2015 AFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2015 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Blundstone Arena. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

North Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated St Kilda (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 August 2015
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 14,346

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 18.12.120 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 3 13 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 11 8 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin STKL by 8 STKL by 20 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 37 NMLB by 37
Duration 29:31 29:41 32:47 32:18 2:04:17

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

St Kilda

Captain: Nick Riewoldt
Coach: Alan Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Deboy (#11)
C. Donlon (#1)
J. Schmitt (#17)
E: M. Clarke (#39)

Goal Umpires

M. Ensbey
S. Williams
E: C. Lai

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
T. Lougoon
J. Moore
J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Drew Petrie NMLB 20 3
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 2
Andrew Swallow NMLB 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Andrew Swallow NMLB 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
David Armitage STKL 20 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Drew Petrie NMLB 20 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ben Jacobs NMLB 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Newnes STKL 16 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun WR 81% 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 2
50 Brown, Ben INT 83% 0 0 8 5 3 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 3
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 78% 1 1 24 12 12 3 0 5 6 4 2 2 1 1
15 Dal Santo, Nick WL 84% 0 0 22 13 9 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 3 2
11 Firrito, Michael BPL 82% 0 0 16 12 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 4
27 Garner, Taylor INT↓ 57% 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
43 Gibson, Sam INT 94% 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 89% 0 0 11 2 9 1 39 6 4 1 2 0 1 3
6 Hansen, Lachlan BPR 89% 0 0 8 4 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
29 Harvey, Brent HFFR 94% 2 0 24 10 14 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 1 3
4 Higgins, Shaun FPL 83% 1 1 22 4 18 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2
5 Jacobs, Ben HBFR 81% 0 1 20 9 11 3 0 6 9 6 1 2 0 4
21 McDonald, Luke HFFL 90% 0 0 15 4 11 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 3 1
28 Nahas, Robin SUB↑ 26% 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
20 Petrie, Drew CHF 90% 4 1 15 8 7 8 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RO 80% 0 0 25 13 12 1 0 7 8 2 1 2 1 6
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 88% 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 82% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 3 0 6 1 4 1 3
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 91% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0
30 Waite, Jarrad FF 87% 1 3 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
19 Wright, Sam HBFL 91% 0 0 24 13 11 6 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 3
7 Ziebell, Jack C 78% 1 1 17 12 5 7 0 6 4 6 0 1 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 12 347 188 159 73 44 67 43 52 23 20 35 50

R. Nahas replaced T. Garner.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Acres, Blake INT 76% 0 0 11 4 7 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 4
20 Armitage, David C 87% 1 0 28 13 15 2 0 7 7 1 3 0 4 6
27 Bruce, Josh FF 96% 2 2 11 9 2 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0
24 Dempster, Sean BPR 81% 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0
25 Fisher, Sam FB 96% 0 0 14 10 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 3
14 Geary, Jarryn HBFL 86% 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 4
19 Gilbert, Sam BPL 81% 0 1 21 8 13 5 0 8 3 3 1 1 0 2
33 Goddard, Hugh CHB 88% 0 0 20 7 13 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0
1 Hickey, Tom FPR 86% 2 2 12 6 6 7 9 0 2 2 1 2 0 1
18 Longer, Billy RU 87% 0 0 8 3 5 3 12 3 1 2 1 1 0 1
41 Minchington, Darren FPL 85% 1 3 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Montagna, Leigh RO 90% 0 0 33 18 15 8 0 1 2 7 0 1 4 5
16 Newnes, Jack WR 89% 1 0 26 15 11 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 88% 2 2 18 13 5 12 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1
17 Roberton, Dylan HBFR 82% 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 0 6 2 4 4 2
6 Ross, Sebastian HFFL 83% 0 0 20 9 11 2 2 6 2 1 2 0 0 2
35 Saunders, Josh SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 1
40 Sinclair, Jack INT↓ 57% 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
3 Steven, Jack RR 88% 0 1 21 16 5 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 2 5
29 Webster, Jimmy WL 87% 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 4 1 7 2 4 3 3
44 Weller, Maverick HFFR 79% 0 2 19 10 9 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6
34 Wright, Nathan INT 78% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 17 372 207 165 100 27 60 28 52 20 23 30 56

