2025 AFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2025 between Essendon and Gold Coast during round eighteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon (11.8.74) were defeated by Gold Coast (18.7.115).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 5 July 2025
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,672

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Gold Coast
Score: 11.8.74 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	0	6	.	5	11	.	7	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Gold Coast	3	.	1	7	.	3	12	.	4	18	.	7	18	.	7	(115)
Margin	GCST by 1			GCST by 4			GCST by 3			GCST by 41			GCST by 41
Duration	32:42			31:25			35:03			30:59			2:10:09

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	3
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	2
Sam Durham	ESSE	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
46	Blakiston, Lachlan	WR	100%	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0
30	Caddy, Nate	CHF	94%	3	1	12	10	2	5	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	6
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR	72%	1	0	15	9	6	4	0	7	1	3	0	2	1	4
36	Clarke, Angus	HBFR	78%	1	1	13	10	3	5	0	2	1	4	2	1	4	1
22	Durham, Sam	RO	81%	0	0	27	14	13	3	0	4	12	5	2	3	3	6
28	Duursma, Xavier	WL	82%	0	1	16	10	6	5	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	4
17	Goldstein, Todd	RU	81%	0	0	9	3	6	2	31	3	1	2	0	0	0	1
11	Gresham, Jade	SUB↑	18%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
8	Hobbs, Ben	HBFL	81%	1	0	19	8	11	4	0	4	0	4	1	2	0	4
40	Johnson, Zak	FPL	74%	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	Kako, Isaac	FPR	79%	1	0	17	8	9	3	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	3
15	Laverde, Jayden	FB	100%	0	0	9	8	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
34	Lual, Luamon	INT	67%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	1
37	Martin, Nic	HFFR	85%	0	0	22	14	8	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2
26	May, Archie	INT	66%	3	0	8	7	1	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	0	1
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	88%	0	0	12	4	8	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	C	89%	0	1	40	24	16	6	0	5	12	1	2	0	3	8
16	Perkins, Archie	HFFL↓	69%	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4
25	Prior, Jaxon	INT	77%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	1
14	Ridley, Jordan	CHB	79%	0	0	18	14	4	8	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	1
21	Roberts, Archie	BPR	82%	0	0	20	11	9	2	0	5	1	3	2	0	6	2
12	Setterfield, Will	INT	73%	0	0	22	8	14	2	0	8	2	5	1	1	3	4
20	Wright, Peter	FF	84%	1	1	9	5	4	1	21	3	0	1	2	0	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				11	8	341	190	151	74	55	67	35	53	26	22	34	55

J. Gresham replaced A. Perkins.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	BPR	79%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0
9	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	77%	1	1	14	9	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	89%	2	0	30	18	12	8	0	4	7	5	1	3	2	6
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	90%	0	0	12	11	1	7	0	1	0	4	0	3	4	1
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	70%	1	0	12	5	7	3	0	2	0	5	1	1	0	2
33	Clohesy, Sam	INT	69%	0	1	15	7	8	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	84%	1	0	20	10	10	3	0	9	2	2	2	1	1	2
3	Flanders, Sam	CHF	91%	0	0	24	4	20	3	0	3	5	1	0	0	1	3
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	88%	2	1	18	9	9	1	0	4	1	2	1	1	1	5
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	78%	1	0	32	19	13	10	0	3	1	2	1	0	8	7
34	King, Ben	FPR	86%	4	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL↓	72%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
11	Miller, Touk	RR	86%	1	0	25	8	17	1	0	7	4	4	0	1	2	5
21	Moyle, Ned	RU	83%	1	1	9	5	4	4	35	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
2	Noble, John	HBFL	82%	0	0	29	20	9	4	0	5	2	5	4	1	4	4
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	90%	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	4	6	2	2	2	5	1
20	Read, Ethan	INT	67%	3	0	6	5	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	88%	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	5	2	4	2	1	4	5
18	Rowell, Matt	C	84%	0	0	15	6	9	0	0	17	5	4	2	1	3	1
6	Sexton, Alex	SUB↑	11%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	92%	0	0	16	13	3	9	0	3	1	4	1	2	5	0
4	Walter, Jed	FF	74%	1	1	10	8	2	7	0	1	0	5	1	4	0	3
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	69%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				18	7	367	199	168	85	40	78	38	65	22	26	44	53

