2008 AFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 2008 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round six of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Telstra Dome. Adam Simpson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dani Laidley and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

North Melbourne (9.10.64) drew with Sydney (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 27 April 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 28,392

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne drew with Sydney
Score: 9.10.64 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	1	.	2	3	.	7	7	.	9	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Sydney	3	.	5	4	.	7	6	.	10	8	.	16	8	.	16	(64)
Margin	SYDN by 15			SYDN by 6			NMLB by 5			level			drawn
Duration	29:13			27:29			30:35			29:45			1:57:02

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Adam Simpson
Coach: Dani Laidley

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paul Roos

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Avon (#27)
S. McLaren (#11)
S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Adam Goodes	SYDN	37	3
Drew Petrie	NMLB	20	2
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Adam Goodes	SYDN	37	10	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Bevan	SYDN	42	7	0	1	1	0	0
Drew Petrie	NMLB	20	6	0	1	0	1	0
Michael Firrito	NMLB	11	5	0	0	1	1	0
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Kirk	SYDN	31	1	0	0	0	0	1

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	86%	1	0	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	Edwards, Aaron	FPL	39%	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Firrito, Michael	FB	97%	0	1	14	9	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	7
6	Grant, Shannon	WR	96%	0	0	6	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
31	Hale, David	INT	76%	2	1	12	6	6	5	18	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
39	Harding, Leigh	BPL	90%	1	0	14	12	2	5	0	2	3	2	2	2	3	2
4	Harris, Daniel	INT	70%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	7	5	2	2	1	3	3
29	Harvey, Brent	HFFL	81%	0	1	22	13	9	7	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	5
21	Jones, Corey	FPR	89%	2	0	11	10	1	7	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2
2	Lower, Ed	INT	87%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	3	2	6	0	3	4	2
1	McIntosh, Hamish	RU	65%	1	0	10	6	4	4	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Petrie, Drew	CHB	97%	0	0	22	19	3	12	0	0	2	1	3	1	5	3
5	Power, Sam	HBFL	83%	0	1	15	9	6	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	4
3	Rawlings, Brady	C	87%	0	0	16	12	4	5	0	2	6	1	1	1	0	6
32	Sansbury, Eddie	HFFR	85%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
7	Simpson, Adam (c)	RO	80%	0	1	19	10	9	1	0	5	4	2	2	1	0	5
9	Sinclair, Jess	WL	68%	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	1
12	Thomas, Lindsay	CHF	79%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2
23	Thompson, Nathan	FF	94%	2	2	12	10	2	7	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
37	Thompson, Scott	HBFR	84%	0	0	8	6	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
36	Watt, Shannon	BPR	94%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Wells, Daniel	RR	76%	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				9	10	253	166	87	87	42	44	33	31	17	14	28	50

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Ablett, Luke	INT	67%	0	0	15	12	3	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2
11	Barlow, Ed	INT	73%	0	1	15	12	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	3
21	Barry, Leo	FB	96%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	0
42	Bevan, Paul	HBFR	92%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	3	0
14	Bird, Craig	INT	63%	1	0	16	5	11	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	0
6	Bolton, Craig	HBFL	89%	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0
24	Bolton, Jude	HFFR	79%	0	0	19	13	6	8	1	2	3	6	3	1	2	3
32	Buchanan, Amon	RO	69%	0	0	15	5	10	3	0	3	3	6	2	5	1	3
2	Davis, Nick	INT	63%	1	2	9	5	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
37	Goodes, Adam	RR	94%	2	0	21	14	7	7	4	4	3	4	2	1	3	5
15	Jack, Kieren	WR	84%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	5	1	3	1	1	1	2
16	Jolly, Darren	RU	71%	1	1	13	8	5	5	27	1	2	3	1	2	1	3
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	BPL	91%	0	0	18	13	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	3	3
31	Kirk, Brett	C	81%	0	2	23	8	15	4	0	6	3	2	1	1	3	2
29	Mattner, Martin	BPR	93%	0	0	15	11	4	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	1
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	WL	88%	0	0	21	9	12	6	1	4	6	2	0	0	1	2
33	Moore, Jarred	FPR	74%	0	2	18	13	5	4	0	4	3	2	0	0	1	6
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	100%	0	1	19	12	7	5	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	3
19	O'Loughlin, Michael	FF	90%	3	1	13	9	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	98%	0	0	14	5	9	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	CHF	78%	0	0	9	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1
18	White, Jesse	FPL	67%	0	0	7	3	4	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				8	16	334	191	143	99	42	62	31	42	14	17	37	43

