2021 AFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2021 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 3 of the 2021 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Noble and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

North Melbourne
Back: L. Young, B. McKay, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Half-back: S. Atley, J. Walker, J. Polec
Centre: B. Scott, J. Anderson, T. Powell
Half-forward: L. Davies-Uniacke, N. Larkey, T. Thomas
Forward: J. Stephenson, C. Zurhaar, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, J. Simpkin
Int.: A. Hall, C. Lazzaro, J. Mahony, W. Phillips
Sub.: K. Hayden

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, R. Gardner, C. Daniel
Half-back: T. Duryea, A. Keath, B. Dale
Centre: L. Vandermeer, B. Smith, L. McNeil
Half-forward: A. Scott, A. Naughton, J. Dunkley
Forward: T. English, J. Bruce, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Follower: S. Martin, J. Macrae, T. Liberatore
Int.: L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, A. Treloar, E. Wood
Sub.: P. Lipinski

North Melbourne (5.9.39) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (25.17.167).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Stephenson (2), A. Hall, N. Larkey, C. Lazzaro
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (10), T. English (3), A. Treloar (3), B. Dale (2), A. Naughton (2), M. Bontempelli, J. Dunkley, P. Lipinski, L. McNeil, A. Scott

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 1st on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 2 April 2021
Time: 4:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 28,483

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 5.9.39 - 25.17.167

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	2	3	.	4	3	.	8	5	.	9	5	.	9	(39)
Western Bulldogs	4	.	2	9	.	6	15	.	10	25	.	17	25	.	17	(167)
Margin	WBUL by 12			WBUL by 38			WBUL by 74			WBUL by 128			WBUL by 128
Duration	30:26			31:17			29:53			35:06			2:06:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Noble (North Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), B. Hosking (#16), B. Rosebury (#8), E: C. Dore (#28)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, S. Williams, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, K. Ferguson, J. Scully, M. Tomkins
Umpire Replacement: C. Dore replaced A. Gianfagna

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Josh Bruce	WBUL	17	3
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	2
Josh Dunkley	WBUL	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Bruce	WBUL	17	10	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Josh Dunkley	WBUL	5	6	0	0	2	0	0
Caleb Daniel	WBUL	35	2	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Keath	WBUL	42	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bailey Dale	WBUL	31	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Macrae	WBUL	11	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	C	43%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	4
18	Atley, Shaun	HBFL	85%	0	0	17	12	5	9	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	81%	0	1	22	9	13	3	0	5	9	6	0	4	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	HFFL	89%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	5	2	4	0	3	2	7
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	97%	0	0	15	8	7	5	23	2	3	2	2	1	0	2
43	Hall, Aaron	INT	85%	1	0	23	15	8	9	0	2	0	5	0	1	3	0
37	Hayden, Kyron	SUB↑	50%	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	88%	1	1	8	6	2	2	11	2	2	2	2	1	0	1
35	Lazzaro, Charlie	INT	70%	1	1	7	4	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2
1	Mahony, Jack	INT	77%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	McKay, Ben	FB	95%	0	0	7	1	6	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
29	Phillips, Will	INT	71%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0
13	Polec, Jared	HBFR↓	24%	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Powell, Tom	WR	82%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	2
8	Scott, Bailey	WL	82%	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	87%	0	0	22	15	7	9	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	4
2	Stephenson, Jaidyn	FPL	86%	2	0	19	15	4	4	0	1	3	2	0	0	2	1
26	Thomas, Tarryn	HFFR	82%	0	2	12	9	3	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	0
28	Turner, Kayne	FPR	80%	0	1	13	7	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2
19	Walker, Josh	CHB	96%	0	0	17	11	6	10	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	1
17	Young, Lachie	BPL	76%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	5	1	6	1	2	1	0
7	Ziebell, Jack (c)	BPR	88%	0	0	33	27	6	11	0	4	0	1	0	1	9	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FF	85%	0	1	17	14	3	9	0	4	0	4	1	1	3	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				5	9	336	213	123	123	34	52	24	55	12	21	38	33

K. Hayden replaced J. Polec during the second quarter.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	FPR	84%	1	1	18	12	6	3	0	4	1	2	1	0	1	6
17	Bruce, Josh	FF	90%	10	2	21	15	6	10	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	83%	2	0	23	11	12	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
35	Daniel, Caleb	BPR	84%	0	0	30	14	16	4	0	2	0	3	1	2	5	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	HFFR	84%	1	2	33	12	21	5	0	3	5	3	0	1	0	3
15	Duryea, Taylor	HBFL	86%	0	0	21	13	8	7	0	3	0	5	1	0	2	2
44	English, Tim	FPL	80%	3	0	16	10	6	8	8	0	1	2	2	1	1	2
43	Gardner, Ryan	FB↓	1%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hunter, Lachie	INT	85%	0	0	18	9	9	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	2
39	Johannisen, Jason	INT	80%	0	0	15	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4
42	Keath, Alex	CHB	94%	0	0	16	7	9	6	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	1
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	77%	0	0	25	13	12	3	0	4	12	4	1	0	0	10
27	Lipinski, Patrick	SUB↑	82%	1	0	14	8	6	5	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	4
11	Macrae, Jack	RR	78%	0	0	33	17	16	3	0	2	7	0	3	0	2	3
8	Martin, Stefan	RU	77%	0	0	10	0	10	0	9	1	4	3	0	3	0	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	WR	72%	1	2	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	79%	2	2	14	12	2	7	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	4
28	Scott, Anthony	HFFL	76%	1	0	15	8	7	4	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	2
6	Smith, Bailey	C	85%	0	2	26	14	12	5	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	2
1	Treloar, Adam	INT	78%	3	1	27	16	11	3	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	9
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	WL	74%	0	2	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
34	Williams, Bailey	BPL	89%	0	0	19	11	8	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	2
10	Wood, Easton	INT	85%	0	0	22	11	11	8	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				25	17	434	234	200	102	17	48	37	48	21	12	25	64

