2021 AFL Round 23: Adelaide v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2021 between Adelaide and North Melbourne during round 23 of the 2021 AFL season. Adelaide hosted North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Rory Sloane captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by David Noble.

Adelaide
Back: B. Frampton, J. Butts, B. Smith
Half-back: A. McPherson, T. Doedee, C. Jones
Centre: B. Cook, B. Keays, P. Seedsman
Half-forward: D. MacKay, R. Thilthorpe, L. Murphy
Forward: N. McHenry, D. Fogarty, T. Lynch
Follower: K. Strachan, R. Laird, R. Sloane (capt.)
Int.: B. Davis, L. Gollant, S. McAdam, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: J. Rowe

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

Adelaide (13.20.98) defeated North Melbourne (8.6.54).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: S. McAdam (3), B. Keays (2), L. Gollant, C. Jones, T. Lynch, D. MacKay, N. McHenry, H. Schoenberg, P. Seedsman, R. Thilthorpe
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), J. Anderson, W. Phillips, B. Scott, T. Thomas, J. Walker

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Adelaide v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 22 August 2021
Time: 4:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 13,103

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.20.98 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 15 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
North Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Margin ADEL by 17 ADEL by 24 ADEL by 29 ADEL by 44 ADEL by 44
Duration 30:07 27:52 31:14 33:09 2:02:22

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), David Noble (North Melbourne)
Captains: Rory Sloane (Adelaide), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. O'Gorman (#10), E. Tee (#34), B. Wallace (#33), E: G. Lewis (#44)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, M. Ensbey, E: D. Hoskin
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, S. Burton, J. Moore, M. Thomson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Keays ADEL 2 3
Rory Laird ADEL 29 2
Aaron Hall NMLB 43 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Rory Laird ADEL 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ben Keays ADEL 2 8 0 2 0 0 0
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Ned McHenry ADEL 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Shane McAdam ADEL 23 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Butts, Jordon FB 100% 0 0 9 7 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1
15 Cook, Brayden WL 69% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
40 Davis, Ben INT 77% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
39 Doedee, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 2
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 90% 0 1 6 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
22 Frampton, Billy BPL 80% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
44 Gollant, Lachlan INT 77% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
1 Jones, Chayce HBFR 86% 1 1 11 8 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 2
2 Keays, Ben C 80% 2 0 38 20 18 4 0 6 6 5 3 1 2 10
29 Laird, Rory RR 80% 0 0 40 14 26 4 0 8 10 1 2 0 2 1
27 Lynch, Tom FPR 87% 1 0 23 12 11 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2
14 MacKay, David HFFL 85% 1 3 19 13 6 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 5
23 McAdam, Shane INT 78% 3 0 14 10 4 8 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1
25 McHenry, Ned FPL 80% 1 3 24 11 13 6 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 4
36 McPherson, Andrew HBFL 87% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 3
4 Murphy, Lachlan HFFR 78% 0 4 13 8 5 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
31 Rowe, James SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Schoenberg, Harry INT 65% 1 1 24 11 13 4 0 8 6 2 1 1 2 4
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 87% 1 0 23 11 12 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 4
9 Sloane, Rory (c) RO 76% 0 0 27 11 16 4 0 7 6 1 0 1 1 2
33 Smith, Brodie BPR 79% 0 1 25 20 5 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 2
45 Strachan, Kieran RU 83% 0 1 18 5 13 2 34 1 3 6 0 4 0 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 87% 1 1 18 9 9 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 13 20 418 222 196 90 37 57 42 55 14 19 28 57

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed HFFL 80% 1 0 20 7 13 1 0 5 3 5 2 1 1 1
18 Atley, Shaun CHB 90% 0 0 17 4 13 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
16 Bonar, Aiden BPL 84% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0
15 Bosenavulagi, Atu INT 72% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 80% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 3
14 Dumont, Trent WR 80% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 5
40 Ford, Eddie FPL 84% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 91% 0 0 12 4 8 1 41 4 5 0 1 0 0 2
43 Hall, Aaron HBFR 90% 0 0 37 28 9 5 0 3 1 6 1 1 16 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 90% 3 0 13 6 7 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFL 87% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 7 0 6 0 2 5 1
23 McKay, Ben FB 88% 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
29 Phillips, Will INT 59% 1 0 10 2 8 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1
8 Scott, Bailey SUB↑ 25% 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 84% 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 7 4 5 2 0 1 6
36 Spicer, Phoenix INT 78% 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn CHF 83% 0 1 17 7 10 4 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie BPR 90% 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 78% 0 1 14 11 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 2
26 Thomas, Tarryn RR 82% 1 1 26 15 11 5 0 7 3 3 3 0 2 2
28 Turner, Kayne WL 78% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
19 Walker, Josh FPR 75% 1 0 8 5 3 1 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFR↓ 52% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 6 315 175 140 69 45 67 26 57 19 14 42 37

