2016 AFL Round 23: North Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 2016 between North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 23 of the 2016 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Patfull, P. Davis, Z. Williams
Half-back: R. Griffen, N. Haynes, H. Shaw
Centre: L. Whitfield, D. Shiel, J. Kelly
Half-forward: A. Tomlinson, J. Patton, D. Smith
Forward: S. Johnson, R. Lobb, J. Cameron
Follower: S. Mumford, C. Ward, S. Coniglio
Int.: T. Greene, J. Hopper, T. Scully, N. Wilson

North Melbourne (9.9.63) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (3), B. Harvey (2), B. Cunnington, M. Daw, L. McDonald, J. Ziebell
Greater Western Sydney: J. Patton (5), S. Johnson (4), D. Smith (2), J. Cameron, J. Hopper, C. Ward

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: North Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 August 2016
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 22,295

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 9.9.63 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin NMLB by 2 GWSY by 11 GWSY by 27 GWSY by 37 GWSY by 37
Duration 28:36 29:21 30:56 30:33 1:59:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), S. Meredith (#21), J. Schmitt (#17), E: M. Stevic (#9)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, A. Wojcik, E: M. Palm
Boundary Umpire: M. Jenkinson, T. Lougoon, J. Mather, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jonathon Patton GWSY 12 3
Steve Johnson GWSY 17 2
Tom Scully GWSY 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jonathon Patton GWSY 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Dylan Shiel GWSY 5 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Steve Johnson GWSY 17 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Devon Smith GWSY 10 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Scully GWSY 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Brown NMLB 50 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
3 Anderson, Jed RR 82% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
18 Atley, Shaun BPR 92% 0 0 25 7 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
50 Brown, Ben CHF 91% 3 2 11 7 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben INT 63% 1 0 14 3 11 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 1
15 Dal Santo, Nick HBFR 90% 0 0 25 8 17 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Daw, Majak INT 75% 1 1 10 8 2 7 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
14 Dumont, Trent INT 69% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
11 Firrito, Michael FB 94% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
43 Gibson, Sam WL 91% 0 1 29 13 16 10 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 86% 0 0 13 5 8 5 24 4 3 4 1 1 1 2
6 Hansen, Lachlan HFFR 87% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 0
29 Harvey, Brent FPR 98% 2 1 26 15 11 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 7
4 Higgins, Shaun HFFL 86% 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 19% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 McDonald, Luke BPL 89% 1 0 21 13 8 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3
17 Mullett, Aaron INT 85% 0 0 28 19 9 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 3
20 Petrie, Drew FF 97% 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RO 76% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 7 3 2 0 0 1 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 90% 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 1 1 4 2 0 4 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 82% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 3
8 Wells, Daniel WR 77% 0 1 22 9 13 2 0 3 7 1 1 0 1 4
7 Ziebell, Jack C 82% 1 0 24 15 9 6 1 4 3 2 1 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 9 376 194 182 99 35 49 34 34 18 10 37 46

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Cameron, Jeremy FPR 78% 1 1 7 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 83% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 1
1 Davis, Phil FB 94% 0 0 12 6 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
4 Greene, Toby INT 85% 0 2 20 11 9 5 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 7
32 Griffen, Ryan HBFL 73% 0 2 16 7 9 1 3 3 2 4 0 2 0 4
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 79% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 0
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 57% 1 0 20 6 14 5 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1
17 Johnson, Steve FPL 88% 4 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
22 Kelly, Josh WR 81% 0 1 20 10 10 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3
37 Lobb, Rory FF 86% 0 0 9 6 3 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
41 Mumford, Shane RU 88% 0 0 12 3 9 1 31 4 5 5 0 4 1 1
24 Patfull, Joel BPL 88% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1
12 Patton, Jonathon CHF 85% 5 2 17 13 4 9 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 5
9 Scully, Tom INT 90% 0 0 29 13 16 7 0 5 6 4 0 0 1 4
23 Shaw, Heath HBFR 96% 0 0 25 22 3 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 8 2
5 Shiel, Dylan C 73% 0 1 29 17 12 7 0 3 7 2 1 0 3 5
10 Smith, Devon HFFR 73% 2 1 23 13 10 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5
20 Tomlinson, Adam HFFL 92% 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
8 Ward, Callan RR 79% 1 1 21 10 11 5 5 6 6 1 1 0 2 5
6 Whitfield, Lachie WL 81% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 1 3 4 0 2 3 3
29 Williams, Zac BPR 74% 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 3 1
16 Wilson, Nathan INT 76% 0 1 12 12 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 16 372 215 157 95 44 52 46 44 10 18 37 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
24 J. Patfull 1 P. Davis 29 Z. Williams 22 T. Goldstein 10 B. Cunnington
29 B. Harvey 20 D. Petrie 12 L. Thomas 3 J. Anderson 38 M. Daw
FORWARD 9 A. Swallow (c) 14 T. Dumont
HALF-BACK

