2025 AFL Round 17: Gold Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2025 between Gold Coast and Melbourne during round 17 of the 2025 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Melbourne at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson 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: B. Uwland, M. Andrew, S. Collins
Half-back: J. Noble, W. Powell, D. Rioli
Centre: L. Weller, M. Rowell, B. Fiorini
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, B. Humphrey
Forward: B. Long, J. Walter, B. King
Follower: J. Witts, T. Miller, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, S. Clohesy, J. Jeffrey, E. Read
Sub.: A. Sexton

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, B. Howes
Half-back: J. McVee, D. Turner, X. Lindsay
Centre: T. Sparrow, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), B. Fritsch, K. Chandler
Forward: J. Melksham, M. Jefferson, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, T. Rivers
Int.: H. Langford, H. Petty, C. Salem, K. Tholstrup
Sub.: H. Sharp

Gold Coast (15.14.104) defeated Melbourne (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. King (3), B. Ainsworth (2), B. Humphrey (2), B. Long (2), J. Walter (2), C. Budarick, J. Jeffrey, T. Miller, E. Read
Melbourne: J. Melksham (5), K. Pickett (3), B. Fritsch (2), M. Gawn, H. Petty

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Gold Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 13,064

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 15.14.104 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast	5	.	7	8	.	9	14	.	11	15	.	14	15	.	14	(104)
Melbourne	0	.	1	5	.	3	7	.	7	12	.	13	12	.	13	(85)
Margin	GCST by 36			GCST by 24			GCST by 46			GCST by 19			GCST by 19
Duration	30:13			35:34			34:39			29:32			2:09:58

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Sam Flanders	GCST	3	3
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	2
John Noble	GCST	2	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	HFFL	77%	2	1	10	10	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	88%	0	0	27	10	17	5	0	3	4	2	2	0	4	0
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	93%	0	0	8	7	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	73%	1	0	9	3	6	1	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	3
33	Clohesy, Sam	INT	71%	0	1	11	9	2	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	2
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	93%	0	0	9	5	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	83%	0	1	17	11	6	6	0	10	1	2	0	2	2	3
3	Flanders, Sam	CHF	84%	0	0	28	10	18	5	0	2	1	3	1	0	2	2
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR↓	73%	2	2	12	10	2	5	0	4	2	5	1	4	0	4
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	77%	1	0	18	14	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2
34	King, Ben	FPR	83%	3	2	9	7	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL	83%	2	1	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2
11	Miller, Touk	RR	82%	1	0	24	8	16	2	0	5	6	1	1	0	0	5
2	Noble, John	HBFL	81%	0	0	29	18	11	6	0	4	3	4	0	1	7	3
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	88%	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	2	0	5	0	2	4	3
20	Read, Ethan	INT	63%	1	2	7	7	0	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	82%	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	3
18	Rowell, Matt	C	81%	0	0	24	12	12	2	0	11	12	5	3	2	0	7
6	Sexton, Alex	SUB↑	12%	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	86%	0	0	13	10	3	8	0	4	0	3	2	2	2	1
4	Walter, Jed	FF	78%	2	1	8	5	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	77%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	2
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	93%	0	0	10	6	4	2	37	4	6	2	4	0	1	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	14	331	208	123	108	40	65	36	53	20	19	33	52

A. Sexton replaced B. Humphrey.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	BPL	86%	0	0	25	18	7	5	0	1	1	3	1	1	10	3
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	99%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	1
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	89%	2	1	9	6	3	6	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	2
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	92%	1	0	14	6	8	5	35	2	2	5	0	3	2	1
22	Howes, Blake	BPR↓	23%	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Jefferson, Matthew	FF	80%	0	2	6	4	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	79%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	4	2	4	0	2	0	2
19	Langford, Harvey	INT	72%	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	3
20	Lindsay, Xavier	HBFR	74%	0	0	12	7	5	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	May, Steven	FB	94%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0
4	McVee, Judd	HBFL	86%	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	Melksham, Jake	FPL	83%	5	6	18	16	2	8	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	5
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	75%	0	0	24	8	16	1	0	6	5	8	2	3	0	5
5	Petracca, Christian	C	89%	0	2	32	15	17	3	0	5	7	5	1	2	0	4
35	Petty, Harry	INT	22%	1	1	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPR	87%	3	0	25	14	11	1	0	5	5	7	2	2	2	6
24	Rivers, Trent	RO	87%	0	0	27	15	12	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	3
3	Salem, Christian	INT	81%	0	0	22	15	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2
30	Sharp, Harry	SUB↑	60%	0	1	8	4	4	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	WL	83%	0	0	10	8	2	7	0	5	1	1	1	1	1	2
12	Tholstrup, Koltyn	INT	79%	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	1
10	Turner, Daniel	CHB	96%	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	HFFL	84%	0	0	24	8	16	4	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	13	351	195	156	82	37	62	31	54	19	20	36	45

