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Gold Coast vs Sydney

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Round: 18   Venue: Carrara Stadium   Date: Sat, 28-07-2012 7:40 pm   Crowd: 11,169  
Gold Coast 2.1.135.2.327.4.468.6.54 C:  Guy McKenna
Sydney 6.3.398.7.5516.9.10519.12.126 C:  John Longmire
  SYD by 26SYD by 23SYD by 59SYD by 72  
Brownlow Medal 3 Ryan O'Keefe (SYD)2 Jude Bolton (SYD)1 Gary Ablett (SUNS)

Match Report

Sydney moved a game clear on top of the ladder with a thumping win over Gold Coast. The red-hot Swans were way too good for the Suns, who are still searching for their first victory at their home ground nearly two years after entering the AFL. Although it was a comfortable win to Sydney, they would have been bitterly disappointed with injuries to two key players. Adam Goodes (thigh) and Sam Reid (knee) looked to be in trouble, but Swans coach John Longmire believed the injuries weren’t too significant. The Suns lost comfortably but they finished 15 up in the possession count. It was Sydney’s relentless pressure that brought Gold Coast undone. Suns star Gary Ablett was terrific as always with 40 possessions.

GOALS
Gold Coast: Matera 3; Smith 2; Ablett, Brown, Lynch
Sydney: Roberts-Thomson 4; Goodes, Bolton 3; Jack, Dennis-Lane 2; Bird, Hannebery, Jetta, McVeigh, Kennedy

BEST - AAP
Gold Coast: Ablett, Harbrow, Hine, Stanley, Warnock, Matera
Sydney: Jack, Kennedy, O'Keefe, Pyke, Bolton, McVeigh

BEST - BRISBANETIMES.COM.AU
Gold Coast: Ablett, Harbrow, Matera, Bennell, Hine, McKenzie
Sydney: Jack, O'Keefe, Kennedy, Bolton, Pyke, Roberts-Thompson

COACHES COMMENTS
Guy McKenna (GC): I'm not a historian of the game by any stretch of the imagination but to finish 15 possessions up (398-383) and still lose by 72 points, makes you scratch your head.

John Longmire (Syd): It was a 72-point win which is not easy to do in AFL footy. I thought our first half was a bit scrappy. I thought we over-used the ball a bit with hands and it was really slippery.

Umpires: Margetts, Rosebury, Hay

Source

Match report by Oliver Caffrey

Match stats

Gold Coast Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
9 Ablett, Gary 23 2 19 42 1 1 0 9 5 3 28y 75d 227 297
11 Bennell, Harley 13 4 15 28 0 1 0 2 0 0 19y 300d 31 34
3 Brennan, Jared 9 3 12 21 0 0 3 7 3 0 28y 0d 155 92
30 Brown, Campbell 8 3 1 9 1 1 0 1 2 1 28y 335d 187 78
28 Caddy, Josh 9 7 7 16 0 0 2 6 0 1 19y 304d 19 13
23 Dixon, Charlie 7 5 5 12 0 1 11 2 1 2 21y 309d 18 9
5 Harbrow, Jarrod 12 3 13 25 0 0 0 6 2 2 24y 10d 100 26
29 Hine, Taylor 10 1 16 26 0 0 0 1 1 0 20y 186d 4 1
7 Hunt, Karmichael 3 2 11 14 0 0 3 6 1 3 25y 254d 33 4
19 Lynch, Tom 9 6 8 17 1 0 1 1 1 1 19y 271d 25 20
32 Matera, Brandon 14 3 4 18 3 1 0 1 1 2 20y 139d 24 23
45 May, Steven 9 5 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 20y 200d 13 0
18 McKenzie, Trent 13 6 12 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 20y 116d 35 16
43 Patrick, Liam 4 3 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 24y 146d 9 4
41 Prestia, Dion 8 0 16 24 0 0 0 2 1 1 19y 290d 30 3
8 Russell, Luke 9 4 10 19 0 0 0 3 1 0 20y 186d 24 10
26 Shaw, Matt 6 2 5 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 20y 174d 29 11
2 Smith, Zac 2 2 10 12 2 0 15 1 3 1 22y 157d 35 19
25 Stanley, Danny 6 3 15 21 0 0 0 3 0 1 24y 161d 36 21
24 Swallow, David 2 0 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 19y 252d 31 19
14 Warnock, Matthew 12 8 5 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 28y 116d 72 1
4 Weller, Maverick 4 2 12 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 20y 166d 23 2
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 192 74 206 398 8 6 35 61 25 20 22y 238d 1160 703
Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
14 Bird, Craig 6 5 12 18 1 0 0 5 0 1 23y 189d 79 34
24 Bolton, Jude 12 7 11 23 3 2 0 7 1 0 32y 135d 296 164
8 Dennis-Lane, Trent 7 3 4 11 2 1 0 5 0 2 23y 333d 17 29
37 Goodes, Adam 11 2 4 15 3 2 0 2 3 1 32y 202d 311 375
39 Grundy, Heath 14 5 8 22 0 0 0 0 1 2 26y 56d 107 21
4 Hannebery, Dan 12 8 9 21 1 0 0 3 0 2 21y 155d 69 21
15 Jack, Kieren 20 5 9 29 2 0 0 5 3 1 25y 30d 106 72
32 Jetta, Lewis 7 3 9 16 1 0 0 3 1 0 23y 85d 57 54
34 Johnson, Alex 6 4 4 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 20y 148d 37 1
12 Kennedy, Josh 9 4 24 33 1 0 0 3 0 2 24y 38d 78 44
9 Malceski, Nick 12 3 3 15 0 0 0 3 0 1 27y 348d 118 50
29 Mattner, Martin 4 3 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 29y 357d 207 40
21 McGlynn, Ben 11 3 5 16 0 1 0 2 2 2 26y 357d 98 102
3 McVeigh, Jarrad 17 5 6 23 1 1 0 2 0 0 27y 112d 186 134
5 O'Keefe, Ryan 15 3 21 36 0 2 0 8 4 1 31y 186d 249 241
26 Parker, Luke 5 1 7 12 0 1 0 5 0 2 19y 277d 24 11
38 Pyke, Mike 4 2 5 9 0 0 47 2 2 0 28y 126d 38 9
20 Reid, Sam 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20y 214d 41 48
25 Richards, Ted 9 7 5 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 29y 199d 173 31
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis 8 3 4 12 4 0 2 6 0 1 28y 324d 162 40
2 Shaw, Rhyce 16 2 6 22 0 0 0 2 1 0 30y 286d 179 41
40 Smith, Nick 10 4 7 17 0 0 0 3 1 1 24y 46d 67 8
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 215 82 168 383 19 12 49 73 20 24 26y 108d 2699 1570

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.