2024 AFL Round 13: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 2024 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 13 of the 2024 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at People First Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

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

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: D. Heppell, S. Durham, J. Kelly
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, J. Gresham, A. Perkins
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, K. Langford
Follower: N. Bryan, J. Menzie, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: J. Caldwell, N. Cox, N. Hind, H. Jones
Sub.: E. Tsatas

Gold Coast (14.7.91) defeated Essendon (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (4), B. Long (4), J. Lukosius (2), B. Ainsworth, T. Berry, B. Humphrey, T. Miller
Essendon: N. Cox (3), J. Caldwell, S. Durham, M. Guelfi, N. Hind, H. Jones, J. Kelly, J. Menzie, P. Wright

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 2 June 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 21,759

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Essendon
Score: 14.7.91 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 2 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Essendon 3 . 5 4 . 8 6 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 9 GCST by 8 GCST by 11 GCST by 11 GCST by 11
Duration 28:29 29:20 29:44 35:00 2:02:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Flanders GCST 3 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Noah Anderson GCST 15 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matt Rowell GCST 18 9 1 1 0 0 0
Noah Anderson GCST 15 8 1 0 1 0 0
Sam Collins GCST 25 6 0 1 0 1 0
Mac Andrew GCST 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Hind ESSE 19 2 0 0 0 1 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
Touk Miller GCST 11 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 INT 86% 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 5
15 Anderson, Noah RR 89% 0 0 33 18 15 4 0 5 8 7 2 0 4 4
31 Andrew, Mac BPR 89% 0 0 25 14 11 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 7 0
10 Ballard, Charlie FB 94% 0 0 14 5 9 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
16 Berry, Tom HFFL 81% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 3
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 76% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
25 Collins, Sam BPL 100% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1
8 Fiorini, Brayden HFFR 83% 0 0 18 6 12 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4
3 Flanders, Sam HBFL 81% 0 0 33 23 10 4 0 2 0 3 4 0 6 1
26 Graham, Will INT 72% 0 0 14 4 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3
7 Holman, Nick RO 74% 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
19 Humphrey, Bailey CHF↓ 59% 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 2
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 73% 0 0 18 8 10 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
34 King, Ben FPL 88% 4 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1
22 Long, Ben FF 88% 4 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2
13 Lukosius, Jack INT 68% 2 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
11 Miller, Touk C 80% 1 0 28 13 15 2 0 5 6 8 2 3 1 8
49 Moyle, Ned RU 81% 0 0 17 6 11 2 26 1 3 3 0 0 0 3
18 Rowell, Matt WL 85% 0 0 26 11 15 1 0 11 8 5 2 2 2 4
6 Sexton, Alex HBFR 81% 0 0 30 16 14 8 0 1 0 5 1 1 8 5
24 Swallow, David SUB↑ 21% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Uwland, Bodhi FPR 82% 0 0 19 11 8 13 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1
17 Walter, Jed CHB 70% 0 1 5 3 2 2 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 7 387 206 181 86 33 40 28 68 21 19 47 54

D. Swallow replaced B. Humphrey.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bryan, Nick RU 70% 0 0 15 9 6 0 20 4 4 2 0 0 0 5
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 79% 1 0 23 11 12 2 0 10 1 8 1 3 2 1
13 Cox, Nik INT 78% 3 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Durham, Sam C 75% 1 0 23 12 11 5 0 5 5 5 1 3 3 6
11 Gresham, Jade CHF 70% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 4
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 81% 1 1 16 7 9 3 0 2 0 5 3 3 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson WL 78% 0 0 27 9 18 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 1
19 Hind, Nick INT 78% 1 1 24 17 7 6 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 6
23 Jones, Harry INT 78% 1 1 10 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
29 Kelly, Jake WR 87% 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPR↓ 62% 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 99% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 7 1 4 2 2
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 97% 0 2 24 18 6 8 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 76% 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 6 1 2 3 0 3 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 0 4 3 3 3 1
47 Menzie, Jye RR 77% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 86% 0 3 33 16 17 6 0 3 7 3 0 0 1 8
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 71% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 4
27 Redman, Mason CHB 84% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 0
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 84% 0 0 22 18 4 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 81% 0 2 13 12 1 4 0 3 4 2 1 1 1 5
5 Tsatas, Elijah SUB↑ 19% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 90% 1 1 14 13 1 8 8 0 0 4 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 14 387 218 169 91 28 57 30 62 19 21 36 58

