2023 AFL Round 22: Sydney v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2023 between Sydney and Gold Coast during round 22 of the 2023 AFL season. Sydney hosted Gold Coast at SCG. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Sydney
Back: T. McCartin, A. Francis, R. Fox
Half-back: H. Cunningham, O. Florent, J. Lloyd
Centre: C. Warner, J. Rowbottom, D. Stephens
Half-forward: E. Gulden, H. McLean, I. Heeney
Forward: W. Hayward, J. Amartey, T. Papley
Follower: T. Hickey, C. Mills, L. Parker
Int.: N. Blakey, L. McDonald, M. Roberts, S. Wicks
Sub.: R. Clarke

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

Sydney (18.6.114) defeated Gold Coast (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Hayward (4), L. McDonald (3), I. Heeney (2), H. McLean (2), C. Warner (2), J. Amartey, H. Cunningham, T. Papley, M. Roberts, J. Rowbottom
Gold Coast: M. Rosas (3), L. Casboult (2), J. Lukosius (2), N. Anderson, B. Ellis, S. Flanders, N. Holman, T. Miller, J. Tsitas

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Gold Coast were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Sydney v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 12 August 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 33,911

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Gold Coast
Score: 18.6.114 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 9 . 2 15 . 4 18 . 6 18 . 6 (114)
Gold Coast 4 . 1 9 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin GCST by 5 GCST by 2 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 24 SYDN by 24
Duration 31:38 33:55 35:28 29:45 2:10:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Steven King (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Warner SYDN 1 3
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2
Will Hayward SYDN 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Will Hayward SYDN 9 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Matt Rowell GCST 18 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Chad Warner SYDN 1 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Papley SYDN 11 4 0 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF↓ 62% 1 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 85% 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 10 3
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB↑ 8% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 89% 1 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver CHB 81% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 5 2
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 83% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 5 0 2 2 2
10 Francis, Aaron FB 89% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 93% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 8 3 4 0 1 3 6
9 Hayward, Will FPL 91% 4 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 80% 2 0 17 9 8 6 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 67% 0 0 6 4 2 1 22 3 4 3 3 2 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 79% 0 0 23 21 2 7 0 4 1 2 1 0 5 5
30 McCartin, Tom BPL 93% 0 0 11 6 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 89% 3 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
2 McLean, Hayden CHF 77% 2 0 15 11 4 5 6 5 4 1 4 1 1 4
14 Mills, Callum RR 85% 0 1 16 7 9 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 2 3
11 Papley, Tom FPR 87% 1 1 24 17 7 2 0 3 5 3 1 0 0 5
26 Parker, Luke RO 86% 0 0 20 7 13 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3
34 Roberts, Matt INT 61% 1 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
8 Rowbottom, James C 65% 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 8 4 0 1 0 2 1
3 Stephens, Dylan WR 85% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 1
1 Warner, Chad WL 85% 2 0 28 16 12 2 0 4 7 12 0 4 2 7
15 Wicks, Sam INT 79% 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 18 6 338 211 127 78 29 85 47 51 23 11 40 52

R. Clarke replaced J. Amartey.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFR 79% 0 2 17 12 5 4 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 5
15 Anderson, Noah HBFL 84% 1 0 22 17 5 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 1 4
31 Andrew, Mac BPR 88% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 1
2 Atkins, Rory CHB 79% 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 2
10 Ballard, Charlie BPL 97% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0
30 Casboult, Levi FPR 90% 2 2 12 10 2 6 7 3 1 4 0 2 1 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 93% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 2
12 Day, Sam FF 77% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
4 Ellis, Brandon WR 87% 1 0 23 19 4 8 0 5 1 3 0 0 2 3
50 Farrar, Jy FPL 74% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 4 1
3 Flanders, Sam C 75% 1 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 4 3 1 0 3 2
36 Hollands, Elijah INT↓ 50% 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
7 Holman, Nick CHF 66% 1 1 6 3 3 1 0 6 2 1 1 1 0 1
19 Humphrey, Bailey INT 72% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
23 Lemmens, Sean INT 75% 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 0
13 Lukosius, Jack WL 84% 2 1 14 13 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7
44 MacPherson, Darcy HBFR 97% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 1
11 Miller, Touk RO 91% 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 3 5 0 0 1 5
41 Rosas, Malcolm HFFL 71% 3 1 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
18 Rowell, Matt RR 85% 0 0 25 9 16 3 0 6 9 2 0 1 1 4
24 Swallow, David INT 67% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 4
21 Tsitas, James SUB↑ 30% 1 0 8 4 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 89% 0 0 17 9 8 3 47 2 8 9 1 5 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 13 12 330 208 122 80 54 66 43 71 11 22 33 54

