2024 AFL Round 2: Gold Coast v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2024 between Gold Coast and Adelaide during round 2 of the 2024 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Adelaide at People First Stadium. With the presence of multiple Gold Coast co-captains, namely Touk Miller and Jarrod Witts, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, C. Ballard, S. Collins
Half-back: C. Budarick, W. Powell, J. Lukosius
Centre: B. Fiorini, T. Miller, B. Ellis
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, B. Humphrey, T. Berry
Forward: B. King, D. Swallow, M. Rosas
Follower: J. Witts, N. Anderson, M. Rowell
Int.: L. Casboult, S. Flanders, N. Holman, A. Sexton
Sub.: D. MacPherson

Adelaide
Back: J. Worrell, J. Butts, B. Smith
Half-back: W. Milera, J. Borlase, M. Michalanney
Centre: L. Sholl, J. Dawson (capt.), C. Jones
Half-forward: B. Keays, I. Rankine, J. Rachele
Forward: C. Burgess, D. Fogarty, L. Gollant
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, S. Berry
Int.: M. Crouch, M. Hinge, L. Murphy, L. Pedlar
Sub.: J. Soligo

Gold Coast (8.12.60) defeated Adelaide (8.6.54).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (2), M. Rosas (2), N. Anderson, T. Berry, B. Humphrey, M. Rowell
Adelaide: J. Rachele (3), B. Keays (2), I. Rankine (2), S. Berry

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Adelaide were then 10th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Gold Coast v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 11,466

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Adelaide
Score: 8.12.60 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Adelaide 1 . 1 1 . 2 3 . 4 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Margin GCST by 13 GCST by 26 GCST by 29 GCST by 6 GCST by 6
Duration 31:33 27:38 29:03 32:53 2:01:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3
Touk Miller GCST 11 2
Charlie Ballard GCST 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Noah Anderson GCST 15 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Matt Rowell GCST 18 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Matt Crouch ADEL 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Flanders GCST 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Wil Powell GCST 27 1 0 0 0 0 1
Josh Rachele ADEL 8 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
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFL 86% 2 1 22 14 8 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 2
15 Anderson, Noah RR 87% 1 0 35 20 15 3 0 5 8 8 1 0 3 8
10 Ballard, Charlie FB 100% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0
16 Berry, Tom HFFR 72% 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 7 0 2 3 2 2 1
35 Budarick, Connor HBFL 86% 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 2 0 0
30 Casboult, Levi INT 77% 0 0 10 7 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3
25 Collins, Sam BPR 98% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 1
4 Ellis, Brandon WR↓ 69% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 4
8 Fiorini, Brayden WL 86% 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3
3 Flanders, Sam INT 77% 0 0 35 21 14 4 0 4 3 5 0 0 0 6
7 Holman, Nick INT 73% 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 3
19 Humphrey, Bailey CHF 75% 1 3 16 9 7 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
34 King, Ben FPL 82% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
13 Lukosius, Jack HBFR 77% 0 1 9 7 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
44 MacPherson, Darcy SUB↑ 17% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Miller, Touk C 84% 0 0 29 9 20 2 0 9 10 6 0 3 2 3
27 Powell, Wil CHB 77% 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 7 2
41 Rosas, Malcolm FPR 76% 2 2 5 5 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
18 Rowell, Matt RO 80% 1 0 29 16 13 1 0 10 9 5 4 4 5 2
6 Sexton, Alex INT 76% 0 1 17 14 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 2
24 Swallow, David FF 74% 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 2
32 Uwland, Bodhi BPL 90% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 82% 0 0 9 5 4 1 36 7 4 3 3 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 12 366 227 139 64 40 70 43 70 21 24 46 51

