2015 AFL 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 AFL season.
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
Back:
S. Hurn (capt.), W. Schofield, S. Wellingham
Half-back:
E. Yeo, J. McGovern, B. Sheppard
Centre:
M. Hutchings, M. Priddis, C. Masten
Half-forward:
S. Butler, J. Darling, M. LeCras
Forward:
J. Hill, J. Kennedy, J. Cripps
Follower:
N. Naitanui, L. Shuey, A. Gaff
Int.:
X. Ellis, D. Sheed, C. Sinclair
Sub.:
M. Rosa
North Melbourne
Back:
M. Firrito, S. Thompson, S. Atley
Half-back:
L. Hansen, R. Tarrant, S. Gibson
Centre:
S. Wright, J. Ziebell, B. Jacobs
Half-forward:
S. Higgins, D. Petrie, N. Dal Santo
Forward:
T. Garner, J. Waite, B. Harvey
Follower:
T. Goldstein, A. Swallow (capt.), J. Macmillan
Int.:
B. Brown, B. Cunnington, K. Turner
Sub.:
L. Thomas
West Coast (10.20.80) defeated North Melbourne (7.13.55).
Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Kennedy (2), L. Shuey (2), J. Darling, J. Hill, M. LeCras, M. Priddis, D. Sheed, S. Wellingham
North Melbourne: S. Higgins (2), B. Brown, T. Garner, S. Gibson, K. Turner, J. Ziebell
As a result of this match, West Coast faced Hawthorn in the grand final and North Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).
Match Details
Season:
2015 AFL Season
Round:
Preliminary Final 2
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Adam Simpson
(West Coast),
Brad Scott
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Shannon Hurn
(West Coast),
Andrew Swallow
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
R. Chamberlain
(#18),
D. Margetts
(#6),
S. Meredith
(#21), E:
M. Nicholls
(#15)
Goal Umpire:
C. Appleton,
L. Walker,
E:
S. Williams
Boundary Umpire:
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| West Coast | Coach: Adam Simpson | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 6 | L. Hansen | 25 | R. Tarrant | 43 | S. Gibson |
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| 19 | S. Wright | 7 | J. Ziebell | 5 | B. Jacobs |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |