2021 AFL 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 20 of the 2021 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Walker, B. McKay, R. Tarrant
Half-back: J. Ziebell (capt.), K. Turner, A. Hall
Centre: T. Dumont, J. Simpkin, L. McDonald
Half-forward: C. Taylor, J. Stephenson, B. Scott
Forward: T. Goldstein, N. Larkey, J. Mahony
Follower: T. Xerri, J. Anderson, L. Davies-Uniacke
Int.: A. Bosenavulagi, E. Ford, W. Phillips, J. Polec
Sub.: S. Atley

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, M. Blicavs, N. Kreuger
Half-back: T. Stewart, J. Henry, J. Kolodjashnij
Centre: I. Smith, C. Guthrie, Z. Tuohy
Half-forward: B. Parfitt, E. Ratugolea, S. Higgins
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Follower: R. Stanley, J. Selwood (capt.), P. Dangerfield
Int.: B. Close, Z. Guthrie, S. Menegola, Q. Narkle
Sub.: J. Clark

North Melbourne (6.6.42) were defeated by Geelong (8.14.62).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (2), A. Bosenavulagi, L. Davies-Uniacke, E. Ford, C. Taylor
Geelong: C. Guthrie (2), G. Rohan (2), M. Blicavs, T. Hawkins, S. Higgins, Q. Narkle

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Rebeschini (#31), B. Rosebury (#8), A. Stephens (#12), E: L. Porter (#45)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, C. Roffey, E: M. Maclure
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, K. 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
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: David Noble
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

13 J. Polec
44 T. Stewart 38 J. Henry 8 J. Kolodjashnij

18 S. Atley
8 B. Scott 2 J. Stephenson 5 C. Taylor



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 I. Smith 29 C. Guthrie 2 Z. Tuohy



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)

19 Q. Narkle
HALF-BACK

6 J. Clark
FORWARD



40 L. Dahlhaus 26 T. Hawkins 23 G. Rohan



25 R. Tarrant 23 B. McKay 19 J. Walker



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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