2024 AFL Round 24: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2024 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 24 of the 2024 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne 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. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, A. Tomlinson, J. McVee
Half-back: J. Bowey, T. McDonald, B. Howes
Centre: E. Langdon, J. Viney (vice-capt.), A. Neal-Bullen
Half-forward: J. Billings, H. Petty, K. Chandler
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. van Rooyen
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Salem, T. Rivers
Int.: M. Hore, T. Sparrow, K. Tholstrup, D. Turner
Sub.: J. Melksham

Gold Coast (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (18.9.117).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: S. Flanders (2), B. King (2), J. Witts (2), A. Davies, N. Holman, L. Weller
Melbourne: D. Turner (4), H. Petty (3), J. van Rooyen (3), J. Melksham (2), J. Viney (2), B. Fritsch, E. Langdon, J. McVee, K. Tholstrup

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 13,026

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 5 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin level MELB by 6 MELB by 17 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration 31:49 35:02 27:35 33:11 2:07:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Gold Coast), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Ed Langdon MELB 15 2
Trent Rivers MELB 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 7 0 1 1 0 0
Daniel Turner MELB 42 7 0 1 1 0 0
Marty Hore MELB 27 2 0 0 0 1 0
Trent Rivers MELB 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Flanders GCST 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 30 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
15 Anderson, Noah C 86% 0 1 33 18 15 8 0 3 5 1 0 1 5 8
31 Andrew, Mac FF 83% 0 2 7 6 1 1 6 0 1 4 0 1 0 2
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 95% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0
35 Budarick, Connor INT 82% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 4
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 84% 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 4
25 Collins, Sam FB 97% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Davies, Alex HFFL 74% 1 0 17 5 12 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 0
3 Flanders, Sam RR 90% 2 0 28 14 14 5 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 7
26 Graham, Will INT 77% 0 0 14 4 10 1 0 5 2 2 3 0 0 0
7 Holman, Nick WL 83% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 3
19 Humphrey, Bailey HFFR 78% 0 1 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 King, Ben FPR 85% 2 1 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
23 Lemmens, Sean BPL 76% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2
22 Long, Ben CHF↓ 58% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
11 Miller, Touk RO 82% 0 1 28 16 12 5 0 2 7 5 0 2 0 2
27 Powell, Wil HBFR 84% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
29 Rogers, Jake INT 68% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
18 Rowell, Matt FPL 85% 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 6 5 2 2 1 0 2
24 Swallow, David SUB↑ 23% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Uwland, Bodhi HBFL 88% 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 1
17 Walter, Jed INT 64% 0 2 7 6 1 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
14 Weller, Lachie BPR 78% 1 0 21 12 9 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 6 4
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 81% 2 0 8 6 2 1 27 4 3 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 9 327 180 147 81 34 47 36 46 15 11 35 49

D. Swallow replaced B. Long.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack HFFL 86% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 79% 0 1 23 16 7 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
37 Chandler, Kade HFFR 81% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 1 3 0 2 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 79% 1 1 11 9 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 0 1 16 6 10 4 33 3 6 5 0 4 1 2
27 Hore, Marty INT 77% 0 0 18 16 2 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 2
22 Howes, Blake HBFR 78% 0 0 22 12 10 10 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 95% 1 1 37 23 14 10 0 2 3 2 1 1 3 4
8 Lever, Jake BPL 83% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 95% 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 6 1
4 McVee, Judd BPR 71% 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake SUB↑ 54% 2 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WR 78% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 7 3 1 0 1 2 5
35 Petty, Harry CHF 81% 3 0 9 5 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 83% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent RO 79% 0 0 30 14 16 2 0 2 6 5 1 1 3 3
3 Salem, Christian RR 89% 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT↓ 16% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
39 Tholstrup, Koltyn INT 80% 1 1 18 10 8 4 0 5 2 4 1 0 1 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam FB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 0 1 2 1 4 0
42 Turner, Daniel INT 79% 4 2 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FPR 73% 3 0 11 6 5 2 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) C 82% 2 1 30 12 18 5 0 10 9 6 1 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 18 9 390 235 155 111 40 50 45 43 11 15 40 54

J. Melksham replaced T. Sparrow.

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
8 J. Lever 20 A. Tomlinson 4 J. McVee 28 J. Witts 35 C. Budarick
34 B. King 31 M. Andrew 18 M. Rowell 3 S. Flanders 26 W. Graham
FORWARD 11 T. Miller 29 J. Rogers
HALF-BACK

17 J. Walter
17 J. Bowey 25 T. McDonald 22 B. Howes

24 D. Swallow
19 B. Humphrey 22 B. Long 5 A. Davies



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney (vc) 30 A. Neal-Bullen



33 S. Clohesy 15 N. Anderson 7 N. Holman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 27 M. Hore
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Salem 32 T. Sparrow
14 J. Billings 35 H. Petty 37 K. Chandler 24 T. Rivers 39 K. Tholstrup
27 W. Powell 10 C. Ballard 32 B. Uwland

42 D. Turner
HALF-BACK

18 J. Melksham
FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 31 B. Fritsch 2 J. van Rooyen



14 L. Weller 25 S. Collins 23 S. Lemmens



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Noah Anderson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 06:17
GCST Nick Holman goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 08:57
GCST Touk Miller behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 13:09
GCST Sam Flanders goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 15:16
MELB Jack Viney behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 16:27
MELB Daniel Turner behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 19:27
MELB Daniel Turner goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 22:20
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 24:04
MELB Daniel Turner goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 25:36
GCST Alex Davies goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 31:47
Q2 MELB Harry Petty goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 01:35
GCST Ben King behind 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 03:10
GCST Jarrod Witts goal 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 06:05
MELB Jack Viney goal 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 08:55
MELB Ed Langdon goal 4.3.27 - 6.2.38 11:11
GCST Sam Flanders goal 5.3.33 - 6.2.38 12:22
GCST Lachie Weller goal 6.3.39 - 6.2.38 13:46
MELB Daniel Turner behind 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 17:02
MELB Jake Bowey behind 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 19:39
GCST Mac Andrew behind 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 20:51
MELB Max Gawn behind 6.4.40 - 6.5.41 23:09
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.4.40 - 7.5.47 24:12
GCST Jarrod Witts goal 7.4.46 - 7.5.47 27:14
GCST Jed Walter behind 7.5.47 - 7.5.47 29:26
MELB Harry Petty goal 7.5.47 - 8.5.53 32:38
Q3 MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 7.5.47 - 9.5.59 01:18
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 7.5.47 - 10.5.65 05:52
MELB Harry Petty goal 7.5.47 - 11.5.71 07:37
GCST Ben King goal 8.5.53 - 11.5.71 14:29
GCST Jed Walter behind 8.6.54 - 11.5.71 23:30
Q4 MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.6.54 - 12.5.77 01:44
GCST Mac Andrew behind 8.7.55 - 12.5.77 04:11
MELB Jack Viney goal 8.7.55 - 13.5.83 05:15
MELB Judd McVee behind 8.7.55 - 13.6.84 06:45
MELB Ed Langdon behind 8.7.55 - 13.7.85 08:23
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.7.55 - 13.8.86 09:27
MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.7.55 - 14.8.92 12:12
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 8.8.56 - 14.8.92 16:13
MELB Judd McVee goal 8.8.56 - 15.8.98 19:56
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 8.8.56 - 15.9.99 23:13
GCST Ben King goal 9.8.62 - 15.9.99 24:37
MELB Daniel Turner goal 9.8.62 - 16.9.105 27:00
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 9.8.62 - 17.9.111 28:39
MELB Daniel Turner goal 9.8.62 - 18.9.117 30:22
GCST Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 18.9.117 31:47