2015 AFL Round 1: Adelaide v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2015 between Adelaide and North Melbourne during round 1 of the 2015 AFL season.
Adelaide hosted North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval.
Taylor Walker captained the hosts.
Andrew Swallow captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Phil Walsh and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.
Adelaide
Back:
D. Talia, K. Hartigan, K. Cheney
Half-back:
R. Laird, L. Brown, M. Jaensch
Centre:
R. Henderson, R. Sloane, B. Smith
Half-forward:
E. Betts, M. Wright, N. van Berlo
Forward:
T. Walker (capt.), C. Cameron, T. Lynch
Follower:
S. Jacobs, P. Dangerfield, R. Douglas
Int.:
C. Ellis-Yolmen, J. Jenkins, D. MacKay
Sub.:
J. Lyons
North Melbourne
Back:
L. McDonald, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back:
S. Atley, J. Tippett, J. Macmillan
Centre:
S. Higgins, J. Ziebell, S. Gibson
Half-forward:
S. Wright, J. Waite, N. Dal Santo
Forward:
L. Thomas, D. Petrie, B. Harvey
Follower:
T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, A. Swallow (capt.)
Int.:
R. Bastinac, B. Jacobs, D. Wells
Sub.:
K. Turner
Adelaide (21.14.140) defeated North Melbourne (9.9.63).
Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (6), E. Betts (4), J. Jenkins (3), P. Dangerfield (2), R. Sloane (2), C. Cameron, R. Laird, T. Lynch, B. Smith
North Melbourne: S. Higgins (4), L. Thomas (2), R. Bastinac, S. Gibson, D. Petrie
As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 1st on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2015 AFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Adelaide
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Sunday 5 April 2015
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
Adelaide Oval
Attendance:
45,607
Match Results
Outcome:
Adelaide
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
21.14.140 - 9.9.63
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Adelaide | 6 | . | 4 | 12 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 12 | 21 | . | 14 | 21 | . | 14 | (140) |
| North Melbourne | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 9 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 9 | (63) |
| Margin | ADEL by 27 | ADEL by 63 | ADEL by 44 | ADEL by 77 | ADEL by 77 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:09 | 31:29 | 30:08 | 29:51 | 2:00:37 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Phil Walsh
(Adelaide),
Brad Scott
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Taylor Walker
(Adelaide),
Andrew Swallow
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
L. Fisher
(#3),
J. Mollison
(#32),
M. Nicholls
(#15)
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Walker | ADEL | 13 | 3 |
| Patrick Dangerfield | ADEL | 32 | 2 |
| Eddie Betts | ADEL | 18 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Walker | ADEL | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Dangerfield | ADEL | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rory Sloane | ADEL | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Betts | ADEL | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Rory Laird | ADEL | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Richard Douglas | ADEL | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun Higgins | NMLB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Player Statistics
Adelaide
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 18 | Betts, Eddie | HFFL | 92% | 4 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Brown, Luke | CHB↓ | 46% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Cameron, Charlie | FF | 85% | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | Cheney, Kyle | BPR | 99% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | RR | 82% | 2 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Douglas, Richard | RO | 88% | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 28 | Ellis-Yolmen, Cam | INT | 67% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Hartigan, Kyle | FB | 99% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | Henderson, Ricky | WL | 53% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | Jacobs, Sam | RU | 84% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Jaensch, Matthew | HBFR | 81% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Jenkins, Josh | INT | 81% | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Laird, Rory | HBFL | 88% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Lynch, Tom | FPR | 89% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Lyons, Jarryd | SUB↑ | 32% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MacKay, David | INT | 81% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | Sloane, Rory | C | 88% | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Smith, Brodie | WR | 80% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | Talia, Daniel | BPL | 100% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | van Berlo, Nathan | HFFR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Walker, Taylor (c) | FPL | 97% | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Wright, Matthew | CHF | 90% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 21 | 14 | 366 | 241 | 125 | 114 | 32 | 57 | 41 | 50 | 16 | 17 | 35 | 63 | |||
J. Lyons replaced L. Brown.
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 | HBFL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Bastinac, Ryan | INT | 79% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Cunnington, Ben | RR | 78% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Dal Santo, Nick | HFFR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | BPR | 98% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Gibson, Sam | WR | 87% | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 90% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | FPR | 95% | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | WL | 90% | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacobs, Ben | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Macmillan, Jamie | HBFR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 21 | McDonald, Luke | BPL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | FF | 96% | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Swallow, Andrew (c) | RO | 81% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | FPL | 91% | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Thompson, Scott | FB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | Tippett, Joel | CHB↓ | 48% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Turner, Kayne | SUB↑ | 48% | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Waite, Jarrad | CHF | 88% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wells, Daniel | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Wright, Sam | HFFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack | C | 83% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 9 | 9 | 316 | 172 | 144 | 72 | 41 | 50 | 26 | 48 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 47 | |||
