2008 AFL Elimination Final 2: Sydney v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2008 between Sydney and North Melbourne in the second elimination final of the 2008 AFL season.
Sydney hosted North Melbourne at ANZ Stadium.
Craig Bolton captained the hosts.
Adam Simpson captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Dean Laidley.
Sydney
Back:
L. Barry, C. Bolton (capt.), M. Mattner
Half-back:
L. Roberts-Thomson, T. Richards, T. Kennelly
Centre:
J. Crouch, J. McVeigh, L. Ablett
Half-forward:
R. O'Keefe, A. Goodes, J. Moore
Forward:
A. Buchanan, B. Hall, P. Bevan
Follower:
D. Jolly, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.:
P. Everitt, K. Jack, N. Malceski, P. Veszpremi
North Melbourne
Back:
E. Lower, J. Gibson, L. Harding
Half-back:
D. Pratt, S. Watt, G. Urquhart
Centre:
M. Firrito, D. Wells, M. Campbell
Half-forward:
B. Harvey, D. Hale, S. Grant
Forward:
A. Edwards, N. Thompson, S. McMahon
Follower:
D. Petrie, B. Rawlings, A. Simpson (capt.)
Int.:
D. Harris, S. Power, J. Sinclair, L. Thomas
Sydney (17.8.110) defeated North Melbourne (11.9.75).
Goalkickers
Sydney: A. Goodes (3), B. Hall (3), K. Jack (3), J. Moore (2), R. O'Keefe (2), N. Malceski, J. McVeigh, T. Richards, P. Veszpremi
North Melbourne: S. Grant (2), D. Hale (2), B. Harvey (2), E. Lower (2), D. Petrie, J. Sinclair, N. Thompson
As a result of this match, Sydney faced Western Bulldogs in the second semi final and North Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).
Match Details
Season:
2008 AFL Season
Round:
Elimination Final 2
Teams:
Sydney
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 6 September 2008
Time:
7:30 PM
Venue:
ANZ Stadium
Attendance:
19,127
Match Results
Outcome:
Sydney
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
17.8.110 - 11.9.75
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Sydney | 1 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 7 | 17 | . | 8 | 17 | . | 8 | (110) |
| North Melbourne | 4 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 4 | 10 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 9 | (75) |
| Margin | NMLB by 14 | NMLB by 10 | SYDN by 14 | SYDN by 35 | SYDN by 35 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:54 | 29:58 | 33:30 | 29:05 | 2:02:27 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Paul Roos
(Sydney),
Dean Laidley
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Craig Bolton
(Sydney),
Adam Simpson
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
R. Chamberlain
(#18),
S. McBurney
(#3),
M. Vozzo
(#2)
Player Statistics
Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 20 | Ablett, Luke | WR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Barry, Leo | BPL | 96% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Bevan, Paul | FPR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Bolton, Craig (c) | FB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | Bolton, Jude | RO | 87% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Buchanan, Amon | FPL | 78% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Crouch, Jared | WL | 94% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Everitt, Peter | INT | 38% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Goodes, Adam | CHF | 96% | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | Hall, Barry | FF | 99% | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Jack, Kieren | INT | 81% | 3 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Jolly, Darren | RU | 66% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Kennelly, Tadhg | HBFR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Kirk, Brett | RR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Malceski, Nick | INT | 72% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | Mattner, Martin | BPR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | C | 80% | 1 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Moore, Jarred | HFFR | 66% | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | O'Keefe, Ryan | HFFL | 99% | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Richards, Ted | CHB | 87% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Roberts-Thomson, Lewis | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Veszpremi, Patrick | INT | 55% | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 17 | 8 | 291 | 199 | 92 | 78 | 57 | 62 | 49 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 48 | |||
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 33 | Campbell, Matt | WR | 82% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Edwards, Aaron | FPL | 84% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | WL | 97% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Gibson, Josh | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Grant, Shannon | HFFR | 99% | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Hale, David | CHF | 90% | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Harding, Leigh | BPR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Harris, Daniel | INT | 59% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | HFFL | 96% | 2 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Lower, Ed | BPL | 95% | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | McMahon, Scott | FPR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | RU | 88% | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Power, Sam | INT | 59% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Pratt, Daniel | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Rawlings, Brady | RR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Simpson, Adam (c) | RO | 72% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Sinclair, Jess | INT | 45% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | INT | 64% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Thompson, Nathan | FF | 80% | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Urquhart, Gavin | HBFR | 72% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Watt, Shannon | CHB | 98% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Wells, Daniel | C | 85% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 11 | 9 | 264 | 167 | 97 | 58 | 39 | 76 | 31 | 44 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 49 | |||
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Sydney | Coach: Paul Roos | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 | E. Lower | 38 | J. Gibson | 39 | L. Harding | 16 | D. Jolly | 10 | P. Everitt | ||||||
| 42 | P. Bevan | 1 | B. Hall | 32 | A. Buchanan | 31 | B. Kirk | 15 | K. Jack | ||||||
| FORWARD | 24 | J. Bolton | 9 | N. Malceski | |||||||||||
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| 30 | D. Pratt | 36 | S. Watt | 14 | G. Urquhart |
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| 11 | M. Firrito | 8 | D. Wells | 33 | M. Campbell |
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| 20 | L. Ablett | 3 | J. McVeigh | 28 | J. Crouch | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
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| HALF-FORWARD | 3 | B. Rawlings | 5 | S. Power | |||||||||||
| 29 | B. Harvey | 31 | D. Hale | 6 | S. Grant | 7 | A. Simpson (c) | 9 | J. Sinclair | ||||||
| 17 | T. Kennelly | 25 | T. Richards | 30 | L. Roberts-Thomson |
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| 27 | A. Edwards | 23 | N. Thompson | 42 | S. McMahon |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Dean Laidley | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | NMLB | David Hale goal | 0.0.0 | - | 1.0.6 | 01:24 |
| NMLB | Aaron Edwards behind | 0.0.0 | - | 1.1.7 | 05:29 | |
| SYDN | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 1.1.7 | 09:39 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 0.1.1 | - | 2.1.13 | 12:32 | |
| SYDN | Patrick Veszpremi behind | 0.2.2 | - | 2.1.13 | 14:08 | |
| SYDN | Patrick Veszpremi behind | 0.3.3 | - | 2.1.13 | 16:53 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 0.3.3 | - | 3.1.19 | 20:24 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 0.3.3 | - | 4.1.25 | 24:15 | |
| SYDN | Ryan O'Keefe goal | 1.3.9 | - | 4.1.25 | 26:28 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes behind | 1.4.10 | - | 4.1.25 | 28:01 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall behind | 1.5.11 | - | 4.1.25 | 29:22 | |
| Q2 | SYDN | Kieren Jack goal | 2.5.17 | - | 4.1.25 | 01:24 |
| NMLB | Matt Campbell behind | 2.5.17 | - | 4.2.26 | 02:31 | |
| SYDN | Ryan O'Keefe goal | 3.5.23 | - | 4.2.26 | 10:41 | |
| NMLB | Nathan Thompson behind | 3.5.23 | - | 4.3.27 | 12:33 | |
| NMLB | Ed Lower behind | 3.5.23 | - | 4.4.28 | 14:49 | |
| SYDN | Patrick Veszpremi behind | 3.6.24 | - | 4.4.28 | 18:09 | |
| NMLB | Shannon Grant goal | 3.6.24 | - | 5.4.34 | 21:45 | |
| NMLB | Shannon Grant goal | 3.6.24 | - | 6.4.40 | 24:28 | |
| SYDN | Jarred Moore goal | 4.6.30 | - | 6.4.40 | 26:12 | |
| Q3 | SYDN | Barry Hall goal | 5.6.36 | - | 6.4.40 | 02:48 |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes goal | 6.6.42 | - | 6.4.40 | 04:24 | |
| SYDN | Jarrad McVeigh goal | 7.6.48 | - | 6.4.40 | 08:11 | |
| NMLB | Daniel Wells behind | 7.6.48 | - | 6.5.41 | 09:48 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall goal | 8.6.54 | - | 6.5.41 | 10:53 | |
| NMLB | Nathan Thompson goal | 8.6.54 | - | 7.5.47 | 12:18 | |
| SYDN | Patrick Veszpremi goal | 9.6.60 | - | 7.5.47 | 14:31 | |
| SYDN | Kieren Jack goal | 10.6.66 | - | 7.5.47 | 17:50 | |
| NMLB | Ed Lower goal | 10.6.66 | - | 8.5.53 | 19:40 | |
| NMLB | Ed Lower goal | 10.6.66 | - | 9.5.59 | 21:31 | |
| SYDN | Nick Malceski goal | 11.6.72 | - | 9.5.59 | 23:24 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes goal | 12.6.78 | - | 9.5.59 | 28:17 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes behind | 12.7.79 | - | 9.5.59 | 29:16 | |
| NMLB | David Hale goal | 12.7.79 | - | 10.5.65 | 33:26 | |
| Q4 | NMLB | Shannon Grant behind | 12.7.79 | - | 10.6.66 | 03:18 |
| NMLB | Ed Lower behind | 12.7.79 | - | 10.7.67 | 04:38 | |
| NMLB | Daniel Harris behind | 12.7.79 | - | 10.8.68 | 06:07 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall goal | 13.7.85 | - | 10.8.68 | 06:55 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall behind | 13.8.86 | - | 10.8.68 | 09:06 | |
| SYDN | Kieren Jack goal | 14.8.92 | - | 10.8.68 | 10:56 | |
| SYDN | Jarred Moore goal | 15.8.98 | - | 10.8.68 | 13:24 | |
| SYDN | Ted Richards goal | 16.8.104 | - | 10.8.68 | 14:38 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes goal | 17.8.110 | - | 10.8.68 | 18:37 | |
| NMLB | Jess Sinclair goal | 17.8.110 | - | 11.8.74 | 21:59 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 17.8.110 | - | 11.9.75 | 26:01 | |