2025 AFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2025 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round four of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne (8.14.62) were defeated by Gold Coast (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,506

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Gold Coast
Score: 8.14.62 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 2 . 9 6 . 12 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Gold Coast 4 . 5 5 . 8 12 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin GCST by 19 GCST by 17 GCST by 34 GCST by 58 GCST by 58
Duration 31:05 28:53 34:42 31:37 2:06:17

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Rowell GCST 18 3
Touk Miller GCST 11 2
Noah Anderson GCST 15 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack WL 90% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 84% 1 0 26 14 12 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 84% 1 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 76% 0 3 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 0 1 15 8 7 5 30 2 1 7 1 3 4 2
43 Henderson, Jack HFFL 78% 0 1 11 5 6 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
22 Howes, Blake INT 74% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
42 Johnson, Aidan CHF 76% 0 0 5 2 3 1 5 4 2 3 0 2 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed RO 97% 0 0 29 13 16 7 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 4
19 Langford, Harvey FPL 66% 1 1 26 10 16 3 0 1 6 5 2 3 1 5
20 Lindsay, Xavier WR↓ 3% 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 May, Steven FB 90% 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 0 0 8 0 3 8 0
25 McDonald, Tom BPL 97% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
18 Melksham, Jake SUB↑ 77% 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton C 77% 0 0 31 13 18 3 0 6 5 7 0 0 2 2
5 Petracca, Christian RR 87% 1 1 23 9 14 3 0 3 2 5 3 2 0 2
35 Petty, Harry CHB 87% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 85% 0 0 22 13 9 9 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 3
3 Salem, Christian BPR 84% 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0
30 Sharp, Harry INT 71% 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom HBFL 78% 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 76% 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFR 81% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 5 1 5 1 1 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 8 14 369 199 170 93 35 52 24 64 13 21 46 40

J. Melksham replaced X. Lindsay.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Anderson, Noah (c) RO 87% 1 0 35 14 21 3 0 4 3 8 2 0 1 6
1 Andrew, Mac BPL 84% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1
35 Budarick, Connor CHF 84% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 4
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 91% 0 0 21 14 7 9 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 6
25 Collins, Sam BPR 97% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
3 Flanders, Sam INT 67% 1 1 25 13 12 4 0 1 6 7 3 0 0 1
26 Graham, Will HFFL 81% 2 1 16 8 8 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
7 Holman, Nick INT↓ 57% 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey RR 80% 1 1 23 10 13 3 0 6 4 4 0 1 0 7
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 80% 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 1
34 King, Ben FPL 87% 4 3 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
22 Long, Ben FF 89% 1 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 4
11 Miller, Touk HFFR 79% 3 1 23 14 9 9 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 5
2 Noble, John HBFL 87% 1 1 29 22 7 8 0 3 1 4 0 2 6 2
27 Powell, Wil FB 90% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1
20 Read, Ethan FPR 68% 1 0 7 5 2 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 78% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 5
29 Rogers, Jake SUB↑ 25% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
18 Rowell, Matt C 83% 0 0 36 15 21 5 0 7 13 6 2 1 1 8
32 Uwland, Bodhi CHB 84% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2
4 Walter, Jed INT 66% 1 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 3
14 Weller, Lachie WL 73% 1 1 10 4 6 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
28 Witts, Jarrod RU 83% 1 0 13 4 9 1 25 4 3 1 2 1 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 18 12 388 212 176 91 29 52 40 60 21 13 31 65

J. Rogers replaced N. Holman.

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Andrew 27 W. Powell 25 S. Collins 11 M. Gawn (c) 31 B. Fritsch
37 K. Chandler 2 J. van Rooyen 19 H. Langford 5 C. Petracca 22 B. Howes
FORWARD 15 E. Langdon 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

30 H. Sharp
2 J. Noble 32 B. Uwland 17 D. Rioli

18 J. Melksham
7 J. Viney (vc) 42 A. Johnson 43 J. Henderson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Weller 18 M. Rowell 33 S. Clohesy



