2017 AFL Round 23: Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 2017 between Brisbane Lions and North Melbourne during round 23 of the 2017 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted North Melbourne at Gabba. Dayne Beams captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. McStay, H. Andrews, D. Rich
Half-back: D. Gardiner, J. Walker, S. Mayes
Centre: N. Robertson, D. Zorko, R. Bastinac
Half-forward: L. Taylor, M. Close, J. Allison
Forward: R. Mathieson, R. Lester, J. Barrett
Follower: S. Martin, T. Rockliff, D. Beams (capt.)
Int.: C. Beams, C. Cox, H. McCluggage, A. Witherden

North Melbourne
Back: S. Durdin, R. Tarrant, D. Mountford
Half-back: S. Atley, S. Thompson, R. Clarke
Centre: A. Mullett, L. McDonald, S. Gibson
Half-forward: N. Hrovat, L. Hansen, K. Turner
Forward: S. Higgins, B. Brown, L. Thomas
Follower: T. Goldstein, T. Dumont, B. Cunnington
Int.: J. Anderson, B. McKay, J. Simpkin, A. Swallow

Brisbane Lions (11.13.79) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.16.130).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: T. Rockliff (2), D. Zorko (2), C. Beams, D. Beams, M. Close, R. Mathieson, H. McCluggage, D. Rich, A. Witherden
North Melbourne: B. Brown (7), L. Thomas (3), S. Higgins (2), J. Anderson, B. Cunnington, S. Durdin, T. Goldstein, N. Hrovat, J. Simpkin, K. Turner

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 18th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 2017
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 15,416

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.13.79 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 5 . 0 5 . 5 8 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
North Melbourne 1 . 8 5 . 9 13 . 12 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin BRIL by 16 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 51 NMLB by 51
Duration 30:20 30:04 38:59 33:28 2:12:51

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dayne Beams (Brisbane Lions), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), S. Jeffery (#29), B. Wallace (#33), E: L. Haussen (#5)
Goal Umpire: S. Apted, T. Symes, E: A. Meldrum
Boundary Umpire: P. Bock, A. Deckys, G. Hughes, N. Wade

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Brown NMLB 50 3
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 2
Daniel Rich BRIL 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Brown NMLB 50 9 1 1 0 0 0
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Trent Dumont NMLB 14 5 0 0 1 1 0
Daniel Rich BRIL 10 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Luke McDonald NMLB 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Thompson NMLB 16 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Allison, Jacob HFFR 68% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4
31 Andrews, Harris FB 97% 0 0 9 3 6 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0
43 Barrett, Jake FPR 83% 0 1 15 5 10 7 0 3 1 5 0 3 0 3
4 Bastinac, Ryan WR 89% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 1
17 Beams, Claye INT 61% 1 1 17 11 6 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
9 Beams, Dayne (c) RO 88% 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 4 5 4 0 2 2 2
33 Close, Michael CHF 87% 1 1 11 11 0 7 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 3
20 Cox, Cedric INT 68% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
27 Gardiner, Darcy HBFL 85% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 5 1 3 1 0 3 1
35 Lester, Ryan FF 69% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
12 Martin, Stefan RU 89% 0 0 15 5 10 3 36 3 1 3 1 1 0 2
36 Mathieson, Rhys FPL 81% 1 0 23 11 12 7 0 2 3 6 0 1 2 5
32 Mayes, Sam HBFR 92% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 1
6 McCluggage, Hugh INT 78% 1 1 17 11 6 8 0 2 0 5 0 1 4 3
25 McStay, Daniel BPL 78% 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2
10 Rich, Daniel BPR 84% 1 3 24 17 7 5 0 4 5 1 4 1 3 4
18 Robertson, Nick WL 80% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2
38 Rockliff, Tom RR 87% 2 2 17 8 9 5 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 4
28 Taylor, Lewis HFFL 88% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 3
14 Walker, Josh CHB 82% 0 0 15 5 10 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 Witherden, Alex INT 85% 1 0 27 20 7 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 1
15 Zorko, Dayne C 81% 2 1 26 16 10 4 0 6 1 5 2 1 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 13 362 198 164 105 42 52 29 57 14 20 38 50

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed INT 80% 1 2 13 11 2 3 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 0
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 89% 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 5
50 Brown, Ben FF 97% 7 2 14 13 1 9 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 3
13 Clarke, Ryan HBFR 87% 0 1 27 16 11 9 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 70% 1 2 21 10 11 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2
14 Dumont, Trent RR 87% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 6 6 3 3 1 3 5
24 Durdin, Sam BPL 82% 1 0 17 11 6 6 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 4
43 Gibson, Sam WR 87% 0 1 21 13 8 7 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 89% 1 0 16 5 11 4 31 4 5 1 2 0 0 3
6 Hansen, Lachlan CHF 86% 0 0 18 11 7 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 1
4 Higgins, Shaun FPL 80% 2 2 29 21 8 5 0 3 6 5 0 2 1 12
8 Hrovat, Nathan HFFL 80% 1 1 18 10 8 7 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 3
11 McDonald, Luke C 94% 0 1 27 21 6 9 0 2 3 3 2 0 4 7
23 McKay, Ben INT 50% 0 0 9 2 7 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
42 Mountford, Declan BPR 76% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 2
17 Mullett, Aaron WL 87% 0 0 21 16 5 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 2
21 Simpkin, Jy INT 72% 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew INT 67% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 1 9 3 1 1 1 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 91% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 82% 3 1 10 8 2 3 0 5 2 3 1 3 0 1
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 95% 0 0 19 15 4 7 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 3
28 Turner, Kayne HFFR 72% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 19 16 400 255 145 123 34 56 47 50 20 14 35 65

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 S. Durdin 25 R. Tarrant 42 D. Mountford 12 S. Martin 17 C. Beams
43 J. Barrett 35 R. Lester 36 R. Mathieson 38 T. Rockliff 20 C. Cox
FORWARD 9 D. Beams (c) 6 H. McCluggage
HALF-BACK

29 A. Witherden
18 S. Atley 16 S. Thompson 13 R. Clarke



37 J. Allison 33 M. Close 28 L. Taylor



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 A. Mullett 11 L. McDonald 43 S. Gibson



4 R. Bastinac 15 D. Zorko 18 N. Robertson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Dumont 23 B. McKay
8 N. Hrovat 6 L. Hansen 28 K. Turner 10 B. Cunnington 21 J. Simpkin
32 S. Mayes 14 J. Walker 27 D. Gardiner

9 A. Swallow
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 S. Higgins 50 B. Brown 12 L. Thomas



10 D. Rich 31 H. Andrews 25 D. McStay



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:09
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:08
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 02:28
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 0.0.0 - 0.4.4 03:21
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 1.0.6 - 0.4.4 05:00
NMLB Sam Durdin goal 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 06:00
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 1.0.6 - 1.5.11 07:41
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 1.0.6 - 1.6.12 08:24
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 2.0.12 - 1.6.12 08:50
NMLB Luke McDonald behind 2.0.12 - 1.7.13 11:25
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 2.0.12 - 1.8.14 15:46
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 3.0.18 - 1.8.14 16:59
BRIL Michael Close goal 4.0.24 - 1.8.14 21:51
BRIL Claye Beams goal 5.0.30 - 1.8.14 24:16
Q2 BRIL Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 1.8.14 05:46
NMLB Nathan Hrovat goal 5.1.31 - 2.8.20 07:16
BRIL Jake Barrett behind 5.2.32 - 2.8.20 09:09
NMLB Ben Brown goal 5.2.32 - 3.8.26 11:21
NMLB Jed Anderson behind 5.2.32 - 3.9.27 14:52
BRIL Claye Beams behind 5.3.33 - 3.9.27 15:56
BRIL Dayne Beams behind 5.4.34 - 3.9.27 19:45
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 5.5.35 - 3.9.27 20:37
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 5.5.35 - 4.9.33 25:08
NMLB Ben Brown goal 5.5.35 - 5.9.39 27:20
Q3 NMLB Ben Brown goal 5.5.35 - 6.9.45 01:34
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 5.5.35 - 7.9.51 04:04
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 5.5.35 - 8.9.57 05:19
NMLB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 8.10.58 07:14
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 5.5.35 - 9.10.64 08:33
NMLB Ryan Clarke behind 5.5.35 - 9.11.65 09:50
BRIL Michael Close behind 5.6.36 - 9.11.65 11:48
BRIL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 9.11.65 13:25
NMLB Ben Brown goal 5.7.37 - 10.11.71 13:54
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 5.8.38 - 10.11.71 16:18
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 6.8.44 - 10.11.71 16:47
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 6.8.44 - 11.11.77 19:39
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 6.8.44 - 12.11.83 20:43
NMLB Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 12.12.84 23:08
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.8.44 - 13.12.90 24:28
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 7.8.50 - 13.12.90 27:57
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 7.9.51 - 13.12.90 35:07
BRIL Daniel Rich goal 8.9.57 - 13.12.90 36:15
Q4 NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 8.9.57 - 14.12.96 02:35
BRIL Alex Witherden goal 9.9.63 - 14.12.96 04:04
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 9.10.64 - 14.12.96 05:48
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.10.64 - 15.12.102 07:43
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.10.64 - 16.12.108 10:20
NMLB Jed Anderson behind 9.10.64 - 16.13.109 11:28
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 10.10.70 - 16.13.109 14:13
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 10.10.70 - 17.13.115 15:57
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 10.10.70 - 18.13.121 17:33
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 10.10.70 - 19.13.127 19:35
BRIL Rhys Mathieson goal 11.10.76 - 19.13.127 21:26
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 11.11.77 - 19.13.127 23:22
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 11.12.78 - 19.13.127 26:08
NMLB Nathan Hrovat behind 11.12.78 - 19.14.128 30:30
NMLB Ben Brown behind 11.12.78 - 19.15.129 30:57
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 11.13.79 - 19.15.129 32:02
NMLB Ben Brown behind 11.13.79 - 19.16.130 33:22