2024 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 2024 between Sydney and Gold Coast during round 7 of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Gold Coast at SCG. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Sydney
Back: N. Blakey, T. McCartin, L. Melican
Half-back: H. Cunningham, O. Florent, J. Lloyd
Centre: E. Gulden, C. Warner, J. Jordon
Half-forward: R. Fox, L. McDonald, T. Adams
Forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: J. McInerney, H. McLean, M. Roberts, S. Wicks
Sub.: B. Campbell

Gold Coast
Back: J. Lukosius, C. Ballard, S. Collins
Half-back: W. Powell, S. Flanders, M. Andrew
Centre: B. Fiorini, T. Miller, S. Clohesy
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, E. Read, T. Berry
Forward: M. Rowell, B. King, J. Rogers
Follower: J. Witts, N. Anderson, B. Humphrey
Int.: W. Graham, N. Holman, B. Uwland, J. Walter
Sub.: D. Swallow

Sydney (17.8.110) defeated Gold Coast (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Amartey (4), T. Papley (3), W. Hayward (2), L. McDonald (2), S. Wicks (2), B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Jordon, C. Warner
Gold Coast: B. King (2), N. Anderson, S. Clohesy, B. Fiorini, B. Humphrey, T. Miller, J. Walter

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Gold Coast were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 21 April 2024
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 35,649

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.8.110 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 3 5 . 4 12 . 8 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Gold Coast 1 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin SYDN by 25 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 43 SYDN by 53 SYDN by 53
Duration 30:20 28:15 33:22 31:08 2:03:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3
Tom Papley SYDN 11 2
Chad Warner SYDN 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brodie Grundy SYDN 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 6 0 0 2 0 0
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Justin McInerney SYDN 27 1 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Rowell GCST 18 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor HFFR 67% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 6 3 5 1 1 2 6
36 Amartey, Joel FF 68% 4 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick BPL 82% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 1 0 5 0 2 7 3
16 Campbell, Braeden SUB↑ 9% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 86% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver CHB 84% 0 1 25 14 11 4 0 2 3 3 0 1 7 3
42 Fox, Robbie HFFL 93% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 79% 1 1 24 5 19 4 29 11 6 5 3 2 0 3
21 Gulden, Errol WL 97% 0 0 30 20 10 4 0 2 4 7 3 1 4 9
9 Hayward, Will FPR 80% 2 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 78% 1 0 28 18 10 6 0 5 2 7 1 2 2 5
17 Jordon, James WR 81% 1 0 15 4 11 3 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 82% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 87% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 85% 2 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 McInerney, Justin INT 86% 0 1 26 11 15 7 0 4 0 3 2 0 2 4
2 McLean, Hayden INT 76% 0 1 11 8 3 5 9 4 1 1 1 0 2 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPR↓ 79% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1
11 Papley, Tom FPL 87% 3 1 13 6 7 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
34 Roberts, Matt INT 81% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 3
8 Rowbottom, James RO 77% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 8 5 1 0 0 0 4
1 Warner, Chad C 77% 1 1 22 11 11 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5
15 Wicks, Sam INT 81% 2 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 17 8 367 205 162 103 38 73 33 59 15 18 40 57

B. Campbell replaced L. Melican.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFL 81% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah RR 86% 1 0 19 8 11 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2
31 Andrew, Mac HBFR 87% 0 1 19 12 7 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 1
10 Ballard, Charlie FB 90% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
16 Berry, Tom HFFR 77% 0 1 22 14 8 7 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 6
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 87% 1 0 16 8 8 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2
25 Collins, Sam BPR 100% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden WL 91% 1 1 27 16 11 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 6 3
3 Flanders, Sam CHB 87% 0 0 34 29 5 8 0 2 2 7 0 1 7 2
26 Graham, Will INT 75% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2
7 Holman, Nick INT 81% 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
19 Humphrey, Bailey RO 78% 1 1 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
34 King, Ben FF 86% 2 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
13 Lukosius, Jack BPL 82% 0 0 17 13 4 10 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 5
11 Miller, Touk C 79% 1 0 23 12 11 3 0 7 4 7 2 1 4 5
27 Powell, Wil HBFL 75% 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 2
20 Read, Ethan CHF↓ 55% 0 0 4 1 3 2 6 1 0 2 0 2 1 0
29 Rogers, Jake FPR 76% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
18 Rowell, Matt FPL 78% 0 0 20 8 12 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 1 4
24 Swallow, David SUB↑ 25% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
32 Uwland, Bodhi INT 74% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Walter, Jed INT 67% 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 82% 0 0 19 11 8 3 31 7 7 6 3 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 9 333 192 141 85 37 62 30 59 19 15 40 49

