2021 AFL Round 16: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 2021 between Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round 16 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Mitch Wallis as vice-captain. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by David Noble.

Western Bulldogs
Back: C. Daniel, A. Keath, B. Williams
Half-back: T. Duryea, Z. Cordy, B. Dale
Centre: M. Wallis (vice-capt.), T. Liberatore, B. Smith
Half-forward: J. Johannisen, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Forward: L. Young, J. Bruce, L. Hunter
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: R. Garcia, M. Hannan, T. McLean, A. Scott
Sub.: P. Lipinski

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

Western Bulldogs (16.12.108) defeated North Melbourne (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: C. Weightman (4), M. Wallis (3), J. Bruce (2), B. Dale (2), T. Liberatore (2), R. Garcia, M. Hannan, B. Williams
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (4), B. Cunnington (2), T. Goldstein (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott, T. Thomas

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 4 July 2021
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 18,216

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 5 . 1 9 . 6 13 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin WBUL by 12 WBUL by 27 WBUL by 39 WBUL by 29 WBUL by 29
Duration 30:52 32:03 30:06 32:34 2:05:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), David Noble (North Melbourne)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Mitch Wallis (Western Bulldogs), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), C. Dore (#28), M. Nicholls (#15), E: A. Gianfagna (#27)
Goal Umpire: M. Bridges, C. Roffey, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, J. Furman, M. Marantelli, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 3
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 2
Cody Weightman WBUL 19 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Cody Weightman WBUL 19 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Cameron Zurhaar NMLB 44 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Zaine Cordy WBUL 12 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 86% 0 1 27 16 11 8 0 4 4 9 2 3 2 4
17 Bruce, Josh FF 88% 2 1 11 4 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 82% 2 0 23 20 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3
35 Daniel, Caleb BPL 83% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 82% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 0
44 English, Tim RU 81% 0 0 9 5 4 4 17 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
38 Garcia, Riley INT 69% 1 1 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
29 Hannan, Mitch INT 81% 1 1 11 8 3 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 4
7 Hunter, Lachie FPR 79% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 6
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 76% 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 0
21 Liberatore, Tom C 75% 2 2 25 14 11 6 0 5 8 4 3 0 2 2
27 Lipinski, Patrick SUB↑ 41% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
11 Macrae, Jack RR 84% 0 0 31 10 21 3 0 3 7 0 1 0 0 3
16 McLean, Toby INT 78% 0 2 8 2 6 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF↓ 38% 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
28 Scott, Anthony INT 78% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
6 Smith, Bailey WR 78% 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 4
3 Wallis, Mitch (vc) WL 81% 3 0 12 6 6 5 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 2
19 Weightman, Cody HFFR 75% 4 1 13 12 1 7 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 81% 1 0 19 17 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 9 2
2 Young, Lewis FPL 82% 0 0 13 8 5 6 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 12 341 207 134 98 25 55 29 49 21 14 41 50

P. Lipinski replaced A. Naughton.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun CHB 81% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 80% 2 2 26 17 9 8 0 7 9 5 2 2 0 6
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 81% 1 0 18 8 10 5 0 3 7 5 0 2 1 3
14 Dumont, Trent WL 80% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 3
40 Ford, Eddie SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 85% 2 1 14 11 3 7 30 0 3 2 0 1 2 3
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 84% 0 1 31 23 8 13 0 3 0 3 0 1 7 5
20 Larkey, Nick HFFL 89% 0 3 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
1 Mahony, Jack FPL 83% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 4
11 McDonald, Luke WR 81% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2
23 McKay, Ben FB 96% 0 0 11 9 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
29 Phillips, Will INT 66% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Scott, Bailey FF 82% 1 0 16 10 6 7 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 83% 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 8
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn FPR 86% 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie BPR 85% 0 0 24 21 3 15 0 0 0 5 2 3 3 0
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 73% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 3
26 Thomas, Tarryn HFFR 74% 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 8 5 5 2 0 5
28 Turner, Kayne INT 73% 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Walker, Josh HBFL 96% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
38 Xerri, Tristan INT 76% 0 0 6 1 5 2 13 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) BPL 86% 0 0 28 21 7 7 0 2 1 4 1 0 5 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron CHF 82% 4 1 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 13 367 245 122 138 43 37 36 65 14 21 32 52

