2017 AFL Round 8: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 2017 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 8 of the 2017 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

North Melbourne
Back: S. Durdin, R. Tarrant, E. Vickers-Willis
Half-back: L. Hansen, S. Thompson, J. Macmillan
Centre: S. Gibson, B. Cunnington, S. Atley
Half-forward: K. Turner, M. Wood, M. Williams
Forward: N. Hrovat, B. Brown, S. Higgins
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Ziebell (capt.), J. Anderson
Int.: R. Clarke, T. Dumont, L. McDonald, J. Simpkin

Sydney
Back: N. Smith, H. Grundy, H. Marsh
Half-back: J. McVeigh, L. Melican, C. Mills
Centre: I. Heeney, J. Kennedy (capt.), Z. Jones
Half-forward: H. Cunningham, S. Reid, W. Hayward
Forward: C. Sinclair, L. Franklin, T. Papley
Follower: S. Naismith, L. Parker, D. Hannebery
Int.: G. Hewett, J. Lloyd, N. Newman, D. Towers

North Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Sydney (18.12.120).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (2), T. Goldstein (2), K. Turner (2), J. Anderson, B. Cunnington, L. Hansen, S. Higgins, N. Hrovat
Sydney: S. Reid (3), D. Hannebery (2), I. Heeney (2), J. McVeigh (2), T. Papley (2), L. Parker (2), L. Franklin, W. Hayward, G. Hewett, Z. Jones, J. Kennedy

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Sydney were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 14 May 2017
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 21,589

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 11.12.78 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Sydney 5 . 2 11 . 7 15 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 43 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 42
Duration 30:17 34:02 27:27 29:37 2:01:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Pannell (#28), B. Ryan (#27), A. Stephens (#12), E: L. Haussen (#5)
Umpire Replacement: L. Haussen replaced T. Pannell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 3
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 8 0 2 0 0 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nic Newman SYDN 28 4 0 0 1 0 1
Sam Reid SYDN 20 3 0 0 0 1 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 RO 74% 1 0 11 4 7 2 0 8 0 1 2 0 0 1
18 Atley, Shaun WR 83% 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 5
50 Brown, Ben FF 95% 2 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2
13 Clarke, Ryan INT 74% 0 1 16 7 9 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 82% 1 0 28 10 18 3 0 6 11 1 0 0 0 4
14 Dumont, Trent INT 72% 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 1
24 Durdin, Sam BPL 88% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1
43 Gibson, Sam WL 86% 0 2 27 17 10 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 5
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 90% 2 0 11 6 5 2 41 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
6 Hansen, Lachlan HBFL 96% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
4 Higgins, Shaun FPR 81% 1 1 21 12 9 6 0 4 3 4 1 2 0 6
8 Hrovat, Nathan FPL 81% 1 1 12 5 7 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 91% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 2
11 McDonald, Luke INT 82% 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 8 1 2 1 1 0 4
21 Simpkin, Jy INT 12% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 95% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 2 1 4 0 2 6 1
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 88% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 4 0
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 88% 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 4
33 Vickers-Willis, Ed BPR 85% 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 4 0
2 Williams, Marley HFFR 86% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 3
32 Wood, Mason CHF 92% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) RR 81% 0 1 22 11 11 2 0 12 6 2 3 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 12 337 166 171 61 43 83 35 47 19 12 35 49

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Cunningham, Harry HFFL 83% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 88% 1 3 21 20 1 8 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 8
39 Grundy, Heath FB 94% 0 0 22 15 7 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1
4 Hannebery, Dan RO 76% 2 0 33 11 22 5 0 4 2 2 0 1 2 1
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 83% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 4
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 86% 2 2 25 14 11 9 0 4 3 1 0 1 4 1
29 Hewett, George INT 78% 1 1 29 15 14 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 7
10 Jones, Zak WR 88% 1 0 15 8 7 5 0 5 2 5 1 2 1 3
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 85% 1 0 37 11 26 2 0 6 9 3 1 0 1 5
44 Lloyd, Jake INT 92% 0 1 28 20 8 8 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2
31 Marsh, Harry BPR 83% 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 3
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFL 45% 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
43 Melican, Lewis CHB 87% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
14 Mills, Callum HBFR 89% 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1
35 Naismith, Sam RU 69% 0 0 7 2 5 0 23 0 2 3 0 3 0 3
28 Newman, Nic INT 77% 0 0 35 19 16 11 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 2
41 Papley, Tom FPR 86% 2 1 15 10 5 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3
26 Parker, Luke RR 82% 2 1 36 19 17 3 0 5 11 6 0 4 0 7
20 Reid, Sam CHF 95% 3 0 22 14 8 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
18 Sinclair, Callum FPL 65% 0 0 7 5 2 2 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
40 Smith, Nick BPL 85% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 Towers, Dean INT 83% 0 1 20 11 9 6 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 12 435 243 192 117 38 54 38 49 12 19 34 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
40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 31 H. Marsh 22 T. Goldstein 13 R. Clarke
4 S. Higgins 50 B. Brown 8 N. Hrovat 7 J. Ziebell (c) 14 T. Dumont
FORWARD 3 J. Anderson 11 L. McDonald
HALF-BACK

