2008 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2008 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 1 of the 2008 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Telstra Dome. Adam Simpson captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

North Melbourne
Back: S. Thompson, M. Firrito, S. Watt
Half-back: D. Pratt, J. Gibson, D. Wells
Centre: A. Simpson (capt.), D. Harris, S. Power
Half-forward: C. Jones, A. Edwards, L. Thomas
Forward: D. Petrie, N. Thompson, D. Hale
Follower: H. McIntosh, B. Rawlings, B. Harvey
Int.: M. Campbell, S. Grant, L. Harding, A. Swallow

Essendon
Back: C. Dempsey, M. Michael, D. Fletcher
Half-back: N. Lovett-Murray, P. Ryder, J. Nash
Centre: R. Dyson, J. Watson, B. Houli
Half-forward: L. Jetta, J. Laycock, S. Lucas
Forward: A. Davey, M. Lloyd (capt.), S. Lonergan
Follower: D. Hille, A. Ramanauskas, M. McVeigh
Int.: J. Johnson, A. McPhee, H. Slattery, B. Stanton

North Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Essendon (19.8.122).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Thompson (4), L. Thomas (3), A. Edwards, D. Petrie
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), N. Lovett-Murray (4), A. Davey, D. Fletcher, D. Hille, J. Johnson, J. Laycock, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, A. Ramanauskas, J. Watson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday 24 March 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 48,100

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.13.67 - 19.8.122

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	3	6	.	7	7	.	9	9	.	13	9	.	13	(67)
Essendon	2	.	0	8	.	2	15	.	5	19	.	8	19	.	8	(122)
Margin	NMLB by 15			ESSE by 7			ESSE by 44			ESSE by 55			ESSE by 55
Duration	30:24			29:56			30:09			28:31			1:59:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (North Melbourne), Matthew Knights (Essendon)
Captains: Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McInerney (#30), K. Nicholls (#28), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Mark McVeigh	ESSE	10	3
Jobe Watson	ESSE	4	2
Matthew Lloyd	ESSE	18	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Mark McVeigh	ESSE	10	10	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lloyd	ESSE	18	6	0	1	0	1	0
Daniel Wells	NMLB	8	5	0	1	0	0	1
Shannon Grant	NMLB	6	3	0	0	?	?	?
Bachar Houli	ESSE	43	3	0	0	?	?	?
Adam Ramanauskas	ESSE	9	3	0	0	?	?	?

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Campbell, Matt	INT	81%	0	0	16	11	5	3	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	4
27	Edwards, Aaron	CHF	88%	1	1	12	9	3	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
11	Firrito, Michael	FB	100%	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	5	1
38	Gibson, Josh	CHB	100%	0	0	10	5	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1
6	Grant, Shannon	INT	94%	0	2	27	18	9	8	0	3	5	5	1	2	1	6
31	Hale, David	FPR	88%	0	3	14	9	5	7	6	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
39	Harding, Leigh	INT	72%	0	1	14	11	3	6	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	2
4	Harris, Daniel	C	71%	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	1	5	2	0	1	1	5
29	Harvey, Brent	RO	87%	0	1	22	16	6	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	6
21	Jones, Corey	HFFL	3%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	McIntosh, Hamish	RU	53%	0	0	9	4	5	3	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
20	Petrie, Drew	FPL	96%	1	0	17	12	5	9	7	1	3	2	1	0	2	2
5	Power, Sam	WR	85%	0	0	17	9	8	3	1	1	5	3	0	2	1	2
30	Pratt, Daniel	HBFL	87%	0	1	14	10	4	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	0
3	Rawlings, Brady	RR	88%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
7	Simpson, Adam (c)	WL	91%	0	1	24	13	11	5	0	4	4	2	1	1	2	6
19	Swallow, Andrew	INT	74%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	5	1	7	1	3	0	4
12	Thomas, Lindsay	HFFR	71%	3	0	12	9	3	4	0	4	1	1	2	1	0	1
23	Thompson, Nathan	FF	89%	4	1	10	9	1	5	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	2
37	Thompson, Scott	BPL	94%	0	0	12	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1
36	Watt, Shannon	BPR	100%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
8	Wells, Daniel	HBFR	88%	0	1	10	6	4	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				9	13	304	190	114	101	29	38	30	36	22	15	31	51

