2017 AFL Round 16: North Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 2017 between North Melbourne and Fremantle during round 16 of the 2017 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fremantle at Etihad Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

North Melbourne
Back: L. McDonald, R. Tarrant, A. Mullett
Half-back: S. Atley, S. Thompson, D. Nielson
Centre: S. Gibson, S. Higgins, D. Mountford
Half-forward: N. Hrovat, M. Daw, T. Garner
Forward: L. Thomas, B. Brown, C. Wagner
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Ziebell (capt.), B. Cunnington
Int.: T. Dumont, M. Hibberd, J. Simpkin, A. Swallow

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, J. Hamling, G. Logue
Half-back: E. Hughes, M. Johnson, R. Nyhuis
Centre: S. Hill, B. Grey, B. Hill
Half-forward: H. Ballantyne, S. Kersten, N. Suban
Forward: M. Walters, B. Cox, C. Blakely
Follower: S. Darcy, N. Fyfe (capt.), D. Tucker
Int.: H. Crozier, L. Neale, T. Sheridan, L. Weller

North Melbourne (12.10.82) were defeated by Fremantle (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (4), A. Mullett (2), S. Atley, S. Higgins, L. McDonald, D. Mountford, A. Swallow, J. Ziebell
Fremantle: R. Nyhuis (4), M. Walters (3), S. Kersten (2), D. Tucker (2), B. Cox, N. Fyfe

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 12th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 9 July 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 19,267

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 12.10.82 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Fremantle 4 . 3 9 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin FREM by 19 FREM by 19 FREM by 8 FREM by 4 FREM by 4
Duration 27:31 32:15 27:32 34:10 2:01:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), L. Haussen (#5), B. Hosking (#16), E: E. Tee (#34)
Goal Umpire: D. Rodan, S. Williams, E: M. Dervan
Boundary Umpire: T. Morrison, L. Rayner, C. Roberts, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 3
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2
Connor Blakely FREM 19 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 6 0 0 2 0 0
Connor Blakely FREM 19 4 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Walters FREM 10 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2 0 0 0 1 0
Aaron Mullett NMLB 17 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Nyhuis FREM 43 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 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 HBFL 83% 1 0 19 8 11 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 4 2 13 11 2 7 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 5
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 76% 0 1 28 7 21 1 0 8 8 3 1 2 2 3
38 Daw, Majak CHF 82% 0 0 4 3 1 1 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
14 Dumont, Trent INT 65% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0
27 Garner, Taylor HFFR 80% 0 0 15 5 10 0 0 2 1 5 2 4 1 2
43 Gibson, Sam WL 91% 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 7 2 1 0 1 1 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 85% 0 2 15 7 8 3 32 4 5 1 3 0 0 2
39 Hibberd, Mitchell INT 89% 0 0 22 10 12 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
4 Higgins, Shaun C 84% 1 0 26 18 8 6 0 5 4 1 3 1 1 7
8 Hrovat, Nathan HFFL 75% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPL 84% 1 0 22 12 10 5 0 5 2 6 0 2 0 4
42 Mountford, Declan WR 71% 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 2
17 Mullett, Aaron BPR 84% 2 1 24 20 4 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 2
26 Nielson, Dan HBFR 91% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 0 5 2 2 3 1
21 Simpkin, Jy INT 71% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
9 Swallow, Andrew INT 65% 1 0 22 6 16 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 91% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 6 2
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 72% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 4
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 96% 0 0 21 10 11 10 0 4 0 2 0 1 5 2
41 Wagner, Corey FPR 87% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) RR 77% 1 1 28 16 12 4 0 8 9 2 0 1 4 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 10 394 205 189 89 47 79 42 44 17 16 37 52

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden HFFL 78% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
19 Blakely, Connor FPR 92% 0 0 32 19 13 12 0 4 3 1 0 0 7 4
36 Cox, Brennan FF 84% 1 0 10 4 6 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
17 Crozier, Hayden INT 70% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
4 Darcy, Sean RU 88% 0 0 10 3 7 2 34 7 2 5 0 3 0 2
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) RR 88% 1 1 33 11 22 6 0 4 12 2 2 2 2 4
28 Grey, Brady C 75% 0 2 12 8 4 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 1
21 Hamling, Joel FB 79% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0
9 Hill, Bradley WR 82% 0 1 25 18 7 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 4
32 Hill, Stephen WL 79% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFL 90% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 0
37 Johnson, Michael CHB 98% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 6 0 2 2 1 3 0
22 Kersten, Shane CHF 91% 2 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
2 Logue, Griffin BPR 96% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1
27 Neale, Lachie INT 69% 0 0 27 14 13 7 0 4 7 4 1 2 1 4
43 Nyhuis, Ryan HBFR 90% 4 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
38 Ryan, Luke BPL 84% 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 3
11 Sheridan, Tom INT 37% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Suban, Nick HFFR 90% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 10 1 5 2 4 1 0
18 Tucker, Darcy RO 78% 2 1 15 9 6 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 3
10 Walters, Michael FPL 80% 3 0 20 15 5 7 0 5 3 1 2 0 1 7
14 Weller, Lachie INT 82% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 8 344 197 147 99 37 76 33 38 16 17 36 50