H. Sharp replaced B. Howes.

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
	17	J. Bowey	1	S. May	22	B. Howes	28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
	34	B. King	4	J. Walter	22	B. Long	11	T. Miller	33	S. Clohesy
FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK									20	E. Read
	4	J. McVee	10	D. Turner	20	X. Lindsay			6	A. Sexton
	19	B. Humphrey	3	S. Flanders	9	B. Ainsworth
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	T. Sparrow	5	C. Petracca	15	E. Langdon
	8	B. Fiorini	18	M. Rowell	14	L. Weller	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	19	H. Langford
HALF-FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	35	H. Petty
	7	J. Viney (vc)	31	B. Fritsch	37	K. Chandler	24	T. Rivers	3	C. Salem
	17	D. Rioli	27	W. Powell	2	J. Noble			12	K. Tholstrup
HALF-BACK									30	H. Sharp
FORWARD
	18	J. Melksham	21	M. Jefferson	36	K. Pickett
	25	S. Collins	1	M. Andrew	32	B. Uwland
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Brayden Fiorini behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:06
	GCST	Ben King behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:59
	GCST	Ben Long goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	05:03
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	07:36
	GCST	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	0.0.0	09:20
	GCST	Ben King behind	1.5.11	-	0.0.0	10:16
	GCST	Joel Jeffrey goal	2.5.17	-	0.0.0	14:00
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	2.5.17	-	0.1.1	17:09
	GCST	Sam Clohesy behind	2.6.18	-	0.1.1	18:33
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	3.6.24	-	0.1.1	20:26
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	4.6.30	-	0.1.1	23:03
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	5.6.36	-	0.1.1	25:21
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	5.7.37	-	0.1.1	28:21
Q2	MELB	Harry Petty behind	5.7.37	-	0.2.2	00:59
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	5.7.37	-	1.2.8	02:53
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	5.8.38	-	1.2.8	05:31
	GCST	Ben King goal	6.8.44	-	1.2.8	07:38
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	6.8.44	-	1.3.9	09:22
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	6.8.44	-	2.3.15	15:42
	GCST	Ben Long goal	7.8.50	-	2.3.15	20:45
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	7.8.50	-	3.3.21	22:46
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	7.8.50	-	4.3.27	24:31
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	7.9.51	-	4.3.27	25:56
	GCST	Ben King goal	8.9.57	-	4.3.27	29:08
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	8.9.57	-	5.3.33	32:42
Q3	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	8.9.57	-	5.4.34	01:58
	GCST	Ben Long behind	8.10.58	-	5.4.34	03:29
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	8.10.58	-	6.4.40	04:45
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	9.10.64	-	6.4.40	06:42
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	9.11.65	-	6.4.40	09:57
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	10.11.71	-	6.4.40	10:40
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	11.11.77	-	6.4.40	12:30
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	11.11.77	-	7.4.46	16:09
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	12.11.83	-	7.4.46	19:28
	GCST	Connor Budarick goal	13.11.89	-	7.4.46	21:03
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	13.11.89	-	7.5.47	23:07
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	13.11.89	-	7.6.48	26:29
	MELB	Matthew Jefferson behind	13.11.89	-	7.7.49	32:20
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	14.11.95	-	7.7.49	32:58
Q4	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	14.11.95	-	7.8.50	00:51
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	14.12.96	-	7.8.50	02:18
	MELB	Matthew Jefferson behind	14.12.96	-	7.9.51	03:52
	GCST	Rushed behind	14.13.97	-	7.9.51	05:38
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	14.13.97	-	7.10.52	09:56
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	14.13.97	-	8.10.58	10:38
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	14.13.97	-	9.10.64	12:52
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	14.13.97	-	9.11.65	15:55
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	14.13.97	-	10.11.71	18:10
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	14.13.97	-	11.11.77	19:27
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	14.13.97	-	11.12.78	21:22
	GCST	Ben King goal	15.13.103	-	11.12.78	24:18
	GCST	Rushed behind	15.14.104	-	11.12.78	26:06
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	15.14.104	-	12.12.84	27:25
	MELB	Harry Sharp behind	15.14.104	-	12.13.85	29:03

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