B. Scott replaced C. Zurhaar.

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 A. Bonar 23 B. McKay 25 R. Tarrant 45 K. Strachan 40 B. Davis
27 T. Lynch 32 D. Fogarty 25 N. McHenry 29 R. Laird 44 L. Gollant
FORWARD 9 R. Sloane (c) 23 S. McAdam
HALF-BACK

26 H. Schoenberg
11 L. McDonald 18 S. Atley 43 A. Hall

31 J. Rowe
4 L. Murphy 7 R. Thilthorpe 14 D. MacKay



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 K. Turner 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 14 T. Dumont



11 P. Seedsman 2 B. Keays 15 B. Cook FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 15 A. Bosenavulagi
HALF-FORWARD 26 T. Thomas 29 W. Phillips
3 J. Anderson 2 J. Stephenson 44 C. Zurhaar 12 J. Simpkin 36 P. Spicer
1 C. Jones 39 T. Doedee 36 A. McPherson

5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

8 B. Scott
FORWARD



40 E. Ford 20 N. Larkey 19 J. Walker



33 B. Smith 41 J. Butts 22 B. Frampton



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: David Noble

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Jed Anderson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:33
ADEL Ned McHenry behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:32
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 06:31
ADEL Paul Seedsman goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 09:13
NMLB Josh Walker goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 11:18
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 13:41
ADEL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 15:37
NMLB Phoenix Spicer behind 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 20:49
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 21:43
ADEL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 23:02
ADEL Ned McHenry goal 3.5.23 - 2.1.13 24:25
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 4.5.29 - 2.1.13 26:08
ADEL David MacKay behind 4.6.30 - 2.1.13 27:20
Q2 ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.6.36 - 2.1.13 05:11
ADEL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 2.1.13 06:41
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 5.8.38 - 2.1.13 08:51
ADEL Ned McHenry behind 5.9.39 - 2.1.13 17:58
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 5.9.39 - 2.2.14 19:42
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 5.9.39 - 2.3.15 23:50
Q3 ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 5.10.40 - 2.3.15 02:01
ADEL David MacKay behind 5.11.41 - 2.3.15 04:38
ADEL Chayce Jones behind 5.12.42 - 2.3.15 07:23
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 6.12.48 - 2.3.15 08:49
ADEL Chayce Jones goal 7.12.54 - 2.3.15 10:13
ADEL Harry Schoenberg behind 7.13.55 - 2.3.15 12:05
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.13.55 - 3.3.21 13:18
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 7.13.55 - 3.4.22 17:09
ADEL Kieran Strachan behind 7.14.56 - 3.4.22 19:32
ADEL Harry Schoenberg goal 8.14.62 - 3.4.22 20:25
ADEL Brodie Smith behind 8.15.63 - 3.4.22 25:52
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.15.63 - 4.4.28 28:06
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 8.15.63 - 5.4.34 30:09
Q4 NMLB Rushed behind 8.15.63 - 5.5.35 00:30
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.15.63 - 6.5.41 03:29
ADEL David MacKay behind 8.16.64 - 6.5.41 06:29
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 8.16.64 - 6.6.42 08:45
ADEL Ben Keays goal 9.16.70 - 6.6.42 10:04
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 9.17.71 - 6.6.42 11:56
ADEL Ned McHenry behind 9.18.72 - 6.6.42 15:09
NMLB Will Phillips goal 9.18.72 - 7.6.48 17:12
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 10.18.78 - 7.6.48 18:42
ADEL David MacKay goal 11.18.84 - 7.6.48 21:56
ADEL Lachlan Gollant goal 12.18.90 - 7.6.48 25:33
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 13.18.96 - 7.6.48 27:36
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 13.18.96 - 8.6.54 29:37
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 13.19.97 - 8.6.54 30:56
ADEL Lachlan Gollant behind 13.20.98 - 8.6.54 32:00