2019 AFL Round 1: Fremantle v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2019 between Fremantle and North Melbourne during round 1 of the 2019 AFL season. Fremantle hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Nat Fyfe captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Fremantle
Back: J. Hamling, A. Pearce, L. Ryan
Half-back: R. Conca, N. Wilson, D. Tucker
Centre: E. Langdon, N. Fyfe (capt.), B. Hill
Half-forward: A. Cerra, C. McCarthy, M. Walters
Forward: H. Ballantyne, L. Schultz, R. Lobb
Follower: S. Darcy, B. Banfield, D. Mundy
Int.: A. Brayshaw, T. Colyer, E. Hughes, M. Taberner

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, R. Tarrant, B. McKay
Half-back: J. Polec, J. Macmillan, J. Pittard
Centre: T. Dumont, S. Higgins, L. McDonald
Half-forward: A. Hall, M. Wood, B. Scott
Forward: J. Ziebell (capt.), B. Brown, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, J. Simpkin
Int.: S. Atley, L. Davies-Uniacke, D. Tyson, E. Vickers-Willis

Fremantle (21.15.141) defeated North Melbourne (9.5.59).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: C. McCarthy (5), M. Walters (3), R. Lobb (2), L. Schultz (2), D. Tucker (2), H. Ballantyne, T. Colyer, N. Fyfe, B. Hill, D. Mundy, L. Ryan, M. Taberner
North Melbourne: B. Brown (2), B. Scott (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, K. Turner, J. Ziebell

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 2nd on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fremantle v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 March 2019
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 40,033

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.15.141 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 5 . 4 11 . 9 16 . 13 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
North Melbourne 2 . 0 6 . 0 7 . 2 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin FREM by 22 FREM by 39 FREM by 65 FREM by 82 FREM by 82
Duration 32:06 32:18 28:19 30:39 2:03:22

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), J. Mollison (#32), J. Power (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 3
Cam McCarthy FREM 23 2
Bradley Hill FREM 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Bradley Hill FREM 9 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Cam McCarthy FREM 23 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Alex Pearce FREM 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Darcy Tucker FREM 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Michael Walters FREM 10 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden FPL 67% 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
41 Banfield, Bailey RR 78% 0 1 20 9 11 7 0 4 0 5 1 3 0 3
8 Brayshaw, Andrew INT 73% 0 1 20 6 14 3 0 4 2 3 0 2 0 4
5 Cerra, Adam HFFL 83% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
33 Colyer, Travis INT 70% 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 1
6 Conca, Reece HBFL 81% 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 1
4 Darcy, Sean RU 88% 0 2 10 6 4 1 27 4 5 1 0 1 0 3
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 79% 1 1 32 10 22 4 0 4 10 5 3 3 0 8
21 Hamling, Joel BPL 93% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 4 3
9 Hill, Bradley WR 84% 1 0 28 17 11 2 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 4
15 Hughes, Ethan INT 87% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1
26 Langdon, Ed WL 83% 0 0 25 16 9 8 0 4 1 1 1 0 6 9
37 Lobb, Rory FPR 88% 2 1 11 9 2 4 6 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
23 McCarthy, Cam CHF 93% 5 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4
16 Mundy, David RO 70% 1 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 6 3 0 2 1 5
25 Pearce, Alex FB 96% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 8 0
38 Ryan, Luke BPR 77% 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 0 4 1 3 6 2
28 Schultz, Lachie FF 71% 2 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1
20 Taberner, Matt INT 86% 1 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 4
18 Tucker, Darcy HBFR 86% 2 1 24 17 7 4 0 7 3 4 2 3 1 7
10 Walters, Michael HFFR 83% 3 1 19 12 7 4 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 3
14 Wilson, Nathan CHB 84% 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 21 15 381 231 150 84 33 64 39 62 22 26 36 68

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun INT 84% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 4
50 Brown, Ben FF 95% 2 1 11 8 3 0 1 2 0 4 6 0 0 4
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 84% 0 0 26 9 17 3 0 2 7 5 2 4 3 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke INT 72% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
14 Dumont, Trent WL 89% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 5 1 8 3 2 0 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 96% 1 0 12 5 7 4 34 4 1 3 1 1 0 1
43 Hall, Aaron HFFL 76% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 4
4 Higgins, Shaun C 79% 1 0 26 15 11 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 6
34 Macmillan, Jamie CHB 90% 0 0 37 21 16 4 0 3 0 7 2 1 12 1
11 McDonald, Luke WR 91% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 6 0
23 McKay, Ben BPR 88% 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 1
17 Pittard, Jasper HBFR 84% 0 0 19 8 11 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
13 Polec, Jared HBFL 87% 0 0 27 18 9 7 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 4
30 Scott, Bailey HFFR 81% 2 0 21 11 10 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 77% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 90% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 0 4 0 2 4 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 84% 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 5
21 Tyson, Dom INT 70% 0 0 22 6 16 3 0 5 2 7 2 3 3 0
33 Vickers-Willis, Ed INT 13% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2 Williams, Marley BPL 87% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 1
32 Wood, Mason CHF 86% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPL 97% 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 5 390 205 185 77 35 60 28 70 26 22 43 47

