2008 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. 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 Dani Laidley.

Sydney (17.8.110) defeated North Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
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
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Craig Bolton
Coach: Paul Roos

North Melbourne

Captain: Adam Simpson
Coach: Dani Laidley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	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
HALF-BACK									13	P. Veszpremi
	30	D. Pratt	36	S. Watt	14	G. Urquhart
	33	J. Moore	37	A. Goodes	5	R. O'Keefe
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	M. Firrito	8	D. Wells	33	M. Campbell
	20	L. Ablett	3	J. McVeigh	28	J. Crouch	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	D. Petrie	4	D. Harris
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			12	L. Thomas
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	27	A. Edwards	23	N. Thompson	42	S. McMahon
	29	M. Mattner	6	C. Bolton (c)	21	L. Barry
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Dani Laidley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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

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