2020 AFL Round 17: North Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2020 between North Melbourne and Fremantle during round 17 of the 2020 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fremantle at Metricon Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rhyce Shaw and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

North Melbourne
Back: L. McDonald, E. Vickers-Willis, R. Tarrant
Half-back: F. Perez, B. McKay, S. Atley
Centre: S. Higgins, J. Simpkin, J. Polec
Half-forward: A. Hall, J. Walker, B. Scott
Forward: C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Follower: T. Goldstein, T. Dumont, J. Anderson
Int.: A. Bonar, L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Garner, M. Wood

Fremantle
Back: T. Duman, B. Cox, N. Wilson
Half-back: S. Hill, L. Ryan, E. Hughes
Centre: A. Cerra, N. Fyfe (capt.), J. Aish
Half-forward: M. Walters, M. Taberner, M. Frederick
Forward: L. Schultz, R. Lobb, J. Hogan
Follower: S. Darcy, B. Acres, A. Brayshaw
Int.: M. Crowden, D. Mundy, C. Serong, T. Watson

North Melbourne (5.5.35) were defeated by Fremantle (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (2), T. Garner, A. Hall, N. Larkey
Fremantle: J. Hogan (4), L. Schultz (3), M. Taberner (3), M. Walters (3), S. Darcy, R. Lobb

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 12 September 2020
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 308

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 5.5.35 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Fremantle 3 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FREM by 15 FREM by 32 FREM by 50 FREM by 64 FREM by 64
Duration 25:26 25:11 24:30 25:24 1:40:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), P. Rebeschini (#31), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Walters FREM 10 3
Blake Acres FREM 9 2
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Michael Walters FREM 10 8 ? ? ? 0 0
David Mundy FREM 16 6 1 0 0 0 1
Blake Acres FREM 9 3 0 0 1 0 0
James Aish FREM 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jesse Hogan FREM 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sean Darcy FREM 4 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 RO 71% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 6
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 83% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
16 Bonar, Aiden INT 63% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke INT 74% 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 2
14 Dumont, Trent RR 79% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 2 3
6 Garner, Taylor INT 78% 1 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 95% 0 0 9 2 7 0 28 1 3 1 1 1 1 0
43 Hall, Aaron HFFL 81% 1 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 5
4 Higgins, Shaun WL 85% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 3 3 0 1 3 4
20 Larkey, Nick FF 78% 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
11 McDonald, Luke BPL 91% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 2
23 McKay, Ben CHB 90% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
39 Perez, Flynn HBFL 81% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0
13 Polec, Jared WR 84% 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1
8 Scott, Bailey HFFR 81% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 1
12 Simpkin, Jy C 77% 0 0 15 3 12 0 0 3 6 5 2 2 2 0
25 Tarrant, Robbie BPR 98% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0
33 Vickers-Willis, Ed FB 84% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
19 Walker, Josh CHF 85% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
32 Wood, Mason INT 84% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPR 76% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 83% 2 0 9 7 2 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 5 5 241 123 118 48 28 35 23 46 12 17 34 35

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Acres, Blake RR 83% 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 3 1 5 1 3 3 6
11 Aish, James WR 79% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 4 0 2 2 0 3 3
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 69% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
5 Cerra, Adam WL 78% 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 4 4 2 3 1 1 2
36 Cox, Brennan FB 85% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0
12 Crowden, Mitch INT 74% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 4
4 Darcy, Sean RU 81% 1 0 13 5 8 2 22 3 2 3 1 1 0 2
44 Duman, Taylin BPL 85% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0
43 Frederick, Michael HFFR 76% 0 1 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 72% 0 1 25 10 15 7 0 2 6 2 1 0 1 2
32 Hill, Stephen HBFL 86% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 5 1 4 0 0 3 3
1 Hogan, Jesse FPR 89% 4 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFR 80% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
37 Lobb, Rory FF 98% 1 0 12 11 1 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
16 Mundy, David INT 71% 0 0 24 12 12 2 0 3 5 2 0 1 2 3
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 91% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
28 Schultz, Lachie FPL 80% 3 1 14 7 7 4 0 3 2 6 0 2 0 3
22 Serong, Caleb INT 72% 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 1 3
20 Taberner, Matt CHF 94% 3 1 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
10 Walters, Michael HFFL 85% 3 2 13 12 1 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2
45 Watson, Tobe INT 87% 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2
14 Wilson, Nathan BPR 85% 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 9 335 198 137 94 26 42 29 40 17 12 30 51

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Matt Taberner goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 11:05
FREM Adam Cerra behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 12:50
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 14:46
FREM Jesse Hogan goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 16:57
FREM Matt Taberner behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 20:26
FREM Lachie Schultz behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 21:28
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 23:58
Q2 FREM Nat Fyfe behind 1.0.6 - 3.4.22 01:40
FREM Michael Walters goal 1.0.6 - 4.4.28 05:16
NMLB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 07:21
NMLB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 08:28
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 1.2.8 - 5.4.34 11:00
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.2.14 - 5.4.34 19:25
FREM Rory Lobb goal 2.2.14 - 6.4.40 21:14
FREM Sean Darcy goal 2.2.14 - 7.4.46 23:55
Q3 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 02:20
NMLB Josh Walker behind 3.3.21 - 7.4.46 05:29
FREM Michael Walters behind 3.3.21 - 7.5.47 08:57
FREM Michael Frederick behind 3.3.21 - 7.6.48 10:29
FREM Matt Taberner goal 3.3.21 - 8.6.54 11:15
FREM Jesse Hogan goal 3.3.21 - 9.6.60 13:23
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 3.3.21 - 10.6.66 19:45
FREM Jesse Hogan goal 3.3.21 - 11.6.72 22:09
NMLB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 11.6.72 24:08
Q4 NMLB Taylor Garner goal 4.4.28 - 11.6.72 01:10
NMLB Aaron Hall goal 5.4.34 - 11.6.72 05:17
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.4.34 - 12.6.78 08:24
FREM Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 12.7.79 11:04
FREM Michael Walters goal 5.4.34 - 13.7.85 12:16
FREM Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 13.8.86 15:35
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 5.5.35 - 13.8.86 19:19
FREM Jesse Hogan goal 5.5.35 - 14.8.92 20:31
FREM Michael Walters goal 5.5.35 - 15.8.98 22:32
FREM Michael Walters behind 5.5.35 - 15.9.99 25:09