2021 AFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2021 between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round three of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
North Melbourne hosted the 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 (5.9.39) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (25.17.167).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
North Melbourne
Captain: Jack ZiebellCoach: David Noble
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Marcus BontempelliCoach: Luke Beveridge
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
A. Gianfagna (#27)B. Hosking (#16)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: C. Dore (#28)
Goal Umpires
M. EnsbeyS. Williams
E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpires
P. CranK. Ferguson
J. Scully
M. Tomkins
Umpire Replacements
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| North Melbourne | Coach: David Noble | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 15 | T. Duryea | 42 | A. Keath | 31 | B. Dale |
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| 26 | T. Thomas | 20 | N. Larkey | 9 | L. Davies-Uniacke |
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| 23 | L. Vandermeer | 6 | B. Smith | 30 | L. McNeil |
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| 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 |
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| 44 | T. English | 17 | J. Bruce | 4 | M. Bontempelli (c) |
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| 7 | J. Ziebell (c) | 23 | B. McKay | 17 | L. Young |
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |