2021 AFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 2021 between North Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 15 of the 2021 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at Blundstone Arena. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Noble and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

North Melbourne
Back: S. Atley, B. McKay, J. Walker
Half-back: J. Ziebell (capt.), R. Tarrant, A. Hall
Centre: T. Dumont, B. Cunnington, L. McDonald
Half-forward: T. Thomas, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar
Forward: K. Turner, J. Stephenson, T. Xerri
Follower: T. Goldstein, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin
Int.: J. Mahony, W. Phillips, C. Taylor, L. Young
Sub.: A. Bosenavulagi

Gold Coast
Back: W. Powell, C. Graham, S. Lemmens
Half-back: J. Lukosius, C. Ballard, J. Bowes
Centre: B. Ellis, J. Sharp, H. Greenwood
Half-forward: J. Corbett, S. Day, N. Holman
Forward: N. Anderson, B. King, S. Flanders
Follower: Z. Smith, B. Ainsworth, T. Miller
Int.: O. Markov, I. Rankine, M. Rowell, A. Sexton
Sub.: B. Fiorini

North Melbourne (9.18.72) defeated Gold Coast (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), C. Zurhaar (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Mahony, J. Simpkin, K. Turner
Gold Coast: J. Corbett (3), B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, H. Greenwood, N. Holman, A. Sexton, Z. Smith

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Gold Coast remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 26 June 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 6,719

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 9.18.72 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 15 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Gold Coast 3 . 0 7 . 4 8 . 4 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin NMLB by 10 GCST by 8 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration 33:01 29:46 27:54 28:46 1:59:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Noble (North Melbourne), Stuart Dew (Gold Coast)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), unknown (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), B. Hosking (#16), M. Nicholls (#15), E: L. Rowe (#36)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, D. Wilson, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, J. Furman, C. Gordon, L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 3
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 2
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Cameron Zurhaar NMLB 44 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Touk Miller GCST 11 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Ben McKay NMLB 23 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 BPL 87% 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
15 Bosenavulagi, Atu SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 80% 0 0 28 17 11 6 0 5 8 4 4 1 3 4
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 82% 1 1 26 8 18 2 0 4 5 4 1 1 1 6
14 Dumont, Trent WL 71% 0 0 21 18 3 11 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 5
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 87% 0 1 21 10 11 2 44 3 6 1 4 0 0 3
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 87% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 1
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 90% 3 0 16 9 7 8 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 4
1 Mahony, Jack INT 80% 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
11 McDonald, Luke WR 84% 0 1 20 11 9 6 0 4 2 6 1 3 3 2
23 McKay, Ben FB 95% 0 0 8 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
29 Phillips, Will INT 65% 0 2 12 7 5 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 82% 1 0 30 20 10 4 0 4 5 4 2 2 3 5
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn FF 83% 0 2 20 16 4 4 0 7 2 3 1 0 1 4
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 76% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 80% 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFL 73% 0 2 16 11 5 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 6
28 Turner, Kayne FPL 69% 1 0 10 9 1 4 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 3
19 Walker, Josh BPR 84% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
38 Xerri, Tristan FPR 93% 0 1 11 5 6 3 7 2 3 7 0 5 0 1
17 Young, Lachie INT 82% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) HBFL 89% 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFR 81% 2 2 24 12 12 7 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 5
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 9 18 370 223 147 93 51 54 47 54 27 19 36 61

