2021 Round 18: North Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Sunday, July 18th, 2021
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium (Carrara Stadium)
Attendance: 5,114
Capacity: 22,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.8.74 - 13.14.92
Best on Ground: D. Parish, P. Wright, Z. Merrett, J. Stringer

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 6 8 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin NOR by 10 NOR by 10 ESS by 8 ESS by 18 ESS by 18
Duration 32:12 26:58 28:42 34:16 2:02:08

Honour Roll

Coach(es): David Noble (North Melbourne), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captain(s): Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Nick Brown (#13), John Howorth (#17), Nathan Toner (#38), E: James Strybos (#41)
Goal Umpire(s): Stephen Williams, Daniel Wilson, E: Jesse Baird
Boundary Umpire(s): Patrick Cran, Chris Esler, Tim Lougoon, James Scully
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Zach Merrett (ESS #7) 2 - Jake Stringer (ESS #25) 1 - Darcy Parish (ESS #3)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Darcy Parish ESS 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Zach Merrett ESS 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jake Stringer ESS 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Peter Wright ESS 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jy Simpkin NOR 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Nick Larkey NOR 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 INT 76% 0 0 19 12 7 10 0 1 2 16 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
15 Bosenavulagi, Atu SUB↑ 13% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RO 86% 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 3 13 12 6 3 1 1 3 8 0 0 1 1
14 Dumont, Trent WL 81% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 90% 0 1 15 7 8 1 37 3 8 8 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 85% 0 0 31 28 3 14 0 1 0 25 0 5 0 0 12 3 0 0 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 87% 3 2 11 7 4 2 0 0 7 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
35 Lazzaro, Charlie INT 69% 1 0 12 5 7 5 0 1 5 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
1 Mahony, Jack HFFR↓ 69% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 6 5 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke WR 81% 0 1 26 15 11 8 0 1 8 18 1 3 0 2 1 5 0 0 1 1
23 McKay, Ben FB 95% 0 0 12 6 6 7 0 1 1 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
29 Phillips, Will C 72% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 2 4 11 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Scott, Bailey FPL 82% 1 1 13 7 6 2 0 1 5 8 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
12 Simpkin, Jy RR 83% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 7 9 13 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn CHF 78% 0 2 18 13 5 4 0 1 6 11 2 1 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 1
25 Tarrant, Robbie BPR 85% 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 2 4 9 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 0
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 80% 2 0 15 11 4 7 0 2 2 13 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFL 73% 1 0 23 16 7 9 0 7 6 17 3 3 3 0 3 5 2 1 0 0
28 Turner, Kayne BPL 80% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
19 Walker, Josh CHB 92% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 5 0
38 Xerri, Tristan INT 74% 1 1 10 3 7 2 4 2 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Ziebell, Jack HBFL 89% 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 0 5 9 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 3 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 82% 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 5 6 6 0 7 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total 11 8 343 216 127 111 41 51 105 231 29 45 24 11 39 49 11 3 30 8

Jack Mahony was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Atu Bosenavulagi in the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
13 Cox, Nik WR 87% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 0 5 12 3 4 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 0
12 Cutler, Tom INT 86% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 2 7 12 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 81% 0 1 8 4 4 2 19 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 1
42 Durham, Sam HFFL 72% 0 1 11 7 4 5 0 1 3 9 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1
8 Gleeson, Martin SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 78% 1 0 17 9 8 8 0 3 4 13 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 3
33 Ham, Brayden WL 84% 1 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 5 10 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 2
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFL 87% 1 0 27 17 10 3 0 1 6 20 1 1 1 1 2 6 0 1 3 0
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 86% 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 1 1 20 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 85% 1 2 12 8 4 6 1 5 1 11 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 82% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 76% 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 87% 0 0 39 14 25 3 0 3 10 28 9 5 0 3 5 7 0 0 1 0
3 Parish, Darcy RR 85% 0 0 34 17 17 6 0 6 16 19 8 4 1 0 4 7 0 0 1 1
16 Perkins, Archie FPL 68% 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
27 Redman, Mason BPR 74% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 3 5 13 1 5 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 97% 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 0 4 12 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 0 5 0
5 Smith, Devon INT 78% 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0
40 Snelling, Will RO 80% 0 1 22 8 14 5 0 2 4 19 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0
17 Stewart, James FB 87% 0 0 13 9 4 8 0 0 4 9 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
25 Stringer, Jake HFFR 81% 4 1 17 10 7 4 0 3 9 8 5 4 0 3 0 5 2 2 0 0
45 Waterman, Alec INT 70% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 3 1 20 11 9 7 10 1 11 11 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total 13 14 369 196 173 92 30 42 114 252 40 51 11 24 37 53 13 18 38 10