E. Tsatas replaced K. Langford.

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
14 J. Ridley 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 49 N. Moyle 9 B. Ainsworth
32 B. Uwland 22 B. Long 34 B. King 15 N. Anderson 26 W. Graham
FORWARD 7 N. Holman 40 J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK

13 J. Lukosius
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

24 D. Swallow
8 B. Fiorini 19 B. Humphrey 16 T. Berry



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 D. Heppell 22 S. Durham 29 J. Kelly



33 S. Clohesy 11 T. Miller 18 M. Rowell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 N. Bryan 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 47 J. Menzie 13 N. Cox
35 M. Guelfi 11 J. Gresham 16 A. Perkins 7 Z. Merrett (c) 19 N. Hind
6 A. Sexton 17 J. Walter 3 S. Flanders

23 H. Jones
HALF-BACK

5 E. Tsatas
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford



31 M. Andrew 10 C. Ballard 25 S. Collins



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Nic Martin behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:28
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:09
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 03:44
ESSE Peter Wright goal 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 05:04
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 06:34
ESSE Harry Jones goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 09:04
GCST Ben Long goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 12:32
ESSE Jake Kelly goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 19:27
ESSE Harry Jones behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 21:54
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 24:20
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 2.1.13 - 3.5.23 26:46
GCST Ben King behind 2.2.14 - 3.5.23 28:26
Q2 GCST Jed Walter behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 01:49
GCST Ben King goal 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 05:10
GCST Ben Long goal 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 15:31
GCST Ben King goal 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 16:57
ESSE Nick Hind behind 5.3.33 - 3.6.24 19:25
ESSE Nik Cox goal 5.3.33 - 4.6.30 22:00
ESSE Peter Wright behind 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 24:15
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 6.3.39 - 4.7.31 25:09
GCST Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 27:02
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 6.4.40 - 4.8.32 28:36
Q3 GCST Ben King goal 7.4.46 - 4.8.32 01:37
GCST Ben Long goal 8.4.52 - 4.8.32 06:44
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 8.5.53 - 4.8.32 09:23
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 8.5.53 - 4.9.33 10:47
GCST Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 4.9.33 13:40
ESSE Nic Martin behind 8.6.54 - 4.10.34 14:23
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 8.6.54 - 5.10.40 15:47
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 8.6.54 - 5.11.41 18:37
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 8.6.54 - 5.12.42 19:08
ESSE Nick Hind goal 8.6.54 - 6.12.48 21:39
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 9.6.60 - 6.12.48 24:10
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.6.60 - 6.13.49 28:16
Q4 ESSE Nik Cox goal 9.6.60 - 7.13.55 02:55
GCST Nick Holman behind 9.7.61 - 7.13.55 05:51
ESSE Sam Durham goal 9.7.61 - 8.13.61 07:21
GCST Ben Long goal 10.7.67 - 8.13.61 08:59
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 10.7.67 - 9.13.67 11:19
GCST Ben King goal 11.7.73 - 9.13.67 12:56
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 12.7.79 - 9.13.67 16:00
ESSE Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 9.14.68 17:16
GCST Tom Berry goal 13.7.85 - 9.14.68 18:37
ESSE Nik Cox goal 13.7.85 - 10.14.74 20:29
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 13.7.85 - 11.14.80 28:51
GCST Touk Miller goal 14.7.91 - 11.14.80 31:20