2017 AFL Round 2: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2017 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 2017 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Geelong
Back: A. Mackie, T. Lonergan, Z. Tuohy
Half-back: T. Ruggles, L. Henderson, T. Stewart
Centre: B. Parfitt, J. Selwood (capt.), L. McCarthy
Half-forward: J. Murdoch, H. Taylor, D. Lang
Forward: S. Motlop, T. Hawkins, D. Menzel
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: M. Blicavs, J. Cowan, G. Horlin-Smith, J. Thurlow

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, S. Thompson, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, S. Atley
Centre: T. Garner, B. Cunnington, A. Mullett
Half-forward: N. Hrovat, L. Hansen, M. Daw
Forward: L. Thomas, B. Brown, K. Turner
Follower: B. Preuss, J. Ziebell (capt.), S. Higgins
Int.: T. Dumont, S. Gibson, J. Simpkin, A. Swallow

Geelong (17.10.112) defeated North Melbourne (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), D. Menzel (4), G. Horlin-Smith (2), M. Blicavs, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan, L. Henderson, D. Lang, B. Parfitt, J. Thurlow
North Melbourne: B. Brown (3), S. Higgins (2), L. Thomas (2), K. Turner (2), M. Daw, T. Dumont, T. Garner, S. Gibson, J. Macmillan, L. McDonald, J. Simpkin, M. Williams

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and North Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 2 April 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,917

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.10.112 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 7 . 6 12 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
North Melbourne 6 . 2 8 . 6 16 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin NMLB by 25 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 25 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration 30:08 31:58 34:10 28:43 2:04:59

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), T. Pannell (#28), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 3
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 2
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 7 0 1 1 0 0
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 7 0 1 1 0 0
Daniel Menzel GEEL 10 3 0 0 0 1 1
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2 0 0 0 1 0
Robbie Tarrant NMLB 25 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blicavs, Mark INT 78% 1 0 17 9 8 7 7 3 1 3 0 2 2 2
18 Cowan, Josh INT 77% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 85% 1 1 37 15 22 7 0 6 11 6 1 1 1 6
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 88% 1 0 24 10 14 7 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 89% 4 2 11 9 2 5 0 3 0 5 2 5 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie CHB 86% 1 0 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1
33 Horlin-Smith, George INT 66% 2 0 18 8 10 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 5
11 Lang, Darcy HFFR 79% 1 0 14 6 8 2 0 3 0 3 2 3 1 3
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 86% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1
4 Mackie, Andrew BPL 87% 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 3
6 McCarthy, Lincoln WR 82% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
10 Menzel, Daniel FPR 88% 4 0 14 10 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
32 Motlop, Steven FPL 83% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 0 3 1 2 1 6
21 Murdoch, Jordan HFFL 77% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan WL 69% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 4
36 Ruggles, Tom HBFL 90% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 76% 0 2 26 17 9 4 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 9
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 73% 0 1 13 7 6 3 14 1 7 1 2 0 0 1
44 Stewart, Tom HBFR 82% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHF 89% 0 1 11 3 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
40 Thurlow, Jackson INT 79% 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 90% 0 1 25 9 16 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 10 356 189 167 78 21 50 37 51 20 25 34 57

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 87% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 3 0 2 2 1 5 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 97% 3 1 14 10 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
10 Cunnington, Ben C 76% 0 0 28 7 21 3 0 7 9 3 1 1 0 3
38 Daw, Majak HFFR 86% 1 0 10 6 4 5 8 1 1 1 2 1 0 3
14 Dumont, Trent INT 72% 1 0 24 14 10 1 0 2 6 3 4 0 3 5
27 Garner, Taylor WL 82% 1 1 11 9 2 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
43 Gibson, Sam INT 88% 1 0 27 14 13 6 0 4 2 3 1 1 2 1
6 Hansen, Lachlan CHF 93% 0 0 14 10 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Higgins, Shaun RO 84% 2 1 27 15 12 4 0 7 2 3 0 1 2 9
8 Hrovat, Nathan HFFL 69% 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 85% 1 0 20 11 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 86% 1 0 18 8 10 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 2
17 Mullett, Aaron WR 86% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
31 Preuss, Braydon RU 80% 0 0 13 6 7 4 46 5 3 3 1 2 0 3
21 Simpkin, Jy INT 74% 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 Swallow, Andrew INT 63% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 2 1
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 89% 0 0 28 19 9 9 0 2 0 5 4 2 8 2
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 82% 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 3
16 Thompson, Scott FB 94% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 72% 2 2 9 9 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2
2 Williams, Marley BPL 79% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) RR 77% 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 7 2 3 2 2 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 9 358 211 147 97 54 66 36 44 25 20 39 54

