2016 AFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2016 between North Melbourne and Adelaide during round one of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Don Pyke.

North Melbourne (16.11.107) defeated Adelaide (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 26 March 2016
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,485

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Adelaide
Score: 16.11.107 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 6 13 . 7 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Adelaide 3 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin ADEL by 8 ADEL by 18 ADEL by 1 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 10
Duration 28:56 33:02 35:38 28:42 2:06:18

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

Adelaide

Captain: Taylor Walker
Coach: Don Pyke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Farmer (#4)
N. Foot (#2)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: N. Brown (#13)

Goal Umpires

M. Craig
D. Dixon
E: A. McKenzie-Wills

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
C. Esler
G. Large
D. Tee

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 3
Josh Jenkins ADEL 4 2
Jarrad Waite NMLB 30 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Josh Jenkins ADEL 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Robbie Tarrant NMLB 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Scott Thompson ADEL 5 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Jarrad Waite NMLB 30 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
3 Anderson, Jed FPL 26% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 84% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 1
50 Brown, Ben HFFR 83% 2 0 11 9 2 6 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 2
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 79% 0 1 27 7 20 1 1 7 10 2 1 1 1 1
15 Dal Santo, Nick WR 80% 1 1 21 12 9 2 0 2 6 0 2 0 4 3
11 Firrito, Michael BPL 90% 0 0 17 10 7 9 0 1 0 2 0 2 4 2
27 Garner, Taylor INT 71% 2 0 11 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
43 Gibson, Sam INT 83% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 5
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 92% 1 0 13 8 5 4 44 7 3 2 0 1 0 1
29 Harvey, Brent INT 84% 3 0 16 12 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
4 Higgins, Shaun INT 86% 1 0 18 8 10 5 0 9 1 1 1 0 1 4
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 81% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 5
21 McDonald, Luke WL 89% 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0
20 Petrie, Drew FF 94% 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) HFFL 77% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 3 0
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 91% 0 1 24 16 8 8 0 2 0 5 2 3 5 4
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 76% 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 3
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 88% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 98% 3 1 20 14 6 7 0 6 0 3 2 1 1 3
8 Wells, Daniel C 79% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 8
19 Wright, Sam BPR 91% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 2
7 Ziebell, Jack RO 79% 0 0 26 16 10 2 0 4 6 7 0 3 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 11 361 214 147 91 47 82 42 43 18 22 38 56

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory HFFL 77% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 2 4
18 Betts, Eddie FPL 91% 1 3 15 11 4 3 0 8 3 3 3 1 3 3
16 Brown, Luke HBFR 83% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
25 Cheney, Kyle BPR 84% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
2 Crouch, Brad WL 77% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 9 3 7 2 3 2 1
44 Crouch, Matt INT 67% 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 2 8 1 2 1 2 5
26 Douglas, Richard RO 76% 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 6
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 93% 1 0 10 4 6 3 35 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
4 Jenkins, Josh FF 90% 5 0 10 8 2 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
29 Laird, Rory BPL 82% 0 0 24 14 10 9 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 2
6 Lever, Jake CHB 94% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0
27 Lynch, Tom FPR 88% 1 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 2
14 MacKay, David INT 68% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 3
41 McGovern, Mitch INT 74% 0 3 9 7 2 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1
30 Milera, Wayne HFFR 70% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1
11 Seedsman, Paul HBFL 76% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 3
9 Sloane, Rory C 76% 0 1 19 5 14 1 4 7 4 2 0 0 0 2
33 Smith, Brodie WR 85% 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 1 2 4 0 0 4 6
12 Talia, Daniel FB 95% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 1
5 Thompson, Scott RR 89% 0 1 30 15 15 3 0 2 9 3 2 2 1 7
7 van Berlo, Nathan INT 77% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3
13 Walker, Taylor (c) CHF 88% 2 3 18 13 5 10 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 13 342 203 139 75 44 63 44 47 22 18 39 57

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
29 R. Laird 12 D. Talia 25 K. Cheney 22 T. Goldstein 27 T. Garner
12 L. Thomas 20 D. Petrie 3 J. Anderson 10 B. Cunnington 43 S. Gibson
FORWARD 7 J. Ziebell 29 B. Harvey
HALF-BACK

4 S. Higgins
11 P. Seedsman 6 J. Lever 16 L. Brown



50 B. Brown 30 J. Waite 9 A. Swallow (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 B. Crouch 9 R. Sloane 33 B. Smith



15 N. Dal Santo 8 D. Wells 21 L. McDonald FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 44 M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD 5 S. Thompson 14 D. MacKay
21 R. Atkins 13 T. Walker (c) 30 W. Milera 26 R. Douglas 41 M. McGovern
34 J. Macmillan 16 S. Thompson 18 S. Atley

7 N. van Berlo
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 E. Betts 4 J. Jenkins 27 T. Lynch



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



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Nick Dal Santo goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:54
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:30
NMLB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:38
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:32
ADEL Matt Crouch goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 11:11
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 13:13
ADEL Rory Sloane behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 15:46
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 19:47
ADEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 22:45
ADEL Paul Seedsman goal 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 25:07
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 26:05
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 27:44
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 28:49
Q2 NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 01:12
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 3.3.21 - 3.6.24 03:08
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 3.3.21 - 4.6.30 08:03
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 3.3.21 - 5.6.36 09:09
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 4.3.27 - 5.6.36 11:20
ADEL David MacKay goal 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 12:22
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 4.4.28 - 6.6.42 17:42
ADEL Sam Jacobs goal 4.4.28 - 7.6.48 20:15
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 5.4.34 - 7.6.48 21:13
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 5.4.34 - 8.6.54 23:38
NMLB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 8.6.54 24:38
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.5.41 - 8.6.54 27:38
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.5.41 - 9.6.60 29:45
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 6.6.42 - 9.6.60 31:53
Q3 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.6.42 - 10.6.66 02:14
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 7.6.48 - 10.6.66 04:00
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 8.6.54 - 10.6.66 05:14
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 8.6.54 - 11.6.72 07:50
ADEL Scott Thompson behind 8.6.54 - 11.7.73 09:45
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.6.60 - 11.7.73 11:17
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 9.6.60 - 12.7.79 13:46
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 10.6.66 - 12.7.79 18:18
ADEL Wayne Milera behind 10.6.66 - 12.8.80 21:15
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 11.6.72 - 12.8.80 23:32
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 12.6.78 - 12.8.80 24:59
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 12.6.78 - 13.8.86 27:36
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 13.6.84 - 13.8.86 29:12
NMLB Robbie Tarrant behind 13.7.85 - 13.8.86 33:10
Q4 NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 13.8.86 - 13.8.86 02:12
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 14.8.92 - 13.8.86 03:02
NMLB Nick Dal Santo behind 14.9.93 - 13.8.86 04:50
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 14.9.93 - 13.9.87 05:58
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 14.9.93 - 14.9.93 07:37
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 14.9.93 - 14.10.94 09:20
NMLB Luke McDonald behind 14.10.94 - 14.10.94 12:22
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 15.10.100 - 14.10.94 14:26
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 15.10.100 - 14.11.95 16:48
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 16.10.106 - 14.11.95 22:57
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 16.10.106 - 14.12.96 23:59
NMLB Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 14.12.96 25:43
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 16.11.107 - 14.13.97 28:17