2021 AFL Season 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 one of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (9.11.65) were defeated by Port Adelaide (17.15.117).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (North Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jack Ziebell
Coach: David Noble

Port Adelaide

Captain: Tom Jonas
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Haussen (#5)
J. Howorth (#17)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E: A. Whetton (#19)

Goal Umpires

D. Rodan
C. Roffey
E: D. Benwell

Boundary Umpires

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