2016 AFL Round 6: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 2016 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 6 of the 2016 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Boyd, M. Adams, D. Morris
Half-back: F. Roberts, E. Wood (capt.), S. Biggs
Centre: L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, T. Dickson
Half-forward: L. Picken, T. Campbell, K. Stevens
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Stringer, L. Jong
Follower: J. Roughead, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli
Int.: J. Adcock, B. Dale, T. McLean, M. Wallis

North Melbourne (9.7.61) defeated Western Bulldogs (6.9.45).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Waite (4), B. Brown, S. Higgins, D. Petrie, L. Thomas, J. Ziebell
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli, L. Dahlhaus, T. Dickson, L. Jong, T. McLean, K. Stevens

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 29 April 2016
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 47,622

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.7.61 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 1 3 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration 27:56 26:37 31:13 27:57 1:53:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Bannister (#5), C. Donlon (#1), T. Pannell (#28), E: C. Fleer (#26)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, L. Walker, E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, M. Jenkinson, D. Kowalski, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jarrad Waite NMLB 30 3
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2
Scott Thompson NMLB 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Scott Thompson NMLB 16 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jarrad Waite NMLB 30 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Daniel Wells NMLB 8 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew Swallow NMLB 9 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 88% 0 0 14 3 11 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
50 Brown, Ben HFFL 87% 1 1 10 7 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 2
10 Cunnington, Ben C 74% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 14 2 6 2 3 2 2
15 Dal Santo, Nick INT 79% 0 0 14 7 7 2 4 3 1 4 0 0 3 3
11 Firrito, Michael INT 84% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2
43 Gibson, Sam WL 90% 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 92% 0 0 8 4 4 2 40 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
29 Harvey, Brent FPL 85% 0 1 20 9 11 4 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 4
4 Higgins, Shaun FPR 92% 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 6 0 2 2 1 1 3
5 Jacobs, Ben RR 85% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3
34 Macmillan, Jamie BPL 85% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
21 McDonald, Luke BPR 89% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 1
20 Petrie, Drew FF 97% 1 1 17 10 7 6 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 3
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) INT 76% 0 0 23 7 16 1 0 14 8 4 1 2 0 4
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 88% 0 0 16 11 5 5 1 1 0 4 1 1 7 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay HFFR 83% 1 0 11 9 2 5 0 7 1 6 0 3 2 4
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 95% 0 0 26 16 10 9 0 5 0 4 3 1 5 2
40 Turner, Kayne INT 9% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 91% 4 1 13 11 2 7 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 2
8 Wells, Daniel WR 77% 0 2 27 12 15 3 0 6 5 3 0 1 1 4
19 Wright, Sam HBFL 74% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 5 0 2 1 0 5 3
7 Ziebell, Jack RO 79% 1 0 18 14 4 4 1 5 6 2 1 1 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 7 355 189 166 75 49 92 30 64 15 23 47 46

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Adams, Marcus FB 94% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
44 Adcock, Jed INT 80% 0 0 9 1 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
24 Biggs, Shane HBFR 87% 0 0 27 18 9 4 0 6 0 7 0 1 7 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RO 86% 1 0 21 9 12 2 2 4 3 2 2 1 2 6
5 Boyd, Matthew BPL 76% 0 1 33 21 12 8 0 1 2 3 2 0 7 1
15 Campbell, Tom CHF 70% 0 1 14 5 9 3 18 3 3 2 1 0 0 3
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 80% 1 0 28 10 18 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 1
31 Dale, Bailey INT 67% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
29 Dickson, Tory WR 90% 1 0 18 6 12 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 87% 0 0 44 23 21 6 0 1 4 4 3 1 6 3
46 Jong, Lin FPR 82% 1 1 17 14 3 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 3
21 Liberatore, Tom C 78% 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3
11 Macrae, Jack RR 86% 0 0 33 17 16 7 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 6
16 McLean, Toby INT 77% 1 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2
38 Morris, Dale BPR 100% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
42 Picken, Liam HFFL 86% 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 4 3 4 4 1 1 1
18 Roberts, Fletcher HBFL 79% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 77% 0 1 3 1 2 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Stevens, Koby HFFR 79% 1 1 28 14 14 4 0 5 1 6 0 2 2 6
9 Stringer, Jake FF 87% 0 2 17 9 8 2 0 2 4 3 0 2 1 2
3 Wallis, Mitch INT 76% 0 1 26 10 16 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 1 5
10 Wood, Easton (ac) CHB 77% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 1 4 2 1 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 9 434 215 219 74 33 66 45 55 23 15 35 56

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
5 M. Boyd 33 M. Adams 38 D. Morris 22 T. Goldstein 15 N. Dal Santo
4 S. Higgins 20 D. Petrie 29 B. Harvey 5 B. Jacobs 11 M. Firrito
FORWARD 7 J. Ziebell 9 A. Swallow (c)
HALF-BACK

40 K. Turner
18 F. Roberts 10 E. Wood (ac) 24 S. Biggs



12 L. Thomas 30 J. Waite 50 B. Brown



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 21 T. Liberatore 29 T. Dickson



8 D. Wells 10 B. Cunnington 43 S. Gibson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Roughead 44 J. Adcock
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 31 B. Dale
42 L. Picken 15 T. Campbell 25 K. Stevens 4 M. Bontempelli 16 T. McLean
18 S. Atley 16 S. Thompson 19 S. Wright

3 M. Wallis
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 L. Dahlhaus 9 J. Stringer 46 L. Jong



21 L. McDonald 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:33
WBUL Lin Jong behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:04
WBUL Lin Jong goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:57
NMLB Ben Brown goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 08:28
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 10:20
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 14:29
NMLB Brent Harvey behind 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 16:03
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 18:51
Q2 WBUL Tom Campbell behind 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 04:17
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.1.31 - 2.2.14 09:01
WBUL Koby Stevens behind 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 10:09
NMLB Daniel Wells behind 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 10:58
NMLB Daniel Wells behind 5.3.33 - 2.3.15 14:51
WBUL Toby McLean goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 19:07
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 5.4.34 - 3.3.21 25:03
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 5.4.34 - 3.4.22 26:13
Q3 WBUL Tory Dickson goal 5.4.34 - 4.4.28 01:11
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 6.4.40 - 4.4.28 02:14
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 09:29
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 6.5.41 - 4.5.29 12:13
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 7.5.47 - 4.5.29 18:36
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 7.6.48 - 4.5.29 20:06
WBUL Koby Stevens goal 7.6.48 - 5.5.35 21:18
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 8.6.54 - 5.5.35 22:35
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 24:08
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 29:58
Q4 NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 9.6.60 - 6.6.42 14:41
WBUL Jordan Roughead behind 9.6.60 - 6.7.43 17:01
NMLB Ben Brown behind 9.7.61 - 6.7.43 18:14
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 9.7.61 - 6.8.44 20:21
WBUL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 6.9.45 23:15