2015 AFL 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 16 of the 2015 AFL season. 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
Back: S. Wright, R. Tarrant, M. Firrito
Half-back: N. Dal Santo, S. Thompson, J. Macmillan
Centre: B. Jacobs, S. Atley, T. Garner
Half-forward: A. Mullett, A. Black, J. Ziebell
Forward: B. Harvey, J. Waite, S. Higgins
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, A. Swallow (capt.)
Int.: R. Bastinac, B. Brown, K. Turner
Sub.: S. Gibson

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, A. Steinberg, M. Hurley
Half-back: M. Hibberd, J. Gwilt, M. Gleeson
Centre: B. Stanton, B. Goddard, D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: C. Hooker, P. Ambrose, J. Merrett
Forward: J. Laverde, J. Daniher, D. Heppell (capt.)
Follower: S. McKernan, N. O'Brien, Z. Merrett
Int.: J. Ashby, S. Edwards, B. Howlett
Sub.: K. Langford

North Melbourne (14.9.93) defeated Essendon (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (4), J. Ziebell (3), R. Bastinac (2), K. Turner (2), A. Black, T. Goldstein, J. Waite
Essendon: J. Daniher (2), B. Howlett (2), P. Ambrose, S. Edwards, C. Hooker, M. Hurley, J. Laverde

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), D. Margetts (#6), S. Meredith (#21), E: J. Armstrong (#26)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, M. Palm, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: 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

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