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
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 27 M. Redman 22 T. Goldstein 18 S. Atley
44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 8 B. Scott 12 J. Simpkin 35 C. Lazzaro
FORWARD 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

38 T. Xerri
21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

15 A. Bosenavulagi
1 J. Mahony 2 J. Stephenson 26 T. Thomas



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 B. Ham 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox



11 L. McDonald 29 W. Phillips 14 T. Dumont FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 12 T. Cutler
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 35 M. Guelfi
42 S. Durham 26 C. Hooker 25 J. Stringer 40 W. Snelling 5 D. Smith
43 A. Hall 19 J. Walker 7 J. Ziebell (c)

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

8 M. Gleeson
FORWARD



16 A. Perkins 20 P. Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



25 R. Tarrant 23 B. McKay 28 K. Turner



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NOR Bailey Scott behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:21
NOR Bailey Scott goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:21
NOR Nick Larkey goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 03:15
ESS Peter Wright goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 05:53
ESS Matt Guelfi goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 07:06
NOR Todd Goldstein behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 11:07
ESS Archie Perkins goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 13:02
NOR Luke McDonald behind 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 17:00
NOR Tarryn Thomas goal 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 18:09
NOR Jaidyn Stephenson behind 3.4.22 - 3.0.18 20:08
NOR Charlie Lazzaro goal 4.4.28 - 3.0.18 29:09
Q2 ESS Cale Hooker behind 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 00:38
NOR Nick Larkey goal 5.4.34 - 3.1.19 07:23
ESS Sam Draper behind 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 09:17
ESS Brayden Ham behind 5.4.34 - 3.3.21 11:04
ESS Sam Durham behind 5.4.34 - 3.4.22 14:37
ESS Dyson Heppell goal 5.4.34 - 4.4.28 17:29
ESS Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 4.5.29 19:13
NOR Jack Mahony goal 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 23:10
ESS Will Snelling behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 25:57
Q3 ESS Cale Hooker behind 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 03:01
NOR Nick Larkey behind 6.5.41 - 4.7.31 04:50
ESS Peter Wright goal 6.5.41 - 5.7.37 06:31
NOR Nick Larkey behind 6.6.42 - 5.7.37 09:51
ESS Devon Smith behind 6.6.42 - 5.8.38 11:36
NOR Jaidyn Stephenson behind 6.7.43 - 5.8.38 12:22
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.7.43 - 5.9.39 13:45
ESS Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 5.10.40 14:25
ESS Devon Smith goal 6.7.43 - 6.10.46 16:15
NOR Tristan Xerri behind 6.8.44 - 6.10.46 17:54
NOR Tristan Xerri goal 7.8.50 - 6.10.46 19:01
ESS Peter Wright goal 7.8.50 - 7.10.52 22:43
ESS Jake Stringer goal 7.8.50 - 8.10.58 27:05
Q4 ESS Jake Stringer goal 7.8.50 - 9.10.64 01:39
ESS Brayden Ham goal 7.8.50 - 10.10.70 03:57
NOR Curtis Taylor goal 8.8.56 - 10.10.70 09:24
NOR Nick Larkey goal 9.8.62 - 10.10.70 11:19
ESS Archie Perkins behind 9.8.62 - 10.11.71 17:27
ESS Jake Stringer goal 9.8.62 - 11.11.77 17:55
NOR Curtis Taylor goal 10.8.68 - 11.11.77 19:43
NOR Cameron Zurhaar goal 11.8.74 - 11.11.77 21:25
ESS Peter Wright behind 11.8.74 - 11.12.78 23:12
ESS Jake Stringer goal 11.8.74 - 12.12.84 24:18
ESS Cale Hooker goal 11.8.74 - 13.12.90 26:24
ESS Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 13.13.91 27:46
ESS Jake Stringer behind 11.8.74 - 13.14.92 30:16