2012 AFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2012 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 3 of the 2012 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

North Melbourne
Back: S. McMahon, S. Thompson, J. Macmillan
Half-back: M. Firrito, L. Delaney, L. Anthony
Centre: D. Wells, A. Swallow (capt.), S. Atley
Half-forward: R. Bastinac, T. Goldstein, S. Wright
Forward: M. Campbell, D. Petrie, L. Thomas
Follower: H. McIntosh, J. Ziebell, B. Harvey
Int.: L. Adams, B. Cunnington, A. Edwards
Sub.: K. Harper

Geelong
Back: C. Guthrie, T. Lonergan, C. Enright
Half-back: A. Mackie, H. Taylor, T. Gillies
Centre: T. Hunt, J. Corey, S. Motlop
Half-forward: P. Chapman, T. Hawkins, A. Christensen
Forward: T. West, J. Podsiadly, S. Johnson
Follower: O. Stephenson, J. Bartel, J. Kelly
Int.: S. Byrnes, M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.)
Sub.: G. Horlin-Smith

North Melbourne (20.11.131) defeated Geelong (16.18.114).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: R. Bastinac (4), A. Edwards (4), J. Ziebell (4), L. Adams (2), H. McIntosh (2), L. Anthony, K. Harper, B. Harvey, L. Thomas
Geelong: J. Podsiadly (5), T. Hawkins (4), S. Motlop (2), S. Byrnes, M. Duncan, T. Gillies, G. Horlin-Smith, H. Taylor

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Geelong were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 15 April 2012
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 29,630

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 20.11.131 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	5	9	.	5	16	.	8	20	.	11	20	.	11	(131)
Geelong	1	.	3	5	.	8	9	.	14	16	.	18	16	.	18	(114)
Margin	NMLB by 20			NMLB by 21			NMLB by 36			NMLB by 17			NMLB by 17
Duration	28:45			31:13			31:37			34:05			2:05:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Jennings (#24), J. Mollison (#32), M. Stevic (#9), E: S. Gleeson (#37)
Goal Umpire: C. Lai, J. Venkataya, E: D. Mills
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, R. Haala, D. Kowalski, D. Wilson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jack Ziebell	NMLB	7	3
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	2
Michael Firrito	NMLB	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	9	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Ziebell	NMLB	7	8	1	0	1	0	0
Ryan Bastinac	NMLB	3	7	0	1	1	0	0
Daniel Wells	NMLB	8	4	0	0	0	2	0
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	1	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Taylor	GEEL	7	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
13	Adams, Leigh	INT	83%	2	1	16	9	7	0	0	4	4	1	2	1	0	3
4	Anthony, Liam	HBFR	78%	1	0	25	14	11	3	0	6	4	3	3	0	2	3
18	Atley, Shaun	WR	94%	0	0	20	7	13	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
3	Bastinac, Ryan	HFFL	66%	4	0	26	14	12	5	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	5
33	Campbell, Matt	FPL	76%	0	1	17	6	11	4	0	6	2	1	0	0	0	3
10	Cunnington, Ben	INT↓	52%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	2
15	Delaney, Luke	CHB	99%	0	0	8	2	6	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Edwards, Aaron	INT	85%	4	0	17	9	8	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2
11	Firrito, Michael	HBFL	100%	0	0	23	10	13	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	3
22	Goldstein, Todd	CHF	81%	0	0	5	2	3	2	33	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
23	Harper, Kieran	SUB↑	18%	1	1	6	4	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1
29	Harvey, Brent	RO	93%	1	0	39	20	19	3	0	0	4	4	1	0	2	5
34	Macmillan, Jamie	BPR	78%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	2
1	McIntosh, Hamish	RU	93%	2	2	16	10	6	8	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	3
42	McMahon, Scott	BPL	94%	0	0	10	6	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	1
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	100%	0	1	7	4	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	C	83%	0	1	30	14	16	4	0	4	7	3	1	2	2	7
12	Thomas, Lindsay	FPR	80%	1	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	100%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	0
8	Wells, Daniel	WL	80%	0	2	31	14	17	4	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	5
19	Wright, Sam	HFFR	94%	0	0	18	3	15	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	5	1
7	Ziebell, Jack	RR	72%	4	0	27	17	10	9	0	4	8	2	1	0	2	7
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				20	11	387	188	199	80	44	62	44	35	16	12	32	57

K. Harper replaced B. Cunnington.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	RR	94%	0	1	22	9	13	6	0	6	2	2	1	2	1	2
17	Byrnes, Shannon	INT	77%	1	0	9	4	5	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2
35	Chapman, Paul	HFFL	82%	0	0	12	10	2	1	0	6	3	2	0	1	2	5
28	Christensen, Allen	HFFR	89%	0	2	16	10	6	6	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	1
11	Corey, Joel	C	84%	0	0	21	10	11	6	1	9	3	4	1	2	2	1
22	Duncan, Mitch	INT	88%	1	1	18	11	7	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
44	Enright, Corey	BPR	91%	0	0	18	10	8	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1
25	Gillies, Tom	HBFR	89%	1	0	12	6	6	3	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	1
29	Guthrie, Cameron	BPL	78%	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	4	0	4	0	1	5	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	CHF	96%	4	1	12	6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Horlin-Smith, George	SUB↑	42%	1	1	12	9	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
19	Hunt, Taylor	WL	93%	0	0	23	15	8	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1
20	Johnson, Steve	FPR	94%	0	1	13	10	3	3	0	4	2	2	1	1	0	4
9	Kelly, James	RO	82%	0	1	22	13	9	2	0	3	4	2	1	2	3	3
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	92%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	HBFL↓	26%	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
32	Motlop, Steven	WR	83%	2	2	12	11	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
31	Podsiadly, James	FF	97%	5	3	12	11	1	8	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	INT	90%	0	2	29	15	14	4	0	4	7	1	3	0	3	8
23	Stephenson, Orren	RU	65%	0	0	11	4	7	5	16	5	1	0	0	0	1	2
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	97%	1	0	14	6	8	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	2
12	West, Trent	FPL	71%	0	0	12	6	6	2	24	1	3	4	1	3	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				16	18	327	190	137	86	42	68	33	34	12	16	32	55

G. Horlin-Smith replaced A. Mackie.

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: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	C. Guthrie	13	T. Lonergan	44	C. Enright	1	H. McIntosh	13	L. Adams
	12	L. Thomas	20	D. Petrie	33	M. Campbell	7	J. Ziebell	10	B. Cunnington
FORWARD							29	B. Harvey	27	A. Edwards
HALF-BACK									23	K. Harper
	4	A. Mackie	7	H. Taylor	25	T. Gillies
	19	S. Wright	22	T. Goldstein	3	R. Bastinac
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	T. Hunt	11	J. Corey	32	S. Motlop
	18	S. Atley	9	A. Swallow (c)	8	D. Wells	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	O. Stephenson	17	S. Byrnes
HALF-FORWARD							3	J. Bartel	22	M. Duncan
	35	P. Chapman	26	T. Hawkins	28	A. Christensen	9	J. Kelly	14	J. Selwood (c)
	4	L. Anthony	15	L. Delaney	11	M. Firrito			33	G. Horlin-Smith
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	T. West	31	J. Podsiadly	20	S. Johnson
	34	J. Macmillan	16	S. Thompson	42	S. McMahon
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:30
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	01:08
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	05:55
	NMLB	Matt Campbell behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	07:58
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	1.3.9	-	0.1.1	09:04
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	2.3.15	-	0.1.1	11:20
	NMLB	Liam Anthony goal	3.3.21	-	0.1.1	12:55
	NMLB	Daniel Wells behind	3.4.22	-	0.1.1	14:27
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	3.4.22	-	1.1.7	18:50
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	4.4.28	-	1.1.7	22:46
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	4.4.28	-	1.2.8	24:34
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	4.4.28	-	1.3.9	25:36
	NMLB	Hamish McIntosh behind	4.5.29	-	1.3.9	27:34
Q2	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	4.5.29	-	1.4.10	00:54
	GEEL	Tom Gillies goal	4.5.29	-	2.4.16	02:13
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	4.5.29	-	2.5.17	03:59
	NMLB	Leigh Adams goal	5.5.35	-	2.5.17	04:45
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	6.5.41	-	2.5.17	06:51
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	2.6.18	07:56
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	6.5.41	-	2.7.19	10:29
	NMLB	Hamish McIntosh goal	7.5.47	-	2.7.19	13:41
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.5.47	-	3.7.25	16:47
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	7.5.47	-	4.7.31	19:36
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	8.5.53	-	4.7.31	21:19
	GEEL	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	4.8.32	23:59
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	9.5.59	-	4.8.32	26:06
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	9.5.59	-	5.8.38	28:21
Q3	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	10.5.65	-	5.8.38	01:02
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	10.5.65	-	5.9.39	02:05
	GEEL	George Horlin-Smith goal	10.5.65	-	6.9.45	04:22
	GEEL	Allen Christensen behind	10.5.65	-	6.10.46	07:14
	NMLB	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	6.10.46	07:56
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	11.6.72	-	6.10.46	08:49
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	12.6.78	-	6.10.46	10:25
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	12.6.78	-	7.10.52	12:53
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	13.6.84	-	7.10.52	14:10
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	13.6.84	-	8.10.58	17:54
	NMLB	Leigh Adams goal	14.6.90	-	8.10.58	19:41
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	14.6.90	-	8.11.59	22:46
	NMLB	Andrew Swallow behind	14.7.91	-	8.11.59	23:26
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes goal	14.7.91	-	9.11.65	23:54
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	14.7.91	-	9.12.66	24:58
	GEEL	Allen Christensen behind	14.7.91	-	9.13.67	26:09
	NMLB	Leigh Adams behind	14.8.92	-	9.13.67	27:21
	NMLB	Hamish McIntosh goal	15.8.98	-	9.13.67	28:21
	GEEL	George Horlin-Smith behind	15.8.98	-	9.14.68	29:50
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	16.8.104	-	9.14.68	31:31
Q4	GEEL	Rushed behind	16.8.104	-	9.15.69	00:12
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	17.8.110	-	9.15.69	01:52
	NMLB	Hamish McIntosh behind	17.9.111	-	9.15.69	03:40
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	17.9.111	-	9.16.70	04:52
	NMLB	Daniel Wells behind	17.10.112	-	9.16.70	07:14
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	17.10.112	-	10.16.76	08:23
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	17.10.112	-	11.16.82	12:19
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	18.10.118	-	11.16.82	13:49
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	18.10.118	-	12.16.88	15:42
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	18.10.118	-	13.16.94	17:35
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel behind	18.10.118	-	13.17.95	23:13
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	18.10.118	-	14.17.101	24:32
	NMLB	Kieran Harper goal	19.10.124	-	14.17.101	25:46
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	19.10.124	-	15.17.107	27:20
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	20.10.130	-	15.17.107	28:48
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	20.10.130	-	15.18.108	30:42
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	20.10.130	-	16.18.114	32:34
	NMLB	Kieran Harper behind	20.11.131	-	16.18.114	34:03

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