2018 AFL Round 17: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 2018 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 17 of the 2018 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. Wright, S. Thompson, M. Williams
Half-back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, L. McDonald
Centre: A. Morgan, L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Dumont
Half-forward: S. Atley, J. Ziebell (capt.), J. Anderson
Forward: M. Daw, B. Brown, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, S. Higgins
Int.: P. Ahern, R. Clarke, N. Hrovat, J. Simpkin

Sydney
Back: N. Smith, D. Rampe, H. Marsh
Half-back: Z. Jones, A. Aliir, J. Lloyd
Centre: O. Florent, J. Kennedy (capt.), W. Hayward
Half-forward: G. Hewett, L. Franklin, H. Cunningham
Forward: B. Ronke, T. McCartin, T. Papley
Follower: C. Sinclair, L. Parker, I. Heeney
Int.: R. Fox, N. Newman, C. O'Riordan, D. Robinson

North Melbourne (15.8.98) were defeated by Sydney (16.8.104).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Ziebell (5), B. Brown (4), M. Daw (4), N. Hrovat, J. Macmillan
Sydney: B. Ronke (5), L. Franklin (3), W. Hayward (2), I. Heeney (2), A. Aliir, H. Cunningham, R. Fox, T. Papley

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 15 July 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,633

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 15.8.98 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 1 6 . 2 12 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Sydney 3 . 1 8 . 3 10 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin NMLB by 12 SYDN by 13 NMLB by 11 SYDN by 6 SYDN by 6
Duration 28:44 31:03 31:20 31:29 2:02:36

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), D. Harris (#24), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 3
Ben Ronke SYDN 25 2
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Ronke SYDN 25 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 6 0 0 2 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 0 0 2 0
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 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
15 Ahern, Paul INT 71% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 3
3 Anderson, Jed HFFR 77% 0 0 27 10 17 3 0 4 5 3 2 0 0 6
18 Atley, Shaun HFFL 89% 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 4 2 17 13 4 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
13 Clarke, Ryan INT 64% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 79% 0 0 21 6 15 1 0 6 6 4 1 2 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 72% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 3
1 Daw, Majak FPL 92% 4 2 10 8 2 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
14 Dumont, Trent WR 84% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 96% 0 0 18 5 13 5 52 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
4 Higgins, Shaun RO 86% 0 0 33 17 16 2 0 3 7 5 3 2 5 8
8 Hrovat, Nathan INT 85% 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 89% 1 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 86% 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 3
21 Morgan, Alex WL 86% 0 0 18 8 10 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1
12 Simpkin, Jy INT 82% 0 0 18 7 11 5 0 1 2 5 0 0 2 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 94% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
16 Thompson, Scott FB 93% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 3
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 3% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Williams, Marley BPR 88% 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 5 1
19 Wright, Sam BPL 90% 0 0 22 10 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) CHF 97% 5 1 22 15 7 9 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 8 375 193 182 90 56 51 36 49 20 9 34 51

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 91% 1 0 23 12 11 10 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 1
7 Cunningham, Harry HFFR 82% 1 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 5
13 Florent, Oliver WL 78% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 3
42 Fox, Robbie INT 73% 1 0 13 5 8 3 0 5 1 3 2 1 2 2
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 93% 3 1 19 14 5 9 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 5
9 Hayward, Will WR 85% 2 2 16 14 2 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 5
5 Heeney, Isaac RO 88% 2 0 28 13 15 3 0 4 5 5 0 1 0 4
29 Hewett, George HFFL 89% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 5 4 2 2 1 2 0
10 Jones, Zak HBFL 84% 0 0 23 6 17 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 2
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 22% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 94% 0 0 30 19 11 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 3 2
31 Marsh, Harry BPR 84% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
30 McCartin, Tom FF 86% 0 1 10 5 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
28 Newman, Nic INT 72% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 71% 0 0 19 9 10 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 0
11 Papley, Tom FPR 82% 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 4
26 Parker, Luke RR 89% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 6 1 1 1 1 1
24 Rampe, Dane FB 100% 0 0 28 20 8 10 0 0 0 5 0 3 9 4
27 Robinson, Dan INT 75% 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
25 Ronke, Ben FPL 74% 5 1 16 13 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 95% 0 1 15 10 5 3 25 8 4 4 1 1 3 2
40 Smith, Nick BPL 92% 0 0 11 4 7 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 16 8 391 219 172 105 25 52 33 59 9 20 36 52

