2020 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2020 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round 1 of the 2020 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Jarryn Geary captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rhyce Shaw and the visitors were coached by Brett Ratten.

North Melbourne
Back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Pittard, J. Walker, S. Atley
Centre: A. Hall, B. Cunnington, J. Polec
Half-forward: T. Thomas, N. Larkey, S. Higgins
Forward: J. Ziebell (capt.), B. Brown, C. Taylor
Follower: T. Goldstein, T. Dumont, J. Simpkin
Int.: P. Ahern, J. Anderson, T. Murphy, C. Zurhaar

St Kilda
Back: J. Geary (capt.), C. Wilkie, D. Howard
Half-back: B. Long, H. Clark, D. Roberton
Centre: J. Billings, Z. Jones, B. Hill
Half-forward: J. Lonie, M. King, D. Hannebery
Forward: D. Butler, P. Ryder, T. Membrey
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele, J. Gresham
Int.: L. Dunstan, D. Kent, B. Paton, S. Ross

North Melbourne (8.8.56) defeated St Kilda (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Cunnington (2), B. Brown, T. Goldstein, A. Hall, N. Larkey, J. Simpkin, C. Taylor
St Kilda: J. Billings (2), M. King (2), T. Membrey, P. Ryder, J. Steele

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 22 March 2020
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 8.8.56 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 2 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 7 6 . 11 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin STKL by 14 STKL by 29 STKL by 4 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 2
Duration 29:10 26:01 24:09 24:06 1:43:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne), Brett Ratten (St Kilda)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), R. Chamberlain (#18), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 3
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 2
Luke Dunstan STKL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zak Jones STKL 3 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Jared Polec NMLB 13 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Jack Billings STKL 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Hannebery STKL 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Steele STKL 9 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 48% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Anderson, Jed INT 74% 0 1 16 8 8 2 0 2 1 5 0 2 2 3
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 88% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
50 Brown, Ben FF 96% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben C 87% 2 0 25 12 13 4 1 7 6 3 2 0 2 3
14 Dumont, Trent RR 95% 0 1 19 11 8 6 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 98% 1 0 14 7 7 2 27 0 7 2 3 0 4 0
43 Hall, Aaron WL 82% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2
4 Higgins, Shaun HFFR 89% 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 5 4 3 0 2 1 4
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 97% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
34 Macmillan, Jamie BPL 93% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 1 1 5 0 3 2
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 93% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
40 Murphy, Tom INT 80% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
17 Pittard, Jasper HBFL 97% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
13 Polec, Jared WR 91% 0 1 25 18 7 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 8
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 83% 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 97% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 0 4 0 3 3 1
31 Taylor, Curtis FPR 81% 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFL 79% 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1
19 Walker, Josh CHB 15% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPL 47% 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron INT 89% 0 1 8 3 5 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 8 274 155 119 51 28 51 30 46 20 17 30 44

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Billings, Jack WL 90% 2 0 18 9 9 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 3
16 Butler, Dan FPL 90% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 8 1 1 0 1 0 2
11 Clark, Hunter CHB 81% 0 0 18 10 8 0 0 3 3 5 0 2 4 1
7 Dunstan, Luke INT 81% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 6
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) BPL 86% 0 0 15 4 11 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
4 Gresham, Jade RO 42% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 5 1 2 1 1
10 Hannebery, Dan HFFR 81% 0 1 22 11 11 3 0 4 3 4 0 1 2 5
8 Hill, Bradley WR 84% 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 5
20 Howard, Dougal BPR 96% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 0
3 Jones, Zak C 85% 0 3 22 12 10 6 0 5 7 2 2 1 1 2
25 Kent, Dean INT 82% 0 2 14 8 6 5 0 5 0 3 3 0 1 3
12 King, Max CHF 77% 2 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
21 Long, Ben HBFL 68% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2
13 Lonie, Jack HFFL 88% 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 86% 0 1 12 9 3 6 13 2 1 4 1 3 2 4
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 94% 1 0 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
33 Paton, Ben INT 86% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 5 0 3 1 1 3 0
17 Roberton, Dylan HBFR 82% 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0
6 Ross, Sebastian INT 77% 0 0 22 10 12 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 2
18 Ryder, Paddy FF 76% 1 0 12 7 5 3 13 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
9 Steele, Jack RR 83% 1 0 22 8 14 2 0 4 4 2 2 0 3 1
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 86% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 12 300 167 133 51 26 72 25 49 17 20 36 40

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: Rhyce Shaw
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 J. Geary (c) 44 C. Wilkie 20 D. Howard 22 T. Goldstein 15 P. Ahern
31 C. Taylor 50 B. Brown 7 J. Ziebell (c) 14 T. Dumont 3 J. Anderson
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 40 T. Murphy
HALF-BACK

44 C. Zurhaar
21 B. Long 11 H. Clark 17 D. Roberton



4 S. Higgins 20 N. Larkey 26 T. Thomas



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 J. Billings 3 Z. Jones 8 B. Hill



13 J. Polec 10 B. Cunnington 43 A. Hall FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 7 L. Dunstan
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 25 D. Kent
13 J. Lonie 12 M. King 10 D. Hannebery 4 J. Gresham 33 B. Paton
18 S. Atley 19 J. Walker 17 J. Pittard

6 S. Ross
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 D. Butler 18 P. Ryder 28 T. Membrey



11 L. McDonald 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Dan Hannebery behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 05:22
NMLB Jared Polec behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:41
STKL Dan Butler behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 07:29
STKL Jack Steele goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 08:41
STKL Max King goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 17:39
NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 19:42
STKL Zak Jones behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 24:31
STKL Jack Billings goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 27:30
Q2 STKL Dean Kent behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 00:54
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 06:08
STKL Tim Membrey goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 08:11
STKL Jade Gresham behind 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 11:10
STKL Paddy Ryder goal 2.1.13 - 5.5.35 11:55
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 2.2.14 - 5.5.35 15:20
STKL Max King behind 2.2.14 - 5.6.36 17:34
STKL Jack Billings goal 2.2.14 - 6.6.42 22:43
STKL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 6.7.43 25:05
Q3 STKL Zak Jones behind 2.2.14 - 6.8.44 00:21
STKL Dean Kent behind 2.2.14 - 6.9.45 02:46
NMLB Ben Brown behind 2.3.15 - 6.9.45 03:39
STKL Jack Lonie behind 2.3.15 - 6.10.46 06:42
NMLB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 6.10.46 07:55
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 3.4.22 - 6.10.46 08:26
NMLB Aaron Hall goal 4.4.28 - 6.10.46 11:05
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 4.5.29 - 6.10.46 14:38
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 5.5.35 - 6.10.46 16:02
STKL Zak Jones behind 5.5.35 - 6.11.47 19:19
NMLB Jed Anderson behind 5.6.36 - 6.11.47 20:21
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.6.42 - 6.11.47 21:14
NMLB Trent Dumont behind 6.7.43 - 6.11.47 23:15
Q4 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 6.8.44 - 6.11.47 07:41
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 7.8.50 - 6.11.47 09:24
STKL Max King goal 7.8.50 - 7.11.53 15:31
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 8.8.56 - 7.11.53 18:32
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 8.8.56 - 7.12.54 21:37