2025 AFL Round 23: Carlton v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2025 between Carlton and Gold Coast during round 23 of the 2025 AFL season. Carlton hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Carlton
Back: A. Saad, J. Weitering, B. Wilson
Half-back: L. Cowan, L. Young, N. Haynes
Centre: B. Acres, P. Cripps (capt.), F. Evans
Half-forward: O. Hollands, H. McKay, J. Motlop
Forward: L. Fogarty, H. O'Keeffe, Z. Williams
Follower: T. De Koning, C. Lord, G. Hewett
Int.: M. Carroll, A. Moir, W. White, F. Young
Sub.: C. Durdin

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, M. Andrew, S. Collins
Half-back: J. Noble, W. Powell, O. Adams
Centre: L. Weller, M. Rowell, B. Fiorini
Half-forward: T. Miller, B. Ainsworth, B. Humphrey
Forward: B. Long, J. Farrar, B. King
Follower: J. Witts, A. Davies, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, N. Holman, J. Jeffrey, E. Read
Sub.: M. Rosas

Carlton (11.8.74) were defeated by Gold Coast (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Carlton: F. Evans (4), H. McKay (3), L. Fogarty, A. Moir, J. Motlop, H. O'Keeffe
Gold Coast: B. King (6), B. Long (3), B. Fiorini (2), B. Ainsworth, J. Witts

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Gold Coast were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Carlton v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 9 August 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 24,120

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Gold Coast
Score: 11.8.74 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Carlton	3	.	1	5	.	1	6	.	3	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Gold Coast	5	.	4	8	.	7	12	.	12	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Margin	GCST by 15			GCST by 24			GCST by 45			GCST by 19			GCST by 19
Duration	32:35			28:26			30:40			32:45			2:04:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ben King	GCST	34	3
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	2
Brayden Fiorini	GCST	8	1

Player Statistics

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	WL	90%	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	7	0	2	1	0	1	2
32	Carroll, Matt	INT	78%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2
2	Cowan, Lachie	HBFL	84%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	2
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	83%	0	1	27	3	24	4	0	8	4	6	1	3	1	4
12	De Koning, Tom	RU	75%	0	0	15	8	7	3	22	2	4	6	0	3	1	4
19	Durdin, Corey	SUB↑	26%	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Evans, Francis	WR	81%	4	0	16	12	4	5	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	4
8	Fogarty, Lachie	FPL	76%	1	2	10	5	5	3	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	0
26	Haynes, Nick	HBFR	87%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	3
29	Hewett, George	RO	80%	0	0	23	5	18	2	0	6	7	1	1	1	1	1
4	Hollands, Oliver	HFFL	85%	0	0	29	16	13	5	0	4	1	6	1	2	10	4
36	Lord, Cooper	RR	85%	0	0	24	13	11	1	0	12	7	2	3	1	2	6
10	McKay, Harry	CHF	90%	3	0	13	7	6	6	2	3	1	6	0	3	0	3
43	Moir, Ashton	INT	76%	1	1	9	3	6	3	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0
3	Motlop, Jesse	HFFR	79%	1	1	12	9	3	1	0	3	0	5	2	3	0	2
40	O'Keeffe, Hudson	FF	71%	1	1	4	3	1	1	6	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
42	Saad, Adam	BPL	79%	0	0	22	15	7	2	0	3	2	2	2	1	4	2
23	Weitering, Jacob	FB	100%	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0
38	White, Will	INT↓	53%	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
6	Williams, Zac	FPR	82%	0	0	17	10	7	1	0	3	6	8	0	4	3	4
35	Wilson, Billy	BPR	73%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1
45	Young, Flynn	INT	72%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0
33	Young, Lewis	CHB	94%	0	0	8	5	3	5	0	1	0	5	0	2	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	8	325	177	148	60	30	77	35	64	25	28	41	46

C. Durdin replaced W. White.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	HBFR	82%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
9	Ainsworth, Ben	CHF	79%	1	2	12	8	4	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	89%	0	0	19	9	10	1	0	6	3	5	0	3	0	2
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	89%	0	0	16	10	6	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	1
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	76%	0	1	14	10	4	5	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	4
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	94%	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	4	0	2	4	0	2	2
5	Davies, Alex	RR	76%	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	8	5	3	2	1	1	5
50	Farrar, Jy	FF	70%	0	1	9	7	2	5	0	4	1	4	1	2	0	4
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	81%	2	0	22	13	9	4	0	1	3	1	2	0	4	3
7	Holman, Nick	INT↓	64%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	73%	0	1	14	7	7	3	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	4
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	81%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	6	1
34	King, Ben	FPR	84%	6	0	9	9	0	7	0	3	0	2	1	2	0	1
22	Long, Ben	FPL	84%	3	1	13	9	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
11	Miller, Touk	HFFL	79%	0	1	25	14	11	7	0	7	5	2	1	0	1	5
2	Noble, John	HBFL	83%	0	0	24	18	6	7	0	1	2	5	1	2	4	2
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	89%	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	2	1	6	0	3	2	1
20	Read, Ethan	INT	72%	0	2	9	6	3	4	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	2
41	Rosas, Malcolm	SUB↑	13%	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Rowell, Matt	C	88%	0	0	30	13	17	4	0	8	9	4	5	2	0	8
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	81%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	3	0	3	1	2	5	1
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	83%	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	90%	1	0	15	9	6	3	49	3	4	2	3	0	1	2
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				13	15	328	198	130	91	50	68	36	56	28	25	35	55