J. Saunders replaced J. Sinclair 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
19 S. Gilbert 25 S. Fisher 24 S. Dempster 22 T. Goldstein 50 B. Brown
12 L. Thomas 30 J. Waite 4 S. Higgins 10 B. Cunnington 27 T. Garner
FORWARD 9 A. Swallow (c) 43 S. Gibson
HALF-BACK

28 R. Nahas
14 J. Geary 33 H. Goddard 17 D. Roberton



29 B. Harvey 20 D. Petrie 21 L. McDonald



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 J. Webster 20 D. Armitage 16 J. Newnes



18 S. Atley 7 J. Ziebell 15 N. Dal Santo FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 B. Longer 8 B. Acres
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Steven 40 J. Sinclair
6 S. Ross 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 44 M. Weller 11 L. Montagna 34 N. Wright
5 B. Jacobs 16 S. Thompson 19 S. Wright

35 J. Saunders
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



41 D. Minchington 27 J. Bruce 1 T. Hickey



6 L. Hansen 25 R. Tarrant 11 M. Firrito



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Tom Hickey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:46
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 08:07
NMLB Shaun Atley goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 15:00
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 16:53
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 18:37
STKL Tom Hickey goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 20:52
STKL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 24:04
STKL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 25:42
STKL Josh Bruce goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 27:23
Q2 STKL Darren Minchington goal 2.1.13 - 4.3.27 01:39
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 03:34
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 04:06
STKL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 06:31
STKL Maverick Weller behind 3.2.20 - 4.5.29 07:36
STKL Tom Hickey behind 3.2.20 - 4.6.30 09:54
NMLB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 4.6.30 12:10
STKL Darren Minchington behind 3.3.21 - 4.7.31 15:01
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 3.3.21 - 4.8.32 16:04
STKL Jack Newnes goal 3.3.21 - 5.8.38 17:09
STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 3.3.21 - 5.9.39 19:20
STKL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.10.40 20:44
STKL Darren Minchington behind 3.3.21 - 5.11.41 21:46
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 4.3.27 - 5.11.41 24:15
STKL Tom Hickey goal 4.3.27 - 6.11.47 28:21
Q3 NMLB Drew Petrie goal 5.3.33 - 6.11.47 02:08
STKL David Armitage goal 5.3.33 - 7.11.53 04:40
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 6.3.39 - 7.11.53 07:06
STKL Josh Bruce behind 6.3.39 - 7.12.54 10:13
STKL Jarryn Geary goal 6.3.39 - 8.12.60 11:18
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 7.3.45 - 8.12.60 12:24
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 8.3.51 - 8.12.60 14:02
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 9.3.57 - 8.12.60 16:06
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 10.3.63 - 8.12.60 18:53
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 11.3.69 - 8.12.60 20:24
STKL Maverick Weller behind 11.3.69 - 8.13.61 23:57
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 11.4.70 - 8.13.61 26:06
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 12.4.76 - 8.13.61 27:50
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 12.5.77 - 8.13.61 29:09
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 12.6.78 - 8.13.61 29:44
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 13.6.84 - 8.13.61 30:13
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 13.7.85 - 8.13.61 31:54
NMLB Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 8.13.61 32:40
Q4 NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 14.8.92 - 8.13.61 00:19
STKL Sam Gilbert behind 14.8.92 - 8.14.62 01:17
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 14.9.93 - 8.14.62 02:24
STKL Josh Bruce behind 14.9.93 - 8.15.63 06:12
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 14.9.93 - 9.15.69 07:30
STKL Jack Steven behind 14.9.93 - 9.16.70 09:04
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 15.9.99 - 9.16.70 10:58
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 16.9.105 - 9.16.70 13:55
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 16.10.106 - 9.16.70 15:38
NMLB Robin Nahas goal 17.10.112 - 9.16.70 16:08
NMLB Ben Jacobs behind 17.11.113 - 9.16.70 18:54
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 17.11.113 - 10.16.76 20:10
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 18.11.119 - 10.16.76 22:20
NMLB Rushed behind 18.12.120 - 10.16.76 25:52
STKL Darren Minchington behind 18.12.120 - 10.17.77 28:36
STKL Josh Bruce goal 18.12.120 - 11.17.83 29:36