2025 AFL Round 2: West Coast v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2025 between West Coast and Gold Coast during round 2 of the 2025 AFL season. West Coast hosted Gold Coast at Optus Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

West Coast
Back: R. Ginbey, H. Edwards, B. Hough
Half-back: T. Dewar, J. McGovern, L. Baker
Centre: J. Hunt, T. Kelly, L. Duggan
Half-forward: J. Graham, J. Waterman, J. Cripps
Forward: M. Owies, O. Allen, N. Long
Follower: M. Flynn, J. Hutchinson, H. Reid
Int.: T. Brockman, T. Cole, E. Hewett, A. Reid
Sub.: R. Maric

Gold Coast
Back: W. Powell, S. Collins, B. Uwland
Half-back: J. Noble, C. Ballard, D. Rioli
Centre: L. Weller, M. Rowell, S. Clohesy
Half-forward: W. Graham, T. Miller, B. Ainsworth
Forward: B. Long, B. King, E. Read
Follower: J. Witts, B. Humphrey, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, N. Holman, J. Jeffrey, J. Rogers
Sub.: A. Sexton

West Coast (7.7.49) were defeated by Gold Coast (20.16.136).

Goalkickers
West Coast: O. Allen (2), J. Waterman (2), M. Flynn, M. Owies, H. Reid
Gold Coast: B. King (6), B. Long (4), J. Rogers (3), T. Miller (2), E. Read (2), D. Rioli (2), W. Graham

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 17th on the ladder and Gold Coast were then 3rd on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: West Coast v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 16 March 2025
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 46,532

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Gold Coast
Score: 7.7.49 - 20.16.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 1 2 . 4 5 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Gold Coast 4 . 5 9 . 7 14 . 11 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Margin GCST by 16 GCST by 45 GCST by 60 GCST by 87 GCST by 87
Duration 31:00 32:19 33:41 32:05 2:09:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: Andrew McQualter (West Coast), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3
Ben King GCST 34 2
Touk Miller GCST 11 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 93% 2 0 8 6 2 5 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1
3 Baker, Liam HBFR 82% 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 2 3 0 3 10 4
10 Brockman, Tyler INT 84% 0 1 15 3 12 1 0 3 2 5 0 2 1 2
28 Cole, Tom INT 79% 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 3
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 90% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
43 Dewar, Tyrell HBFL 83% 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 2 5 3
14 Duggan, Liam WR 67% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 3 3 5 2 2 2 1
42 Edwards, Harry FB 85% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
25 Flynn, Matt RU 85% 1 0 13 7 6 4 13 3 4 1 0 1 1 0
7 Ginbey, Reuben BPL 93% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 1
17 Graham, Jack HFFL 81% 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 10 2 3 0 3 2 5
8 Hewett, Elijah INT 73% 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 4 4 1 2 1 0 1
19 Hough, Brady BPR 88% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 0
5 Hunt, Jayden WL 82% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
44 Hutchinson, Jack RR 67% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 7 1 2 0 1 2 2
11 Kelly, Tim C 74% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 6 4 4 0 1 1 1
13 Long, Noah FPR 87% 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0
23 Maric, Ryan SUB↑ 33% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 87% 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 7 0
16 Owies, Matthew FPL 84% 1 0 11 5 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
22 Reid, Archer INT 66% 0 0 6 1 5 0 6 3 3 1 1 0 1 1
9 Reid, Harley RO 78% 1 1 12 6 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3
2 Waterman, Jake CHF↓ 58% 2 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 7 296 163 133 62 19 65 33 55 10 20 47 34

