2020 AFL Round 6: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2020 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 6 of the 2020 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Metricon Stadium. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Rhyce Shaw.

Essendon
Back: M. Hurley, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Half-back: A. Saad, J. Ridley, D. Zaharakis
Centre: B. Ham, A. McGrath, K. Langford
Half-forward: D. Parish, W. Snelling, O. Fantasia
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, S. McKernan, J. Townsend
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Smith, D. Shiel
Int.: M. Hibberd, J. Laverde, C. McKenna, Z. Merrett

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

Essendon (9.13.67) defeated North Melbourne (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Zaharakis (3), K. Langford (2), J. Laverde, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, W. Snelling, J. Townsend
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (2), S. Atley, B. Brown, T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, B. Scott

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and North Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 2020
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 4,271

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 9.13.67 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 5 . 11 8 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 11 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin NMLB by 5 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration 26:43 25:34 27:58 22:25 1:42:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), L. Haussen (#5), P. Rebeschini (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 6 0 0 2 0 0
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Saad ESSE 42 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFR 82% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 80% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 1
33 Ham, Brayden WL 75% 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3
46 Hibberd, Mitchell INT 80% 0 1 19 9 10 1 0 5 1 5 1 2 0 1
26 Hooker, Cale FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Hurley, Michael BPL 94% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
4 Langford, Kyle WR 82% 2 1 14 8 6 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden INT 77% 1 2 12 5 7 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 83% 1 1 14 4 10 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew C 88% 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 8 1 5 0 1 2 4
45 McKenna, Conor INT 76% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 4 0 5 0 1 5 1
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 69% 0 1 9 5 4 3 4 2 2 6 0 3 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach INT 78% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy HFFL 79% 0 0 21 8 13 0 0 6 7 5 1 1 0 7
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 81% 0 0 4 4 0 1 28 4 3 4 1 3 0 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 84% 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 3
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 84% 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 6 2
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 74% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 4 2 3 0 1 1
5 Smith, Devon RR 80% 0 1 23 10 13 2 0 6 2 7 1 1 0 4
40 Snelling, Will CHF 87% 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 8 3 1 3 0 1 1
20 Townsend, Jacob FPR 82% 1 2 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 6 1 4 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David HBFR 82% 3 2 20 11 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 13 342 182 160 53 32 66 28 61 18 20 38 43

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Ahern, Paul INT 55% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 5 1 3 1 0 1 1
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 92% 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 3 5 0 4 2 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5
42 Campbell, Tom CHF 73% 0 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
14 Dumont, Trent WR 89% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 7 5 2 1 1 2 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 95% 1 0 19 13 6 5 29 2 6 5 4 2 0 4
43 Hall, Aaron FPR 84% 0 2 23 14 9 4 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 7
37 Hayden, Kyron BPR 86% 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
4 Higgins, Shaun RO 80% 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 4
34 Macmillan, Jamie BPL 75% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
35 Mahony, Jack INT 68% 0 1 10 3 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke RR 82% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 1 3 0 1 1 3
17 Pittard, Jasper INT 87% 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 3 0 4 3 1 7 3
13 Polec, Jared WL 92% 0 1 18 13 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1
8 Scott, Bailey INT 89% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0
12 Simpkin, Jy C 84% 0 1 23 16 7 3 0 6 7 4 2 1 1 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 87% 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 1
31 Taylor, Curtis HFFL 71% 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFR 59% 0 2 13 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
19 Walker, Josh CHB 91% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1
2 Williams, Marley HBFR 77% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 85% 2 1 19 8 11 2 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 11 279 184 95 56 31 53 31 53 20 18 33 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

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
34 J. Macmillan 25 R. Tarrant 37 K. Hayden 34 A. Phillips 46 M. Hibberd
20 J. Townsend 44 S. McKernan 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 5 D. Smith 15 J. Laverde
FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 45 C. McKenna
HALF-BACK

7 Z. Merrett
18 S. Atley 19 J. Walker 2 M. Williams



13 O. Fantasia 40 W. Snelling 3 D. Parish



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 J. Polec 12 J. Simpkin 14 T. Dumont



4 K. Langford 1 A. McGrath 33 B. Ham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 15 P. Ahern
HALF-FORWARD 11 L. McDonald 35 J. Mahony
31 C. Taylor 42 T. Campbell 26 T. Thomas 4 S. Higgins 17 J. Pittard
11 D. Zaharakis 14 J. Ridley 42 A. Saad

8 B. Scott
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



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



8 M. Gleeson 26 C. Hooker 18 M. Hurley



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Rhyce Shaw

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:22
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 01:30
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 02:32
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 07:33
ESSE Mitchell Hibberd behind 0.4.4 - 1.0.6 09:36
NMLB Shaun Atley goal 0.4.4 - 2.0.12 10:32
NMLB Jack Mahony behind 0.4.4 - 2.1.13 13:55
NMLB Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 2.2.14 14:38
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 1.4.10 - 2.2.14 16:03
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 1.4.10 - 3.2.20 18:53
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 1.5.11 - 3.2.20 20:18
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 1.5.11 - 3.3.21 23:14
NMLB Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 3.4.22 25:04
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.5.17 - 3.4.22 26:39
Q2 ESSE Jacob Townsend behind 2.6.18 - 3.4.22 00:49
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 2.7.19 - 3.4.22 02:38
ESSE Jacob Townsend behind 2.8.20 - 3.4.22 06:56
NMLB Jared Polec behind 2.8.20 - 3.5.23 07:30
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 2.8.20 - 3.6.24 08:49
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.8.26 - 3.6.24 11:21
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.9.27 - 3.6.24 12:48
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.10.28 - 3.6.24 14:39
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 3.11.29 - 3.6.24 16:58
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.11.29 - 4.6.30 18:45
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 4.11.35 - 4.6.30 22:16
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 4.11.35 - 4.7.31 23:58
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 5.11.41 - 4.7.31 25:29
Q3 NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 5.11.41 - 4.8.32 00:37
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 5.11.41 - 5.8.38 05:03
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 5.11.41 - 5.9.39 07:08
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.11.47 - 5.9.39 07:55
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 6.11.47 - 5.10.40 13:33
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.11.53 - 5.10.40 18:45
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 7.11.53 - 5.11.41 21:05
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 7.11.53 - 6.11.47 21:45
ESSE Will Snelling goal 8.11.59 - 6.11.47 24:56
Q4 ESSE Devon Smith behind 8.12.60 - 6.11.47 06:47
ESSE Rushed behind 8.13.61 - 6.11.47 11:04
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 9.13.67 - 6.11.47 12:32
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 9.13.67 - 7.11.53 19:21