AFL

Gold Coast
22.7.139
Brisbane
17.11.113
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Match Tracker

Gold Coast
Brisbane
Q1
6.2.38
2.4.16

    Gold Coast Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, R.Davis
  • 8 mins - Behind, P.Wright
  • 9 mins - Goal, G.Ablett
  • 15 mins - Behind, A.Hall
  • 22 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 26 mins - Goal, B.Matera
  • 29 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 31 mins - Goal, P.Wright

    Gold Coast and Brisbane Events

  • 6 mins - Behind, E.Hipwood
  • 11 mins - Goal, E.Hipwood
  • 13 mins - Behind, S.Martin
  • 13 mins - Behind, R.Bastinac
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Jansen
  • 33 mins - Behind, P.Hanley
Q2
12.4.76
6.6.42

    Gold Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, T.Miller
  • 8 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 15 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 19 mins - Behind, C.Ah Chee
  • 21 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 28 mins - Goal, R.Davis
  • 30 mins - Goal, A.Sexton
  • 32 mins - Behind, R.Davis

    Gold Coast and Brisbane Events

  • 9 mins - Goal, D.Rich
  • 11 mins - Goal, D.McStay
  • 13 mins - Behind, J.Schache
  • 20 mins - Goal, R.Bewick
  • 23 mins - Goal, J.Green
  • 25 mins - Rushed Behind
Q3
17.4.106
12.10.82

    Gold Coast Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, C.Ah Chee
  • 4 mins - Goal, C.Ah Chee
  • 8 mins - Goal, B.Matera
  • 24 mins - Goal, T.Lynch
  • 27 mins - Goal, A.Sexton

    Gold Coast and Brisbane Events

  • 6 mins - Behind, R.Lester
  • 9 mins - Behind, J.Green
  • 11 mins - Goal, D.McStay
  • 13 mins - Behind, J.Green
  • 14 mins - Behind, H.Andrews
  • 16 mins - Goal, E.Hipwood
  • 18 mins - Goal, E.Hipwood
  • 21 mins - Goal, D.Zorko
  • 22 mins - Goal, H.Andrews
  • 25 mins - Goal, J.Jansen
Q4
22.7.139
17.11.113

    Gold Coast Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 6 mins - Behind, R.Davis
  • 12 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 14 mins - Goal, B.Matera
  • 19 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 24 mins - Behind, J.Garlett
  • 25 mins - Goal, P.Wright
  • 31 mins - Goal, T.Lynch

    Gold Coast and Brisbane Events

  • 8 mins - Goal, H.Andrews
  • 17 mins - Goal, D.Rich
  • 20 mins - Goal, J.Schache
  • 22 mins - Goal, E.Hipwood
  • 28 mins - Behind, J.Green
  • 29 mins - Goal, R.Lester

Scorers

Gold Coast
Brisbane
Goal Scorers Gold Coast Brisbane
Goals and Behinds Wright (5.1), Lynch (5.0), Matera (3.0), Davis (2.2), Ah Chee (2.1), Sexton (2.0), Garlett (1.1), Ablett (1.0), Miller (1.0), Hall (0.1) Hipwood (4.1), Andrews (2.1), Jansen (2.0), McStay (2.0), Rich (2.0), Green (1.3), Lester (1.1), Schache (1.1), Bewick (1.0), Zorko (1.0), Bastinac (0.1), Hanley (0.1), Martin (0.1)

Team Statistics

Gold Coast
Brisbane

Statistics

Gold Coast Brisbane
Goals 22 17
Behinds 7 11
Scoring shots 30 29
Goals/scoring shots 73 59
Disposals 384 333
Gold CoastGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
G.Ablett 18 10 0 8 15 3 2 1 0 10
C.Ah Chee 14 8 3 6 4 2 0 2 0 1
R.Davis 12 10 1 2 9 5 2 1 0 2
S.Day 14 8 5 6 6 1 1 2 3 0
J.Garlett 10 7 5 3 6 8 2 1 0 1
A.Hall 29 20 3 9 13 6 1 2 0 7
J.Harbrow 27 16 12 11 7 4 0 1 0 1
J.Joyce 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
K.Kolodjashnij 16 4 3 12 2 2 0 1 0 0
T.Lynch 12 8 7 4 6 2 0 2 0 0
N.Malceski 19 11 6 8 3 4 0 2 0 0
J.Martin 29 14 9 15 7 4 0 0 0 0
B.Matera 17 11 5 6 7 1 1 0 0 1
S.May 18 11 9 7 1 1 1 0 1 0
T.Miller 27 12 6 15 14 11 4 1 0 3
T.Nicholls 16 5 2 11 11 7 1 1 31 3
D.Prestia 31 14 5 17 14 8 3 2 0 7
M.Rischitelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.Sexton 17 10 2 7 5 1 1 1 0 1
M.Shaw 20 11 3 9 7 2 1 0 0 2
R.Thompson 12 8 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
P.Wright 20 13 12 7 8 1 1 0 6 1
BrisbaneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
H.Andrews 10 6 3 4 6 3 1 1 3 0
R.Bastinac 12 7 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0
R.Bewick 15 12 3 3 5 4 0 0 0 3
D.Gardiner 8 1 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 1
J.Green 17 8 4 9 6 1 0 1 0 1
M.Hammelmann 10 5 3 5 7 2 1 2 0 0
P.Hanley 23 12 5 11 9 4 0 3 2 7
E.Hipwood 10 8 3 2 6 0 1 0 1 0
J.Jansen 14 4 2 10 6 4 1 0 0 2
R.Lester 18 8 4 10 9 2 0 0 0 3
S.Martin 19 13 5 6 8 2 1 2 30 3
R.Mathieson 24 10 1 14 10 4 2 3 0 5
S.Mayes 21 16 3 5 4 4 2 1 0 0
D.McStay 11 5 4 6 6 1 1 0 2 0
D.Merrett 9 4 4 5 3 0 2 1 0 0
D.Rich 12 7 3 5 4 2 1 0 0 0
M.Robinson 21 9 5 12 6 8 2 3 1 4
T.Rockliff 28 7 1 21 12 10 1 2 0 3
J.Schache 8 5 2 3 7 0 0 1 0 0
L.Taylor 11 4 3 7 3 3 1 1 0 0
R.William 13 5 2 8 6 3 1 0 0 0
D.Zorko 19 8 1 11 7 8 3 0 0 2