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben RR 74% 1 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 4
15 Anderson, Noah FPL 59% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 4 2 1 1 2 1
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 90% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
3 Bowes, Jack HBFR 78% 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 4 1
19 Corbett, Josh HFFL 86% 3 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
12 Day, Sam CHF 81% 0 0 11 4 7 5 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
4 Ellis, Brandon WL 93% 0 0 27 19 8 6 0 3 2 3 1 2 4 5
8 Fiorini, Brayden SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Flanders, Sam FPR 76% 1 0 20 9 11 4 0 5 0 3 1 2 1 3
46 Graham, Caleb FB 95% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
1 Greenwood, Hugh WR 76% 1 1 17 9 8 0 0 11 7 2 2 1 0 2
39 Holman, Nick HFFR 92% 1 0 14 5 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
34 King, Ben FF 90% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 78% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 6 0 5 0 3 5 1
13 Lukosius, Jack HBFL 86% 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 7 1
17 Markov, Oleg INT 80% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 7 0
11 Miller, Touk RO 83% 0 0 32 19 13 6 0 5 5 5 0 3 6 6
27 Powell, Wil BPL 87% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 4 2
22 Rankine, Izak INT 80% 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 2
18 Rowell, Matt INT 82% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 7 2 4 2 3 0 2
6 Sexton, Alex INT 73% 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
37 Sharp, Jeremy C 88% 0 1 20 17 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 6
32 Smith, Zac RU 72% 1 0 13 5 8 3 14 4 4 4 3 2 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 9 9 324 197 127 83 18 65 26 56 19 27 48 45

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
27 W. Powell 46 C. Graham 23 S. Lemmens 22 T. Goldstein 1 J. Mahony
38 T. Xerri 2 J. Stephenson 28 K. Turner 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 29 W. Phillips
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

17 L. Young
13 J. Lukosius 10 C. Ballard 3 J. Bowes

15 A. Bosenavulagi
44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 26 T. Thomas



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 B. Ellis 37 J. Sharp 1 H. Greenwood



11 L. McDonald 10 B. Cunnington 14 T. Dumont FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 Z. Smith 17 O. Markov
HALF-FORWARD 9 B. Ainsworth 22 I. Rankine
19 J. Corbett 12 S. Day 39 N. Holman 11 T. Miller 18 M. Rowell
43 A. Hall 25 R. Tarrant 7 J. Ziebell (c)

6 A. Sexton
HALF-BACK

8 B. Fiorini
FORWARD



15 N. Anderson 34 B. King 26 S. Flanders



19 J. Walker 23 B. McKay 18 S. Atley



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:01
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:26
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 09:16
NMLB Will Phillips behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 10:49
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 11:54
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 15:44
GCST Josh Corbett goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 17:46
GCST Josh Corbett goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 20:37
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 23:44
NMLB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.0.18 27:06
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 4.4.28 - 3.0.18 29:35
Q2 GCST Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 00:21
GCST Jeremy Sharp behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 01:45
GCST Izak Rankine behind 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 03:05
GCST Nick Holman goal 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 04:10
NMLB Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 05:30
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 07:03
GCST Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 09:00
GCST Alex Sexton goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 15:43
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 5.6.36 - 5.4.34 17:18
GCST Sam Flanders goal 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 23:14
NMLB Will Phillips behind 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 24:56
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 5.8.38 - 6.4.40 27:05
GCST Josh Corbett goal 5.8.38 - 7.4.46 28:23
Q3 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.8.44 - 7.4.46 01:29
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 6.9.45 - 7.4.46 06:39
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 6.10.46 - 7.4.46 07:47
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.10.52 - 7.4.46 11:24
NMLB Jack Mahony goal 8.10.58 - 7.4.46 13:31
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 8.11.59 - 7.4.46 14:41
NMLB Luke McDonald behind 8.12.60 - 7.4.46 20:22
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 8.13.61 - 7.4.46 21:33
GCST Zac Smith goal 8.13.61 - 8.4.52 22:52
NMLB Rushed behind 8.14.62 - 8.4.52 24:39
NMLB Rushed behind 8.15.63 - 8.4.52 27:22
Q4 NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 8.16.64 - 8.4.52 05:11
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 9.16.70 - 8.4.52 09:20
NMLB Rushed behind 9.17.71 - 8.4.52 12:05
NMLB Tristan Xerri behind 9.18.72 - 8.4.52 15:22
GCST Hugh Greenwood goal 9.18.72 - 9.4.58 16:34
GCST Rushed behind 9.18.72 - 9.5.59 19:44
GCST Rushed behind 9.18.72 - 9.6.60 20:30
GCST Rushed behind 9.18.72 - 9.7.61 21:23
GCST Hugh Greenwood behind 9.18.72 - 9.8.62 22:26
GCST Alex Sexton behind 9.18.72 - 9.9.63 24:00