2008 Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday, March 24th, 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)
Attendance: 48,100
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.13.67 - 19.8.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Essendon 2 . 0 8 . 2 15 . 5 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Margin NOR by 15 ESS by 7 ESS by 44 ESS by 55 ESS by 55
Duration 30:24 29:56 30:09 28:31 1:59:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dani Laidley (North Melbourne), Matthew Knights (Essendon)
Captain(s): Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Shane McInerney (#30), Kieron Nicholls (#28), Matt Stevic (#9)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Mark McVeigh (ESS #10) 2 - Jobe Watson (ESS #4) 1 - Matthew Lloyd (ESS #18)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Mark McVeigh ESS 10 2 0 0 0 0
Matthew Lloyd ESS 6 0 1 0 1 0
Daniel Wells NOR 5 0 1 0 0 1
Shannon Grant NOR 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Adam Ramanauskas ESS 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Bachar Houli ESS 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics (Basic)

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
33 Campbell, Matt INT 81% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 4 7 10 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 3
27 Edwards, Aaron CHF 88% 1 1 12 9 3 9 0 0 2 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
11 Firrito, Michael FB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 5 5 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 1 0
38 Gibson, Josh CHB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 0
6 Grant, Shannon INT 94% 0 2 27 18 9 8 0 3 10 18 5 5 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1
31 Hale, David FPR 88% 0 3 14 9 5 7 6 2 7 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
39 Harding, Leigh INT 72% 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 3 3 11 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
4 Harris, Daniel C 71% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 1 9 13 5 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 0
29 Harvey, Brent RO 87% 0 1 22 16 6 7 0 1 6 16 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 5 0 1
21 Jones, Corey HFFL 3% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 53% 0 0 9 4 5 3 15 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
20 Petrie, Drew FPL 96% 1 0 17 12 5 9 7 1 7 10 3 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0
5 Power, Sam WR 85% 0 0 17 9 8 3 1 1 7 9 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
30 Pratt, Daniel HBFL 87% 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 4 10 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 4 0
3 Rawlings, Brady RR 88% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
7 Simpson, Adam WL 91% 0 1 24 13 11 5 0 4 8 16 4 2 1 1 2 6 0 0 6 0
19 Swallow, Andrew INT 74% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 5 5 10 1 7 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay HFFR 71% 3 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 7 6 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Thompson, Nathan FF 89% 4 1 10 9 1 5 0 2 4 6 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0
37 Thompson, Scott BPL 94% 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 6 4 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 0
36 Watt, Shannon BPR 100% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0
8 Wells, Daniel HBFR 88% 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 5 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total 9 13 304 190 114 101 29 38 109 200 30 36 22 15 31 51 15 9 37 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
29 Davey, Alwyn FPL 81% 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 8 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay BPL 82% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 3 6 15 0 2 2 1 7 2 0 3 1 1
2 Dyson, Ricky WL 88% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 93% 1 0 18 15 3 9 0 0 5 12 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 4 0
19 Hille, David RU 87% 1 2 12 9 3 7 13 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0
43 Houli, Bachar WR 80% 0 0 26 13 13 4 0 0 7 17 1 5 0 2 5 3 0 2 2 0
7 Jetta, Leroy HFFL 68% 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 4 6 6 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 2
14 Johnson, Jason INT 74% 1 0 19 6 13 6 0 0 4 14 4 2 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 1
27 Laycock, Jason CHF 89% 1 0 3 2 1 2 10 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 93% 6 1 18 13 5 11 0 2 7 11 0 5 2 2 0 3 5 0 1 1
36 Lonergan, Sam FPR 70% 0 0 16 7 9 7 0 4 8 8 4 3 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 1
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFL 89% 4 1 14 13 1 8 0 3 3 12 1 4 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott HFFR 19% 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 McPhee, Adam INT 84% 0 1 19 12 7 11 0 0 7 12 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
10 McVeigh, Mark RO 83% 1 0 32 24 8 6 0 1 10 22 6 6 2 2 1 8 0 0 2 2
22 Michael, Mal FB 97% 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 0 6 13 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0
17 Nash, Jay HBFR 72% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 3 12 0 7 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam RR 88% 1 0 24 15 9 9 0 1 7 18 1 5 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 0
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 97% 0 0 9 5 4 6 0 1 2 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
20 Slattery, Henry INT 92% 0 0 11 4 7 5 0 2 5 6 3 5 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0
5 Stanton, Brent INT 88% 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 0 2 8 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1
4 Watson, Jobe C 87% 1 0 30 14 16 7 0 5 8 21 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total 19 8 354 217 137 123 23 31 114 237 32 62 15 22 37 54 13 15 38 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Dani Laidley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 C. Dempsey 22 M. Michael 31 D. Fletcher 1 H. McIntosh 33 M. Campbell
31 D. Hale 23 N. Thompson 20 D. Petrie 3 B. Rawlings 6 S. Grant
FORWARD 29 B. Harvey 39 L. Harding
HALF-BACK

