2021 AFL Round 5: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2021 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 5 of the 2021 AFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by David Noble.

Geelong
Back: L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, J. Henry
Half-back: T. Atkins, J. Kolodjashnij, T. Stewart
Centre: I. Smith, P. Dangerfield, Z. Tuohy
Half-forward: G. Miers, S. De Koning, B. Parfitt
Forward: G. Rohan, T. Hawkins, B. Close
Follower: R. Stanley, C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: J. Bews, L. Dahlhaus, M. Duncan, S. Menegola
Sub.: J. Clark

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

Geelong (10.17.77) defeated North Melbourne (7.5.47).

Goalkickers
Geelong: S. Menegola (2), G. Rohan (2), J. Bews, B. Close, L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, G. Miers, Z. Tuohy
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (2), J. Stephenson (2), B. Cunnington, A. Hall, T. Thomas

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 18 April 2021
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 21,282

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 10.17.77 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 3 . 9 7 . 12 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 3 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin NMLB by 10 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 30
Duration 30:48 31:08 30:18 28:54 2:01:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), David Noble (North Melbourne)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), D. Harris (#24), J. Howorth (#17), E: J. Broadbent (#20)
Goal Umpire: S. Plumridge, S. Williams, E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpire: J. Furman, B. MacDonald, J. Scully, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brandan Parfitt GEEL 3 3
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 2
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brandan Parfitt GEEL 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Lachie Henderson GEEL 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Isaac Smith GEEL 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom HBFL 87% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1
24 Bews, Jed INT 72% 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 1
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 100% 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 3
6 Clark, Jordan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Close, Brad FPR 81% 1 2 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5
40 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 75% 1 2 13 8 5 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick C 74% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 1 3 6 3 1 0 5
16 De Koning, Sam CHF 81% 0 2 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 74% 0 0 27 18 9 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 8
29 Guthrie, Cameron RR 71% 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 96% 1 3 13 6 7 5 4 1 1 6 1 3 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie BPL 100% 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5
38 Henry, Jack BPR 87% 0 0 16 8 8 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 2
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake CHB 88% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 0
27 Menegola, Sam INT 77% 2 1 28 15 13 5 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 5
32 Miers, Gryan HFFL 83% 1 0 22 10 12 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 7
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 83% 0 1 34 12 22 1 0 7 8 4 4 3 3 3
23 Rohan, Gary FPL 77% 2 1 12 6 6 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 80% 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 5 6 2 2 0 1 0
7 Smith, Isaac WL 81% 0 0 31 21 10 4 0 1 1 5 1 0 8 6
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 74% 0 0 24 9 15 4 8 2 6 2 2 2 1 5
44 Stewart, Tom HBFR 85% 0 0 30 20 10 11 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 1
2 Tuohy, Zach WR 76% 1 1 26 8 18 4 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 17 441 229 212 98 15 40 43 60 23 20 36 64

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 98% 0 1 24 14 10 4 0 1 0 5 1 2 2 2
16 Bonar, Aiden BPR 80% 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1
15 Bosenavulagi, Atu INT 73% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 3 2
42 Campbell, Tom FF 79% 0 0 9 6 3 3 15 3 2 4 0 0 2 1
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 85% 1 1 29 16 13 5 0 2 7 7 2 3 2 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 93% 0 0 10 8 2 4 29 3 3 5 2 4 0 5
43 Hall, Aaron HBFL↓ 23% 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
37 Hayden, Kyron INT 76% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 87% 2 0 5 4 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
35 Lazzaro, Charlie INT 66% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 3
1 Mahony, Jack HFFR 79% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 0
23 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
29 Phillips, Will FPR 71% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
24 Powell, Tom HFFL 81% 0 0 19 7 12 6 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 4
8 Scott, Bailey INT 77% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
12 Simpkin, Jy C 85% 0 0 24 18 6 0 0 3 2 9 1 4 1 7
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn WL 81% 2 1 16 14 2 9 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3
5 Taylor, Curtis SUB↑ 54% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn FPL 77% 1 0 11 4 7 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2
28 Turner, Kayne RO 82% 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 7 1 1 2 1 0 1
19 Walker, Josh CHB 91% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 7 0
17 Young, Lachie WR 78% 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 3 2 4 3 0 4 2
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) BPL 85% 0 0 38 33 5 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 18 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 7 5 321 199 122 89 45 53 26 67 20 23 52 43

C. Taylor replaced A. Hall.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 J. Ziebell (c) 23 B. McKay 16 A. Bonar 1 R. Stanley 24 J. Bews
45 B. Close 26 T. Hawkins 23 G. Rohan 29 C. Guthrie 40 L. Dahlhaus
FORWARD 14 J. Selwood (c) 22 M. Duncan
HALF-BACK

27 S. Menegola
43 A. Hall 19 J. Walker 18 S. Atley

6 J. Clark
3 B. Parfitt 16 S. De Koning 32 G. Miers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 J. Stephenson 12 J. Simpkin 17 L. Young



2 Z. Tuohy 35 P. Dangerfield 7 I. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 15 A. Bosenavulagi
HALF-FORWARD 10 B. Cunnington 37 K. Hayden
24 T. Powell 20 N. Larkey 1 J. Mahony 28 K. Turner 35 C. Lazzaro
44 T. Stewart 8 J. Kolodjashnij 30 T. Atkins

8 B. Scott
HALF-BACK

5 C. Taylor
FORWARD



26 T. Thomas 42 T. Campbell 29 W. Phillips



38 J. Henry 46 M. Blicavs 25 L. Henderson



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: David Noble

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Sam De Koning behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:35
NMLB Aaron Hall goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:46
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:20
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 10:13
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.3.3 - 2.0.12 15:27
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 20:17
GEEL Brad Close goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 22:25
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 25:20
Q2 GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 03:01
GEEL Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 06:11
NMLB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 08:04
GEEL Jed Bews goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 12:52
GEEL Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 17:15
NMLB Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 19:28
GEEL Brad Close behind 3.6.24 - 3.3.21 22:41
GEEL Zach Tuohy behind 3.7.25 - 3.3.21 26:19
GEEL Brandan Parfitt behind 3.8.26 - 3.3.21 27:55
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 3.9.27 - 3.3.21 29:38
Q3 NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 3.9.27 - 3.4.22 01:00
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 3.10.28 - 3.4.22 02:24
GEEL Sam De Koning behind 3.11.29 - 3.4.22 04:05
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus goal 4.11.35 - 3.4.22 04:54
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 4.11.35 - 4.4.28 07:03
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 5.11.41 - 4.4.28 10:26
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 6.11.47 - 4.4.28 16:07
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 6.11.47 - 5.4.34 18:00
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 7.11.53 - 5.4.34 25:55
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 7.12.54 - 5.4.34 27:54
Q4 GEEL Gary Rohan goal 8.12.60 - 5.4.34 02:24
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.12.60 - 6.4.40 04:25
GEEL Brad Close behind 8.13.61 - 6.4.40 08:27
GEEL Rushed behind 8.14.62 - 6.4.40 09:28
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.14.68 - 6.4.40 10:41
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 10.14.74 - 6.4.40 14:42
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 10.15.75 - 6.4.40 16:27
GEEL Lachie Henderson behind 10.16.76 - 6.4.40 19:04
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 10.16.76 - 6.5.41 20:12
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 10.16.76 - 7.5.47 21:40
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 10.17.77 - 7.5.47 28:26