2021 Round 7: North Melbourne v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena (Bellerive Oval)
Attendance: 6,009
Capacity: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 16.7.103
Best on Ground: B. Cunnington, B. Fritsch, K. Pickett, C. Oliver

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 9 . 5 10 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 4 12 . 7 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin NOR by 5 NOR by 19 MEL by 13 MEL by 30 MEL by 30
Duration 30:25 33:51 30:32 28:52 2:03:40

Honour Roll

Coach(es): David Noble (North Melbourne), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Chris Donlon (#1), Simon Meredith (#21), Justin Power (#4), E: Alex Whetton (#19)
Goal Umpire(s): Mark Ensbey, Matt Maclure, E: Steve Piperno
Boundary Umpire(s): Jordan Andrews, Patrick Cran, Matthew Jenkinson, Lachlan Rayner
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Ben Cunnington (NOR #10) 2 - Bayley Fritsch (MEL #31) 1 - Kysaiah Pickett (MEL #36)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Bayley Fritsch MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ben Cunnington NOR 8 0 2 0 0 0
Aaron Hall NOR 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Christian Salem MEL 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MEL 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Kysaiah Pickett MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Luke Jackson MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1

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
18 Atley, Shaun BPR 91% 1 0 15 9 6 6 0 3 3 12 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0
16 Bonar, Aiden BPL↓ 22% 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 Bosenavulagi, Atu INT 72% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 6 8 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
42 Campbell, Tom HFFR 68% 2 0 11 5 6 4 8 0 6 5 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 84% 2 0 35 19 16 1 0 6 20 17 8 8 4 2 3 3 0 0 2 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 94% 0 0 11 5 6 2 23 0 6 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 1
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 81% 0 0 33 25 8 12 0 4 5 27 4 5 0 0 6 4 0 1 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 82% 2 1 13 7 6 5 1 0 5 8 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
35 Lazzaro, Charlie INT 66% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 4 11 1 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
1 Mahony, Jack FPL 73% 1 0 14 4 10 4 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
23 McKay, Ben FB 95% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 14 0
31 Menadue, Connor SUB↑ 36% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
29 Phillips, Will CHF 77% 0 1 16 9 7 4 0 3 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
24 Powell, Tom RO 79% 1 0 23 14 9 4 0 6 7 17 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 2
12 Simpkin, Jy C 87% 1 1 30 13 17 8 0 1 9 20 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 0
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn WR 88% 0 1 18 13 5 7 0 2 4 14 0 2 1 1 1 6 2 0 2 3
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 76% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 5 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
26 Thomas, Tarryn FPR 72% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 9 6 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 1
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 85% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 6 12 14 5 3 2 0 3 4 0 0 2 0
19 Walker, Josh CHB 88% 0 0 11 7 4 8 0 1 5 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 0
17 Young, Lachie WL 88% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 5 6 2 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 4 0
7 Ziebell, Jack HBFL 94% 0 0 23 19 4 9 0 2 5 13 0 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron INT 79% 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 2 1 8 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total 11 7 367 217 150 102 32 51 136 228 40 63 21 16 34 51 9 3 63 9

Aiden Bonar was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Connor Menadue.

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 Baker, Oskar RR 85% 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 4 3 12 2 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 78% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 4 10 7 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0
50 Brown, Ben FF 74% 2 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 93% 6 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 6 9 0 6 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 97% 0 1 13 5 8 4 28 2 5 8 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 6 0
14 Hibberd, Michael BPR 82% 0 0 19 13 6 10 0 0 4 15 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 77% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 79% 1 0 22 6 16 2 7 2 7 15 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan SUB↑ 49% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 3 11 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
23 Jordon, James INT 72% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 7 5 15 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 93% 1 0 25 17 8 12 0 2 5 19 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0
8 Lever, Jake BPL 100% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 2 6 10 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 3 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 25 21 4 14 0 1 4 20 0 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 12 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 92% 0 0 15 8 7 5 1 1 4 11 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 0
18 Melksham, Jake INT 68% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 3 5 11 0 7 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 71% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 5 7 0 6 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 88% 1 0 25 13 12 2 0 5 17 9 7 3 2 1 3 6 0 1 0 0
5 Petracca, Christian C 88% 0 1 23 16 7 7 0 4 9 13 8 4 0 1 0 9 2 0 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 77% 3 2 17 9 8 2 0 2 12 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 68% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 4 9 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 81% 0 0 29 19 10 4 0 3 9 19 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 73% 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB↓ 6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total 16 7 375 231 144 117 36 54 136 244 35 51 16 21 39 52 8 9 37 7

