2015 AFL Round 21: North Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2015 between North Melbourne and Fremantle during round 21 of the 2015 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fremantle at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

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

Fremantle
Back: L. Spurr, L. McPharlin, G. Ibbotson
Half-back: C. Sutcliffe, M. Johnson, Z. Dawson
Centre: T. Mzungu, N. Fyfe, S. Hill
Half-forward: D. Pearce, C. Mayne, H. Crozier
Forward: J. Griffin, A. Pearce, M. Walters
Follower: A. Sandilands, D. Mundy, L. Neale
Int.: M. Barlow, T. Sheridan, N. Suban
Sub.: M. de Boer

North Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Fremantle (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Harvey (4), J. Waite (3), B. Brown (2), T. Goldstein (2), R. Nahas (2), S. Higgins
Fremantle: J. Griffin (2), A. Sandilands (2), M. Walters (2), M. Barlow, N. Fyfe, S. Hill, M. Johnson, C. Mayne, A. Pearce

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder and Fremantle remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 23 August 2015
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,857

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	2	6	.	5	9	.	8	14	.	10	14	.	10	(94)
Fremantle	7	.	2	8	.	6	10	.	8	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	FREM by 24			FREM by 13			FREM by 6			NMLB by 11			NMLB by 11
Duration	30:53			29:23			28:04			29:39			1:57:59

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), S. Meredith (#21), B. Rosebury (#8), E: A. Talbot (#44)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, D. Wilson, E: M. Craig
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, T. Lougoon, J. Moore, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Aaron Sandilands	FREM	31	3
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	2
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Brent Harvey	NMLB	29	5	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Swallow	NMLB	9	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	4	0	?	0	?	0
Michael Johnson	FREM	37	4	0	?	0	?	0
Aaron Sandilands	FREM	31	4	0	?	0	?	0
Ben Brown	NMLB	50	3	0	0	1	0	0
Lachie Neale	FREM	27	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Dal Santo	NMLB	15	1	0	0	0	0	1
Robbie Tarrant	NMLB	25	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	HBFR	81%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	6	0	3	0	0	3	2
3	Bastinac, Ryan	SUB↑	24%	0	0	7	2	5	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1
50	Brown, Ben	FPL	87%	2	1	16	11	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	77%	0	0	26	12	14	2	0	4	6	4	0	1	4	3
15	Dal Santo, Nick	INT	77%	0	1	22	11	11	7	0	4	3	5	0	1	1	4
11	Firrito, Michael	BPL	89%	0	0	13	5	8	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0
43	Gibson, Sam	C	88%	0	0	16	10	6	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	3
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	93%	2	0	15	9	6	6	28	5	3	4	0	2	0	2
6	Hansen, Lachlan	BPR	83%	0	0	19	10	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
29	Harvey, Brent	HFFR	89%	4	1	17	15	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	2
4	Higgins, Shaun	HFFL	87%	1	0	14	10	4	6	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	4
5	Jacobs, Ben	WR	88%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	1
34	Macmillan, Jamie	INT	82%	0	1	19	9	10	6	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	3
21	McDonald, Luke	WL↓	64%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	4	1	3	2	1	4	0
28	Nahas, Robin	FPR	84%	2	0	18	10	8	6	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
20	Petrie, Drew	CHF	94%	0	1	12	8	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	RO	84%	0	0	21	13	8	2	0	12	9	1	5	1	1	2
25	Tarrant, Robbie	FB	89%	0	0	14	12	2	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
12	Thomas, Lindsay	INT	76%	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1
16	Thompson, Scott	CHB	91%	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	4	0	3	2	1	6	1
30	Waite, Jarrad	FF	87%	3	0	17	11	6	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
19	Wright, Sam	HBFL	87%	0	0	19	11	8	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				14	10	353	208	145	108	28	68	28	38	15	11	38	44

R. Bastinac replaced L. McDonald.

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Barlow, Michael	INT	80%	1	1	23	12	11	6	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	5
17	Crozier, Hayden	HFFR	83%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	2
3	Dawson, Zac	HBFR	96%	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	de Boer, Matt	SUB↑	21%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Fyfe, Nat	C	90%	1	0	21	5	16	4	3	7	8	2	0	2	1	4
12	Griffin, Jon	FPL	83%	2	0	7	5	2	4	5	1	1	2	1	2	0	1
32	Hill, Stephen	WR	85%	1	1	23	17	6	2	0	2	2	5	0	3	2	6
5	Ibbotson, Garrick	BPR	92%	0	0	13	10	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	4
37	Johnson, Michael	CHB	96%	1	0	24	16	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4
23	Mayne, Chris	CHF	88%	1	1	13	10	3	6	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	5
18	McPharlin, Luke	FB	96%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
16	Mundy, David	RR	84%	0	1	23	11	12	4	3	3	6	4	0	1	1	3
13	Mzungu, Tendai	WL	81%	0	1	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	1
27	Neale, Lachie	RO	86%	0	1	29	14	15	5	0	3	8	1	0	1	0	3
25	Pearce, Alex	FF	78%	1	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
6	Pearce, Danyle	HFFL	74%	0	0	12	10	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1
31	Sandilands, Aaron	RU	83%	2	0	14	2	12	4	43	5	5	0	2	0	2	2
11	Sheridan, Tom	INT↓	53%	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
34	Spurr, Lee	BPL	94%	0	0	16	13	3	9	0	4	0	2	0	0	4	2
8	Suban, Nick	INT	78%	0	1	11	7	4	2	0	5	1	0	1	0	1	1
33	Sutcliffe, Cam	HBFL	98%	0	1	18	10	8	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	2
10	Walters, Michael	FPR	80%	2	0	21	16	5	8	0	3	5	3	3	0	2	5
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				12	11	316	185	131	94	54	60	40	31	11	15	27	53