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins 31 M. Andrew 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
11 T. Papley 36 J. Amartey 9 W. Hayward 14 C. Mills 6 L. McDonald
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 34 M. Roberts
HALF-BACK

15 S. Wicks
15 N. Anderson 2 R. Atkins 44 D. MacPherson

4 R. Clarke
5 I. Heeney 2 H. McLean 21 E. Gulden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 J. Lukosius 3 S. Flanders 4 B. Ellis



3 D. Stephens 8 J. Rowbottom 1 C. Warner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 36 E. Hollands
HALF-FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 19 B. Humphrey
41 M. Rosas 7 N. Holman 9 B. Ainsworth 11 T. Miller 23 S. Lemmens
44 J. Lloyd 13 O. Florent 7 H. Cunningham

24 D. Swallow
HALF-BACK

21 J. Tsitas
FORWARD



50 J. Farrar 12 S. Day 30 L. Casboult



42 R. Fox 10 A. Francis 30 T. McCartin



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Jack Lukosius goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:22
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:46
GCST Levi Casboult behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:31
GCST Sam Flanders goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:00
GCST Brandon Ellis goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 13:44
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 16:07
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 19:29
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 23:20
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 25:51
GCST Nick Holman goal 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 28:17
Q2 SYDN Will Hayward goal 4.2.26 - 4.1.25 00:38
SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.2.32 - 4.1.25 01:55
GCST Levi Casboult goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 03:33
GCST Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 5.2.32 05:41
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 5.2.32 - 5.3.33 11:07
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 5.2.32 - 5.4.34 12:13
GCST Touk Miller goal 5.2.32 - 6.4.40 13:39
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 5.2.32 - 7.4.46 17:28
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 6.2.38 - 7.4.46 20:09
SYDN Will Hayward goal 7.2.44 - 7.4.46 23:55
GCST Noah Anderson goal 7.2.44 - 8.4.52 26:03
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 7.2.44 - 9.4.58 28:21
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 8.2.50 - 9.4.58 30:08
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.2.56 - 9.4.58 33:50
Q3 SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.2.62 - 9.4.58 01:14
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 10.2.62 - 10.4.64 02:28
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 11.2.68 - 10.4.64 05:42
GCST Nick Holman behind 11.2.68 - 10.5.65 08:20
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 12.2.74 - 10.5.65 13:22
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 12.2.74 - 11.5.71 16:39
SYDN Chad Warner goal 13.2.80 - 11.5.71 18:14
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 14.2.86 - 11.5.71 20:05
SYDN Will Hayward goal 15.2.92 - 11.5.71 25:11
GCST Rushed behind 15.2.92 - 11.6.72 26:47
SYDN Tom Papley behind 15.3.93 - 11.6.72 29:42
SYDN Callum Mills behind 15.4.94 - 11.6.72 31:22
Q4 GCST Rushed behind 15.4.94 - 11.7.73 03:02
GCST Rushed behind 15.4.94 - 11.8.74 05:25
GCST Levi Casboult behind 15.4.94 - 11.9.75 09:33
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 15.4.94 - 11.10.76 10:44
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 15.5.95 - 11.10.76 12:10
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 15.5.95 - 11.11.77 13:10
SYDN Rushed behind 15.6.96 - 11.11.77 15:44
SYDN Matt Roberts goal 16.6.102 - 11.11.77 16:34
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 17.6.108 - 11.11.77 19:43
SYDN Chad Warner goal 18.6.114 - 11.11.77 22:28
GCST Rushed behind 18.6.114 - 11.12.78 24:09
GCST Levi Casboult goal 18.6.114 - 12.12.84 26:29
GCST James Tsitas goal 18.6.114 - 13.12.90 28:12