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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| West Coast | Coach: Andrew McQualter | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 | W. Powell | 25 | S. Collins | 32 | B. Uwland | 25 | M. Flynn | 10 | T. Brockman | ||||||
| 13 | N. Long | 12 | O. Allen | 16 | M. Owies | 44 | J. Hutchinson | 28 | T. Cole | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | H. Reid | 8 | E. Hewett | |||||||||||
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| 2 | J. Noble | 10 | C. Ballard | 17 | D. Rioli |
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| 15 | J. Cripps | 2 | J. Waterman | 17 | J. Graham |
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| 14 | L. Weller | 18 | M. Rowell | 33 | S. Clohesy |
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| 14 | L. Duggan | 11 | T. Kelly | 5 | J. Hunt | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 28 | J. Witts | 35 | C. Budarick | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 19 | B. Humphrey | 7 | N. Holman | |||||||||||
| 26 | W. Graham | 11 | T. Miller | 9 | B. Ainsworth | 15 | N. Anderson (c) | 40 | J. Jeffrey | ||||||
| 3 | L. Baker | 20 | J. McGovern | 43 | T. Dewar |
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| 22 | B. Long | 34 | B. King | 20 | E. Read |
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| 19 | B. Hough | 42 | H. Edwards | 7 | R. Ginbey |
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| Gold Coast | Coach: Damien Hardwick | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |