2025 AFL Round 8: Gold Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 2025 between Gold Coast and Sydney during round 8 of the 2025 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Sydney at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

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

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, T. McCartin, D. Rampe
Half-back: M. Roberts, N. Blakey, R. Bice
Centre: J. Lloyd, I. Heeney, O. Florent
Half-forward: C. Cleary, H. McLean, J. Jordon
Forward: W. Hayward, A. Francis, B. Campbell
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Rowbottom
Int.: P. Ladhams, J. McInerney, B. Paton, Corey Warner
Sub.: T. Hanily

Gold Coast (17.15.117) defeated Sydney (12.7.79).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (5), B. Humphrey (4), J. Walter (3), D. Rioli (2), N. Holman, B. Long, M. Rowell
Sydney: N. Blakey (3), B. Campbell (2), Chad Warner (2), I. Heeney, J. Jordon, P. Ladhams, H. McLean, Corey Warner

As a result of this match, Gold Coast remained 3rd on the ladder and Sydney remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Gold Coast v Sydney
Date: Sunday 27 April 2025
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 18,034

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Sydney
Score: 17.15.117 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast	2	.	2	6	.	6	12	.	12	17	.	15	17	.	15	(117)
Sydney	6	.	3	9	.	5	9	.	6	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	SYDN by 25			SYDN by 17			GCST by 24			GCST by 38			GCST by 38
Duration	34:11			31:36			31:47			32:05			2:09:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Noah Anderson (Gold Coast), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	3
Bailey Humphrey	GCST	19	2
Jarrod Witts	GCST	28	1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ainsworth, Ben	CHF↓	72%	0	1	15	6	9	6	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	83%	0	0	21	9	12	6	0	3	3	5	0	1	2	1
1	Andrew, Mac	BPL	97%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1
35	Budarick, Connor	SUB↑	7%	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	86%	0	0	11	7	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
3	Flanders, Sam	INT	77%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	4	5	0	1	0	3	3
26	Graham, Will	FPL	78%	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0
7	Holman, Nick	HFFR	85%	1	0	16	8	8	5	0	3	1	5	1	2	2	3
19	Humphrey, Bailey	RR	84%	4	1	18	11	7	4	0	4	5	0	3	0	0	5
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	76%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2
34	King, Ben	FPR	86%	5	0	11	6	5	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1
22	Long, Ben	FF	84%	1	2	9	7	2	4	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2
11	Miller, Touk	WR	81%	0	2	24	11	13	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	2	7
2	Noble, John	HBFL	85%	0	0	30	21	9	7	0	2	1	4	2	1	5	3
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	87%	0	1	14	10	4	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	6	3
20	Read, Ethan	FB	73%	0	3	7	4	3	2	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	75%	2	0	21	12	9	5	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	3
29	Rogers, Jake	INT	71%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	3
18	Rowell, Matt	C	81%	1	0	16	10	6	0	0	8	5	10	0	6	0	6
32	Uwland, Bodhi	HFFL	93%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	2	0	5	0	3	4	2
4	Walter, Jed	INT	75%	3	1	6	5	1	2	0	4	0	1	2	1	0	1
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	81%	0	1	20	9	11	4	0	1	2	5	0	1	6	3
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	82%	0	1	18	9	9	2	28	1	6	3	5	2	1	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				17	15	342	190	152	83	35	51	39	58	21	23	40	56

C. Budarick replaced B. Ainsworth.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Bice, Riley	HBFR	88%	0	0	20	14	6	7	0	2	0	2	2	1	4	2
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	92%	3	0	17	16	1	5	0	1	0	3	1	2	5	1
16	Campbell, Braeden	FPR	84%	2	1	15	6	9	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
33	Cleary, Caiden	HFFL	81%	0	1	17	9	8	5	0	5	3	2	3	0	1	3
13	Florent, Oliver	WR	84%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
10	Francis, Aaron	FF	72%	0	1	15	11	4	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	76%	0	0	9	1	8	0	23	5	3	3	1	3	0	2
40	Hanily, Tom	SUB↑	36%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
9	Hayward, Will	FPL	83%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	C	78%	1	2	20	8	12	3	0	2	4	2	2	1	1	2
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	84%	1	0	11	5	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
19	Ladhams, Peter	INT	70%	1	0	9	6	3	4	8	1	1	6	2	2	1	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	WL	88%	0	2	28	18	10	10	0	1	1	5	2	1	4	6
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	88%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0
27	McInerney, Justin	INT	85%	0	0	29	17	12	6	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2
2	McLean, Hayden	CHF	84%	1	0	11	3	8	1	6	1	2	3	1	1	0	1
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	86%	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0
25	Paton, Ben	INT↓	41%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
24	Rampe, Dane	BPR	80%	0	0	15	11	4	5	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	3
34	Roberts, Matt	HBFL	84%	0	0	28	20	8	7	0	4	0	4	1	0	8	1
8	Rowbottom, James	RO	75%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	6	8	4	2	1	2	4
1	Warner, Chad	RR	85%	2	0	24	20	4	5	0	6	6	5	0	0	0	6
37	Warner, Corey	INT	77%	1	0	18	10	8	5	0	2	1	6	2	1	1	5
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	7	355	218	137	96	37	51	30	67	23	21	38	52

T. Hanily replaced B. Paton.

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
	43	L. Melican	30	T. McCartin	24	D. Rampe	28	J. Witts	3	S. Flanders
	34	B. King	22	B. Long	26	W. Graham	19	B. Humphrey	40	J. Jeffrey
FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	29	J. Rogers
HALF-BACK									4	J. Walter
	34	M. Roberts	22	N. Blakey	26	R. Bice			35	C. Budarick
	7	N. Holman	9	B. Ainsworth	32	B. Uwland
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	J. Lloyd	5	I. Heeney	13	O. Florent
	11	T. Miller	18	M. Rowell	14	L. Weller	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	19	P. Ladhams
HALF-FORWARD							1	C. Warner	27	J. McInerney
	33	C. Cleary	2	H. McLean	17	J. Jordon	8	J. Rowbottom	25	B. Paton
	17	D. Rioli	27	W. Powell	2	J. Noble			37	C. Warner
HALF-BACK									40	T. Hanily
FORWARD
	9	W. Hayward	10	A. Francis	16	B. Campbell
	25	S. Collins	20	E. Read	1	M. Andrew
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Wil Powell behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:59
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	05:48
	GCST	Ben King goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	06:52
	SYDN	Peter Ladhams goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:49
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	10:23
	SYDN	Corey Warner goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	12:19
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd behind	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	15:05
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	1.1.7	-	4.2.26	17:16
	GCST	Ben Long behind	1.2.8	-	4.2.26	19:57
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	20:28
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	24:39
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	29:58
	SYDN	James Jordon goal	2.2.14	-	6.3.39	32:07
Q2	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	2.2.14	-	6.4.40	01:01
	GCST	Daniel Rioli goal	3.2.20	-	6.4.40	03:25
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	4.2.26	-	6.4.40	05:06
	GCST	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	6.4.40	06:27
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	4.4.28	-	6.4.40	08:09
	GCST	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	6.4.40	09:09
	GCST	Jarrod Witts behind	4.6.30	-	6.4.40	10:38
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	4.6.30	-	7.4.46	13:06
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd behind	4.6.30	-	7.5.47	15:15
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	4.6.30	-	8.5.53	17:46
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	4.6.30	-	9.5.59	20:53
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	5.6.36	-	9.5.59	25:14
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	6.6.42	-	9.5.59	27:55
Q3	GCST	Lachie Weller behind	6.7.43	-	9.5.59	00:45
	GCST	Ben King goal	7.7.49	-	9.5.59	02:44
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	7.8.50	-	9.5.59	04:35
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	8.8.56	-	9.5.59	08:52
	GCST	Daniel Rioli goal	9.8.62	-	9.5.59	10:27
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	9.9.63	-	9.5.59	12:23
	GCST	Ben Long goal	10.9.69	-	9.5.59	13:41
	SYDN	Aaron Francis behind	10.9.69	-	9.6.60	20:29
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	11.9.75	-	9.6.60	21:34
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	11.10.76	-	9.6.60	22:52
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	11.11.77	-	9.6.60	25:59
	GCST	Ben King goal	12.11.83	-	9.6.60	29:13
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	12.12.84	-	9.6.60	31:41
Q4	GCST	Matt Rowell goal	13.12.90	-	9.6.60	00:30
	GCST	Nick Holman goal	14.12.96	-	9.6.60	03:16
	GCST	Ben King goal	15.12.102	-	9.6.60	05:15
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	15.12.102	-	9.7.61	11:58
	GCST	Ben King goal	16.12.108	-	9.7.61	13:27
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	16.12.108	-	10.7.67	15:15
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	16.12.108	-	11.7.73	20:09
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	16.12.108	-	12.7.79	22:15
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	16.13.109	-	12.7.79	25:54
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	17.13.115	-	12.7.79	27:31
	GCST	Ben Long behind	17.14.116	-	12.7.79	30:16
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	17.15.117	-	12.7.79	31:46

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