2008 AFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 12-1-9, P%: 97.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Sydney (Elimination Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Brent Harvey (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): David Hale (35)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Brent Harvey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Adam Simpson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brown, Leigh #16 9 R02-R05, R07, R11-R12, R18, R20 7 0
Campbell, Matt #33 22 R01-R20, R22, EF 32 1
Davies, Ben #34 2 R11-R12 0 0
Edwards, Aaron #27 8 R01-R06, R22, EF 7 0
Firrito, Michael #11 23 R01-R22, EF 1 0
Gibson, Josh #38 20 R01-R04, R08-R22, EF 1 0
Goldstein, Todd #22 3 R15-R17 2 0
Grant, Shannon #6 21 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R22, EF 29 2
Grima, Blake #17 3 R15, R17-R18 0 0
Hale, David #31 22 R01-R03, R05-R22, EF 37 8
Hansen, Lachlan #26 10 R13-R22 4 0
Harding, Leigh #39 22 R01-R03, R05-R22, EF 14 0
Harris, Daniel #4 23 R01-R22, EF 7 1
Harvey, Brent #29 23 R01-R22, EF 25 17
Jones, Corey #21 19 R01-R10, R13-R14, R16-R22 33 3
Lower, Ed #2 12 R04-R13, R19, EF 8 0
McIntosh, Hamish #1 14 R01-R12, R21-R22 4 0
McMahon, Scott #42 13 R08-R11, R15-R22, EF 7 0
Obst, Alan #40 3 R08, R13-R14 0 0
Petrie, Drew #20 23 R01-R22, EF 17 11
Power, Sam #5 22 R01-R12, R14-R22, EF 2 0
Pratt, Daniel #30 21 R01-R05, R07, R09-R22, EF 5 1
Rawlings, Brady #3 23 R01-R22, EF 3 2
Riggio, Matt #28 7 R08-R14 0 0
Ross, Ben #15 3 R04, R15-R16 2 0
Sansbury, Eddie #32 1 R06 0 0
Simpson, Adam #7 21 R01-R17, R20-R22, EF 4 7
Sinclair, Jess #9 6 R06, R18-R21, EF 2 0
Smith, Jesse #10 2 R04-R05 1 0
Smith, Josh #41 2 R07, R12 0 0
Swallow, Andrew #19 3 R01-R03 0 0
Thomas, Lindsay #12 23 R01-R22, EF 32 1
Thompson, Nathan #23 15 R01-R10, R13-R15, R19, EF 29 2
Thompson, Scott #37 6 R01, R06-R07, R11-R12, R21 0 0
Urquhart, Gavin #14 14 R10-R22, EF 0 0
Watt, Shannon #36 21 R01-R10, R13-R22, EF 0 0
Wells, Daniel #8 21 R01-R09, R12-R22, EF 6 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Gavin Urquhart Josh Gibson Scott Thompson
Half-Back: Daniel Pratt Shannon Watt Sam Power
Centre: Shannon Grant Adam Simpson Leigh Harding
Half-Forward: Brent Harvey David Hale Corey Jones
Forward: Matt Campbell Nathan Thompson Scott McMahon
Follower: Hamish McIntosh Daniel Harris Brady Rawlings
Interchange: Michael Firrito Drew Petrie Lindsay Thomas
Daniel Wells

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Laidley, Dani 23 12 -1- 10 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/03/2008 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 55 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
30/03/2008 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 41 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
05/04/2008 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 16 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
12/04/2008 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 48 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
19/04/2008 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 7 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
27/04/2008 Round 6 Sydney HOME DRAW drawn Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
03/05/2008 Round 7 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 33 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
17/05/2008 Round 8 West Coast HOME WIN NOR by 6 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
25/05/2008 Round 9 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN NOR by 3 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
31/05/2008 Round 10 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 31 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
06/06/2008 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 13 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
14/06/2008 Round 12 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 53 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
21/06/2008 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 27 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
28/06/2008 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 15 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
12/07/2008 Round 15 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN NOR by 2 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
18/07/2008 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 18 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
27/07/2008 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 28 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
02/08/2008 Round 18 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN NOR by 8 Dani Laidley Brent Harvey
10/08/2008 Round 19 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN NOR by 20 Dani Laidley unknown
17/08/2008 Round 20 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 51 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
24/08/2008 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 33 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
30/08/2008 Round 22 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 76 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson
06/09/2008 Elimination Final Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 35 Dani Laidley Adam Simpson