P. Lipinski replaced R. Gardner during the first 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
	34	B. Williams	43	R. Gardner	35	C. Daniel	22	T. Goldstein	43	A. Hall
	28	K. Turner	44	C. Zurhaar	2	J. Stephenson	10	B. Cunnington	35	C. Lazzaro
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin	1	J. Mahony
HALF-BACK									29	W. Phillips
	15	T. Duryea	42	A. Keath	31	B. Dale			37	K. Hayden
	26	T. Thomas	20	N. Larkey	9	L. Davies-Uniacke
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	L. Vandermeer	6	B. Smith	30	L. McNeil
	24	T. Powell	3	J. Anderson	8	B. Scott	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							8	S. Martin	7	L. Hunter
HALF-FORWARD							11	J. Macrae	39	J. Johannisen
	28	A. Scott	33	A. Naughton	5	J. Dunkley	21	T. Liberatore	1	A. Treloar
	13	J. Polec	19	J. Walker	18	S. Atley			10	E. Wood
HALF-BACK									27	P. Lipinski
FORWARD
	44	T. English	17	J. Bruce	4	M. Bontempelli (c)
	7	J. Ziebell (c)	23	B. McKay	17	L. Young
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:36
	NMLB	Tarryn Thomas behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	05:20
	NMLB	Aaron Hall goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	07:53
	NMLB	Tarryn Thomas behind	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	09:37
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	14:25
	WBUL	Josh Bruce behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	16:13
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	17:02
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	19:45
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	21:03
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	22:39
Q2	WBUL	Tim English goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	04:07
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	3.2.20	-	5.2.32	06:52
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington behind	3.3.21	-	5.2.32	08:15
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	3.4.22	-	5.2.32	11:18
	WBUL	Josh Bruce behind	3.4.22	-	5.3.33	13:01
	WBUL	Patrick Lipinski goal	3.4.22	-	6.3.39	13:54
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	3.4.22	-	6.4.40	16:23
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	3.4.22	-	6.5.41	17:09
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.4.22	-	7.5.47	19:26
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	3.4.22	-	8.5.53	20:38
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	3.4.22	-	9.5.59	27:37
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	3.4.22	-	9.6.60	29:20
Q3	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.4.22	-	10.6.66	01:02
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	10.7.67	02:10
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	10.7.67	02:45
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.5.23	-	11.7.73	06:39
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	3.6.24	-	11.7.73	09:38
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	3.6.24	-	12.7.79	10:26
	WBUL	Tim English goal	3.6.24	-	13.7.85	12:42
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	13.7.85	13:51
	NMLB	Kayne Turner behind	3.8.26	-	13.7.85	16:14
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	13.8.86	19:02
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	3.8.26	-	13.9.87	23:22
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	3.8.26	-	14.9.93	25:57
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley goal	3.8.26	-	15.9.99	27:39
	WBUL	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	15.10.100	29:47
Q4	WBUL	Adam Treloar behind	3.8.26	-	15.11.101	00:17
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	3.8.26	-	16.11.107	01:29
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	3.8.26	-	16.12.108	03:28
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	3.8.26	-	17.12.114	05:03
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	3.8.26	-	17.13.115	06:26
	NMLB	Charlie Lazzaro goal	4.8.32	-	17.13.115	07:43
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	4.8.32	-	18.13.121	09:10
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	4.8.32	-	19.13.127	11:22
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	4.8.32	-	19.14.128	14:22
	NMLB	Charlie Lazzaro behind	4.9.33	-	19.14.128	15:48
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	4.9.33	-	20.14.134	16:29
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	4.9.33	-	20.15.135	18:27
	WBUL	Josh Dunkley behind	4.9.33	-	20.16.136	21:42
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	4.9.33	-	21.16.142	23:02
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	5.9.39	-	21.16.142	24:59
	WBUL	Anthony Scott goal	5.9.39	-	22.16.148	26:14
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	5.9.39	-	22.17.149	27:54
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	5.9.39	-	23.17.155	29:25
	WBUL	Josh Bruce goal	5.9.39	-	24.17.161	31:31
	WBUL	Tim English goal	5.9.39	-	25.17.167	33:49

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