19 A. Swallow
42 N. Lovett-Murray 30 P. Ryder 17 J. Nash



12 L. Thomas 27 A. Edwards 21 C. Jones



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 R. Dyson 4 J. Watson 43 B. Houli



5 S. Power 4 D. Harris 7 A. Simpson (c) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 14 J. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD 9 A. Ramanauskas 33 A. McPhee
7 L. Jetta 27 J. Laycock 25 S. Lucas 10 M. McVeigh 20 H. Slattery
8 D. Wells 38 J. Gibson 30 D. Pratt

5 B. Stanton
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



29 A. Davey 18 M. Lloyd (c) 36 S. Lonergan



36 S. Watt 11 M. Firrito 37 S. Thompson



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NOR Lindsay Thomas goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:59
NOR Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 07:36
NOR Lindsay Thomas goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 08:00
NOR David Hale behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 09:43
NOR Nathan Thompson goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 11:34
ESS Scott Lucas goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 17:08
ESS Adam Ramanauskas goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 23:26
NOR David Hale behind 3.3.21 - 2.0.12 27:16
NOR Nathan Thompson goal 4.3.27 - 2.0.12 29:12
Q2 NOR Nathan Thompson goal 5.3.33 - 2.0.12 01:01
NOR Lindsay Thomas goal 6.3.39 - 2.0.12 02:03
ESS Jason Laycock goal 6.3.39 - 3.0.18 03:39
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 6.3.39 - 4.0.24 06:41
NOR Daniel Wells behind 6.4.40 - 4.0.24 10:05
ESS Adam McPhee behind 6.4.40 - 4.1.25 12:15
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 6.4.40 - 5.1.31 15:38
NOR Daniel Pratt behind 6.5.41 - 5.1.31 17:19
ESS Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 19:18
NOR Shannon Grant behind 6.6.42 - 5.2.32 19:48
NOR David Hale behind 6.7.43 - 5.2.32 21:48
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 6.7.43 - 6.2.38 23:35
ESS Jason Johnson goal 6.7.43 - 7.2.44 26:04
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 6.7.43 - 8.2.50 27:57
Q3 ESS Matthew Lloyd behind 6.7.43 - 8.3.51 01:14
ESS Mark McVeigh goal 6.7.43 - 9.3.57 02:26
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 6.7.43 - 10.3.63 03:33
ESS David Hille goal 6.7.43 - 11.3.69 04:38
NOR Nathan Thompson goal 7.7.49 - 11.3.69 07:15
NOR Adam Simpson behind 7.8.50 - 11.3.69 09:20
NOR Brent Harvey behind 7.9.51 - 11.3.69 11:34
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 7.9.51 - 12.3.75 13:23
ESS David Hille behind 7.9.51 - 12.4.76 14:52
ESS Jobe Watson goal 7.9.51 - 13.4.82 18:31
ESS Leroy Jetta behind 7.9.51 - 13.5.83 20:12
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 7.9.51 - 14.5.89 22:18
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 7.9.51 - 15.5.95 23:27
Q4 ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 7.9.51 - 16.5.101 03:46
NOR Aaron Edwards behind 7.10.52 - 16.5.101 05:15
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 7.10.52 - 17.5.107 05:59
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray behind 7.10.52 - 17.6.108 07:09
NOR Aaron Edwards goal 8.10.58 - 17.6.108 08:13
ESS Brent Stanton behind 8.10.58 - 17.7.109 09:14
ESS Alwyn Davey goal 8.10.58 - 18.7.115 17:03
NOR Shannon Grant behind 8.11.59 - 18.7.115 19:30
ESS David Hille behind 8.11.59 - 18.8.116 20:51
NOR Drew Petrie goal 9.11.65 - 18.8.116 22:13
NOR Nathan Thompson behind 9.12.66 - 18.8.116 23:39
NOR Leigh Harding behind 9.13.67 - 18.8.116 25:54
ESS Dustin Fletcher goal 9.13.67 - 19.8.122 27:42