2020 AFL Round 5: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 2020 between Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round 5 of the 2020 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Rhyce Shaw.

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, A. Keath, C. Daniel
Half-back: J. Johannisen, Z. Cordy, H. Crozier
Centre: E. Richards, M. Bontempelli (capt.), J. Macrae
Half-forward: B. Dale, J. Schache, P. Lipinski
Forward: M. Wallis, J. Bruce, R. West
Follower: T. English, T. Liberatore, B. Smith
Int.: L. Jong, T. McLean, L. Vandermeer, E. Wood

North Melbourne
Back: J. Pittard, J. Walker, M. Williams
Half-back: K. Hayden, R. Tarrant, S. Atley
Centre: J. Polec, B. Cunnington, T. Dumont
Half-forward: L. McDonald, T. Xerri, T. Thomas
Forward: A. Hall, B. Brown, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Simpkin, S. Higgins
Int.: J. Anderson, J. Macmillan, J. Mahony, C. Taylor

Western Bulldogs (13.9.87) defeated North Melbourne (5.8.38).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (6), J. Schache (2), M. Wallis (2), B. Dale, E. Richards, L. Vandermeer
North Melbourne: T. Goldstein (2), C. Taylor (2), C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 8th on the ladder (up from 13th) and North Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 2020
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 5 . 5 10 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin WBUL by 6 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 43 WBUL by 49 WBUL by 49
Duration 22:45 23:29 27:52 23:52 1:37:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Bruce WBUL 17 3
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2
Easton Wood WBUL 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Bruce WBUL 17 10 2 0 0 0 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 4 0 1 0 0 0
Easton Wood WBUL 10 4 0 1 0 0 0
Hayden Crozier WBUL 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tim English WBUL 44 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Keath WBUL 42 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 79% 0 1 11 4 7 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 1
17 Bruce, Josh FF 93% 6 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 94% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 3
9 Crozier, Hayden HBFR 82% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 4
31 Dale, Bailey HFFL 87% 1 1 12 7 5 3 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 2
35 Daniel, Caleb BPR 85% 0 0 22 12 10 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
44 English, Tim RU 97% 0 1 22 9 13 8 15 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 85% 0 1 22 15 7 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 4
46 Jong, Lin INT 74% 0 0 13 3 10 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
21 Liberatore, Tom RR 89% 0 0 23 9 14 2 0 1 5 4 0 2 1 0
27 Lipinski, Patrick HFFR 84% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1
11 Macrae, Jack WR 89% 0 1 24 10 14 5 0 2 5 1 2 0 5 3
16 McLean, Toby INT 87% 0 0 22 10 12 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 2 3
20 Richards, Ed WL 74% 1 0 12 5 7 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 3
13 Schache, Josh CHF 93% 2 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
6 Smith, Bailey RO 13% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
23 Vandermeer, Laitham INT 62% 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 6 3 2 2 0 1 6
3 Wallis, Mitch FPL 82% 2 1 10 6 4 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2
14 West, Rhylee FPR 85% 0 0 15 5 10 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 85% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
10 Wood, Easton INT 82% 0 0 14 8 6 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 9 331 166 165 70 15 46 29 37 18 18 34 44

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed INT 72% 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 4 6 3 0 0 0 6
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 83% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2
10 Cunnington, Ben C 51% 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Dumont, Trent WR 84% 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 97% 2 0 15 6 9 3 31 3 3 2 0 2 0 1
43 Hall, Aaron FPL 84% 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
37 Hayden, Kyron HBFL 84% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Higgins, Shaun RO 78% 0 1 14 6 8 2 0 1 2 4 1 4 0 4
34 Macmillan, Jamie INT 81% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 1 1 2 0 2 1
35 Mahony, Jack INT 78% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
11 McDonald, Luke HFFL 91% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 3
17 Pittard, Jasper BPL 87% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0
13 Polec, Jared WL 94% 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 2
12 Simpkin, Jy RR 80% 0 0 20 6 14 0 0 3 5 1 2 0 0 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 97% 0 0 17 15 2 10 0 1 0 3 0 2 10 0
31 Taylor, Curtis INT 88% 2 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 2
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFR 26% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
19 Walker, Josh FB 95% 0 0 17 7 10 6 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0
2 Williams, Marley BPR 80% 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1
38 Xerri, Tristan CHF 87% 0 0 6 4 2 2 2 2 1 5 2 3 1 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 85% 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 5 8 268 155 113 64 33 51 26 42 18 18 29 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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Pittard 19 J. Walker 2 M. Williams 44 T. English 46 L. Jong
14 R. West 17 J. Bruce 3 M. Wallis 21 T. Liberatore 16 T. McLean
FORWARD 6 B. Smith 23 L. Vandermeer
HALF-BACK

10 E. Wood
37 K. Hayden 25 R. Tarrant 18 S. Atley



27 P. Lipinski 13 J. Schache 31 B. Dale



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 J. Polec 10 B. Cunnington 14 T. Dumont



11 J. Macrae 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 20 E. Richards FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 34 J. Macmillan
11 L. McDonald 38 T. Xerri 26 T. Thomas 4 S. Higgins 35 J. Mahony
9 H. Crozier 12 Z. Cordy 39 J. Johannisen

31 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. Hall 50 B. Brown 44 C. Zurhaar



35 C. Daniel 42 A. Keath 34 B. Williams



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Rhyce Shaw

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Bailey Dale goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:20
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:02
NMLB Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 08:35
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 12:28
WBUL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 15:36
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 16:09
NMLB Marley Williams behind 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 22:03
Q2 WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 00:22
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 4.2.26 - 1.2.8 07:36
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 11:08
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 13:07
WBUL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 13:32
WBUL Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 16:23
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 20:23
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 5.5.35 - 2.3.15 23:25
Q3 NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 03:29
NMLB Jared Polec behind 5.5.35 - 3.4.22 06:45
WBUL Josh Schache goal 6.5.41 - 3.4.22 08:52
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 7.5.47 - 3.4.22 11:22
WBUL Ed Richards goal 8.5.53 - 3.4.22 14:02
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 9.5.59 - 3.4.22 16:09
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 10.5.65 - 3.4.22 21:02
WBUL Tim English behind 10.6.66 - 3.4.22 24:26
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 10.6.66 - 3.5.23 27:46
Q4 NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 10.6.66 - 4.5.29 01:23
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 10.7.67 - 4.5.29 04:11
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 10.8.68 - 4.5.29 04:58
NMLB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 4.6.30 07:03
NMLB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 4.7.31 07:30
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 11.8.74 - 4.7.31 11:15
WBUL Josh Schache goal 12.8.80 - 4.7.31 13:09
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 13.8.86 - 4.7.31 17:03
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 13.8.86 - 5.7.37 18:18
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 13.8.86 - 5.8.38 20:23
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 13.9.87 - 5.8.38 22:38