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

Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 M. Williams 25 R. Tarrant 23 B. McKay 4 S. Darcy 8 A. Brayshaw
37 R. Lobb 28 L. Schultz 1 H. Ballantyne 41 B. Banfield 33 T. Colyer
FORWARD 16 D. Mundy 15 E. Hughes
HALF-BACK

20 M. Taberner
13 J. Polec 34 J. Macmillan 17 J. Pittard



10 M. Walters 23 C. McCarthy 5 A. Cerra



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 T. Dumont 4 S. Higgins 11 L. McDonald



9 B. Hill 7 N. Fyfe (c) 26 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 18 S. Atley
HALF-FORWARD 10 B. Cunnington 9 L. Davies-Uniacke
43 A. Hall 32 M. Wood 30 B. Scott 12 J. Simpkin 21 D. Tyson
18 D. Tucker 14 N. Wilson 6 R. Conca

33 E. Vickers-Willis
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 J. Ziebell (c) 50 B. Brown 28 K. Turner



38 L. Ryan 25 A. Pearce 21 J. Hamling



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Luke Ryan goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 05:21
FREM Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 09:25
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 13:52
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 15:49
FREM Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 17:00
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 19:30
FREM Darcy Tucker goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 20:44
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 25:32
FREM Bradley Hill goal 5.2.32 - 2.0.12 26:56
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 5.3.33 - 2.0.12 29:11
FREM Darcy Tucker behind 5.4.34 - 2.0.12 30:13
Q2 FREM Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 2.0.12 00:30
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 5.6.36 - 2.0.12 04:46
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 6.6.42 - 2.0.12 07:23
FREM David Mundy goal 7.6.48 - 2.0.12 08:28
NMLB Ben Brown goal 7.6.48 - 3.0.18 13:24
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 7.6.48 - 4.0.24 16:16
FREM Sean Darcy behind 7.7.49 - 4.0.24 18:35
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 8.7.55 - 4.0.24 19:58
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 8.7.55 - 5.0.30 21:47
FREM Michael Walters behind 8.8.56 - 5.0.30 24:24
FREM Nat Fyfe behind 8.9.57 - 5.0.30 24:52
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 9.9.63 - 5.0.30 25:57
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 10.9.69 - 5.0.30 27:52
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 10.9.69 - 6.0.36 29:11
FREM Travis Colyer goal 11.9.75 - 6.0.36 30:28
Q3 FREM Ethan Hughes behind 11.10.76 - 6.0.36 03:16
FREM Rory Lobb goal 12.10.82 - 6.0.36 04:26
FREM Bailey Banfield behind 12.11.83 - 6.0.36 05:29
NMLB Ben Brown goal 12.11.83 - 7.0.42 07:47
FREM Rory Lobb behind 12.12.84 - 7.0.42 10:04
NMLB Ben Brown behind 12.12.84 - 7.1.43 13:52
FREM Darcy Tucker goal 13.12.90 - 7.1.43 18:48
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 13.12.90 - 7.2.44 20:38
FREM Sean Darcy behind 13.13.91 - 7.2.44 21:55
FREM Matt Taberner goal 14.13.97 - 7.2.44 23:08
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 15.13.103 - 7.2.44 24:24
FREM Michael Walters goal 16.13.109 - 7.2.44 26:52
Q4 FREM Lachie Schultz goal 17.13.115 - 7.2.44 00:51
NMLB Rushed behind 17.13.115 - 7.3.45 02:57
FREM Rushed behind 17.14.116 - 7.3.45 05:44
NMLB Rushed behind 17.14.116 - 7.4.46 07:29
FREM Michael Walters goal 18.14.122 - 7.4.46 10:31
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 19.14.128 - 7.4.46 11:58
FREM Michael Walters goal 20.14.134 - 7.4.46 15:23
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 20.14.134 - 8.4.52 19:16
FREM Rushed behind 20.15.135 - 8.4.52 20:35
NMLB Rushed behind 20.15.135 - 8.5.53 21:08
FREM Rory Lobb goal 21.15.141 - 8.5.53 22:49
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 21.15.141 - 9.5.59 28:03