Round 20, 2013
Gold Coast vs Melbourne
Saturday 10 August
Venue: Carrara
Attendance: 13,840
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Gold Coast | 2.4 | 5.9 | 10.11 | 13.12.90 |
| Melbourne | 3.2 | 5.6 | 8.11 | 10.17.77 |
Gold Coast win by 13 points
Goalkickers:
Dean Kent 2, Jack Watts 2, Shannon Byrnes 1, Aaron Davey 1, Jack Fitzpatrick 1, Jordie McKenzie 1, Colin Sylvia 1, Luke Tapscott 1
Brownlow Votes
2 - Jack Viney
Milestones:
First Game
Troy Davis
Last Game
Mitch Clisby
Fresh off giving Greater Western Sydney their first win over the season a week earlier the Demons faced off against the league's second youngest team - and while they put in an improved performance Melbourne still crashed to their sixth consecutive defeat.
Despite being second best for large portions of the game the Demons could have put themselves in a winning position if they'd converted a number of easy chances. Shannon Byrnes was the main offender with 1.5 but a number of other players missed gettable goals.
After storming into the lead midway through the third quarter Melbourne conceded the last three goals of the term, and only two late goals when the game was already lost made the margin look more respectable than it was.
The Demons were defeated, but they held the profilic Gary Ablett Jr thanks to a concerted tagging effort by Jordie McKenzie and good defence from Colin Garland and Mitch Clisby.
Best were McKenzie, N. Jones and Viney.
Aaron Davey replaced Daniel Nicholson at three quarter time.