D. MacPherson replaced B. Ellis.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RO 71% 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 4 3 4 1 2 2
35 Borlase, James CHB 95% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0
21 Burgess, Chris FPL 81% 0 0 9 3 6 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
41 Butts, Jordon FB 70% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
5 Crouch, Matt INT 73% 0 0 33 13 20 3 0 6 7 6 1 0 1 3
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 86% 0 0 26 18 8 2 0 6 5 9 1 4 0 4
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 90% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2
44 Gollant, Lachlan FPR↓ 46% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
20 Hinge, Mitch INT 80% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 6
1 Jones, Chayce WR 84% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 3
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 82% 2 0 9 8 1 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 6
29 Laird, Rory RR 74% 0 2 30 12 18 2 0 10 6 2 2 1 1 1
16 Michalanney, Max HBFR 90% 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 6 0 4 2 0 5 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFL 80% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 3 3 2 0 1 5 1
4 Murphy, Lachlan INT 76% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 3 3 4 1 1 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 89% 0 0 10 9 1 1 45 3 4 2 0 1 0 3
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 64% 0 1 8 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 76% 3 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1
23 Rankine, Izak CHF 94% 2 0 19 11 8 1 0 6 4 7 0 1 1 7
38 Sholl, Lachlan WL 93% 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 2 1 4 0 2 1 3
33 Smith, Brodie BPR 75% 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 4 3
14 Soligo, Jake SUB↑ 38% 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 95% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 7 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 6 359 220 139 50 50 72 43 66 24 20 43 54

J. Soligo replaced L. Gollant.

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: Damien Hardwick
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 J. Worrell 41 J. Butts 33 B. Smith 28 J. Witts 30 L. Casboult
41 M. Rosas 24 D. Swallow 34 B. King 15 N. Anderson 3 S. Flanders
FORWARD 18 M. Rowell 7 N. Holman
HALF-BACK

6 A. Sexton
30 W. Milera 35 J. Borlase 16 M. Michalanney

44 D. MacPherson
16 T. Berry 19 B. Humphrey 9 B. Ainsworth



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 L. Sholl 12 J. Dawson (c) 1 C. Jones



4 B. Ellis 11 T. Miller 8 B. Fiorini FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 5 M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 20 M. Hinge
2 B. Keays 23 I. Rankine 8 J. Rachele 3 S. Berry 4 L. Murphy
13 J. Lukosius 27 W. Powell 35 C. Budarick

10 L. Pedlar
HALF-BACK

14 J. Soligo
FORWARD



21 C. Burgess 32 D. Fogarty 44 L. Gollant



25 S. Collins 10 C. Ballard 32 B. Uwland



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:20
GCST Noah Anderson goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 10:46
GCST Alex Sexton behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 13:17
ADEL Ben Keays goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 15:38
GCST Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 23:15
ADEL Rory Laird behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 25:43
GCST Tom Berry goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 26:58
Q2 GCST Brandon Ellis behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 02:25
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 07:48
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 4.4.28 - 1.1.7 09:59
ADEL Luke Pedlar behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 16:37
GCST Matt Rowell goal 5.4.34 - 1.2.8 23:51
Q3 GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 5.5.35 - 1.2.8 05:39
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 6.5.41 - 1.2.8 06:27
GCST Malcolm Rosas behind 6.6.42 - 1.2.8 08:06
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 6.6.42 - 2.2.14 09:28
GCST Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 2.2.14 10:46
ADEL Rory Laird behind 6.7.43 - 2.3.15 11:51
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 7.7.49 - 2.3.15 12:56
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 7.8.50 - 2.3.15 15:08
ADEL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 2.4.16 20:51
GCST Jack Lukosius behind 7.9.51 - 2.4.16 27:49
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 7.9.51 - 3.4.22 28:59
Q4 GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 7.10.52 - 3.4.22 04:57
GCST Malcolm Rosas goal 8.10.58 - 3.4.22 06:00
ADEL Ben Keays goal 8.10.58 - 4.4.28 07:49
GCST Nick Holman behind 8.11.59 - 4.4.28 09:18
ADEL Sam Berry goal 8.11.59 - 5.4.34 15:06
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 8.11.59 - 6.4.40 17:43
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 8.12.60 - 6.4.40 20:54
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 8.12.60 - 7.4.46 24:54
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 8.12.60 - 8.4.52 26:04
ADEL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 8.5.53 28:08
ADEL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 8.6.54 29:55