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 24 D. Rampe 31 H. Marsh 22 T. Goldstein 15 P. Ahern
28 K. Turner 50 B. Brown 1 M. Daw 10 B. Cunnington 13 R. Clarke
FORWARD 4 S. Higgins 8 N. Hrovat
HALF-BACK

12 J. Simpkin
10 Z. Jones 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd



3 J. Anderson 7 J. Ziebell (c) 18 S. Atley



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Florent 12 J. Kennedy (c) 9 W. Hayward



14 T. Dumont 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 21 A. Morgan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 42 R. Fox
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 28 N. Newman
29 G. Hewett 23 L. Franklin 7 H. Cunningham 5 I. Heeney 38 C. O'Riordan
11 L. McDonald 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan

27 D. Robinson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 B. Ronke 30 T. McCartin 11 T. Papley



2 M. Williams 16 S. Thompson 19 S. Wright



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Ben Ronke goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:54
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:20
NMLB Ben Brown goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:47
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 10:21
SYDN Will Hayward behind 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 11:25
NMLB Jamie Macmillan goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 16:19
NMLB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 20:09
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 22:54
NMLB Majak Daw goal 4.1.25 - 3.1.19 24:54
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.1.31 - 3.1.19 27:00
Q2 SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.1.31 - 4.1.25 00:26
SYDN Ben Ronke goal 5.1.31 - 5.1.31 06:19
SYDN Ben Ronke goal 5.1.31 - 6.1.37 08:34
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.1.37 - 6.1.37 15:06
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 6.1.37 - 6.2.38 16:55
NMLB Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 6.2.38 22:41
SYDN Tom Papley behind 6.2.38 - 6.3.39 25:03
SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.2.38 - 7.3.45 25:48
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 6.2.38 - 8.3.51 28:38
Q3 NMLB Nathan Hrovat goal 7.2.44 - 8.3.51 00:16
NMLB Majak Daw goal 8.2.50 - 8.3.51 02:19
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 8.2.50 - 8.4.52 04:57
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 9.2.56 - 8.4.52 07:51
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 9.3.57 - 8.4.52 09:38
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.3.57 - 8.5.53 10:12
SYDN Ben Ronke goal 9.3.57 - 9.5.59 11:23
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.3.57 - 9.6.60 13:03
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.3.57 - 10.6.66 16:47
NMLB Ben Brown behind 9.4.58 - 10.6.66 22:13
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 10.4.64 - 10.6.66 23:26
NMLB Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 10.6.66 25:07
NMLB Ben Brown goal 11.5.71 - 10.6.66 26:50
NMLB Majak Daw goal 12.5.77 - 10.6.66 28:31
Q4 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 12.5.77 - 11.6.72 01:03
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 12.5.77 - 11.7.73 02:43
NMLB Majak Daw behind 12.6.78 - 11.7.73 05:53
NMLB Ben Brown behind 12.7.79 - 11.7.73 10:45
SYDN Robbie Fox goal 12.7.79 - 12.7.79 13:03
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.7.79 - 13.7.85 14:44
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.7.79 - 14.7.91 16:59
NMLB Ben Brown goal 13.7.85 - 14.7.91 18:48
NMLB Majak Daw goal 14.7.91 - 14.7.91 20:39
NMLB Majak Daw behind 14.8.92 - 14.7.91 23:08
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 15.8.98 - 14.7.91 23:40
SYDN Ben Ronke goal 15.8.98 - 15.7.97 26:46
SYDN Ben Ronke behind 15.8.98 - 15.8.98 27:47
SYDN Aliir Aliir goal 15.8.98 - 16.8.104 28:25