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
38 L. Ryan 21 J. Hamling 2 G. Logue 22 T. Goldstein 14 T. Dumont
41 C. Wagner 50 B. Brown 12 L. Thomas 7 J. Ziebell (c) 39 M. Hibberd
FORWARD 10 B. Cunnington 21 J. Simpkin
HALF-BACK

9 A. Swallow
15 E. Hughes 37 M. Johnson 43 R. Nyhuis



27 T. Garner 38 M. Daw 8 N. Hrovat



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 S. Hill 28 B. Grey 9 B. Hill



42 D. Mountford 4 S. Higgins 43 S. Gibson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 17 H. Crozier
HALF-FORWARD 7 N. Fyfe (c) 27 L. Neale
1 H. Ballantyne 22 S. Kersten 8 N. Suban 18 D. Tucker 11 T. Sheridan
26 D. Nielson 16 S. Thompson 18 S. Atley

14 L. Weller
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 M. Walters 36 B. Cox 19 C. Blakely



17 A. Mullett 25 R. Tarrant 11 L. McDonald



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Brady Grey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:23
FREM Bradley Hill behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:18
NMLB Ben Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 02:59
FREM Michael Walters goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 04:54
FREM Ryan Nyhuis goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 06:26
FREM Shane Kersten goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 11:07
FREM Michael Walters goal 0.1.1 - 4.2.26 13:44
NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 15:57
FREM Brady Grey behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 25:53
NMLB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 4.3.27 26:58
Q2 FREM Ryan Nyhuis goal 1.2.8 - 5.3.33 00:29
NMLB Ben Brown goal 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 04:30
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 07:34
FREM Michael Walters goal 3.2.20 - 6.3.39 10:16
NMLB Declan Mountford goal 4.2.26 - 6.3.39 14:16
FREM Darcy Tucker goal 4.2.26 - 7.3.45 16:40
NMLB Ben Brown behind 4.3.27 - 7.3.45 18:22
NMLB Aaron Mullett goal 5.3.33 - 7.3.45 22:00
FREM Darcy Tucker goal 5.3.33 - 8.3.51 26:47
FREM Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 8.4.52 28:08
FREM Brennan Cox goal 5.3.33 - 9.4.58 29:49
NMLB Shaun Atley goal 6.3.39 - 9.4.58 30:51
Q3 NMLB Aaron Mullett behind 6.4.40 - 9.4.58 01:58
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 7.4.46 - 9.4.58 10:11
FREM Darcy Tucker behind 7.4.46 - 9.5.59 14:42
FREM Ryan Nyhuis behind 7.4.46 - 9.6.60 19:47
NMLB Andrew Swallow goal 8.4.52 - 9.6.60 25:00
Q4 FREM Nat Fyfe behind 8.4.52 - 9.7.61 01:36
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 8.4.52 - 10.7.67 03:25
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.4.58 - 10.7.67 05:54
NMLB Luke McDonald goal 10.4.64 - 10.7.67 07:46
NMLB Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 10.7.67 09:09
FREM Shane Kersten goal 10.5.65 - 11.7.73 10:16
NMLB Aaron Mullett goal 11.5.71 - 11.7.73 15:03
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 11.6.72 - 11.7.73 17:24
NMLB Ben Brown goal 12.6.78 - 11.7.73 18:19
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 12.7.79 - 11.7.73 21:02
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 12.8.80 - 11.7.73 23:19
FREM Ryan Nyhuis goal 12.8.80 - 12.7.79 24:41
FREM Shane Kersten behind 12.8.80 - 12.8.80 26:20
FREM Ryan Nyhuis goal 12.8.80 - 13.8.86 28:53
NMLB Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 13.8.86 30:54
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 12.10.82 - 13.8.86 33:20