Match Summary

Best On Ground

Gold Coast

Touk MillerT Miller30 disposals

Brayden FioriniB Fiorini30 disposals
1 goal

Jacob TownsendJ Townsend1 goal

Essendon

Darcy ParishD Parish34 disposals

Zach MerrettZ Merrett31 disposals

Jake StringerJ Stringer5 goals

Team Stats

Gold Coast

Essendon

Disposals

345

405

Contested Possessions

124

146

Kicks

205

222

Handballs

140

183

Free Kicks

17

22

Clearances

31

37

Centre Clearances

9

12

Stoppages

22

25

Inside 50

46

61

Marks

92

94

Marks in 50

3

16

Contested Marks

10

18

Tackles

32

35

Hit-Outs

23

34

Player Stats

Gold Coast

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Sexton	12	2	14	5	0	1	0	1	0	1
Ben Ainsworth	9	7	16	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ben King	4	2	6	2	0	1	1	1	0	0
Brayden Fiorini	15	15	30	6	0	1	0	1	1	0
Charlie Ballard	8	3	11	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Burgess	3	3	6	0	5	0	0	1	0	0
Darcy MacPherson	10	6	16	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
David Swallow	15	8	23	7	0	1	0	3	0	0
Jack Bowes	10	5	15	2	0	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Lukosius	17	2	19	7	0	1	1	3	0	0
Jacob Townsend	7	7	14	3	0	1	4	1	1	0
Jeremy Sharp	14	5	19	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joel Jeffrey	6	2	8	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
Josh Corbett	5	1	6	4	0	0	0	2	1	1
Jy Farrar	12	5	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Rowell	2	11	13	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
Noah Anderson	18	7	25	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rory Atkins	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Collins	9	10	19	13	0	0	3	2	0	0
Sean Lemmens	5	5	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	0
Touk Miller	9	21	30	0	0	1	0	3	0	0
Wil Powell	13	7	20	0	0	2	2	3	0	0
Zac Smith	0	5	5	0	18	1	1	1	0	0

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Francis	9	6	15	5	0	3	1	0	0	2
Alec Waterman	7	0	7	2	0	1	0	3	2	1
Andrew McGrath	6	7	13	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
Archie Perkins	5	5	10	3	0	1	2	2	1	1
Darcy Parish	17	17	34	7	0	0	0	1	0	1
Devon Smith	7	6	13	4	0	2	1	3	1	2
Dylan Clarke	4	11	15	4	0	1	3	2	1	0
Dylan Shiel	8	13	21	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
Dyson Heppell	9	12	21	6	0	1	0	2	0	0
Jake Stringer	14	5	19	4	0	2	1	1	5	1
James Stewart	8	8	16	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jayden Laverde	9	8	17	4	0	0	2	1	0	0
Jordan Ridley	16	8	24	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
Martin Gleeson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Redman	16	14	30	6	0	0	2	2	0	0
Matt Guelfi	9	6	15	4	0	1	0	2	2	1
Nick Hind	21	9	30	8	0	0	0	1	1	0
Peter Wright	6	2	8	4	10	1	1	2	0	1
Sam Draper	8	2	10	3	24	1	2	0	0	0
Sam Durham	8	12	20	6	0	1	0	1	1	1
Tom Cutler	12	4	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Will Snelling	11	9	20	7	0	2	0	4	0	0
Zach Merrett	12	19	31	2	0	1	0	1	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Gold Coast

Essendon

IN Rory Atkins OUT Brandon Ellis (Injured)

IN Andrew McGrath, Dyson Heppell OUT A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, Nikolas Cox

FB 27 Wil Powell 25 Sam Collins 23 Sean Lemmens FF 25 Jake Stringer 20 Peter Wright 5 Devon Smith HB 29 Chris Burgess 10 Charlie Ballard 24 David Swallow HF 40 Will Snelling 10 Aaron Francis 9 Dylan Shiel C 44 Darcy MacPherson 11 Touk Miller 37 Jeremy Sharp C 21 Dyson Heppell 7 Zach Merrett 42 Sam Durham HF 21 Jacob Townsend 13 Jack Lukosius 6 Alex Sexton HB 35 Matt Guelfi 14 Jordan Ridley 19 Nick Hind FF 19 Josh Corbett 34 Ben King 9 Ben Ainsworth FB 15 Jayden Laverde 17 James Stewart 12 Tom Cutler

FOLLOWERS
32	Zac Smith
15	Noah Anderson
3	Jack Bowes

INTERCHANGE
8	Brayden Fiorini
18	Matthew Rowell
40	Joel Jeffrey
50	Jy Farrar

EMERGENCIES
2	Rory Atkins

FOLLOWERS
38	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
37	Dylan Clarke

INTERCHANGE
1	Andrew McGrath
16	Archie Perkins
27	Mason Redman
45	Alec Waterman

EMERGENCIES
8	Martin Gleeson

Gold Coast
IN	R. Atkins
OUT	B. Ellis
B W. Powell, S. Collins, S. Lemmens HB C. Burgess, C. Ballard, D. Swallow C D. MacPherson, T. Miller, J. Sharp HF J. Townsend, J. Lukosius, A. Sexton F J. Corbett, B. King, B. Ainsworth FOL Z. Smith, N. Anderson, J. Bowes I/C B. Fiorini, M. Rowell, J. Jeffrey, J. Farrar EMG R. Atkins, . , .
Essendon
IN	A. McGrath, D. Heppell
OUT	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (Managed), N. Cox (Omitted)
B J. Laverde, J. Stewart, T. Cutler HB M. Guelfi, J. Ridley, N. Hind C D. Heppell, Z. Merrett, S. Durham HF W. Snelling, A. Francis, D. Shiel F J. Stringer, P. Wright, D. Smith FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, D. Clarke I/C A. McGrath, A. Perkins, M. Redman, A. Waterman EMG M. Gleeson, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Gold Coast

DATE	OPP	RESULT
7/8/21	Blues	W 57 - 76
1/8/21	Demons	L 30 - 128
24/7/21	Lions	L 120 - 71
17/7/21	Bulldogs	L 79 - 90
11/7/21	Giants	W 64 - 65

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
8/8/21	Bulldogs	W 84 - 97
1/8/21	Swans	L 102 - 109
25/7/21	Giants	L 53 - 66
18/7/21	Kangaroos	W 74 - 92
9/7/21	Crows	W 84 - 21