M. Rosas 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

Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	32	B. Uwland	1	M. Andrew	25	S. Collins	12	T. De Koning	32	M. Carroll
	6	Z. Williams	40	H. O'Keeffe	8	L. Fogarty	36	C. Lord	43	A. Moir
FORWARD							29	G. Hewett	38	W. White
HALF-BACK									45	F. Young
	2	J. Noble	27	W. Powell	48	O. Adams			19	C. Durdin
	3	J. Motlop	10	H. McKay	4	O. Hollands
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Weller	18	M. Rowell	8	B. Fiorini
	44	F. Evans	9	P. Cripps (c)	13	B. Acres	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
HALF-FORWARD							5	A. Davies	7	N. Holman
	11	T. Miller	9	B. Ainsworth	19	B. Humphrey	15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
	26	N. Haynes	33	L. Young	2	L. Cowan			20	E. Read
HALF-BACK									41	M. Rosas
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	50	J. Farrar	34	B. King
	35	B. Wilson	23	J. Weitering	42	A. Saad
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Ben King goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:19
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	07:56
	CARL	Patrick Cripps behind	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	09:57
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	11:26
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	13:03
	GCST	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	15:04
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	15:55
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	3.1.19	-	1.3.9	20:16
	GCST	Jarrod Witts goal	3.1.19	-	2.3.15	21:46
	GCST	Ben Long goal	3.1.19	-	3.3.21	23:06
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	3.1.19	-	3.4.22	25:34
	GCST	Ben King goal	3.1.19	-	4.4.28	29:15
	GCST	Ben King goal	3.1.19	-	5.4.34	31:04
Q2	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	3.1.19	-	6.4.40	05:42
	GCST	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	6.5.41	07:48
	CARL	Lachie Fogarty goal	4.1.25	-	6.5.41	10:09
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	4.1.25	-	6.6.42	12:25
	GCST	Ben Long goal	4.1.25	-	7.6.48	15:12
	CARL	Hudson O'Keeffe goal	5.1.31	-	7.6.48	17:15
	GCST	Ben King goal	5.1.31	-	8.6.54	22:41
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	5.1.31	-	8.7.55	25:39
Q3	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	5.1.31	-	9.7.61	00:40
	GCST	Jy Farrar behind	5.1.31	-	9.8.62	04:44
	CARL	Lachie Fogarty behind	5.2.32	-	9.8.62	06:41
	GCST	Ben King goal	5.2.32	-	10.8.68	07:52
	GCST	Ben Long goal	5.2.32	-	11.8.74	09:26
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	5.2.32	-	12.8.80	12:11
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	6.2.38	-	12.8.80	14:26
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	6.2.38	-	12.9.81	15:39
	GCST	Connor Budarick behind	6.2.38	-	12.10.82	17:44
	GCST	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	12.11.83	19:15
	CARL	Hudson O'Keeffe behind	6.3.39	-	12.11.83	23:48
	GCST	Ben Long behind	6.3.39	-	12.12.84	26:14
Q4	CARL	Corey Durdin behind	6.4.40	-	12.12.84	03:23
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	7.4.46	-	12.12.84	04:04
	CARL	Francis Evans goal	8.4.52	-	12.12.84	05:50
	CARL	Jesse Motlop goal	9.4.58	-	12.12.84	07:11
	CARL	Ashton Moir behind	9.5.59	-	12.12.84	08:48
	CARL	Ashton Moir goal	10.5.65	-	12.12.84	12:35
	CARL	Lachie Fogarty behind	10.6.66	-	12.12.84	14:34
	CARL	Jesse Motlop behind	10.7.67	-	12.12.84	16:34
	GCST	Malcolm Rosas behind	10.7.67	-	12.13.85	19:40
	GCST	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	12.14.86	21:12
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	11.7.73	-	12.14.86	24:12
	GCST	Ben King goal	11.7.73	-	13.14.92	27:57
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	13.15.93	30:18
	CARL	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	13.15.93	31:53

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