21 J. Simpkin
3 J. McVeigh 43 L. Melican 14 C. Mills



2 M. Williams 32 M. Wood 28 K. Turner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy (c) 10 Z. Jones



18 S. Atley 10 B. Cunnington 43 S. Gibson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 S. Naismith 29 G. Hewett
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 44 J. Lloyd
7 H. Cunningham 20 S. Reid 9 W. Hayward 4 D. Hannebery 28 N. Newman
34 J. Macmillan 16 S. Thompson 6 L. Hansen

22 D. Towers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 C. Sinclair 23 L. Franklin 41 T. Papley



33 E. Vickers-Willis 25 R. Tarrant 24 S. Durdin



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Kayne Turner behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:40
SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:40
NMLB Nathan Hrovat behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:24
SYDN Dean Towers behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 07:22
SYDN Zak Jones goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 10:54
SYDN Luke Parker goal 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 12:54
SYDN George Hewett behind 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 18:38
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 20:21
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 22:17
NMLB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 23:24
NMLB Nathan Hrovat goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 24:26
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 26:08
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 27:40
Q2 NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 01:36
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 4.3.27 - 6.2.38 03:42
NMLB Lachlan Hansen goal 5.3.33 - 6.2.38 06:52
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.3.33 - 6.3.39 08:18
SYDN Sam Reid goal 5.3.33 - 7.3.45 12:39
SYDN Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 7.4.46 14:50
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.3.33 - 7.5.47 17:00
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 5.4.34 - 7.5.47 18:01
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 6.4.40 - 7.5.47 18:33
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 6.4.40 - 8.5.53 19:59
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 6.4.40 - 9.5.59 21:19
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.4.40 - 10.5.65 23:02
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 6.4.40 - 10.6.66 24:17
SYDN Luke Parker goal 6.4.40 - 11.6.72 26:23
NMLB Ryan Clarke behind 6.5.41 - 11.6.72 27:53
NMLB Ben Brown goal 7.5.47 - 11.6.72 31:01
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.5.47 - 11.7.73 33:06
Q3 SYDN Sam Reid goal 7.5.47 - 12.7.79 00:59
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 7.5.47 - 12.8.80 04:08
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 7.5.47 - 13.8.86 06:45
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 7.5.47 - 13.9.87 08:50
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 7.6.48 - 13.9.87 15:48
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 8.6.54 - 13.9.87 16:49
NMLB Trent Dumont behind 8.7.55 - 13.9.87 22:21
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.7.55 - 14.9.93 24:37
NMLB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 14.9.93 26:00
SYDN George Hewett goal 8.8.56 - 15.9.99 27:25
Q4 NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 9.8.62 - 15.9.99 03:18
NMLB Sam Durdin behind 9.9.63 - 15.9.99 05:13
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.9.63 - 16.9.105 06:28
NMLB Ben Brown goal 10.9.69 - 16.9.105 08:03
SYDN Harry Marsh behind 10.9.69 - 16.10.106 10:43
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 11.9.75 - 16.10.106 11:47
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 11.9.75 - 17.10.112 14:22
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 11.10.76 - 17.10.112 18:01
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 11.11.77 - 17.10.112 18:56
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 11.12.78 - 17.10.112 19:45
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 11.12.78 - 17.11.113 22:24
SYDN Luke Parker behind 11.12.78 - 17.12.114 24:15
SYDN Will Hayward goal 11.12.78 - 18.12.120 27:31