 5
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 89% 3 2 19 10 9 10 0 8 0 6 0 3 0 3
20 Hinge, Mitch WR 86% 0 0 31 21 10 7 0 4 3 4 4 0 6 3
1 Jones, Chayce WL↓ 44% 0 1 13 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0
48 Keane, Mark BPR 98% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 2
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 84% 1 1 17 9 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
29 Laird, Rory RR 81% 0 0 24 14 10 1 0 10 7 4 3 2 1 5
23 McAdam, Shane HFFR 87% 3 0 8 4 4 3 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 2
16 Michalanney, Max HBFL 89% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 78% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 3
4 Murphy, Lachlan FPL 86% 1 1 17 12 5 5 0 6 3 2 2 1 1 3
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 72% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 90% 0 0 6 3 3 2 41 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
8 Rachele, Josh INT 78% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
26 Schoenberg, Harry FPR 68% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3
9 Sloane, Rory SUB↑ 25% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 4 5 0 2 0 2 1
33 Smith, Brodie BPL 86% 0 1 26 21 5 8 0 1 0 5 0 1 4 5
14 Soligo, Jake INT 71% 1 0 16 10 6 6 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 67% 0 3 15 11 4 5 3 4 1 2 0 1 0 4
13 Walker, Taylor FF 80% 2 1 13 9 4 6 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 3
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 82% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 11 381 236 145 101 45 90 46 52 22 17 36 57

R. Sloane replaced C. Jones.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben WR 79% 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 4
15 Anderson, Noah RO 86% 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 5 4 4 1 3 5 3
31 Andrew, Mac BPR 92% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 0
2 Atkins, Rory CHB 85% 0 0 25 19 6 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 4
10 Ballard, Charlie BPL 94% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 0 3 2 0 4 0
30 Casboult, Levi FPR 98% 2 1 13 6 7 6 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
25 Collins, Sam FB 96% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 1
4 Ellis, Brandon HBFL 80% 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 1 5 0 0 2 1
50 Farrar, Jy INT 72% 0 0 6 5 1 5 0 8 0 2 1 0 1 2
3 Flanders, Sam C 79% 0 0 27 15 12 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 4
36 Hollands, Elijah INT↓ 43% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 0
7 Holman, Nick FPL 85% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey INT 72% 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 3
34 King, Ben FF 86% 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
23 Lemmens, Sean HBFR 80% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
13 Lukosius, Jack CHF 91% 2 0 11 11 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
44 MacPherson, Darcy INT 67% 1 1 15 10 5 1 0 4 0 5 1 0 2 4
27 Powell, Wil WL 65% 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 3 0 3 2 1 5 3
41 Rosas, Malcolm HFFL 75% 0 1 8 5 3 5 0 5 1 3 0 2 1 4
18 Rowell, Matt RR 76% 1 0 16 8 8 1 0 7 4 5 2 2 0 1
24 Swallow, David HFFR 76% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 7 4 4 0 3 1 1
21 Tsitas, James SUB↑ 35% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 87% 0 0 19 10 9 4 39 3 3 1 0 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 7 317 200 117 85 41 81 29 61 17 22 42 45

J. Tsitas replaced E. Hollands.

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins 31 M. Andrew 43 R. O'Brien 27 L. Nankervis
26 H. Schoenberg 13 T. Walker 4 L. Murphy 29 R. Laird 8 J. Rachele
FORWARD 5 M. Crouch 14 J. Soligo
HALF-BACK

7 R. Thilthorpe
4 B. Ellis 2 R. Atkins 23 S. Lemmens

9 R. Sloane
23 S. McAdam 32 D. Fogarty 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 W. Powell 3 S. Flanders 9 B. Ainsworth



20 M. Hinge 12 J. Dawson 1 C. Jones FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 50 J. Farrar
HALF-FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 36 E. Hollands
41 M. Rosas 13 J. Lukosius 24 D. Swallow 15 N. Anderson 19 B. Humphrey
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 16 M. Michalanney

44 D. MacPherson
HALF-BACK

21 J. Tsitas
FORWARD



7 N. Holman 34 B. King 30 L. Casboult



48 M. Keane 35 J. Borlase 33 B. Smith



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Levi Casboult behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:47
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 01:56
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 04:33
ADEL Ben Keays behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 06:00
GCST Ben King behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 10:07
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 12:37
ADEL Matt Crouch goal 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 14:56
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.1.31 - 0.2.2 23:15
GCST Noah Anderson behind 5.1.31 - 0.3.3 26:19
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 5.2.32 - 0.3.3 31:42
Q2 ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 6.2.38 - 0.3.3 01:19
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 6.2.38 - 0.4.4 03:04
GCST Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 0.5.5 05:07
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 6.2.38 - 1.5.11 11:20
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 7.2.44 - 1.5.11 13:34
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 7.3.45 - 1.5.11 15:15
GCST Ben King goal 7.3.45 - 2.5.17 17:13
ADEL Ben Keays goal 8.3.51 - 2.5.17 23:14
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 8.3.51 - 2.6.18 30:28
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 8.4.52 - 2.6.18 30:55
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 8.4.52 - 3.6.24 32:18
Q3 ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 8.5.53 - 3.6.24 00:29
ADEL Chayce Jones behind 8.6.54 - 3.6.24 04:37
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 8.7.55 - 3.6.24 05:25
GCST Matt Rowell goal 8.7.55 - 4.6.30 08:29
GCST Darcy MacPherson goal 8.7.55 - 5.6.36 14:29
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 16:20
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 8.8.56 - 6.6.42 19:29
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 8.9.57 - 6.6.42 21:43
ADEL Brodie Smith behind 8.10.58 - 6.6.42 23:28
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 8.11.59 - 6.6.42 29:46
Q4 GCST Levi Casboult goal 8.11.59 - 7.6.48 01:02
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 9.11.65 - 7.6.48 08:07
GCST Ben King goal 9.11.65 - 8.6.54 10:31
GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 9.11.65 - 8.7.55 13:02
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 10.11.71 - 8.7.55 14:29
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 11.11.77 - 8.7.55 19:20
GCST Levi Casboult goal 11.11.77 - 9.7.61 28:00
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 12.11.83 - 9.7.61 29:47
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 13.11.89 - 9.7.61 33:33