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 J. Ziebell (c) 23 B. McKay 25 R. Tarrant 44 T. English 38 R. Garcia
7 L. Hunter 17 J. Bruce 2 L. Young 11 J. Macrae 29 M. Hannan
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 16 T. McLean
HALF-BACK

28 A. Scott
19 J. Walker 18 S. Atley 43 A. Hall

27 P. Lipinski
19 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 39 J. Johannisen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 T. Dumont 10 B. Cunnington 11 L. McDonald



6 B. Smith 21 T. Liberatore 3 M. Wallis (vc) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 29 W. Phillips
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 5 C. Taylor
20 N. Larkey 44 C. Zurhaar 26 T. Thomas 12 J. Simpkin 28 K. Turner
31 B. Dale 12 Z. Cordy 15 T. Duryea

38 T. Xerri
HALF-BACK

40 E. Ford
FORWARD



1 J. Mahony 8 B. Scott 2 J. Stephenson



34 B. Williams 42 A. Keath 35 C. Daniel



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: David Noble

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:28
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:39
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 09:27
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 10:39
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 13:41
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 4.0.24 - 2.0.12 15:59
NMLB Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 2.1.13 17:46
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 21:04
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.1.25 - 3.1.19 22:45
WBUL Mitch Hannan goal 5.1.31 - 3.1.19 26:54
Q2 WBUL Toby McLean behind 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 00:57
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 06:35
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 5.4.34 - 3.1.19 07:44
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 6.4.40 - 3.1.19 09:07
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 7.4.46 - 3.1.19 11:04
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 7.4.46 - 4.1.25 12:21
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 7.4.46 - 5.1.31 16:52
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 8.4.52 - 5.1.31 19:13
WBUL Riley Garcia behind 8.5.53 - 5.1.31 21:47
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 8.6.54 - 5.1.31 23:01
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 9.6.60 - 5.1.31 24:14
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 9.6.60 - 5.2.32 28:10
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 9.6.60 - 5.3.33 30:07
Q3 WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 9.7.61 - 5.3.33 01:13
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 10.7.67 - 5.3.33 02:40
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 10.7.67 - 6.3.39 08:47
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 10.7.67 - 6.4.40 13:21
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 10.7.67 - 7.4.46 14:04
NMLB Will Phillips behind 10.7.67 - 7.5.47 15:56
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 11.7.73 - 7.5.47 17:12
WBUL Riley Garcia goal 12.7.79 - 7.5.47 23:37
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 12.8.80 - 7.5.47 26:58
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 13.8.86 - 7.5.47 28:14
Q4 NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 13.8.86 - 8.5.53 01:44
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 13.8.86 - 8.6.54 03:25
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 13.8.86 - 8.7.55 04:47
NMLB Aaron Hall behind 13.8.86 - 8.8.56 05:55
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 13.8.86 - 8.9.57 06:37
NMLB Kayne Turner behind 13.8.86 - 8.10.58 08:45
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 13.8.86 - 9.10.64 10:39
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 14.8.92 - 9.10.64 12:42
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 14.8.92 - 10.10.70 14:28
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 14.8.92 - 10.11.71 16:04
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 14.9.93 - 10.11.71 19:18
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 15.9.99 - 10.11.71 20:12
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 15.9.99 - 10.12.72 22:16
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 15.10.100 - 10.12.72 25:04
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 16.10.106 - 10.12.72 26:18
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 16.11.107 - 10.12.72 28:26
WBUL Toby McLean behind 16.12.108 - 10.12.72 28:55
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 16.12.108 - 10.13.73 29:29
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 16.12.108 - 11.13.79 30:27