A. Sexton replaced B. Long.

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

Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	32	B. Uwland	1	M. Andrew	48	O. Adams	17	T. Goldstein	34	L. Lual
	10	I. Kako	20	P. Wright	40	Z. Johnson	6	J. Caldwell	26	A. May
FORWARD							22	S. Durham	25	J. Prior
HALF-BACK									12	W. Setterfield
	2	J. Noble	27	W. Powell	17	D. Rioli			11	J. Gresham
	37	N. Martin	30	N. Caddy	16	A. Perkins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Weller	18	M. Rowell	8	B. Fiorini
	46	L. Blakiston	7	Z. Merrett (c)	28	X. Duursma	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							21	N. Moyle	35	C. Budarick
HALF-FORWARD							11	T. Miller	33	S. Clohesy
	9	B. Ainsworth	3	S. Flanders	19	B. Humphrey	15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
	36	A. Clarke	14	J. Ridley	8	B. Hobbs			20	E. Read
HALF-BACK									6	A. Sexton
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	4	J. Walter	34	B. King
	21	A. Roberts	15	J. Laverde	1	A. McGrath (vc)
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Ben Hobbs goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	09:22
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	10:51
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	12:51
	GCST	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	19:48
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	27:47
	ESSE	Angus Clarke goal	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	30:58
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	3.0.18	-	3.1.19	32:39
Q2	GCST	Joel Jeffrey goal	3.0.18	-	4.1.25	01:40
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	4.1.25	02:57
	ESSE	Angus Clarke behind	3.2.20	-	4.1.25	04:02
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.1.25	05:43
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	3.4.22	-	4.1.25	07:39
	GCST	Ben King goal	3.4.22	-	5.1.31	09:39
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	4.4.28	-	5.1.31	11:59
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	4.4.28	-	6.1.37	14:04
	ESSE	Xavier Duursma behind	4.5.29	-	6.1.37	18:07
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	4.5.29	-	6.2.38	22:34
	GCST	Sam Clohesy behind	4.5.29	-	6.3.39	22:59
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	5.5.35	-	6.3.39	24:03
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	28:14
	GCST	Ben King goal	6.5.41	-	7.3.45	30:05
Q3	GCST	Connor Budarick goal	6.5.41	-	8.3.51	01:38
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	6.6.42	-	8.3.51	03:09
	ESSE	Isaac Kako goal	7.6.48	-	8.3.51	03:40
	GCST	Ned Moyle goal	7.6.48	-	9.3.57	07:29
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	7.6.48	-	10.3.63	09:04
	ESSE	Archie May goal	8.6.54	-	10.3.63	11:18
	ESSE	Archie May goal	9.6.60	-	10.3.63	13:24
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	9.6.60	-	10.4.64	15:09
	ESSE	Archie May goal	10.6.66	-	10.4.64	16:09
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	10.6.66	-	11.4.70	26:42
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	11.6.72	-	11.4.70	29:49
	ESSE	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	11.4.70	31:09
	GCST	Ben King goal	11.7.73	-	12.4.76	32:12
Q4	GCST	Touk Miller goal	11.7.73	-	13.4.82	01:23
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	11.7.73	-	14.4.88	02:58
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	11.7.73	-	14.5.89	08:48
	GCST	Ben King goal	11.7.73	-	15.5.95	11:26
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	15.6.96	15:24
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	11.7.73	-	16.6.102	20:34
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	11.7.73	-	17.6.108	22:59
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	11.8.74	-	17.6.108	24:05
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	11.8.74	-	18.6.114	27:04
	GCST	Ned Moyle behind	11.8.74	-	18.7.115	30:55

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