2024 AFL Season Round 23: Essendon v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2024 between Essendon and Gold Coast during round twenty-three of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon (12.14.86) were defeated by Gold Coast (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Essendon v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,401

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Gold Coast
Score: 12.14.86 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	2	9	.	4	11	.	5	12	.	14	12	.	14	(86)
Gold Coast	4	.	3	7	.	5	11	.	9	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	GCST by 1			ESSE by 11			GCST by 4			GCST by 1			GCST by 1
Duration	32:17			33:12			29:52			29:27			2:04:48

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	3
Sam Draper	ESSE	2	2
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	10	2	0	0	0	0
Mac Andrew	GCST	31	7	0	1	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	6	0	1	0	1	0
Sam Collins	GCST	25	3	0	0	?	?	?
Nic Martin	ESSE	37	3	0	0	?	?	?
Sam Flanders	GCST	3	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Bryan, Nick	WR	73%	0	0	15	8	7	3	18	1	4	1	1	0	1	1
30	Caddy, Nate	INT	75%	3	1	15	9	6	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	4
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR	79%	1	0	17	10	7	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
13	Cox, Nik	WL↓	36%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
33	Davey, Alwyn	INT	72%	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
2	Draper, Sam	RU	82%	3	2	11	9	2	5	14	5	0	3	2	3	0	3
22	Durham, Sam	HFFR	75%	1	1	23	13	10	4	0	5	5	5	0	1	1	8
11	Gresham, Jade	FPR	82%	0	0	5	4	1	3	0	5	1	2	0	1	0	2
8	Hobbs, Ben	SUB↑	51%	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1
23	Jones, Harry	FF	76%	1	1	16	7	9	5	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	3
29	Kelly, Jake	BPL	78%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Langford, Kyle	FPL	91%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	1
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPR	92%	0	0	20	8	12	11	0	4	1	2	0	0	3	1
37	Martin, Nic	HBFL	100%	0	0	36	22	14	7	0	3	4	2	0	0	7	3
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	84%	0	0	21	6	15	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	6	2
32	McKay, Ben	FB	100%	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	0
47	Menzie, Jye	CHF	78%	1	1	8	3	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RO	83%	0	1	32	22	10	8	0	5	4	3	3	0	3	10
3	Parish, Darcy	C	79%	0	0	27	13	14	5	0	4	4	4	0	0	1	6
27	Redman, Mason	CHB	78%	0	0	27	24	3	9	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	4
38	Roberts, Archie	INT	87%	1	0	16	8	8	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	3
9	Shiel, Dylan	INT	67%	0	0	24	13	11	6	0	3	6	2	0	1	1	5
25	Stringer, Jake	HFFL	81%	1	3	12	10	2	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	14	389	226	163	104	32	60	37	46	19	11	38	62

B. Hobbs replaced N. Cox.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Anderson, Noah	C	92%	0	1	26	16	10	7	0	1	5	2	0	0	3	5
31	Andrew, Mac	RU	87%	4	0	13	10	3	5	0	2	3	4	1	1	0	2
10	Ballard, Charlie	BPR	94%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
35	Budarick, Connor	HFFL	82%	0	0	18	11	7	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	0
33	Clohesy, Sam	WR	79%	0	0	23	17	6	8	0	3	1	2	0	0	4	2
25	Collins, Sam	BPL	92%	0	0	14	12	2	9	0	2	0	2	2	2	5	2
5	Davies, Alex	INT	67%	0	0	18	4	14	1	0	4	1	7	1	2	0	3
3	Flanders, Sam	RR	85%	2	1	22	13	9	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	1	4
26	Graham, Will	WL	79%	0	0	20	10	10	1	0	2	2	5	1	1	1	5
7	Holman, Nick	CHF	83%	1	1	19	6	13	1	0	5	3	5	0	4	2	3
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	81%	1	0	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
34	King, Ben	FPR	85%	3	0	11	7	4	7	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1
23	Lemmens, Sean	INT	77%	0	0	9	7	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	1
22	Long, Ben	FPL	85%	0	1	16	12	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	9
27	Powell, Wil	HBFR	87%	0	1	16	10	6	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	0
29	Rogers, Jake	INT	76%	0	0	12	3	9	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
18	Rowell, Matt	RO	81%	0	0	32	14	18	4	0	7	9	6	2	0	1	5
6	Sexton, Alex	HBFL	80%	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
24	Swallow, David	SUB↑	17%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
32	Uwland, Bodhi	FB	88%	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	0
17	Walter, Jed	INT↓	47%	2	0	7	4	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2
14	Weller, Lachie	CHB	78%	0	0	20	14	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	9	1
28	Witts, Jarrod	FF	78%	0	0	14	6	8	3	43	3	4	4	0	3	1	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	9	358	209	149	92	45	48	37	60	11	19	50	51

D. Swallow replaced J. Walter.

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

Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	25	S. Collins	32	B. Uwland	10	C. Ballard	2	S. Draper	30	N. Caddy
	11	J. Gresham	23	H. Jones	4	K. Langford	6	J. Caldwell	33	A. Davey
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	38	A. Roberts
HALF-BACK									9	D. Shiel
	6	A. Sexton	14	L. Weller	27	W. Powell			8	B. Hobbs
	22	S. Durham	47	J. Menzie	25	J. Stringer
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	26	W. Graham	15	N. Anderson	33	S. Clohesy
	24	N. Bryan	3	D. Parish	13	N. Cox	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							31	M. Andrew	5	A. Davies
HALF-FORWARD							3	S. Flanders	23	S. Lemmens
	35	C. Budarick	7	N. Holman	19	B. Humphrey	18	M. Rowell	29	J. Rogers
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	27	M. Redman	37	N. Martin			17	J. Walter
HALF-BACK									24	D. Swallow
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	28	J. Witts	34	B. King
	15	J. Laverde	32	B. McKay	29	J. Kelly
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:48
	GCST	Sam Flanders behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:33
	ESSE	Harry Jones behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	04:04
	GCST	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	05:50
	GCST	Ben King goal	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	06:54
	ESSE	Jye Menzie goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	08:27
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	09:39
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	11:33
	GCST	Ben King goal	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	14:13
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	16:12
	GCST	Nick Holman goal	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	18:53
	GCST	Alex Sexton behind	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	23:20
	ESSE	Harry Jones goal	4.2.26	-	4.3.27	24:52
Q2	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	5.2.32	-	4.3.27	02:55
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	6.2.38	-	4.3.27	05:04
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.3.27	07:08
	GCST	Mac Andrew goal	6.3.39	-	5.3.33	08:23
	GCST	Ben King goal	6.3.39	-	6.3.39	11:45
	GCST	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	6.4.40	14:19
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	6.3.39	-	7.4.46	16:31
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	7.3.45	-	7.4.46	18:58
	ESSE	Sam Durham goal	8.3.51	-	7.4.46	20:57
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	9.3.57	-	7.4.46	26:02
	GCST	Noah Anderson behind	9.3.57	-	7.5.47	28:52
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	7.5.47	32:36
Q3	GCST	Mac Andrew goal	9.4.58	-	8.5.53	01:19
	GCST	Mac Andrew goal	9.4.58	-	9.5.59	03:21
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	10.4.64	-	9.5.59	06:31
	GCST	Rushed behind	10.4.64	-	9.6.60	08:28
	GCST	Ben Long behind	10.4.64	-	9.7.61	09:46
	GCST	Nick Holman behind	10.4.64	-	9.8.62	13:36
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	11.4.70	-	9.8.62	15:29
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	11.4.70	-	10.8.68	18:08
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	11.4.70	-	11.8.74	19:32
	GCST	Wil Powell behind	11.4.70	-	11.9.75	21:28
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	11.5.71	-	11.9.75	27:06
Q4	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	11.6.72	-	11.9.75	01:02
	ESSE	Archie Roberts goal	12.6.78	-	11.9.75	03:35
	ESSE	Sam Durham behind	12.7.79	-	11.9.75	05:06
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	12.8.80	-	11.9.75	07:54
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	12.9.81	-	11.9.75	09:31
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	12.9.81	-	12.9.81	11:39
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	12.10.82	-	12.9.81	14:28
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	12.11.83	-	12.9.81	18:47
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	12.12.84	-	12.9.81	20:54
	ESSE	Rushed behind	12.13.85	-	12.9.81	21:49
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	12.14.86	-	12.9.81	24:02
	GCST	Mac Andrew goal	12.14.86	-	13.9.87	29:22

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