2015 AFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2015 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

North Melbourne (14.9.93) defeated Essendon (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 17 July 2015
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 31,025

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.9.93 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Essendon 1 . 5 6 . 7 7 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin NMLB by 5 ESSE by 8 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 25
Duration 27:34 30:38 31:47 29:09 1:59:08

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell (acting)
Coach: James Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Foot (#2)
D. Margetts (#6)
S. Meredith (#21)
E: J. Armstrong (#26)

Goal Umpires

M. Ensbey
M. Palm
E: S. Piperno

Boundary Umpires

G. Bergroth
I. Burrows
G. Large
T. Lougoon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 3
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 2
Ben Brown NMLB 50 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 7 0 1 1 0 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Dal Santo NMLB 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Brown NMLB 50 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ben Jacobs NMLB 5 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 C 91% 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 5 1 1 2 0 3 6
3 Bastinac, Ryan INT 81% 2 1 14 8 6 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
35 Black, Aaron CHF 84% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
50 Brown, Ben INT 91% 4 1 10 7 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 79% 0 0 26 8 18 2 0 7 9 3 1 2 1 3
15 Dal Santo, Nick HBFL 83% 0 0 34 16 18 2 1 1 6 2 1 0 2 4
11 Firrito, Michael BPR 90% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 4 0 4 0 1 5 4
27 Garner, Taylor WR 78% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
43 Gibson, Sam SUB↑ 47% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 95% 1 2 27 13 14 8 56 4 8 1 7 1 2 1
29 Harvey, Brent FPL 89% 0 1 35 19 16 8 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 4
4 Higgins, Shaun FPR 93% 0 2 15 7 8 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
5 Jacobs, Ben WL 84% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 2
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 75% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 3
41 Mullett, Aaron HFFL↓ 43% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 1
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RO 81% 0 0 27 13 14 5 0 2 5 1 4 1 1 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 87% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 93% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 0
40 Turner, Kayne INT 84% 2 0 7 5 2 4 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 3
30 Waite, Jarrad FF 85% 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 1
19 Wright, Sam BPL 90% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0
7 Ziebell, Jack HFFR 77% 3 2 23 16 7 4 0 5 5 3 2 1 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 14 9 365 201 164 82 58 67 43 42 22 17 34 53

S. Gibson replaced A. Mullett.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHF 88% 1 0 9 2 7 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
14 Ashby, Jason INT 89% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 92% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 7 0 2 3 1 6 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 93% 2 2 10 5 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
19 Edwards, Shaun INT 82% 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
35 Gleeson, Martin HBFR 79% 0 1 11 10 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
9 Goddard, Brendon C 82% 0 0 27 12 15 8 0 7 2 2 1 1 2 4
42 Gwilt, James CHB 94% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) FPR 81% 0 0 16 5 11 4 3 3 3 3 0 2 0 1
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 89% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 4
26 Hooker, Cale HFFL 95% 1 4 16 14 2 13 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 5
40 Howlett, Ben INT 72% 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 0 4
18 Hurley, Michael BPR 98% 1 0 24 18 6 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3
30 Langford, Kyle SUB↑ 31% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Laverde, Jayden FPL↓ 53% 1 0 7 1 6 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 1
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 81% 0 1 15 9 6 2 16 1 3 7 1 6 2 4
20 Merrett, Jackson HFFR 86% 0 0 11 5 6 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach RO 78% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 2 4 4 0 1 2 2
10 O'Brien, Nick RR 74% 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 7
5 Stanton, Brent WL 89% 0 1 30 18 12 4 0 8 5 4 2 1 3 3
25 Steinberg, Ariel FB 93% 0 0 12 3 9 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Zaharakis, David WR 80% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 7 3 4 1 3 1 6
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 9 14 349 187 162 88 20 73 28 48 17 22 37 51

K. Langford replaced J. Laverde 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

North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 M. Baguley 25 A. Steinberg 18 M. Hurley 22 T. Goldstein 3 R. Bastinac
4 S. Higgins 30 J. Waite 29 B. Harvey 10 B. Cunnington 50 B. Brown
FORWARD 9 A. Swallow (c) 40 K. Turner
HALF-BACK

43 S. Gibson
1 M. Hibberd 42 J. Gwilt 35 M. Gleeson



7 J. Ziebell 35 A. Black 41 A. Mullett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 B. Stanton 9 B. Goddard 11 D. Zaharakis



27 T. Garner 18 S. Atley 5 B. Jacobs FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 14 J. Ashby
HALF-FORWARD 10 N. O'Brien 19 S. Edwards
26 C. Hooker 29 P. Ambrose 20 J. Merrett 7 Z. Merrett 40 B. Howlett
34 J. Macmillan 16 S. Thompson 15 N. Dal Santo

30 K. Langford
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 J. Laverde 6 J. Daniher 21 D. Heppell (ac)



11 M. Firrito 25 R. Tarrant 19 S. Wright



BACK



Essendon Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Brent Harvey behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:20
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:58
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 04:50
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 06:36
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 12:39
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 13:21
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.4.4 14:31
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.5.5 15:44
NMLB Ben Brown goal 2.2.14 - 0.5.5 19:15
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 2.3.15 - 0.5.5 22:36
NMLB Ben Brown behind 2.4.16 - 0.5.5 24:17
ESSE Patrick Ambrose goal 2.4.16 - 1.5.11 26:04
Q2 ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.4.16 - 2.5.17 03:34
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.4.16 - 3.5.23 09:41
ESSE Shaun Edwards goal 2.4.16 - 4.5.29 11:31
NMLB Ryan Bastinac goal 3.4.22 - 4.5.29 13:09
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 3.4.22 - 4.6.30 15:59
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 18:34
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 19:31
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 4.5.29 - 5.6.36 21:58
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 4.5.29 - 5.7.37 24:01
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 4.5.29 - 6.7.43 27:26
NMLB Aaron Black goal 5.5.35 - 6.7.43 28:35
Q3 ESSE Cale Hooker behind 5.5.35 - 6.8.44 03:01
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.5.41 - 6.8.44 06:17
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 7.5.47 - 6.8.44 10:44
NMLB Ryan Bastinac behind 7.6.48 - 6.8.44 12:59
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 8.6.54 - 6.8.44 14:48
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 8.6.54 - 7.8.50 16:28
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.6.60 - 7.8.50 18:24
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 9.7.61 - 7.8.50 23:48
ESSE Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 7.9.51 25:08
NMLB Ryan Bastinac goal 10.7.67 - 7.9.51 28:00
ESSE Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 7.10.52 30:51
Q4 NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 10.8.68 - 7.10.52 00:38
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 10.8.68 - 7.11.53 03:34
NMLB Ben Brown goal 11.8.74 - 7.11.53 04:11
ESSE Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 7.12.54 06:02
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 12.8.80 - 7.12.54 11:36
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 12.8.80 - 7.13.55 13:23
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 12.8.80 - 8.13.61 18:12
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 12.8.80 - 9.13.67 20:51
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 13.8.86 - 9.13.67 22:23
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 13.9.87 - 9.13.67 24:18
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 14.9.93 - 9.13.67 26:22
ESSE Martin Gleeson behind 14.9.93 - 9.14.68 28:07