R. Maric replaced J. Waterman.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben HFFR 82% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 5
15 Anderson, Noah (c) RO 80% 0 0 36 16 20 3 0 5 9 5 0 0 5 9
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB↓ 45% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Budarick, Connor INT 77% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 4
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 93% 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 Collins, Sam FB 88% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2
26 Graham, Will HFFL 79% 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2
7 Holman, Nick INT 77% 0 1 14 7 7 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 2
19 Humphrey, Bailey RR 86% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 2 5 4 1 1 1 6
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 79% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 4
34 King, Ben FF 87% 6 2 11 8 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Long, Ben FPL 79% 4 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
11 Miller, Touk CHF 73% 2 1 26 12 14 4 0 2 10 4 1 1 1 3
2 Noble, John HBFL 83% 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
27 Powell, Wil BPL 85% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 5 0 0 4 2
20 Read, Ethan FPR 82% 2 2 10 7 3 3 9 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 82% 2 0 21 12 9 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 3
29 Rogers, Jake INT 75% 3 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
18 Rowell, Matt C 79% 0 0 30 17 13 0 0 8 10 3 2 1 0 6
6 Sexton, Alex SUB↑ 41% 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
32 Uwland, Bodhi BPR 92% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 3 1 4 1 2 2 0
14 Weller, Lachie WL 71% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 6 3 4 3 1 0 5
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 83% 0 0 13 6 7 2 68 4 5 1 3 0 0 3
Rushed 6
Total (23 players) 20 16 368 206 162 77 77 64 50 49 20 10 27 67

A. Sexton replaced C. Ballard.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST Ethan Read goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:05
WCST Jake Waterman goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:47
GCST Ben Long behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:28
WCST Oscar Allen goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 08:48
GCST Ben King behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 11:27
GCST Jake Rogers goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 14:34
WCST Harley Reid behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 15:48
GCST Will Graham behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 16:58
GCST Ben King goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 18:19
GCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 22:57
GCST Touk Miller goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 27:04
GCST Ethan Read behind 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 29:05
Q2 GCST Daniel Rioli goal 2.1.13 - 5.5.35 01:11
GCST Ethan Read goal 2.1.13 - 6.5.41 08:19
WCST Elijah Hewett behind 2.2.14 - 6.5.41 11:02
GCST Ben King goal 2.2.14 - 7.5.47 14:03
WCST Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 7.5.47 15:50
GCST Ben Long goal 2.3.15 - 8.5.53 17:05
GCST Nick Holman behind 2.3.15 - 8.6.54 19:37
GCST Ben Long goal 2.3.15 - 9.6.60 22:35
WCST Noah Long behind 2.4.16 - 9.6.60 26:46
GCST Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 9.7.61 29:52
Q3 WCST Tyler Brockman behind 2.5.17 - 9.7.61 02:04
GCST Touk Miller behind 2.5.17 - 9.8.62 05:18
GCST Will Graham goal 2.5.17 - 10.8.68 06:22
WCST Jake Waterman goal 3.5.23 - 10.8.68 10:27
GCST Alex Sexton behind 3.5.23 - 10.9.69 13:08
GCST Ben King goal 3.5.23 - 11.9.75 14:28
WCST Harley Reid goal 4.5.29 - 11.9.75 18:16
GCST Touk Miller goal 4.5.29 - 12.9.81 19:28
GCST Ben King goal 4.5.29 - 13.9.87 22:53
WCST Matt Flynn goal 5.5.35 - 13.9.87 25:04
GCST Ben Long goal 5.5.35 - 14.9.93 26:20
GCST Sam Clohesy behind 5.5.35 - 14.10.94 27:59
GCST Ethan Read behind 5.5.35 - 14.11.95 28:59
Q4 GCST Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 14.12.96 01:11
WCST Matthew Owies goal 6.5.41 - 14.12.96 02:20
WCST Liam Baker behind 6.6.42 - 14.12.96 05:22
GCST Ben King goal 6.6.42 - 15.12.102 08:20
GCST Jake Rogers goal 6.6.42 - 16.12.108 10:10
GCST Jake Rogers goal 6.6.42 - 17.12.114 11:31
GCST Ben King behind 6.6.42 - 17.13.115 13:10
GCST Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 17.14.116 14:20
GCST Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 17.15.117 15:32
GCST Ben Long goal 6.6.42 - 18.15.123 16:59
GCST Ben King goal 6.6.42 - 19.15.129 18:51
GCST Daniel Rioli goal 6.6.42 - 20.15.135 22:44
WCST Oscar Allen goal 7.6.48 - 20.15.135 26:31
WCST Tim Kelly behind 7.7.49 - 20.15.135 29:12
GCST Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 20.16.136 31:21