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Gold Coast vs Greater Western Sydney

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Round: 20   Venue: Carrara Stadium   Date: Sat, 11-08-2012 4:40 pm   Crowd: 14,657  
Gold Coast 3.1.196.9.4512.11.8316.13.109 C:  Guy McKenna
Greater Western Sydney 3.1.195.2.328.6.5412.7.79 C:  Kevin Sheedy
  Scores levelSUNS by 13SUNS by 29SUNS by 30  
Brownlow Medal 3 Brandon Matera (SUNS)2 Will Hoskin-Elliott (GWS)1 Aaron Hall (SUNS)

Match Report

This was a match that had no bearing on the top half of the ladder but was significant nonetheless for the AFL's two fledgling clubs. Gold Coast was able to avenge it's earlier season loss to the Giants and finally give its hometown fans something to cheer about by registering the Suns' first-ever win at Metricon Stadium. In the process, it was able to extricate itself from bottom place on the ladder and relegate GWS to that position. Gold Coast's win was highlighted by solid performances from David Swallow, Danny Stanley and Gary Ablett who, while down on his usual possession count, kicked three goals. Meanwhile, there were positive signs for the Giants, who managed to match it with the Suns for much of the game and at times threatened to run over the top of Gold Coast. 18-year-old Will Hoskin-Elliott made the most of his opportunities with five goals, while Adam Treloar was prominent with 32 possessions.

In a show of appreciation for the Gold Coast fans, Guy McKenna directed his charges to sing the club theme song out on the ground after the match. With Gold Coast facing three near-certain losses to round out the season, the Giants' best chance of avoiding a replication of the Suns' first-season wooden spoon will come when they take on Melbourne in Canberra in Round 21.

GOALS
Gold Coast: Hall, Brown, Hall 3; Matera, Patrick 2; Bennell, Caddy, Lynch
GWS: Hoskin-Elliott 5; Cameron 2; Bugg, Clifton, Scully, Smith, Tomlinson

BEST - SPORTAL.COM.AU
Gold Coast: Matera, Stanley, Horsley, Brown, Bennell, Ablett, Hall, Lynch
GWS: Treloar, Hoskin-Elliot, Smith, Davis, Miles, Giles, Scully

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Gold Coast: Matera, Ablett, Bennell, Swallow, Hall, Warnock
GWS: Treloar, Smith, Scully, Hoskin-Elliott, Cornes, Davis

COACHES' COMMENTS
Guy McKenna: Hopefully we've got the monkey off our back for home games and we can take that into next week against Hawthorn.
Kevin Sheedy: We probably could have won the game if we played four quarters but we didn't. In fairness to Gold Coast they did.

Umpires: Leppard, Fila, Mollison

Source

Match report by Andrew Gigacz

Match stats

Gold Coast Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
9 Ablett, Gary 13 2 10 23 3 0 0 4 0 0 28y 89d 229 301
31 Allen, Jackson 11 5 4 15 0 0 0 4 1 0 19y 160d 1 0
11 Bennell, Harley 12 3 6 18 1 0 1 0 0 3 19y 314d 33 39
3 Brennan, Jared 9 5 6 15 0 0 3 4 2 2 28y 14d 157 93
30 Brown, Campbell 9 7 4 13 3 0 0 1 0 1 28y 349d 189 81
28 Caddy, Josh 8 4 8 16 1 1 0 1 0 0 19y 318d 21 14
23 Dixon, Charlie 8 3 6 14 0 0 12 1 3 1 21y 323d 20 9
33 Hall, Aaron 14 4 1 15 3 2 0 7 0 1 21y 276d 8 8
5 Harbrow, Jarrod 8 3 6 14 0 0 0 2 0 3 24y 24d 102 26
29 Hine, Taylor 7 1 7 14 0 0 0 6 2 2 20y 200d 6 1
42 Horsley, Kyal 11 4 12 23 0 1 0 3 0 0 24y 344d 10 2
19 Lynch, Tom 6 6 12 18 1 2 5 2 1 1 19y 285d 27 22
32 Matera, Brandon 17 5 5 22 2 1 0 0 2 1 20y 153d 26 25
45 May, Steven 4 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 20y 214d 14 0
18 McKenzie, Trent 8 6 7 15 0 1 1 8 0 1 20y 130d 37 16
43 Patrick, Liam 3 1 7 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 24y 160d 11 6
26 Shaw, Matt 11 5 6 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 20y 188d 31 11
25 Stanley, Danny 14 12 12 26 0 0 0 2 1 1 24y 175d 37 21
24 Swallow, David 16 7 8 24 0 1 3 3 5 2 19y 266d 33 19
21 Taylor, Jeremy 3 3 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 20y 55d 8 0
14 Warnock, Matthew 10 5 10 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 28y 130d 74 1
4 Weller, Maverick 9 5 7 16 0 0 0 2 0 2 20y 180d 25 2
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 211 99 150 361 16 13 25 52 19 23 22y 214d 1099 697
Greater Western Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
14 Bugg, Tomas 8 4 8 16 1 2 0 1 2 1 19y 128d 17 6
21 Buntine, Matt 5 5 7 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 18y 297d 3 0
18 Cameron, Jeremy 9 7 4 13 2 0 1 0 2 3 19y 132d 16 29
24 Clifton, Stephen 8 4 3 11 1 0 0 5 2 2 25y 76d 3 1
11 Cornes, Chad 13 7 9 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 32y 273d 253 179
13 Darley, Sam 8 3 5 13 0 0 0 2 3 1 19y 178d 7 0
1 Davis, Phil 16 11 3 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 21y 347d 37 5
22 Edwards, Shaun 8 3 3 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 18y 242d 9 1
4 Folau, Israel 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 23y 130d 11 1
26 Giles, Jonathan 8 1 4 12 0 0 38 1 3 4 24y 216d 17 15
15 Golds, Tim 7 3 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 19y 127d 1 0
2 Hampton, Curtly 12 3 4 16 0 0 0 1 1 1 19y 154d 14 5
36 Hombsch, Jack 12 4 3 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 19y 157d 8 0
33 Hoskin-Elliott, Will 12 4 4 16 5 1 0 2 1 0 18y 344d 7 8
40 Kennedy, Adam 7 5 6 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 20y 30d 12 0
25 Miles, Anthony 10 3 8 18 0 0 0 6 2 1 20y 165d 5 0
27 Phillips, Andrew 2 0 3 5 0 0 8 1 1 0 21y 39d 7 2
6 Power, Luke 5 3 12 17 0 0 0 3 0 0 32y 216d 299 226
9 Scully, Tom 12 1 10 22 1 0 0 2 1 4 21y 88d 48 9
34 Smith, Devon 15 5 10 25 1 0 0 5 0 1 19y 83d 17 9
20 Tomlinson, Adam 10 8 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 19y 1d 8 2
17 Treloar, Adam 17 7 15 32 0 0 0 2 2 0 19y 155d 16 9
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 205 92 126 331 12 7 48 42 23 19 21y 196d 815 507

Match highlights

Gary Ablett, Jnr kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: Gold Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)

Footnotes

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