2019 AFL Round 9: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 2019 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 9 of the 2019 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Blundstone Arena. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

North Melbourne
Back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, M. Williams
Half-back: S. Atley, S. Thompson, J. Pittard
Centre: T. Dumont, B. Cunnington, J. Polec
Half-forward: K. Turner, N. Larkey, T. Garner
Forward: M. Wood, B. Brown, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Follower: T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, J. Simpkin
Int.: J. Anderson, L. McDonald, T. Thomas, C. Zurhaar

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe, L. Melican, C. Mills
Half-back: C. O'Riordan, A. Aliir, J. Lloyd
Centre: I. Heeney, R. Clarke, G. Hewett
Half-forward: W. Hayward, S. Reid, O. Florent
Forward: N. Blakey, T. McCartin, L. Parker
Follower: C. Sinclair, Z. Jones, T. Papley
Int.: J. Dawson, R. Fox, J. Rowbottom, J. Thurlow

North Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Sydney (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: K. Turner (2), B. Brown, B. Cunnington, N. Larkey, J. Polec, J. Simpkin, R. Tarrant, M. Wood, C. Zurhaar
Sydney: T. Papley (4), O. Florent (2), N. Blakey, J. Dawson, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd, T. McCartin

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

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 18 May 2019
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 12,799

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 10.12.72 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 3 6 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Sydney 1 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin NMLB by 9 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 27 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration 28:29 33:46 29:49 33:18 2:05:22

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), B. Hosking (#16), J. Howorth (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 3
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2
Tom Papley SYDN 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
George Hewett SYDN 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Papley SYDN 11 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
Trent Dumont NMLB 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 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
3 Anderson, Jed INT 68% 0 0 29 10 19 6 0 6 6 4 1 0 1 3
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 84% 0 1 18 7 11 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 2 1
50 Brown, Ben FF 95% 1 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben C 73% 1 0 23 12 11 6 0 4 5 2 2 1 1 3
14 Dumont, Trent WL 90% 0 0 31 18 13 4 0 3 6 7 1 2 1 9
6 Garner, Taylor HFFR 64% 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 83% 0 0 12 2 10 1 39 2 3 1 0 1 0 2
4 Higgins, Shaun RR 89% 0 1 20 11 9 1 0 3 4 5 0 1 3 3
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 81% 1 0 10 2 8 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
34 Macmillan, Jamie BPL 91% 0 0 34 20 14 6 0 2 0 5 3 1 7 5
11 McDonald, Luke INT 79% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 2 0 4 1 3 2 0
17 Pittard, Jasper HBFR 79% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 0 2 4 1 2 5 1
13 Polec, Jared WR 90% 1 0 25 15 10 6 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 1
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 71% 1 2 24 14 10 3 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 6
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 93% 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 5 0 7 2 4 0 0
26 Thomas, Tarryn INT 64% 0 2 12 4 8 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 92% 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 2
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 82% 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2
2 Williams, Marley BPR 82% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 2
32 Wood, Mason FPL 78% 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPR 91% 0 1 35 22 13 10 0 8 1 3 0 0 1 7
44 Zurhaar, Cameron INT 80% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 12 406 214 192 74 47 56 36 73 20 27 36 57

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 90% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0
22 Blakey, Nick FPL 75% 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 1 1 4
4 Clarke, Ryan C 96% 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 1 5
34 Dawson, Jordan INT 77% 1 1 24 15 9 7 0 5 2 4 3 0 3 2
13 Florent, Oliver HFFR 84% 2 1 22 16 6 4 0 1 6 6 0 2 2 8
42 Fox, Robbie INT 76% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 1
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 77% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 78% 1 1 19 11 8 6 0 5 3 1 3 0 2 2
29 Hewett, George WR 81% 0 0 29 14 15 2 0 5 9 5 1 2 1 4
10 Jones, Zak RR 35% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 93% 1 0 28 21 7 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 10 1
30 McCartin, Tom FF 91% 1 2 14 9 5 5 0 0 1 6 2 1 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 87% 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
14 Mills, Callum BPR 90% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin HBFL 74% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 2 1
11 Papley, Tom RO 88% 4 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 4
26 Parker, Luke FPR 89% 0 1 28 19 9 6 0 9 4 1 1 0 3 2
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 98% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 11 1
20 Reid, Sam CHF 88% 0 0 9 6 3 5 5 5 1 2 1 2 0 2
8 Rowbottom, James INT 64% 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 91% 0 1 12 7 5 2 35 6 3 6 1 4 2 2
6 Thurlow, Jackson INT 76% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 11 336 211 125 71 40 79 41 61 27 20 46 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

North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 D. Rampe 43 L. Melican 14 C. Mills 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
7 J. Ziebell (c) 50 B. Brown 32 M. Wood 4 S. Higgins 11 L. McDonald
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 26 T. Thomas
HALF-BACK

44 C. Zurhaar
38 C. O'Riordan 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd



6 T. Garner 20 N. Larkey 28 K. Turner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. Heeney 4 R. Clarke 29 G. Hewett



13 J. Polec 10 B. Cunnington 14 T. Dumont FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 34 J. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD 10 Z. Jones 42 R. Fox
9 W. Hayward 20 S. Reid 13 O. Florent 11 T. Papley 8 J. Rowbottom
17 J. Pittard 16 S. Thompson 18 S. Atley

6 J. Thurlow
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 26 L. Parker



2 M. Williams 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Nick Blakey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:38
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:44
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 07:25
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 14:29
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 15:44
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 17:40
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 3.0.18 - 1.3.9 21:39
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 3.0.18 - 1.4.10 25:49
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 3.1.19 - 1.4.10 27:12
Q2 SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 01:09
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 03:18
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.1.19 - 3.5.23 04:18
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 3.1.19 - 3.6.24 10:06
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 3.1.19 - 4.6.30 11:43
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 3.1.19 - 5.6.36 13:37
SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.1.19 - 6.6.42 18:23
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 3.1.19 - 7.6.48 20:55
NMLB Mason Wood goal 4.1.25 - 7.6.48 22:52
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 4.2.26 - 7.6.48 25:48
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 5.2.32 - 7.6.48 27:05
NMLB Taylor Garner behind 5.3.33 - 7.6.48 29:41
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 5.3.33 - 8.6.54 32:08
Q3 SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.3.33 - 9.6.60 01:49
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 5.4.34 - 9.6.60 03:12
NMLB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 9.6.60 07:13
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 5.5.35 - 9.7.61 10:06
NMLB Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 9.7.61 13:21
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 5.6.36 - 10.7.67 16:59
NMLB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 10.7.67 18:49
SYDN Luke Parker behind 5.7.37 - 10.8.68 22:00
SYDN Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 10.9.69 25:15
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.7.43 - 10.9.69 26:12
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 6.7.43 - 10.10.70 27:56
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.7.43 - 11.10.76 01:56
NMLB Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 11.10.76 04:16
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 7.8.50 - 11.10.76 07:07
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 8.8.56 - 11.10.76 08:07
SYDN Will Hayward behind 8.8.56 - 11.11.77 11:21
NMLB Robbie Tarrant goal 9.8.62 - 11.11.77 13:14
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 9.9.63 - 11.11.77 14:47
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 9.10.64 - 11.11.77 17:45
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 9.11.65 - 11.11.77 19:34
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 9.12.66 - 11.11.77 28:49
NMLB Jared Polec goal 10.12.72 - 11.11.77 30:19