2015 AFL Round 2: North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2015 between North Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 2 of the 2015 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Justin Leppitsch.

North Melbourne
Back: L. McDonald, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back: S. Atley, J. Tippett, S. Wright
Centre: D. Wells, N. Dal Santo, S. Gibson
Half-forward: R. Nahas, J. Waite, K. Turner
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, B. Brown
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, A. Swallow (capt.)
Int.: B. Harvey, S. Higgins, J. Ziebell
Sub.: M. Wood

Brisbane Lions
Back: M. Paparone, M. Maguire, J. Adcock
Half-back: R. Lester, J. Clarke, J. McGrath
Centre: R. Bewick, J. Redden, D. Zorko
Half-forward: A. Christensen, J. Green, M. Close
Forward: D. McStay, S. Martin, S. Mayes
Follower: M. Leuenberger, D. Beams, D. Rich
Int.: C. Beams, M. Robinson, L. Taylor
Sub.: Z. O'Brien

North Melbourne (20.13.133) defeated Brisbane Lions (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Waite (7), B. Brown (3), S. Higgins (2), D. Petrie (2), L. Thomas (2), J. Ziebell (2), T. Goldstein, R. Nahas
Brisbane Lions: J. Adcock (2), A. Christensen, J. Green, S. Martin, D. McStay, L. Taylor

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Brisbane Lions were then 17th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 12 April 2015
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 22,275

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 20.13.133 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	5	.	3	13	.	5	15	.	9	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
Brisbane Lions	3	.	2	4	.	5	5	.	8	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Margin	NMLB by 13			NMLB by 54			NMLB by 61			NMLB by 82			NMLB by 82
Duration	30:25			32:40			27:45			27:30			1:58:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Harris (#24), A. Mitchell (#31), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jarrad Waite	NMLB	30	3
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	2
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jarrad Waite	NMLB	30	8	0	2	0	0	0
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Ziebell	NMLB	7	4	0	0	0	2	0
Sam Gibson	NMLB	43	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luke McDonald	NMLB	21	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
18	Atley, Shaun	HBFL	85%	0	0	16	6	10	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	4	0
50	Brown, Ben	FPR	91%	3	1	9	8	1	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	78%	0	1	26	10	16	4	0	4	12	4	2	1	3	4
15	Dal Santo, Nick	C	55%	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
11	Firrito, Michael	BPR	88%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	4	0
43	Gibson, Sam	WR	92%	0	1	33	13	20	6	0	1	3	5	0	0	3	6
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	87%	1	0	23	10	13	7	37	8	4	3	1	0	2	2
29	Harvey, Brent	INT	91%	0	0	27	8	19	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2
4	Higgins, Shaun	INT	90%	2	3	24	11	13	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	4
21	McDonald, Luke	BPL	85%	0	0	20	6	14	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	3
28	Nahas, Robin	HFFL	88%	1	0	22	11	11	6	0	4	0	2	2	0	2	3
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	95%	2	1	16	9	7	8	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	1
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	RO	77%	0	0	25	13	12	2	0	5	6	4	1	2	1	3
12	Thomas, Lindsay	FPL	85%	2	2	12	9	3	3	0	3	2	3	3	3	0	4
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	92%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
36	Tippett, Joel	CHB	84%	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	Turner, Kayne	HFFR	87%	0	0	16	14	2	3	0	2	1	5	4	2	2	6
30	Waite, Jarrad	CHF	97%	7	1	22	16	6	12	0	3	0	5	1	2	0	3
8	Wells, Daniel	WL↓	43%	0	0	11	4	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	1
32	Wood, Mason	SUB↑	42%	0	1	9	5	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
19	Wright, Sam	HBFR	87%	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	3
7	Ziebell, Jack	INT	82%	2	1	27	18	9	7	2	7	4	4	4	3	1	5
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				20	13	401	206	195	91	41	53	42	52	25	21	36	58