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 M. Williams 16 S. Thompson 11 L. McDonald 1 R. Stanley 46 M. Blicavs
10 D. Menzel 26 T. Hawkins 32 S. Motlop 35 P. Dangerfield 18 J. Cowan
FORWARD 22 M. Duncan 33 G. Horlin-Smith
HALF-BACK

40 J. Thurlow
34 J. Macmillan 25 R. Tarrant 18 S. Atley



11 D. Lang 7 H. Taylor 21 J. Murdoch



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 T. Garner 10 B. Cunnington 17 A. Mullett



6 L. McCarthy 14 J. Selwood (c) 3 B. Parfitt FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 B. Preuss 14 T. Dumont
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Ziebell (c) 43 S. Gibson
8 N. Hrovat 6 L. Hansen 38 M. Daw 4 S. Higgins 21 J. Simpkin
44 T. Stewart 25 L. Henderson 36 T. Ruggles

9 A. Swallow
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 L. Thomas 50 B. Brown 28 K. Turner



2 Z. Tuohy 13 T. Lonergan 4 A. Mackie



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Ben Brown goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:59
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:05
NMLB Luke McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 04:30
NMLB Majak Daw goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 09:46
NMLB Taylor Garner behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 14:55
NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.0.6 - 4.1.25 16:51
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 18:12
NMLB Trent Dumont goal 1.0.6 - 5.2.32 22:31
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 2.0.12 - 5.2.32 24:19
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 2.0.12 - 6.2.38 25:40
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 2.1.13 - 6.2.38 28:53
Q2 GEEL Joel Selwood behind 2.2.14 - 6.2.38 01:18
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 2.2.14 - 6.3.39 02:34
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 3.2.20 - 6.3.39 05:08
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 3.3.21 - 6.3.39 08:05
GEEL Jackson Thurlow goal 4.3.27 - 6.3.39 09:21
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.3.33 - 6.3.39 10:58
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 5.3.33 - 7.3.45 13:30
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 5.3.33 - 7.4.46 15:14
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 5.4.34 - 7.4.46 16:27
NMLB Jamie Macmillan goal 5.4.34 - 8.4.52 18:03
GEEL George Horlin-Smith goal 6.4.40 - 8.4.52 19:00
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 6.5.41 - 8.4.52 20:02
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 6.5.41 - 8.5.53 24:00
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 6.5.41 - 8.6.54 28:26
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 7.5.47 - 8.6.54 29:48
GEEL Harry Taylor behind 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 31:17
Q3 NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 7.6.48 - 9.6.60 00:51
NMLB Ben Brown goal 7.6.48 - 10.6.66 02:20
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 7.6.48 - 10.7.67 06:19
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.6.54 - 10.7.67 07:28
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 8.6.54 - 11.7.73 08:35
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 8.6.54 - 12.7.79 10:27
NMLB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 12.8.80 12:29
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 8.6.54 - 13.8.86 13:07
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 9.6.60 - 13.8.86 14:51
GEEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 13.8.86 19:46
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 10.7.67 - 13.8.86 20:33
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 10.7.67 - 14.8.92 21:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 11.7.73 - 14.8.92 27:57
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 11.7.73 - 15.8.98 30:15
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 11.7.73 - 16.8.104 32:10
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.7.79 - 16.8.104 34:04
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 16.8.104 01:09
GEEL Lachie Henderson goal 13.8.86 - 16.8.104 02:17
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 14.8.92 - 16.8.104 05:31
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 14.9.93 - 16.8.104 06:53
NMLB Ben Brown behind 14.9.93 - 16.9.105 11:26
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 15.9.99 - 16.9.105 14:11
GEEL Darcy Lang goal 16.9.105 - 16.9.105 17:55
NMLB Marley Williams goal 16.9.105 - 17.9.111 23:48
GEEL Zach Tuohy behind 16.10.106 - 17.9.111 24:59
GEEL George Horlin-Smith goal 17.10.112 - 17.9.111 26:38