2021 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2021 between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Tom Jonas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Noble and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

North Melbourne
Back: A. Corr, B. McKay, A. Bonar
Half-back: J. Ziebell (capt.), L. Young, S. Atley
Centre: T. Thomas, L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott
Half-forward: J. Mahony, C. Zurhaar, J. Stephenson
Forward: K. Turner, N. Larkey, J. Walker
Follower: T. Goldstein, D. Tyson, J. Simpkin
Int.: C. Menadue, J. Polec, T. Powell, C. Taylor
Sub.: C. Lazzaro

Port Adelaide
Back: T. Jonas (capt.), T. Clurey, A. Aliir
Half-back: R. Burton, D. Byrne-Jones, D. Houston
Centre: X. Duursma, O. Wines, K. Amon
Half-forward: T. Marshall, O. Fantasia, K. Farrell
Forward: P. Ladhams, R. Gray, C. Dixon
Follower: S. Lycett, Z. Butters, T. Boak
Int.: M. Bergman, R. Bonner, W. Drew, S. Motlop
Sub.: T. Rockliff

North Melbourne (9.11.65) were defeated by Port Adelaide (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Scott (2), T. Thomas (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Goldstein, J. Mahony, T. Powell, J. Walker
Port Adelaide: O. Fantasia (4), T. Boak (2), Z. Butters (2), C. Dixon (2), T. Marshall (2), K. Amon, R. Bonner, X. Duursma, S. Lycett, S. Motlop

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 18th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 21 March 2021
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 13,050

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 9.11.65 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	4	3	.	6	5	.	8	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Port Adelaide	2	.	2	10	.	4	14	.	8	17	.	15	17	.	15	(117)
Margin	NMLB by 2			PADL by 40			PADL by 54			PADL by 52			PADL by 52
Duration	31:00			32:12			29:08			33:15			2:05:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Noble (North Melbourne), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Haussen (#5), J. Howorth (#17), M. Nicholls (#15), E: A. Whetton (#19)
Goal Umpire: D. Rodan, C. Roffey, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, C. Gordon, P. Jackson, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Travis Boak	PADL	10	3
Ollie Wines	PADL	16	2
Dan Houston	PADL	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Travis Boak	PADL	10	10	2	0	0	0	0
Orazio Fantasia	PADL	13	8	0	2	0	0	0
Dan Houston	PADL	5	4	0	0	?	?	?
Jaidyn Stephenson	NMLB	2	4	0	0	?	?	?
Ollie Wines	PADL	16	3	0	0	?	?	?
Steven Motlop	PADL	6	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
18	Atley, Shaun	HBFR	89%	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	3	1	3	3	0	2	4
16	Bonar, Aiden	BPR	79%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	0
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL↓	67%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	79%	1	1	20	11	9	4	0	5	2	3	1	3	2	3
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	96%	1	0	19	4	15	1	25	3	5	2	5	1	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	75%	0	0	7	4	3	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
35	Lazzaro, Charlie	SUB↑	20%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
1	Mahony, Jack	HFFL	89%	1	1	14	11	3	3	0	3	2	7	3	2	0	2
23	McKay, Ben	FB	99%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	3	1	2	2	2	1	2
31	Menadue, Connor	INT	75%	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	2
13	Polec, Jared	INT	85%	0	0	22	13	9	2	0	2	3	5	2	3	3	3
24	Powell, Tom	INT	74%	1	1	19	12	7	3	0	1	0	4	1	1	4	2
8	Scott, Bailey	WR	83%	2	2	17	13	4	6	0	4	1	2	1	1	2	1
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	82%	0	0	23	10	13	2	0	2	6	4	1	2	1	4
2	Stephenson, Jaidyn	HFFR	76%	0	2	33	17	16	5	0	7	5	4	3	1	4	5
5	Taylor, Curtis	INT	70%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3
26	Thomas, Tarryn	WL	70%	2	0	15	8	7	3	0	3	1	4	2	1	0	6
28	Turner, Kayne	FPL	85%	0	1	12	2	10	2	0	4	1	6	0	2	0	0
21	Tyson, Dom	RR	61%	0	0	13	5	8	6	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	3
19	Walker, Josh	FPR	90%	1	1	7	6	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
17	Young, Lachie	CHB	88%	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	4	2
7	Ziebell, Jack (c)	HBFL	83%	0	0	25	19	6	4	0	3	0	2	2	0	10	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	CHF	86%	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	11	350	193	157	77	28	56	29	66	33	23	43	50

C. Lazzaro replaced A. Corr during the fourth quarter.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	BPR	96%	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	1	0	5	1	4	6	1
15	Amon, Karl	WR	78%	1	0	16	12	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	3
14	Bergman, Miles	INT	83%	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	3	1
10	Boak, Travis	RO	71%	2	1	27	17	10	3	0	4	7	3	3	1	1	6
26	Bonner, Riley	INT↓	47%	1	0	14	11	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	5
3	Burton, Ryan	HBFL	79%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	3	1	3	2	2	7	1
18	Butters, Zak	RR	82%	2	1	16	11	5	6	0	4	1	4	1	3	1	3
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHB	81%	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	1	2	3	1	2	5	0
17	Clurey, Tom	FB	92%	0	0	12	9	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	Dixon, Charlie	FPR	97%	2	2	11	6	5	3	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0
28	Drew, Willem	INT	74%	0	0	17	6	11	1	0	11	6	5	2	3	0	2
7	Duursma, Xavier	WL	83%	1	0	14	8	6	5	0	1	0	6	1	3	1	1
13	Fantasia, Orazio	CHF	74%	4	4	14	11	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	4
24	Farrell, Kane	HFFR	77%	0	1	11	6	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
9	Gray, Robbie	FF	74%	0	1	19	11	8	3	0	1	7	1	2	0	2	1
5	Houston, Dan	HBFR	76%	0	1	26	18	8	3	0	1	0	5	1	1	6	6
1	Jonas, Tom (c)	BPL	93%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
38	Ladhams, Peter	FPL	83%	0	0	15	7	8	4	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	3
29	Lycett, Scott	RU	84%	1	0	13	5	8	2	28	5	3	3	3	2	0	3
4	Marshall, Todd	HFFL	84%	2	1	10	9	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
6	Motlop, Steven	INT	80%	1	0	24	16	8	12	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	6
11	Rockliff, Tom	SUB↑	36%	0	1	11	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
16	Wines, Ollie	C	76%	0	0	30	15	15	5	0	2	5	8	2	3	0	8
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				17	15	375	229	146	88	36	54	36	69	23	33	40	60