M. de Boer replaced T. Sheridan.

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
	34	L. Spurr	18	L. McPharlin	5	G. Ibbotson	22	T. Goldstein	15	N. Dal Santo
	28	R. Nahas	30	J. Waite	50	B. Brown	10	B. Cunnington	34	J. Macmillan
FORWARD							9	A. Swallow (c)	12	L. Thomas
HALF-BACK									3	R. Bastinac
	33	C. Sutcliffe	37	M. Johnson	3	Z. Dawson
	29	B. Harvey	20	D. Petrie	4	S. Higgins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	T. Mzungu	7	N. Fyfe	32	S. Hill
	5	B. Jacobs	43	S. Gibson	21	L. McDonald	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							31	A. Sandilands	21	M. Barlow
HALF-FORWARD							16	D. Mundy	11	T. Sheridan
	6	D. Pearce	23	C. Mayne	17	H. Crozier	27	L. Neale	8	N. Suban
	18	S. Atley	16	S. Thompson	19	S. Wright			9	M. de Boer
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	J. Griffin	25	A. Pearce	10	M. Walters
	6	L. Hansen	25	R. Tarrant	11	M. Firrito
BACK
Fremantle							Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Robin Nahas goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:50
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:37
	FREM	Jon Griffin goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	05:50
	FREM	Aaron Sandilands goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	08:57
	FREM	Nat Fyfe goal	1.1.7	-	3.0.18	11:18
	FREM	Michael Barlow goal	1.1.7	-	4.0.24	14:08
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	2.1.13	-	4.0.24	18:14
	FREM	Chris Mayne goal	2.1.13	-	5.0.30	20:03
	FREM	Alex Pearce goal	2.1.13	-	6.0.36	21:33
	NMLB	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	6.0.36	22:45
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	3.2.20	-	6.0.36	24:27
	FREM	Aaron Sandilands goal	3.2.20	-	7.0.42	26:49
	FREM	Cam Sutcliffe behind	3.2.20	-	7.1.43	28:21
	FREM	Lachie Neale behind	3.2.20	-	7.2.44	29:14
Q2	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	4.2.26	-	7.2.44	02:23
	FREM	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	7.3.45	05:19
	FREM	Michael Barlow behind	4.2.26	-	7.4.46	13:28
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	5.2.32	-	7.4.46	14:50
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	5.2.32	-	8.4.52	16:48
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	5.3.33	-	8.4.52	19:19
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	8.4.52	19:57
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	6.4.40	-	8.4.52	20:22
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	6.5.41	-	8.4.52	22:13
	FREM	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	8.5.53	27:06
	FREM	Nick Suban behind	6.5.41	-	8.6.54	29:16
Q3	FREM	Michael Johnson goal	6.5.41	-	9.6.60	01:23
	NMLB	Jamie Macmillan behind	6.6.42	-	9.6.60	06:32
	FREM	Chris Mayne behind	6.6.42	-	9.7.61	09:23
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	7.6.48	-	9.7.61	10:45
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	7.7.49	-	9.7.61	13:40
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	8.7.55	-	9.7.61	16:18
	FREM	David Mundy behind	8.7.55	-	9.8.62	18:27
	FREM	Stephen Hill goal	8.7.55	-	10.8.68	19:23
	NMLB	Robin Nahas goal	9.7.61	-	10.8.68	26:36
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	10.8.68	28:02
Q4	FREM	Tendai Mzungu behind	9.8.62	-	10.9.69	00:28
	FREM	Jon Griffin goal	9.8.62	-	11.9.75	01:26
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	10.8.68	-	11.9.75	03:41
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	11.8.74	-	11.9.75	07:13
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	12.8.80	-	11.9.75	09:13
	FREM	Rushed behind	12.8.80	-	11.10.76	14:28
	NMLB	Rushed behind	12.9.81	-	11.10.76	15:03
	FREM	Stephen Hill behind	12.9.81	-	11.11.77	16:57
	NMLB	Nick Dal Santo behind	12.10.82	-	11.11.77	18:16
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	13.10.88	-	11.11.77	22:15
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	13.10.88	-	12.11.83	24:25
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	14.10.94	-	12.11.83	29:32

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