D. Swallow replaced E. Read.

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
13 J. Lukosius 10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins 4 B. Grundy 27 J. McInerney
9 W. Hayward 36 J. Amartey 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 2 H. McLean
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 34 M. Roberts
HALF-BACK

15 S. Wicks
27 W. Powell 3 S. Flanders 31 M. Andrew

16 B. Campbell
3 T. Adams 6 L. McDonald 42 R. Fox



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Fiorini 11 T. Miller 33 S. Clohesy



17 J. Jordon 1 C. Warner 21 E. Gulden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 26 W. Graham
HALF-FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 7 N. Holman
9 B. Ainsworth 20 E. Read 16 T. Berry 19 B. Humphrey 32 B. Uwland
44 J. Lloyd 13 O. Florent 7 H. Cunningham

17 J. Walter
HALF-BACK

24 D. Swallow
FORWARD



18 M. Rowell 34 B. King 29 J. Rogers



43 L. Melican 30 T. McCartin 22 N. Blakey



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Joel Amartey goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:56
SYDN Brodie Grundy behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:15
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:24
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 08:37
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 12:07
GCST Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 15:54
GCST Sam Clohesy goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 17:46
SYDN Chad Warner behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 19:40
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 21:58
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 23:46
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.3.33 - 1.2.8 26:34
Q2 GCST Wil Powell behind 5.3.33 - 1.3.9 01:45
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 5.3.33 - 2.3.15 06:43
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 5.4.34 - 2.3.15 08:41
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 5.4.34 - 2.4.16 11:14
GCST Nick Holman behind 5.4.34 - 2.5.17 16:03
GCST Jed Walter goal 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 20:15
Q3 SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.4.40 - 3.5.23 02:08
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 7.4.46 - 3.5.23 05:46
GCST Touk Miller goal 7.4.46 - 4.5.29 09:16
GCST Ben King goal 7.4.46 - 5.5.35 12:25
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 7.5.47 - 5.5.35 16:06
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 8.5.53 - 5.5.35 17:18
GCST Mac Andrew behind 8.5.53 - 5.6.36 19:53
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 9.5.59 - 5.6.36 21:46
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 9.6.60 - 5.6.36 24:13
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.6.66 - 5.6.36 26:23
GCST Nick Holman behind 10.6.66 - 5.7.37 27:51
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.7.67 - 5.7.37 29:39
SYDN Chad Warner goal 11.7.73 - 5.7.37 30:20
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 11.8.74 - 5.7.37 31:38
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 12.8.80 - 5.7.37 33:16
Q4 SYDN James Jordon goal 13.8.86 - 5.7.37 03:46
SYDN Will Hayward goal 14.8.92 - 5.7.37 06:02
SYDN Brodie Grundy goal 15.8.98 - 5.7.37 08:06
GCST Jed Walter behind 15.8.98 - 5.8.38 13:50
GCST Noah Anderson goal 15.8.98 - 6.8.44 14:32
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 16.8.104 - 6.8.44 20:26
GCST Tom Berry behind 16.8.104 - 6.9.45 22:07
GCST Brayden Fiorini goal 16.8.104 - 7.9.51 22:42
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 17.8.110 - 7.9.51 25:45
GCST Ben King goal 17.8.110 - 8.9.57 30:06