T. Rockliff replaced R. Bonner during the third quarter.

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: David Noble
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	T. Jonas (c)	17	T. Clurey	21	A. Aliir	22	T. Goldstein	31	C. Menadue
	19	J. Walker	20	N. Larkey	28	K. Turner	21	D. Tyson	13	J. Polec
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin	24	T. Powell
HALF-BACK									5	C. Taylor
	3	R. Burton	33	D. Byrne-Jones	5	D. Houston			35	C. Lazzaro
	2	J. Stephenson	44	C. Zurhaar	1	J. Mahony
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	X. Duursma	16	O. Wines	15	K. Amon
	8	B. Scott	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	26	T. Thomas	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							29	S. Lycett	14	M. Bergman
HALF-FORWARD							18	Z. Butters	26	R. Bonner
	4	T. Marshall	13	O. Fantasia	24	K. Farrell	10	T. Boak	28	W. Drew
	18	S. Atley	17	L. Young	7	J. Ziebell (c)			6	S. Motlop
HALF-BACK									11	T. Rockliff
FORWARD
	38	P. Ladhams	9	R. Gray	22	C. Dixon
	16	A. Bonar	23	B. McKay	4	A. Corr
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Travis Boak behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:38
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:45
	PADL	Karl Amon goal	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:24
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	07:47
	PADL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	10:07
	PADL	Travis Boak goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	11:33
	NMLB	Kayne Turner behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	13:31
	NMLB	Bailey Scott behind	1.3.9	-	2.2.14	18:19
	NMLB	Jack Mahony behind	1.4.10	-	2.2.14	23:43
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	2.4.16	-	2.2.14	26:41
Q2	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	2.5.17	-	2.2.14	03:44
	PADL	Zak Butters goal	2.5.17	-	3.2.20	04:22
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia behind	2.5.17	-	3.3.21	05:42
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia goal	2.5.17	-	4.3.27	08:32
	NMLB	Josh Walker goal	3.5.23	-	4.3.27	10:47
	PADL	Todd Marshall goal	3.5.23	-	5.3.33	15:31
	PADL	Charlie Dixon goal	3.5.23	-	6.3.39	17:02
	PADL	Charlie Dixon goal	3.5.23	-	7.3.45	18:51
	PADL	Todd Marshall goal	3.5.23	-	8.3.51	20:45
	PADL	Kane Farrell behind	3.5.23	-	8.4.52	25:05
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	3.6.24	-	8.4.52	27:08
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia goal	3.6.24	-	9.4.58	28:16
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia goal	3.6.24	-	10.4.64	31:04
Q3	PADL	Riley Bonner goal	3.6.24	-	11.4.70	01:06
	PADL	Travis Boak goal	3.6.24	-	12.4.76	04:38
	NMLB	Bailey Scott goal	4.6.30	-	12.4.76	08:38
	PADL	Robbie Gray behind	4.6.30	-	12.5.77	10:13
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia goal	4.6.30	-	13.5.83	11:42
	NMLB	Josh Walker behind	4.7.31	-	13.5.83	13:20
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia behind	4.7.31	-	13.6.84	14:22
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	5.7.37	-	13.6.84	16:06
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	13.6.84	17:44
	PADL	Tom Rockliff behind	5.8.38	-	13.7.85	19:40
	PADL	Charlie Dixon behind	5.8.38	-	13.8.86	21:52
	PADL	Zak Butters goal	5.8.38	-	14.8.92	27:51
Q4	PADL	Todd Marshall behind	5.8.38	-	14.9.93	00:52
	NMLB	Bailey Scott goal	6.8.44	-	14.9.93	02:37
	NMLB	Tarryn Thomas goal	7.8.50	-	14.9.93	03:55
	PADL	Dan Houston behind	7.8.50	-	14.10.94	06:35
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	14.10.94	07:32
	PADL	Scott Lycett goal	7.9.51	-	15.10.100	08:36
	PADL	Steven Motlop goal	7.9.51	-	16.10.106	12:17
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	7.9.51	-	16.11.107	14:35
	NMLB	Bailey Scott behind	7.10.52	-	16.11.107	17:32
	NMLB	Jack Mahony goal	8.10.58	-	16.11.107	19:15
	NMLB	Tarryn Thomas goal	9.10.64	-	16.11.107	20:27
	PADL	Charlie Dixon behind	9.10.64	-	16.12.108	21:59
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia behind	9.10.64	-	16.13.109	23:15
	PADL	Xavier Duursma goal	9.10.64	-	17.13.115	27:07
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	9.11.65	-	17.13.115	30:35
	PADL	Rushed behind	9.11.65	-	17.14.116	31:08
	PADL	Orazio Fantasia behind	9.11.65	-	17.15.117	32:34

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