Adam Tomlinson was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Nathan Jones.

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: David Noble
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 J. Lever 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd 22 T. Goldstein 15 A. Bosenavulagi
26 T. Thomas 20 N. Larkey 1 J. Mahony 10 B. Cunnington 35 C. Lazzaro
FORWARD 24 T. Powell 5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

44 C. Zurhaar
3 C. Salem 20 A. Tomlinson 29 J. Hunt

31 C. Menadue
42 T. Campbell 29 W. Phillips 28 K. Turner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon



2 J. Stephenson 12 J. Simpkin 17 L. Young FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 6 L. Jackson
HALF-FORWARD 33 O. Baker 23 J. Jordon
30 A. Neal-Bullen 25 T. McDonald 36 K. Pickett 13 C. Oliver 18 J. Melksham
43 A. Hall 19 J. Walker 7 J. Ziebell (c)

24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

2 N. Jones
FORWARD



9 C. Spargo 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch



18 S. Atley 23 B. McKay 16 A. Bonar



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NOR Tom Campbell goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:55
NOR Shaun Atley goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:19
MEL Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 06:01
NOR Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:33
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 09:43
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 11:44
MEL Luke Jackson goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 17:12
NOR Tom Campbell goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 18:50
MEL Ben Brown behind 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 22:23
NOR Tom Powell goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 24:59
Q2 NOR Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.2.20 02:11
NOR Jy Simpkin goal 5.2.32 - 3.2.20 03:46
NOR Will Phillips behind 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 06:46
MEL Ed Langdon goal 5.3.33 - 4.2.26 08:03
MEL Ben Brown goal 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 10:58
NOR Nick Larkey goal 6.3.39 - 5.2.32 13:37
NOR Nick Larkey behind 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 16:59
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.4.40 - 6.2.38 17:27
MEL Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 19:00
NOR Cameron Zurhaar goal 7.4.46 - 6.3.39 22:53
NOR Jaidyn Stephenson behind 7.5.47 - 6.3.39 25:36
NOR Ben Cunnington goal 8.5.53 - 6.3.39 30:18
NOR Nick Larkey goal 9.5.59 - 6.3.39 32:09
MEL Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 6.4.40 33:37
Q3 MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 9.5.59 - 7.4.46 01:43
NOR Jack Mahony goal 10.5.65 - 7.4.46 06:44
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 10.5.65 - 8.4.52 08:19
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 10.5.65 - 9.4.58 12:01
NOR Cameron Zurhaar behind 10.6.66 - 9.4.58 13:33
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.6.66 - 10.4.64 14:03
MEL Ben Brown goal 10.6.66 - 11.4.70 16:11
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 10.6.66 - 11.5.71 17:24
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 10.6.66 - 12.5.77 18:50
MEL Max Gawn behind 10.6.66 - 12.6.78 22:34
MEL Christian Petracca behind 10.6.66 - 12.7.79 25:26
Q4 NOR Ben Cunnington goal 11.6.72 - 12.7.79 08:43
NOR Jy Simpkin behind 11.7.73 - 12.7.79 11:27
MEL James Jordon goal 11.7.73 - 13.7.85 13:34
MEL Clayton Oliver goal 11.7.73 - 14.7.91 14:55
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 11.7.73 - 15.7.97 17:52
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.7.73 - 16.7.103 23:43