2008 AFL Round 8: North Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 2008 between North Melbourne and West Coast during round 8 of the 2008 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted West Coast at Carrara Stadium. Adam Simpson captained the hosts. Darren Glass captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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

West Coast
Back: B. Jones, D. Glass (capt.), W. Schofield
Half-back: M. Nicoski, J. Graham, A. Selwood
Centre: A. Embley, M. Braun, M. Rosa
Half-forward: C. Fletcher, J. Kennedy, B. Staker
Forward: D. Wirrpanda, Q. Lynch, B. McKinley
Follower: D. Cox, T. Stenglein, C. Masten
Int.: R. Davis, B. Ebert, M. Priddis, M. Seaby

North Melbourne (13.11.89) defeated West Coast (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Hale (3), S. Grant (2), N. Thompson (2), M. Campbell, D. Harris, B. Harvey, C. Jones, A. Simpson, D. Wells
West Coast: B. Staker (3), J. Kennedy (2), Q. Lynch (2), B. McKinley (2), R. Davis, T. Stenglein, D. Wirrpanda

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and West Coast remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 17 May 2008
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Carrara Stadium
Attendance: 6,354

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 2 7 . 2 11 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
West Coast 4 . 3 9 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin NMLB by 5 WCST by 15 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 6
Duration 31:15 30:27 28:07 27:25 1:57:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (North Melbourne), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), Darren Glass (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), C. Kamolins (#19), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Simpson NMLB 7 3
Chris Masten WCST 13 2
Matt Priddis WCST 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dean Cox WCST 20 9 1 1 0 0 0
David Hale NMLB 31 9 1 1 0 0 0
Andrew Embley WCST 32 3 0 0 1 0 0
Chris Masten WCST 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Firrito NMLB 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Staker WCST 41 2 0 0 0 1 0
Josh Kennedy WCST 17 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brady Rawlings NMLB 3 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 FPL 90% 1 2 12 9 3 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 3
11 Firrito, Michael BPL 100% 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1
38 Gibson, Josh BPR 100% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 3 0
6 Grant, Shannon INT 83% 2 1 17 14 3 4 0 4 1 4 2 2 0 5
31 Hale, David CHF 73% 3 1 16 12 4 10 12 4 4 1 2 0 1 2
39 Harding, Leigh HBFR 97% 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 3
4 Harris, Daniel RR 75% 1 0 21 12 9 7 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 2
29 Harvey, Brent RO 83% 1 1 20 13 7 1 0 2 3 5 0 3 1 3
21 Jones, Corey FF 92% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
2 Lower, Ed HBFL 80% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 5 3 4 0 3 0 5
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 69% 0 1 11 5 6 3 18 3 3 1 0 0 3 1
42 McMahon, Scott FPR 90% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2
40 Obst, Alan HFFR 27% 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Petrie, Drew CHB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 7 4 1 1 5 0 3 6 0
5 Power, Sam WL 74% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 2
3 Rawlings, Brady WR 81% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 3
28 Riggio, Matt INT 65% 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 4
7 Simpson, Adam (c) INT 73% 1 0 26 15 11 1 1 7 4 5 3 3 2 2
12 Thomas, Lindsay HFFL 88% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3
23 Thompson, Nathan INT 80% 2 2 9 8 1 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
36 Watt, Shannon FB 100% 0 0 14 2 12 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
8 Wells, Daniel C 81% 1 0 16 11 5 1 0 8 4 5 0 1 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 11 327 198 129 84 35 74 38 47 16 19 41 51

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Braun, Michael C 77% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 5
20 Cox, Dean RU 75% 0 0 24 11 13 5 31 1 4 2 0 0 2 6
45 Davis, Ryan INT 43% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 2
18 Ebert, Brad INT 74% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 3 2
32 Embley, Andrew WL 96% 0 3 25 17 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5
7 Fletcher, Chad HFFL 86% 0 0 29 17 12 10 0 2 5 1 1 1 4 4
23 Glass, Darren (c) FB 92% 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
22 Graham, Jaymie CHB 69% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0
38 Jones, Brett BPL 86% 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0
17 Kennedy, Josh CHF 89% 2 1 14 8 6 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
21 Lynch, Quinten FF 87% 2 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Masten, Chris RO 75% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 2 4 3 1 2 2 4
27 McKinley, Ben FPR 86% 2 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
6 Nicoski, Mark HBFL 88% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 5 0 3 1 2
11 Priddis, Matt INT 80% 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 4 9 3 2 0 3 3
24 Rosa, Matt WR 95% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 2
31 Schofield, Will BPR 98% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0
14 Seaby, Mark INT 45% 0 1 5 3 2 1 11 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
37 Selwood, Adam HBFR 86% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3
41 Staker, Brent HFFR 93% 3 2 18 13 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 3
5 Stenglein, Tyson RR 85% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 3 0
44 Wirrpanda, David FPL 95% 1 2 17 15 2 7 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 11 338 208 130 83 42 49 40 35 19 16 33 55

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
38 B. Jones 23 D. Glass (c) 31 W. Schofield 1 H. McIntosh 6 S. Grant
42 S. McMahon 21 C. Jones 33 M. Campbell 4 D. Harris 28 M. Riggio
FORWARD 29 B. Harvey 7 A. Simpson (c)
HALF-BACK

23 N. Thompson
6 M. Nicoski 22 J. Graham 37 A. Selwood



40 A. Obst 31 D. Hale 12 L. Thomas



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 A. Embley 10 M. Braun 24 M. Rosa



3 B. Rawlings 8 D. Wells 5 S. Power FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 D. Cox 45 R. Davis
HALF-FORWARD 5 T. Stenglein 18 B. Ebert
7 C. Fletcher 17 J. Kennedy 41 B. Staker 13 C. Masten 11 M. Priddis
39 L. Harding 20 D. Petrie 2 E. Lower

14 M. Seaby
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 D. Wirrpanda 21 Q. Lynch 27 B. McKinley



38 J. Gibson 36 S. Watt 11 M. Firrito



BACK



West Coast Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Brent Staker behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:17
WCST Brent Staker goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:21
WCST David Wirrpanda behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 03:45
WCST Brent Staker behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 05:45
NMLB Daniel Harris goal 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 08:14
NMLB Matt Campbell behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 10:07
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 12:17
NMLB Matt Riggio behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 13:39
NMLB David Hale goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 15:30
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 17:06
WCST Quinten Lynch goal 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 19:34
WCST Ben McKinley goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 21:55
WCST Ryan Davis goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 24:22
NMLB David Hale goal 5.2.32 - 4.3.27 26:08
Q2 WCST Brent Staker goal 5.2.32 - 5.3.33 04:58
NMLB Shannon Grant goal 6.2.38 - 5.3.33 08:47
WCST Andrew Embley behind 6.2.38 - 5.4.34 15:43
WCST Tyson Stenglein goal 6.2.38 - 6.4.40 17:04
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 6.2.38 - 7.4.46 18:42
WCST Quinten Lynch goal 6.2.38 - 8.4.52 19:57
WCST David Wirrpanda goal 6.2.38 - 9.4.58 22:36
NMLB Shannon Grant goal 7.2.44 - 9.4.58 26:56
WCST Quinten Lynch behind 7.2.44 - 9.5.59 30:21
Q3 WCST Brent Staker goal 7.2.44 - 10.5.65 02:08
NMLB Corey Jones goal 8.2.50 - 10.5.65 07:23
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 8.2.50 - 10.6.66 09:23
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 9.2.56 - 10.6.66 10:49
WCST Mark Seaby behind 9.2.56 - 10.7.67 11:51
NMLB Nathan Thompson behind 9.3.57 - 10.7.67 12:58
NMLB Hamish McIntosh behind 9.4.58 - 10.7.67 13:57
NMLB David Hale goal 10.4.64 - 10.7.67 15:57
NMLB Brent Harvey behind 10.5.65 - 10.7.67 19:38
NMLB Shannon Grant behind 10.6.66 - 10.7.67 21:47
NMLB Nathan Thompson behind 10.7.67 - 10.7.67 23:10
NMLB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 10.7.67 24:16
NMLB Adam Simpson goal 11.8.74 - 10.7.67 27:10
Q4 WCST Andrew Embley behind 11.8.74 - 10.8.68 01:06
WCST David Wirrpanda behind 11.8.74 - 10.9.69 02:51
NMLB Daniel Wells goal 12.8.80 - 10.9.69 04:18
WCST Ben McKinley behind 12.8.80 - 10.10.70 06:38
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 12.8.80 - 11.10.76 07:36
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 12.9.81 - 11.10.76 09:08
NMLB Matt Campbell behind 12.10.82 - 11.10.76 10:58
WCST Ben McKinley goal 12.10.82 - 12.10.82 12:21
NMLB David Hale behind 12.11.83 - 12.10.82 17:54
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 13.11.89 - 12.10.82 18:45
WCST Andrew Embley behind 13.11.89 - 12.11.83 26:20