2021 AFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2021 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Blundstone Arena.
Jack Ziebell captained the hosts.
Joel Selwood captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by David Noble and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.
North Melbourne (6.6.42) were defeated by Geelong (8.14.62).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 20
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Geelong
Date:
Saturday 31 July 2021
Time:
1:15 PM
Venue:
Blundstone Arena
Attendance:
8,083
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def. by
Geelong
Score:
6.6.42 - 8.14.62
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| North Melbourne | 3 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 6 | (42) |
| Geelong | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 14 | 8 | . | 14 | (62) |
| Margin | NMLB by 4 | GEEL by 8 | GEEL by 11 | GEEL by 20 | GEEL by 20 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:12 | 27:17 | 26:24 | 27:35 | 1:50:28 | |||||||||||
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 (Geelong) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
North Melbourne
Captain: Jack ZiebellCoach: David Noble
Geelong
Captain: Joel SelwoodCoach: Chris Scott
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
P. Rebeschini (#31)B. Rosebury (#8)
A. Stephens (#12)
E: L. Porter (#45)
Goal Umpires
S. PipernoC. Roffey
E: M. Maclure
Boundary Umpires
J. AndrewsK. Ferguson
P. Jackson
M. Konetschka
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Guthrie | GEEL | 29 | 3 |
| Tom Stewart | GEEL | 44 | 2 |
| Zach Tuohy | GEEL | 2 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Guthrie | GEEL | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Guthrie | GEEL | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Hall | NMLB | 43 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Isaac Smith | GEEL | 7 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Tom Stewart | GEEL | 44 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Ben McKay | NMLB | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 3 | Anderson, Jed | RR | 75% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Atley, Shaun | SUB | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bosenavulagi, Atu | INT | 84% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Davies-Uniacke, Luke | RO | 80% | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Dumont, Trent | WL | 86% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Ford, Eddie | INT | 80% | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | FPL | 86% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Hall, Aaron | HBFR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Larkey, Nick | FF | 92% | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mahony, Jack | FPR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | McDonald, Luke | WR | 81% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | McKay, Ben | FB | 96% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Phillips, Will | INT | 74% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Polec, Jared | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Scott, Bailey | HFFR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Simpkin, Jy | C | 81% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Stephenson, Jaidyn | CHF | 78% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Tarrant, Robbie | BPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Taylor, Curtis | HFFL | 71% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Turner, Kayne | CHB | 84% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Walker, Josh | BPL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Xerri, Tristan | RU | 79% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack (c) | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 6 | 6 | 341 | 219 | 122 | 126 | 29 | 38 | 27 | 58 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 34 | |||
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 24 | Bews, Jed | BPL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | FB | 77% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 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 | INT | 82% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40 | Dahlhaus, Luke | FPL | 77% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Dangerfield, Patrick | RO | 79% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | C | 62% | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 39 | Guthrie, Zach | INT | 85% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | FF | 96% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Henry, Jack | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | HFFR | 88% | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Kolodjashnij, Jake | HBFR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | Kreuger, Nathan | BPR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Menegola, Sam | INT | 71% | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Narkle, Quinton | INT | 78% | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Parfitt, Brandan | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Ratugolea, Esava | CHF | 88% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Rohan, Gary | FPR | 84% | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel (c) | RR | 74% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Smith, Isaac | WL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | Stanley, Rhys | RU | 69% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Tuohy, Zach | WR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 8 | 14 | 394 | 237 | 157 | 136 | 31 | 40 | 29 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 60 | |||
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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| 24 | J. Bews | 46 | M. Blicavs | 15 | N. Kreuger | 38 | T. Xerri | 15 | A. Bosenavulagi | ||||||
| 1 | J. Mahony | 20 | N. Larkey | 22 | T. Goldstein | 3 | J. Anderson | 40 | E. Ford | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | L. Davies-Uniacke | 29 | W. Phillips | |||||||||||
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| 44 | T. Stewart | 38 | J. Henry | 8 | J. Kolodjashnij |
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| 7 | I. Smith | 29 | C. Guthrie | 2 | Z. Tuohy |
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| 11 | L. McDonald | 12 | J. Simpkin | 14 | T. Dumont | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 1 | R. Stanley | 45 | B. Close | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 14 | J. Selwood (c) | 39 | Z. Guthrie | |||||||||||
| 3 | B. Parfitt | 17 | E. Ratugolea | 4 | S. Higgins | 35 | P. Dangerfield | 27 | S. Menegola | ||||||
| 43 | A. Hall | 28 | K. Turner | 7 | J. Ziebell (c) |
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| 40 | L. Dahlhaus | 26 | T. Hawkins | 23 | G. Rohan |
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| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | NMLB | Luke Davies-Uniacke goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:12 |
| GEEL | Sam Menegola behind | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 07:12 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 1.0.6 | - | 1.1.7 | 09:13 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Higgins behind | 1.0.6 | - | 1.2.8 | 12:38 | |
| NMLB | Eddie Ford behind | 1.1.7 | - | 1.2.8 | 13:12 | |
| GEEL | Luke Dahlhaus behind | 1.1.7 | - | 1.3.9 | 15:59 | |
| GEEL | Cameron Guthrie goal | 1.1.7 | - | 2.3.15 | 17:45 | |
| GEEL | Sam Menegola behind | 1.1.7 | - | 2.4.16 | 20:08 | |
| NMLB | Atu Bosenavulagi goal | 2.1.13 | - | 2.4.16 | 21:10 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 2.2.14 | - | 2.4.16 | 22:38 | |
| NMLB | Nick Larkey goal | 3.2.20 | - | 2.4.16 | 26:46 | |
| Q2 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.4.16 | 00:25 |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.5.17 | 01:24 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Higgins goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.5.23 | 02:29 | |
| NMLB | Curtis Taylor goal | 4.3.27 | - | 3.5.23 | 05:47 | |
| NMLB | Jed Anderson behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.5.23 | 12:32 | |
| GEEL | Mark Blicavs goal | 4.4.28 | - | 4.5.29 | 13:56 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 4.6.30 | 17:44 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 4.4.28 | - | 5.6.36 | 19:27 | |
| Q3 | GEEL | Cameron Guthrie goal | 4.4.28 | - | 6.6.42 | 02:37 |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.7.43 | 04:49 | |
| GEEL | Esava Ratugolea behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.8.44 | 07:17 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.9.45 | 07:30 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 4.5.29 | - | 6.9.45 | 10:12 | |
| NMLB | Nick Larkey goal | 5.5.35 | - | 6.9.45 | 12:42 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan behind | 5.5.35 | - | 6.10.46 | 14:28 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 5.6.36 | - | 6.10.46 | 19:05 | |
| GEEL | Brad Close behind | 5.6.36 | - | 6.11.47 | 20:48 | |
| Q4 | GEEL | Quinton Narkle goal | 5.6.36 | - | 7.11.53 | 02:36 |
| GEEL | Quinton Narkle behind | 5.6.36 | - | 7.12.54 | 03:45 | |
| NMLB | Eddie Ford goal | 6.6.42 | - | 7.12.54 | 10:29 | |
| GEEL | Cameron Guthrie behind | 6.6.42 | - | 7.13.55 | 17:21 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 6.6.42 | - | 8.13.61 | 19:53 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 6.6.42 | - | 8.14.62 | 25:44 | |