Match Details

Gold Coast
Brisbane
START TIME
4:35PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
Metricon Stadium
Umpires
Brent Wallace, Shaun Ryan, David Harris

AFL 2016: Gold Coast Suns add more pain for Brisbane Lions

GOLD COAST 
6.2     12.4     17.4     22.7     (139)
BRISBANE LIONS 
2.4     6.6     12.10    17.11    (113)
GOALS - Gold Coast: Wright 5, Lynch 5, Matera 3, Davis 2, Ah Chee 2, Sexton 2, Ablett Miller, Garlett. Brisbane Lions: Hipwood 4, McStay 2, Jansen 2, Andrews 2, Rich 2, Bewick, Green, Zorko, Schache, Lester.
BEST – Gold Coast: Wright, Miller, Martin, Lynch, Ablett, Harbrow. Brisbane Lions: Mathieson, Zorko, Hipwood, Mayes, Robinson, Martin.
Injuries – Gold Coast: Rischitelli (knee), Ablett (shoulder). 
CROWD 13,528 at Metricon Stadium.

The only game the Brisbane Lions have won this season was against the Gold Coast Suns, in Round 4, in a match that was full of feeling and not a little spite. It seemed a long time ago in the return bout at Metricon Stadium, as the Suns inflicted the Lions' 11th loss in a row, eventually running out 26-point winners. 

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Gold Coast’s 26-point win over Brisbane was soured, when Gary Ablett left the field nursing his left shoulder.

It was a fast, open game, more like basketball than the bruising affair that characterised the last QClash, when the Suns' Steven May ironed out Lions ruckman Stefan Martin with a crude shirtfront. But it still had its share of niggle, and the Suns didn't win the rematch without a fight. 

They also suffered further losses to injury. Gary Ablett went straight down to the rooms after hurting his left shoulder in a tackle five minutes into the last quarter – the same shoulder wrecked almost two years ago to the day at this ground. The Suns also lost Michael Rischitelli to a knee injury in the first quarter. 

Gold Coast's Callum Ah Chee celebrates kicking a goal during the Suns' win over Brisbane.
Gold Coast's Callum Ah Chee celebrates kicking a goal during the Suns' win over Brisbane. Photo: AFL Media/Getty Images

The Suns had the match cold, with Brandon Matera opening up a 51-point break for the home side with his second goal seven minutes into the third quarter. From there they let the Lions back in, conceding six goals for the quarter as the margin was slashed to a gettable four goals at three-quarter time. 

And the Lions continued to press the Suns through the last quarter, with young forward Eric Hipwood kicking his fourth goal – his eighth in his first three games of senior football – and Rhys Mathieson, in just his fourth game, the Lions' best player with 24 disposals, seven tackles and five clearances. 

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In the end, though, the talent differential between the two teams was simply too great. The Lions can still only boast Daniel Rich, Sam Mayes and Josh Schache as first-round picks, a sad state of affairs for such a weakened club. The Suns will have another two top 10 draft picks to call on at the end of this season. 

And the Suns' elite picks are continuing to shine. Second-year behemoth Peter Wright played another outstanding game up forward, with 20 disposals, 12 marks and a career-best five goals. Tom Lynch kicked another five and remains third in the Coleman medal race, with 48 majors for the season. 

Gold Coast star Gary Ablett leaves the field with a shoulder injury.
Gold Coast star Gary Ablett leaves the field with a shoulder injury. Photo: Getty Images

Another second-year player, Touk Miller, was outstanding, beating Lions captain Tom Rockliff, who continues to puzzle. 

Rockliff had 28 disposals, but 21 of them were handballs, with only a 60 per cent efficiency overall, blunting much impact he might have had on the game, although he continued to work with 10 tackles