M. Wood replaced D. Wells.

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Adcock, Jed	BPR	84%	2	0	16	12	4	6	0	3	2	3	0	2	2	4
17	Beams, Claye	INT	78%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	1
9	Beams, Dayne	RR	81%	0	0	20	9	11	1	0	2	6	4	2	3	2	5
8	Bewick, Rohan	WL	48%	0	0	11	2	9	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	2
3	Christensen, Allen	HFFL	84%	1	0	22	12	10	3	0	1	2	5	4	2	2	2
42	Clarke, Justin	CHB	95%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	1
33	Close, Michael	HFFR↓	15%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
6	Green, Josh	CHF	92%	1	1	11	5	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
35	Lester, Ryan	HBFL	83%	0	0	11	5	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
23	Leuenberger, Matthew	RU	83%	0	0	6	5	1	2	8	1	0	2	1	1	0	2
36	Maguire, Matt	FB	97%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
12	Martin, Stefan	FF	88%	1	0	19	11	8	6	22	2	2	6	0	3	2	5
32	Mayes, Sam	FPR	89%	0	1	8	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	McGrath, Jaden	HBFR	80%	0	0	8	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1
25	McStay, Daniel	FPL	91%	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2
47	O'Brien, Zac	SUB↑	61%	0	0	14	11	3	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	2	1
22	Paparone, Marco	BPL	92%	0	0	16	8	8	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	4	0
30	Redden, Jack	C	83%	0	0	28	14	14	8	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
10	Rich, Daniel	RO	86%	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	7	2	3	2	2	1	4
5	Robinson, Mitch	INT	70%	0	1	25	11	14	6	0	2	4	4	1	3	3	1
28	Taylor, Lewis	INT	85%	1	0	20	12	8	6	0	1	0	4	2	1	5	1
15	Zorko, Dayne	WR	90%	0	2	16	9	7	5	0	3	2	3	0	3	3	1
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				7	9	305	168	137	78	32	55	24	52	21	25	33	44

Z. O'Brien replaced M. Close.

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
	22	M. Paparone	36	M. Maguire	7	J. Adcock	22	T. Goldstein	29	B. Harvey
	50	B. Brown	20	D. Petrie	12	L. Thomas	10	B. Cunnington	4	S. Higgins
FORWARD							9	A. Swallow (c)	7	J. Ziebell
HALF-BACK									32	M. Wood
	35	R. Lester	42	J. Clarke	29	J. McGrath
	40	K. Turner	30	J. Waite	28	R. Nahas
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	R. Bewick	30	J. Redden	15	D. Zorko
	43	S. Gibson	15	N. Dal Santo	8	D. Wells	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	M. Leuenberger	17	C. Beams
HALF-FORWARD							9	D. Beams	5	M. Robinson
	3	A. Christensen	6	J. Green	33	M. Close	10	D. Rich	28	L. Taylor
	19	S. Wright	36	J. Tippett	18	S. Atley			47	Z. O'Brien
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	25	D. McStay	12	S. Martin	32	S. Mayes
	11	M. Firrito	16	S. Thompson	21	L. McDonald
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Justin Leppitsch

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:20
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:27
	BRIL	Stefan Martin goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	05:28
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington behind	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	07:03
	BRIL	Sam Mayes behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	08:41
	BRIL	Jed Adcock goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	10:51
	BRIL	Josh Green goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	12:58
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	15:21
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	16:19
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	21:05
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	23:19
	NMLB	Robin Nahas goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	28:27
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	30:17
Q2	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	01:59
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins behind	6.4.40	-	3.2.20	03:44
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	7.4.46	-	3.2.20	04:43
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	8.4.52	-	3.2.20	06:51
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	9.4.58	-	3.2.20	11:14
	BRIL	Allen Christensen goal	9.4.58	-	4.2.26	12:52
	BRIL	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	4.3.27	14:10
	BRIL	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	4.4.28	15:09
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	10.4.64	-	4.4.28	18:30
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	10.5.65	-	4.4.28	20:00
	BRIL	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	4.5.29	20:36
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	11.5.71	-	4.5.29	22:47
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	12.5.77	-	4.5.29	26:13
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	13.5.83	-	4.5.29	31:39
Q3	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	14.5.89	-	4.5.29	00:53
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite behind	14.6.90	-	4.5.29	04:42
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	14.6.90	-	4.6.30	06:30
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	14.7.91	-	4.6.30	09:48
	BRIL	Rushed behind	14.7.91	-	4.7.31	14:23
	BRIL	Mitch Robinson behind	14.7.91	-	4.8.32	15:10
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	14.8.92	-	4.8.32	16:50
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	15.8.98	-	4.8.32	20:59
	BRIL	Lewis Taylor goal	15.8.98	-	5.8.38	24:44
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	15.9.99	-	5.8.38	27:00
Q4	NMLB	Jack Ziebell behind	15.10.100	-	5.8.38	01:16
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	16.10.106	-	5.8.38	03:39
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	17.10.112	-	5.8.38	05:13
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins behind	17.11.113	-	5.8.38	06:58
	BRIL	Daniel McStay goal	17.11.113	-	6.8.44	11:51
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	18.11.119	-	6.8.44	13:36
	BRIL	Jed Adcock goal	18.11.119	-	7.8.50	15:53
	NMLB	Sam Gibson behind	18.12.120	-	7.8.50	19:44
	BRIL	Josh Green behind	18.12.120	-	7.9.51	20:22
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	19.12.126	-	7.9.51	21:41
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	20.12.132	-	7.9.51	24:40
	NMLB	Mason Wood behind	20.13.133	-	7.9.51	27:26

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