2024 AFL 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 23 of the 2024 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Kelly, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: N. Cox, D. Parish, N. Bryan
Half-forward: J. Stringer, J. Menzie, S. Durham
Forward: K. Langford, H. Jones, J. Gresham
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: N. Caddy, A. Davey, A. Roberts, D. Shiel
Sub.: B. Hobbs

Gold Coast
Back: S. Collins, B. Uwland, C. Ballard
Half-back: A. Sexton, L. Weller, W. Powell
Centre: W. Graham, N. Anderson, S. Clohesy
Half-forward: C. Budarick, N. Holman, B. Humphrey
Forward: B. Long, J. Witts, B. King
Follower: M. Andrew, S. Flanders, M. Rowell
Int.: A. Davies, S. Lemmens, J. Rogers, J. Walter
Sub.: D. Swallow

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Caddy (3), S. Draper (3), J. Caldwell, S. Durham, H. Jones, J. Menzie, A. Roberts, J. Stringer
Gold Coast: M. Andrew (4), B. King (3), S. Flanders (2), J. Walter (2), N. Holman, B. Humphrey

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Gold Coast were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

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