2021 AFL Round 22: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 2021 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 22 of the 2021 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Noble and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, D. Rampe
Half-back: N. Blakey, T. McCartin, J. Dawson
Centre: J. McInerney, J. Kennedy, O. Florent
Half-forward: W. Hayward, I. Heeney, S. Wicks
Forward: H. McLean, S. Reid, T. Papley
Follower: T. Hickey, G. Hewett, L. Parker
Int.: B. Campbell, R. Fox, E. Gulden, J. Rowbottom
Sub.: C. O'Riordan

North Melbourne (12.5.77) were defeated by Sydney (13.13.91).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (3), E. Ford (2), N. Larkey (2), J. Anderson, C. Comben, J. Stephenson, C. Taylor, T. Thomas
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), T. Papley (2), B. Campbell, J. Dawson, O. Florent, E. Gulden, I. Heeney, H. McLean, L. Parker, S. Wicks

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Sydney remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 14 August 2021
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 12.5.77 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 3 7 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Sydney 5 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin SYDN by 18 SYDN by 31 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 14 SYDN by 14
Duration 29:55 31:42 29:42 31:10 2:02:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Noble (North Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), J. Power (#4), N. Williamson (#22), E: N. Jankovskis (#48)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, M. Maclure, E: C. Leonard
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, P. Cran, K. Ferguson, P. Jackson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Will Hayward SYDN 9 2
George Hewett SYDN 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Will Hayward SYDN 9 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Harry Cunningham SYDN 7 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Aaron Hall NMLB 43 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 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
3 Anderson, Jed HFFL 78% 1 0 19 10 9 2 0 5 3 8 0 4 1 2
16 Bonar, Aiden INT 82% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
30 Comben, Charlie FPR 83% 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 90% 0 1 24 16 8 5 0 3 4 4 2 2 3 2
14 Dumont, Trent WR 78% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 0
40 Ford, Eddie INT 79% 2 1 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 81% 0 0 14 5 9 6 35 2 3 4 0 1 0 2
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 85% 0 0 30 26 4 10 0 1 0 4 0 0 12 3
20 Larkey, Nick FF 81% 2 1 5 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
11 McDonald, Luke WL 84% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 4
23 McKay, Ben FB 89% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0
29 Phillips, Will INT 64% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
8 Scott, Bailey FPL 80% 0 0 11 1 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 84% 0 0 22 6 16 1 0 2 4 6 0 4 0 1
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn CHF 76% 1 0 17 13 4 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 85% 0 0 12 11 1 9 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 85% 1 0 19 11 8 6 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
26 Thomas, Tarryn RR 72% 1 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 4
28 Turner, Kayne BPR 94% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 1 4 3 1 1 1
19 Walker, Josh HBFL 86% 0 0 17 13 4 4 7 2 2 3 1 0 4 2
17 Young, Lachie SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) BPL 79% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 1 5 0 3 3 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFR 85% 3 1 10 6 4 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 5 323 194 129 94 43 42 32 62 14 22 44 37

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL↓ 58% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 4
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 72% 1 0 10 3 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 87% 0 0 26 16 10 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFR 81% 1 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 4
13 Florent, Oliver WR 83% 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 3 4 1 1 2 4
42 Fox, Robbie INT 75% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Gulden, Errol INT 75% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 3
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 84% 3 3 17 14 3 11 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF 80% 1 2 14 7 7 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3
29 Hewett, George RR 83% 0 0 28 12 16 5 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 84% 0 0 18 14 4 5 22 1 4 2 1 1 1 5
12 Kennedy, Josh C 77% 0 1 25 12 13 2 0 5 7 1 1 1 0 2
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 89% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 0 4 1 2 3 2
27 McInerney, Justin WL 85% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
41 McLean, Hayden FPL 95% 1 1 13 11 2 9 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 1
43 Melican, Lewis FB 86% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin SUB↑ 25% 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Papley, Tom FPR 93% 2 2 12 7 5 0 0 3 2 8 2 3 0 3
26 Parker, Luke RO 77% 1 0 25 15 10 3 0 8 6 1 4 0 0 6
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 94% 0 0 13 10 3 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 3
20 Reid, Sam FF 78% 0 1 11 5 6 4 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 2
8 Rowbottom, James INT 62% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 2
45 Wicks, Sam HFFR 72% 1 1 11 4 7 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 13 370 233 137 108 27 53 38 52 22 14 25 57

C. O'Riordan replaced N. Blakey.

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
7 H. Cunningham 43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe 22 T. Goldstein 16 A. Bonar
30 C. Comben 20 N. Larkey 8 B. Scott 26 T. Thomas 40 E. Ford
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 29 W. Phillips
HALF-BACK

5 C. Taylor
22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson

17 L. Young
44 C. Zurhaar 2 J. Stephenson 3 J. Anderson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 12 J. Kennedy 13 O. Florent



14 T. Dumont 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 11 L. McDonald FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 16 B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 29 G. Hewett 42 R. Fox
9 W. Hayward 5 I. Heeney 45 S. Wicks 26 L. Parker 21 E. Gulden
43 A. Hall 25 R. Tarrant 19 J. Walker

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

38 C. O'Riordan
FORWARD



41 H. McLean 20 S. Reid 11 T. Papley



28 K. Turner 23 B. McKay 7 J. Ziebell (c)



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:11
SYDN Tom Papley behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:18
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:06
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 07:38
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 10:56
SYDN Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 12:35
SYDN Luke Parker goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 15:00
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 19:45
NMLB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 23:54
SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.2.8 - 5.2.32 26:23
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 29:51
Q2 SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.2.14 - 6.2.38 00:54
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.2.14 - 6.3.39 11:55
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 2.2.14 - 7.3.45 20:03
SYDN Will Hayward goal 2.2.14 - 8.3.51 22:17
SYDN Will Hayward behind 2.2.14 - 8.4.52 24:09
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 2.3.15 - 8.4.52 27:52
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 3.3.21 - 8.4.52 28:13
Q3 NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 4.3.27 - 8.4.52 03:40
SYDN Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 8.5.53 05:05
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 4.3.27 - 8.6.54 06:05
SYDN Will Hayward behind 4.3.27 - 8.7.55 07:18
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 4.4.28 - 8.7.55 11:27
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 5.4.34 - 8.7.55 13:56
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 5.4.34 - 9.7.61 19:14
SYDN Sam Reid behind 5.4.34 - 9.8.62 20:46
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 6.4.40 - 9.8.62 23:26
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 6.4.40 - 10.8.68 26:41
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.4.46 - 10.8.68 28:44
Q4 NMLB Eddie Ford goal 8.4.52 - 10.8.68 01:30
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 9.4.58 - 10.8.68 03:34
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 10.4.64 - 10.8.68 08:16
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 10.4.64 - 10.9.69 12:45
SYDN Will Hayward goal 10.4.64 - 11.9.75 14:21
SYDN Will Hayward goal 10.4.64 - 12.9.81 16:33
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 10.4.64 - 12.10.82 17:45
SYDN Will Hayward behind 10.4.64 - 12.11.83 18:50
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 10.4.64 - 13.11.89 19:31
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 10.4.64 - 13.12.90 21:20
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 10.5.65 - 13.12.90 24:37
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.5.65 - 13.13.91 27:01
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 11.5.71 - 13.13.91 28:16
NMLB Charlie Comben goal 12.5.77 - 13.13.91 31:08