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Davey, Alwyn	FPL	81%	1	0	14	8	6	2	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	2
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	BPL	82%	0	0	20	13	7	6	0	3	0	2	2	1	7	2
2	Dyson, Ricky	WL	88%	0	0	8	5	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
31	Fletcher, Dustin	BPR	93%	1	0	18	15	3	9	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	1
19	Hille, David	RU	87%	1	2	12	9	3	7	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
43	Houli, Bachar	WR	80%	0	0	26	13	13	4	0	0	1	5	0	2	5	3
7	Jetta, Leroy	HFFL	68%	0	1	13	6	7	1	0	4	2	1	2	0	1	2
14	Johnson, Jason	INT	74%	1	0	19	6	13	6	0	0	4	2	0	1	2	3
27	Laycock, Jason	CHF	89%	1	0	3	2	1	2	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew (c)	FF	93%	6	1	18	13	5	11	0	2	0	5	2	2	0	3
36	Lonergan, Sam	FPR	70%	0	0	16	7	9	7	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	5
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	HBFL	89%	4	1	14	13	1	8	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	5
25	Lucas, Scott	HFFR	19%	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
33	McPhee, Adam	INT	84%	0	1	19	12	7	11	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2
10	McVeigh, Mark	RO	83%	1	0	32	24	8	6	0	1	6	6	2	2	1	8
22	Michael, Mal	FB	97%	0	0	19	12	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0
17	Nash, Jay	HBFR	72%	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	1	0	7	0	2	3	3
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	RR	88%	1	0	24	15	9	9	0	1	1	5	1	1	4	2
30	Ryder, Paddy	CHB	97%	0	0	9	5	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
20	Slattery, Henry	INT	92%	0	0	11	4	7	5	0	2	3	5	1	3	0	1
5	Stanton, Brent	INT	88%	0	1	11	7	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	3
4	Watson, Jobe	C	87%	1	0	30	14	16	7	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				19	8	354	217	137	123	23	31	32	62	15	22	37	54

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

North Melbourne							Coach: Dean Laidley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	C. Dempsey	22	M. Michael	31	D. Fletcher	1	H. McIntosh	33	M. Campbell
	31	D. Hale	23	N. Thompson	20	D. Petrie	3	B. Rawlings	6	S. Grant
FORWARD							29	B. Harvey	39	L. Harding
HALF-BACK									19	A. Swallow
	42	N. Lovett-Murray	30	P. Ryder	17	J. Nash
	12	L. Thomas	27	A. Edwards	21	C. Jones
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	R. Dyson	4	J. Watson	43	B. Houli
	5	S. Power	4	D. Harris	7	A. Simpson (c)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	D. Hille	14	J. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD							9	A. Ramanauskas	33	A. McPhee
	7	L. Jetta	27	J. Laycock	25	S. Lucas	10	M. McVeigh	20	H. Slattery
	8	D. Wells	38	J. Gibson	30	D. Pratt			5	B. Stanton
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	29	A. Davey	18	M. Lloyd (c)	36	S. Lonergan
	36	S. Watt	11	M. Firrito	37	S. Thompson
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	04:59
	NMLB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	07:36
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	08:00
	NMLB	David Hale behind	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	09:43
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	11:34
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	17:08
	ESSE	Adam Ramanauskas goal	3.2.20	-	2.0.12	23:26
	NMLB	David Hale behind	3.3.21	-	2.0.12	27:16
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	4.3.27	-	2.0.12	29:12
Q2	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	5.3.33	-	2.0.12	01:01
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	6.3.39	-	2.0.12	02:03
	ESSE	Jason Laycock goal	6.3.39	-	3.0.18	03:39
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	6.3.39	-	4.0.24	06:41
	NMLB	Daniel Wells behind	6.4.40	-	4.0.24	10:05
	ESSE	Adam McPhee behind	6.4.40	-	4.1.25	12:15
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	6.4.40	-	5.1.31	15:38
	NMLB	Daniel Pratt behind	6.5.41	-	5.1.31	17:19
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	19:18
	NMLB	Shannon Grant behind	6.6.42	-	5.2.32	19:48
	NMLB	David Hale behind	6.7.43	-	5.2.32	21:48
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	6.7.43	-	6.2.38	23:35
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	6.7.43	-	7.2.44	26:04
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	6.7.43	-	8.2.50	27:57
Q3	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd behind	6.7.43	-	8.3.51	01:14
	ESSE	Mark McVeigh goal	6.7.43	-	9.3.57	02:26
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	6.7.43	-	10.3.63	03:33
	ESSE	David Hille goal	6.7.43	-	11.3.69	04:38
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	7.7.49	-	11.3.69	07:15
	NMLB	Adam Simpson behind	7.8.50	-	11.3.69	09:20
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	7.9.51	-	11.3.69	11:34
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	7.9.51	-	12.3.75	13:23
	ESSE	David Hille behind	7.9.51	-	12.4.76	14:52
	ESSE	Jobe Watson goal	7.9.51	-	13.4.82	18:31
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta behind	7.9.51	-	13.5.83	20:12
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	7.9.51	-	14.5.89	22:18
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	7.9.51	-	15.5.95	23:27
Q4	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	7.9.51	-	16.5.101	03:46
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards behind	7.10.52	-	16.5.101	05:15
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	7.10.52	-	17.5.107	05:59
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray behind	7.10.52	-	17.6.108	07:09
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	8.10.58	-	17.6.108	08:13
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	8.10.58	-	17.7.109	09:14
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	8.10.58	-	18.7.115	17:03
	NMLB	Shannon Grant behind	8.11.59	-	18.7.115	19:30
	ESSE	David Hille behind	8.11.59	-	18.8.116	20:51
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	9.11.65	-	18.8.116	22:13
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson behind	9.12.66	-	18.8.116	23:39
	NMLB	Leigh Harding behind	9.13.67	-	18.8.116	25:54
	ESSE	Dustin Fletcher goal	9.13.67	-	19.8.122	27:42

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