2023 AFL Season 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 twenty-one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Adelaide (13.11.89) defeated Gold Coast (9.7.61).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Steven King (caretaker)

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

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