20 X. Lindsay 13 C. Oliver 14 J. Billings FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 J. Witts 3 S. Flanders
HALF-FORWARD 19 B. Humphrey 7 N. Holman
26 W. Graham 35 C. Budarick 11 T. Miller 15 N. Anderson (c) 40 J. Jeffrey
17 J. Bowey 35 H. Petty 32 T. Sparrow

4 J. Walter
HALF-BACK

29 J. Rogers
FORWARD



34 B. King 22 B. Long 20 E. Read



3 C. Salem 1 S. May 25 T. McDonald



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Max Gawn behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:26
GCST Ben Long behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:44
GCST Will Graham goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:13
MELB Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 07:57
GCST Jed Walter goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 10:02
GCST Nick Holman behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 12:14
MELB Christian Petracca behind 0.3.3 - 2.2.14 13:34
GCST Sam Flanders behind 0.3.3 - 2.3.15 16:56
MELB Harvey Langford behind 0.4.4 - 2.3.15 17:37
MELB Jake Bowey goal 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 19:39
GCST John Noble goal 1.4.10 - 3.3.21 22:40
GCST Ben King behind 1.4.10 - 3.4.22 26:01
GCST Bailey Humphrey goal 1.4.10 - 4.4.28 28:45
GCST Bailey Humphrey behind 1.4.10 - 4.5.29 30:36
Q2 MELB Tom Sparrow behind 1.5.11 - 4.5.29 04:25
GCST Touk Miller behind 1.5.11 - 4.6.30 08:55
MELB Rushed behind 1.6.12 - 4.6.30 10:42
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.6.18 - 4.6.30 11:57
GCST Noah Anderson goal 2.6.18 - 5.6.36 13:25
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.7.19 - 5.6.36 17:15
GCST John Noble behind 2.7.19 - 5.7.37 20:56
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 2.7.19 - 5.8.38 22:25
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.8.20 - 5.8.38 27:53
MELB Rushed behind 2.9.21 - 5.8.38 28:30
Q3 GCST Ben King behind 2.9.21 - 5.9.39 03:11
GCST Ben King behind 2.9.21 - 5.10.40 05:02
MELB Harry Sharp goal 3.9.27 - 5.10.40 05:50
GCST Touk Miller goal 3.9.27 - 6.10.46 08:56
GCST Touk Miller goal 3.9.27 - 7.10.52 12:58
GCST Ben King goal 3.9.27 - 8.10.58 14:12
GCST Ben King goal 3.9.27 - 9.10.64 18:03
GCST Jarrod Witts goal 3.9.27 - 10.10.70 20:03
MELB Jack Henderson behind 3.10.28 - 10.10.70 22:36
MELB Harry Sharp goal 4.10.34 - 10.10.70 24:39
GCST Lachie Weller goal 4.10.34 - 11.10.76 25:58
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.10.40 - 11.10.76 27:53
MELB Kade Chandler goal 6.10.46 - 11.10.76 30:41
MELB Jake Melksham behind 6.11.47 - 11.10.76 32:03
MELB Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 11.10.76 34:01
GCST Will Graham goal 6.12.48 - 12.10.82 34:39
Q4 GCST Touk Miller goal 6.12.48 - 13.10.88 02:36
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.13.49 - 13.10.88 07:34
GCST Sam Flanders goal 6.13.49 - 14.10.94 09:58
GCST Ben King goal 6.13.49 - 15.10.100 12:12
MELB Harvey Langford goal 7.13.55 - 15.10.100 14:50
MELB Jake Melksham behind 7.14.56 - 15.10.100 16:05
GCST Lachie Weller behind 7.14.56 - 15.11.101 18:22
GCST Ethan Read goal 7.14.56 - 16.11.107 19:46
GCST Will Graham behind 7.14.56 - 16.12.108 21:12
GCST Ben King goal 7.14.56 - 17.12.114 22:36
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 8.14.62 - 17.12.114 28:40
GCST Ben Long goal 8.14.62 - 18.12.120 30:06