K. Turner replaced J. Tippett.
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
| Adelaide | Coach: Phil Walsh | ||||||||||||||
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| 21 | L. McDonald | 16 | S. Thompson | 11 | M. Firrito | 24 | S. Jacobs | 28 | C. Ellis-Yolmen | ||||||
| 27 | T. Lynch | 23 | C. Cameron | 13 | T. Walker (c) | 32 | P. Dangerfield | 4 | J. Jenkins | ||||||
| FORWARD | 26 | R. Douglas | 14 | D. MacKay | |||||||||||
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| 18 | S. Atley | 36 | J. Tippett | 34 | J. Macmillan |
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| 4 | S. Higgins | 7 | J. Ziebell | 43 | S. Gibson |
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| 33 | B. Smith | 9 | R. Sloane | 45 | R. Henderson | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
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| HALF-FORWARD | 10 | B. Cunnington | 5 | B. Jacobs | |||||||||||
| 19 | S. Wright | 30 | J. Waite | 15 | N. Dal Santo | 9 | A. Swallow (c) | 8 | D. Wells | ||||||
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | ADEL | Rory Sloane goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:16 |
| ADEL | Rushed behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:26 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 05:48 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 07:32 | |
| ADEL | Charlie Cameron behind | 2.2.14 | - | 0.1.1 | 09:19 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins goal | 2.2.14 | - | 1.1.7 | 10:02 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.1.7 | 11:31 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins goal | 2.3.15 | - | 2.1.13 | 12:56 | |
| ADEL | Josh Jenkins goal | 3.3.21 | - | 2.1.13 | 19:57 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker behind | 3.4.22 | - | 2.1.13 | 21:55 | |
| ADEL | Brodie Smith goal | 4.4.28 | - | 2.1.13 | 22:28 | |
| ADEL | Eddie Betts goal | 5.4.34 | - | 2.1.13 | 27:05 | |
| ADEL | Tom Lynch goal | 6.4.40 | - | 2.1.13 | 29:01 | |
| Q2 | ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 7.4.46 | - | 2.1.13 | 01:23 |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker behind | 7.5.47 | - | 2.1.13 | 03:15 | |
| ADEL | Eddie Betts goal | 8.5.53 | - | 2.1.13 | 04:52 | |
| ADEL | Patrick Dangerfield goal | 9.5.59 | - | 2.1.13 | 07:35 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker behind | 9.6.60 | - | 2.1.13 | 09:02 | |
| ADEL | Rushed behind | 9.7.61 | - | 2.1.13 | 15:07 | |
| ADEL | Rushed behind | 9.8.62 | - | 2.1.13 | 18:54 | |
| ADEL | Rushed behind | 9.9.63 | - | 2.1.13 | 20:57 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 10.9.69 | - | 2.1.13 | 24:15 | |
| ADEL | Charlie Cameron behind | 10.10.70 | - | 2.1.13 | 25:28 | |
| ADEL | Eddie Betts goal | 11.10.76 | - | 2.1.13 | 26:07 | |
| ADEL | Rory Sloane goal | 12.10.82 | - | 2.1.13 | 27:10 | |
| NMLB | Ryan Bastinac goal | 12.10.82 | - | 3.1.19 | 29:32 | |
| Q3 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 12.10.82 | - | 3.2.20 | 00:19 |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins goal | 12.10.82 | - | 4.2.26 | 01:04 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 12.10.82 | - | 4.3.27 | 02:35 | |
| NMLB | Kayne Turner behind | 12.10.82 | - | 4.4.28 | 03:11 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas goal | 12.10.82 | - | 5.4.34 | 06:40 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 12.10.82 | - | 6.4.40 | 07:50 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas goal | 12.10.82 | - | 7.4.46 | 10:28 | |
| NMLB | Sam Gibson goal | 12.10.82 | - | 8.4.52 | 13:44 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 13.10.88 | - | 8.4.52 | 15:18 | |
| ADEL | Rushed behind | 13.11.89 | - | 8.4.52 | 16:46 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker behind | 13.12.90 | - | 8.4.52 | 18:06 | |
| ADEL | Rory Laird goal | 14.12.96 | - | 8.4.52 | 21:13 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins goal | 14.12.96 | - | 9.4.58 | 26:27 | |
| ADEL | Josh Jenkins goal | 15.12.102 | - | 9.4.58 | 30:02 | |
| Q4 | ADEL | Patrick Dangerfield goal | 16.12.108 | - | 9.4.58 | 00:20 |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 17.12.114 | - | 9.4.58 | 01:59 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 17.12.114 | - | 9.5.59 | 10:03 | |
| ADEL | Charlie Cameron behind | 17.13.115 | - | 9.5.59 | 10:36 | |
| NMLB | Sam Gibson behind | 17.13.115 | - | 9.6.60 | 11:33 | |
| ADEL | Taylor Walker goal | 18.13.121 | - | 9.6.60 | 18:05 | |
| NMLB | Jack Ziebell behind | 18.13.121 | - | 9.7.61 | 19:54 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 18.13.121 | - | 9.8.62 | 20:49 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 18.13.121 | - | 9.9.63 | 22:05 | |
| ADEL | Charlie Cameron goal | 19.13.127 | - | 9.9.63 | 22:46 | |
| ADEL | Josh Jenkins goal | 20.13.133 | - | 9.9.63 | 26:32 | |
| ADEL | Eddie Betts goal | 21.13.139 | - | 9.9.63 | 28:06 | |
| ADEL | Josh Jenkins behind | 21.14.140 | - | 9.9.63 | 29:35 | |