2015 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: West Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 2015 between West Coast and North Melbourne in the second preliminary final of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted North Melbourne at Domain Stadium. Shannon Hurn captained the hosts. Andrew Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

West Coast (10.20.80) defeated North Melbourne (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: West Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 September 2015
Time: 5:45 PM
Venue: Domain Stadium
Attendance: 43,080

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. North Melbourne
Score: 10.20.80 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 0 . 2 3 . 8 8 . 14 10 . 20 10 . 20 (80)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 4 . 7 5 . 11 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin NMLB by 20 NMLB by 5 WCST by 21 WCST by 25 WCST by 25
Duration 31:23 30:18 33:56 29:11 2:04:48

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: Shannon Hurn
Coach: Adam Simpson

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
D. Margetts (#6)
S. Meredith (#21)
E: M. Nicholls (#15)

Goal Umpires

C. Appleton
L. Walker
E: S. Williams

Boundary Umpires

B. Dalgleish
C. Gordon
M. Marantelli
M. Saunders

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Butler, Sam HFFL 93% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
15 Cripps, Jamie FPR 79% 0 4 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
27 Darling, Jack CHF 87% 1 2 11 10 1 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 1
18 Ellis, Xavier INT 80% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 1 2 4 0 4 0
3 Gaff, Andrew RO 93% 0 1 20 9 11 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 1
33 Hill, Josh FPL 93% 1 1 10 5 5 3 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 3
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) BPL 87% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 1
34 Hutchings, Mark WL 86% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 7 3 1 1 1 0 3
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 100% 2 3 20 18 2 9 0 4 2 1 6 0 0 3
2 LeCras, Mark HFFR 94% 1 3 18 15 3 10 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
7 Masten, Chris WR↓ 73% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 73% 0 1 19 10 9 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 64% 0 0 11 6 5 2 29 3 6 4 1 1 1 4
11 Priddis, Matt C 89% 1 0 26 9 17 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 6
24 Rosa, Matt SUB↑ 19% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Schofield, Will FB 92% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
4 Sheed, Dom INT 78% 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 1
5 Sheppard, Brad HBFR 92% 0 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
13 Shuey, Luke RR 82% 2 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 6 2 3 2 0 3
22 Sinclair, Callum INT 78% 0 0 15 8 7 3 13 1 3 1 2 0 2 4
12 Wellingham, Sharrod BPR 83% 1 0 27 17 10 3 0 2 1 6 0 4 4 4
6 Yeo, Elliot HBFL 84% 0 0 16 8 8 1 2 7 1 6 3 5 4 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 20 341 208 133 79 44 75 36 40 24 18 31 52

M. Rosa replaced C. Masten.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun BPR 86% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 5
50 Brown, Ben INT 86% 1 1 10 5 5 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
10 Cunnington, Ben INT 74% 0 1 20 8 12 4 0 6 8 1 0 1 2 2
15 Dal Santo, Nick HFFR 83% 0 0 24 11 13 0 2 5 11 5 0 2 3 4
11 Firrito, Michael BPL 85% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 1 1
27 Garner, Taylor FPL↓ 56% 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
43 Gibson, Sam HBFR 96% 1 0 21 11 10 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 89% 0 0 12 5 7 4 41 3 1 4 2 1 0 1
6 Hansen, Lachlan HBFL 83% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 1
29 Harvey, Brent FPR 96% 0 1 26 15 11 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 6
4 Higgins, Shaun HFFL 88% 2 1 17 10 7 2 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 4
5 Jacobs, Ben WR 79% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 0
34 Macmillan, Jamie RO 81% 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 1
20 Petrie, Drew CHF 90% 0 2 12 11 1 6 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 3
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RR 82% 0 0 25 14 11 2 0 7 9 5 4 1 2 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 88% 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 4 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay SUB↑ 29% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 100% 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2
40 Turner, Kayne INT 76% 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2
30 Waite, Jarrad FF 87% 0 2 11 7 4 5 0 2 0 6 1 3 0 1
19 Wright, Sam WL 92% 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 6 1 5 2 1 6 2
7 Ziebell, Jack C 73% 1 0 16 9 7 4 3 4 0 4 0 1 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 7 13 329 184 145 66 49 70 45 60 18 24 35 44

L. Thomas replaced T. Garner during the third quarter.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 M. Firrito 16 S. Thompson 18 S. Atley 9 N. Naitanui 18 X. Ellis
15 J. Cripps 17 J. Kennedy 33 J. Hill 13 L. Shuey 4 D. Sheed
FORWARD 3 A. Gaff 22 C. Sinclair
HALF-BACK

24 M. Rosa
6 L. Hansen 25 R. Tarrant 43 S. Gibson



2 M. LeCras 27 J. Darling 26 S. Butler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 S. Wright 7 J. Ziebell 5 B. Jacobs



7 C. Masten 11 M. Priddis 34 M. Hutchings FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 50 B. Brown
HALF-FORWARD 9 A. Swallow (c) 10 B. Cunnington
4 S. Higgins 20 D. Petrie 15 N. Dal Santo 34 J. Macmillan 40 K. Turner
5 B. Sheppard 20 J. McGovern 6 E. Yeo

12 L. Thomas
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 T. Garner 30 J. Waite 29 B. Harvey



12 S. Wellingham 31 W. Schofield 25 S. Hurn (c)



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Brent Harvey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 11:16
NMLB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 13:11
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 15:12
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 17:10
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 19:24
NMLB Ben Brown goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 22:21
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 24:05
WCST Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 3.3.21 28:05
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 0.2.2 - 3.4.22 30:41
Q2 WCST Josh Kennedy behind 0.3.3 - 3.4.22 02:59
WCST Mark LeCras behind 0.4.4 - 3.4.22 04:25
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 1.4.10 - 3.4.22 06:27
NMLB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 3.5.23 08:50
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 2.4.16 - 3.5.23 14:16
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 2.4.16 - 4.5.29 15:30
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 2.4.16 - 4.6.30 20:00
NMLB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 4.7.31 21:44
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.5.17 - 4.7.31 22:54
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.6.18 - 4.7.31 23:37
WCST Jack Darling behind 2.7.19 - 4.7.31 24:04
WCST Andrew Gaff behind 2.8.20 - 4.7.31 25:54
WCST Luke Shuey goal 3.8.26 - 4.7.31 27:14
Q3 WCST Josh Kennedy behind 3.9.27 - 4.7.31 02:18
WCST Matt Priddis goal 4.9.33 - 4.7.31 03:21
WCST Josh Hill behind 4.10.34 - 4.7.31 05:21
WCST Rushed behind 4.11.35 - 4.7.31 06:03
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 4.11.35 - 5.7.37 08:29
WCST Sharrod Wellingham goal 5.11.41 - 5.7.37 10:49
WCST Jack Darling goal 6.11.47 - 5.7.37 13:51
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 6.11.47 - 5.8.38 15:48
WCST Jeremy McGovern behind 6.12.48 - 5.8.38 17:59
WCST Jack Darling behind 6.13.49 - 5.8.38 20:42
WCST Dom Sheed goal 7.13.55 - 5.8.38 21:12
NMLB Jamie Macmillan behind 7.13.55 - 5.9.39 23:04
NMLB Ben Brown behind 7.13.55 - 5.10.40 27:50
WCST Brad Sheppard behind 7.14.56 - 5.10.40 29:31
WCST Luke Shuey goal 8.14.62 - 5.10.40 30:21
NMLB Rushed behind 8.14.62 - 5.11.41 31:49
Q4 WCST Josh Kennedy behind 8.15.63 - 5.11.41 01:22
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 8.16.64 - 5.11.41 05:53
WCST Mark LeCras goal 9.16.70 - 5.11.41 06:53
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 9.16.70 - 5.12.42 08:01
WCST Rushed behind 9.17.71 - 5.12.42 13:02
WCST Josh Hill goal 10.17.77 - 5.12.42 14:50
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 10.17.77 - 5.13.43 15:51
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 10.17.77 - 6.13.49 17:46
WCST Mark LeCras behind 10.18.78 - 6.13.49 21:03
WCST Rushed behind 10.19.79 - 6.13.49 22:17
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 10.19.79 - 7.13.55 25:11
WCST Mark LeCras behind 10.20.80 - 7.13.55 28:07