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: Dani Laidley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	17	T. Kennelly	21	L. Barry	29	M. Mattner	1	H. McIntosh	33	M. Campbell
	21	C. Jones	23	N. Thompson	27	A. Edwards	8	D. Wells	31	D. Hale
FORWARD							7	A. Simpson (c)	4	D. Harris
HALF-BACK									2	E. Lower
	6	C. Bolton	25	T. Richards	42	P. Bevan
	32	E. Sansbury	12	L. Thomas	29	B. Harvey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	J. McVeigh	31	B. Kirk	15	K. Jack
	6	S. Grant	3	B. Rawlings	9	J. Sinclair	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	D. Jolly	20	L. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD							37	A. Goodes	11	E. Barlow
	5	R. O'Keefe	30	L. Roberts-Thomson	24	J. Bolton	32	A. Buchanan	14	C. Bird
	37	S. Thompson	20	D. Petrie	5	S. Power			2	N. Davis
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	18	J. White	19	M. O'Loughlin	33	J. Moore
	36	S. Watt	11	M. Firrito	39	L. Harding
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Darren Jolly goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:48
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	06:27
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	11:15
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	14:02
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.3.9	15:03
	SYDN	Craig Bird goal	0.1.1	-	2.3.15	19:02
	SYDN	Nick Davis behind	0.1.1	-	2.4.16	20:49
	NMLB	Sam Power behind	0.2.2	-	2.4.16	23:23
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	2.5.17	24:29
	NMLB	Corey Jones goal	1.2.8	-	2.5.17	27:47
	SYDN	Nick Davis goal	1.2.8	-	3.5.23	29:07
Q2	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	1.3.9	-	3.5.23	03:03
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	1.3.9	-	4.5.29	06:20
	NMLB	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	4.5.29	07:47
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	2.4.16	-	4.5.29	10:53
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson goal	3.4.22	-	4.5.29	12:42
	SYDN	Nick Davis behind	3.4.22	-	4.6.30	14:26
	NMLB	Michael Firrito behind	3.5.23	-	4.6.30	17:07
	NMLB	Nathan Thompson behind	3.6.24	-	4.6.30	20:10
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	4.6.30	23:45
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	4.7.31	25:07
Q3	SYDN	Brett Kirk behind	3.7.25	-	4.8.32	00:52
	NMLB	Matt Campbell goal	4.7.31	-	4.8.32	01:43
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	4.7.31	-	4.9.33	03:37
	SYDN	Darren Jolly behind	4.7.31	-	4.10.34	04:55
	NMLB	Leigh Harding goal	5.7.37	-	4.10.34	09:48
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	5.7.37	-	5.10.40	11:44
	NMLB	Adam Simpson behind	5.8.38	-	5.10.40	12:55
	NMLB	David Hale behind	5.9.39	-	5.10.40	16:21
	NMLB	David Hale goal	6.9.45	-	5.10.40	21:24
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	6.9.45	-	6.10.46	24:26
	NMLB	Hamish McIntosh goal	7.9.51	-	6.10.46	26:04
Q4	NMLB	David Hale goal	8.9.57	-	6.10.46	05:12
	NMLB	Corey Jones goal	9.9.63	-	6.10.46	06:54
	SYDN	Jarred Moore behind	9.9.63	-	6.11.47	08:01
	SYDN	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	6.12.48	11:40
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.10.64	-	6.12.48	14:05
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	9.10.64	-	7.12.54	18:50
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	9.10.64	-	8.12.60	20:17
	SYDN	Ed Barlow behind	9.10.64	-	8.13.61	22:04
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe behind	9.10.64	-	8.14.62	25:23
	SYDN	Jarred Moore behind	9.10.64	-	8.15.63	26:56
	SYDN	Brett Kirk behind	9.10.64	-	8.16.64	27:40

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