17 A. Mullett
32 R. Griffen 19 N. Haynes 23 H. Shaw



6 L. Hansen 50 B. Brown 4 S. Higgins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 L. Whitfield 5 D. Shiel 22 J. Kelly



8 D. Wells 7 J. Ziebell 43 S. Gibson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 4 T. Greene
HALF-FORWARD 8 C. Ward 2 J. Hopper
20 A. Tomlinson 12 J. Patton 10 D. Smith 3 S. Coniglio 9 T. Scully
15 N. Dal Santo 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan

16 N. Wilson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 S. Johnson 37 R. Lobb 18 J. Cameron



18 S. Atley 11 M. Firrito 21 L. McDonald



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:48
GWSY Ryan Griffen behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:43
GWSY Callan Ward goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:30
GWSY Toby Greene behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 10:02
NMLB Ben Brown goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 13:40
GWSY Jonathon Patton goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 15:39
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 18:23
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 20:56
GWSY Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 22:03
GWSY Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 23:17
GWSY Devon Smith behind 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 25:06
Q2 NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 3.2.20 - 2.5.17 05:24
GWSY Jonathon Patton behind 3.2.20 - 2.6.18 06:58
GWSY Nathan Wilson behind 3.2.20 - 2.7.19 08:16
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 3.2.20 - 3.7.25 09:59
GWSY Jonathon Patton goal 3.2.20 - 4.7.31 12:18
NMLB Daniel Wells behind 3.3.21 - 4.7.31 15:20
NMLB Luke McDonald goal 4.3.27 - 4.7.31 16:37
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 17:30
GWSY Callan Ward behind 5.3.33 - 4.8.32 21:39
GWSY Jonathon Patton goal 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 26:21
GWSY Jacob Hopper goal 5.3.33 - 6.8.44 29:17
Q3 NMLB Ben Brown behind 5.4.34 - 6.8.44 03:25
NMLB Brent Harvey behind 5.5.35 - 6.8.44 04:57
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 6.5.41 - 6.8.44 06:43
GWSY Dylan Shiel behind 6.5.41 - 6.9.45 09:58
GWSY Jonathon Patton goal 6.5.41 - 7.9.51 11:10
GWSY Devon Smith goal 6.5.41 - 8.9.57 13:29
GWSY Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 8.10.58 15:24
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 6.5.41 - 9.10.64 17:23
GWSY Ryan Griffen behind 6.5.41 - 9.11.65 21:44
NMLB Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 9.11.65 23:42
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 6.6.42 - 10.11.71 25:07
NMLB Ben Brown behind 6.7.43 - 10.11.71 26:53
NMLB Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 10.11.71 28:25
Q4 NMLB Brent Harvey goal 7.8.50 - 10.11.71 02:48
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 7.8.50 - 11.11.77 03:56
GWSY Toby Greene behind 7.8.50 - 11.12.78 04:57
GWSY Jonathon Patton goal 7.8.50 - 12.12.84 06:47
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 7.8.50 - 13.12.90 09:13
NMLB Majak Daw goal 8.8.56 - 13.12.90 10:50
GWSY Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 13.13.91 12:54
GWSY Jonathon Patton behind 8.8.56 - 13.14.92 14:45
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 8.8.56 - 13.15.93 18:55
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 9.8.62 - 13.15.93 21:30
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 9.8.62 - 13.16.94 22:57
NMLB Majak Daw behind 9.9.63 - 13.16.94 25:50
GWSY Devon Smith goal 9.9.63 - 14.16.100 26:53