Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns – Round 1 2015 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2015 AFLRound 1Sat, 4 Apr, 1:40 pm AEDT

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11589

17.1313.11

Melbourne by 26

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	2.5 17	7.7 49	12.9 81	17.13 115
GCS	1.2 8	3.6 24	8.8 56	13.11 89

MCG, MelbourneOvercast, 24°Lead changes 1

Recap

Melbourne 17.13 (115) beat Gold Coast 13.11 (89) at MCG in Round 1, a 26-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Jack Watts kicked three goals for Melbourne and Jeff Garlett two; Sam Day kicked two for Gold Coast.

Tom McDonald led the way with 26 disposals, 12 marks and 11 intercepts.

A run of four straight goals across the first and second quarters stretched the lead from 2 to 27.

Melbourne’s first win over Gold Coast since 2012.
Gold Coast’s 5th loss in a row, going back to last season.
Milestones: Jesse Hogan’s 1st game, Aaron vandenBerg’s 1st game, Angus Brayshaw’s 1st game, Heritier Lumumba’s 200th game.
First game for Melbourne: Jesse Hogan, Aaron vandenBerg, Angus Brayshaw, Heritier Lumumba, Sam Frost, Ben Newton, Jeff Garlett.

More from Round 1

Melbourne17.13115

Gold Coast Suns13.1189

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:31RushedGold CoastGCS0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
2:54BehindA. SextonGCS0.0 (0) – 0.2 (2)
4:58GoalD. TysonMELLead change1.0 (6) – 0.2 (2)
8:11BehindS. FrostMEL1.1 (7) – 0.2 (2)
8:30RushedMelbourneMEL1.2 (8) – 0.2 (2)
10:44BehindA. vandenBergMEL1.3 (9) – 0.2 (2)
12:18BehindJ. GarlettMEL1.4 (10) – 0.2 (2)
13:31GoalS. DayGCS1.4 (10) – 1.2 (8)
16:55GoalM. JamarMEL2.4 (16) – 1.2 (8)
23:33BehindA. vandenBergMEL2.5 (17) – 1.2 (8)

3:28GoalC. GarlandMEL3.5 (23) – 1.2 (8)
4:52GoalJ. WattsMEL4.5 (29) – 1.2 (8)
9:14GoalD. TysonMEL5.5 (35) – 1.2 (8)
10:39BehindJ. GarlettMEL5.6 (36) – 1.2 (8)
11:29RushedGold CoastGCS5.6 (36) – 1.3 (9)
13:10GoalS. DayGCS5.6 (36) – 2.3 (15)
14:57BehindM. HallahanGCS5.6 (36) – 2.4 (16)
16:43RushedGold CoastGCS5.6 (36) – 2.5 (17)
20:27BehindT. MillerGCS5.6 (36) – 2.6 (18)
23:39GoalA. SextonGCS5.6 (36) – 3.6 (24)
24:43GoalJ. GarlettMEL6.6 (42) – 3.6 (24)
25:58GoalN. JonesMEL7.6 (48) – 3.6 (24)
29:24BehindM. JamarMEL7.7 (49) – 3.6 (24)

1:16BehindD. PrestiaGCS7.7 (49) – 3.7 (25)
2:37GoalJ. HoganMEL8.7 (55) – 3.7 (25)
3:47GoalM. RischitelliGCS8.7 (55) – 4.7 (31)
4:47BehindS. DayGCS8.7 (55) – 4.8 (32)
5:33GoalM. RischitelliGCS8.7 (55) – 5.8 (38)
7:27GoalA. SaadGCS8.7 (55) – 6.8 (44)
11:15GoalA. vandenBergMEL9.7 (61) – 6.8 (44)
17:19GoalD. SwallowGCS9.7 (61) – 7.8 (50)
19:07BehindJ. WattsMEL9.8 (62) – 7.8 (50)
21:51GoalJ. GarlettMEL10.8 (68) – 7.8 (50)
24:49GoalJ. WattsMEL11.8 (74) – 7.8 (50)
28:49GoalD. GorringeGCS11.8 (74) – 8.8 (56)
30:14BehindS. FrostMEL11.9 (75) – 8.8 (56)
30:44GoalB. NewtonMEL12.9 (81) – 8.8 (56)