2022 AFL Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2022 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 20 of the 2022 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Leigh Adams.

Essendon
Back: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Ridley, N. Hind
Centre: S. Durham, J. Caldwell, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, N. Martin, K. Langford
Forward: P. Wright, J. Stringer, H. Jones
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), A. Perkins
Int.: M. D'Ambrosio, B. Hobbs, W. Snelling, J. Stewart
Sub.: J. Menzie

North Melbourne
Back: A. Bonar, B. McKay, K. Dawson
Half-back: H. Greenwood, L. McDonald, P. Spicer
Centre: C. Taylor, J. Simpkin, B. Scott
Half-forward: K. Turner, N. Larkey, C. Lazzaro
Forward: J. Stephenson, C. Zurhaar, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Follower: T. Goldstein, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Horne-Francis
Int.: J. Anderson, J. Archer, C. Coleman-Jones, T. Powell
Sub.: J. Walker

Essendon (17.12.114) defeated North Melbourne (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (5), J. Stewart (3), H. Jones (2), K. Langford (2), P. Wright (2), M. Guelfi, Z. Merrett, M. Redman
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (4), J. Anderson, C. Coleman-Jones, T. Goldstein, B. Scott, K. Turner

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 14th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 31 July 2022
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,549

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.12.114 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 9 . 5 13 . 6 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
North Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration 34:11 31:35 29:45 30:39 2:06:10

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Leigh Adams (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), L. Haussen (#5), R. O'Gorman (#10)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 2
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mason Redman ESSE 27 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nick Hind ESSE 19 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cameron Zurhaar NMLB 44 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye C↓ 58% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo INT 84% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 75% 0 1 8 4 4 1 35 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
22 Durham, Sam WL 83% 0 0 18 8 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 79% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 83% 0 0 28 14 14 10 0 3 2 2 1 1 4 4
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 75% 0 0 24 20 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 1 4 5
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 71% 0 1 17 9 8 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
23 Jones, Harry FPR 68% 2 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake BPL 93% 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 2 0 5 1 2 4 1
4 Langford, Kyle HFFR 87% 2 0 21 12 9 10 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 4
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 90% 0 0 23 17 6 12 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 4
37 Martin, Nic CHF 79% 0 0 17 3 14 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
47 Menzie, Jye SUB↑ 25% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) RR 86% 1 1 38 25 13 6 0 10 8 3 6 0 2 8
16 Perkins, Archie RO 74% 0 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 85% 1 0 32 25 7 10 0 4 0 2 1 1 7 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 85% 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 7 1
11 Snelling, Will INT 78% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 5
17 Stewart, James INT 75% 3 0 13 7 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
25 Stringer, Jake FF 79% 5 3 14 12 2 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 0 4
20 Wright, Peter FPL 100% 2 2 13 9 4 8 6 0 0 4 0 1 2 4
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 87% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 12 403 244 159 136 41 58 22 47 19 13 41 60

J. Menzie replaced J. Caldwell during the third quarter.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed INT 72% 1 2 20 10 10 6 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 3
34 Archer, Jackson INT 80% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 4 1
16 Bonar, Aiden BPL 78% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
21 Coleman-Jones, Callum INT 68% 1 0 15 7 8 5 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 4
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 83% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 3 5 5 0 2 1 5
42 Dawson, Kallan BPR 93% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 94% 1 0 18 7 11 3 22 2 7 5 1 2 0 2
18 Greenwood, Hugh HBFL 69% 0 1 17 5 12 5 0 4 7 1 1 1 1 1
6 Horne-Francis, Jason RO 76% 0 0 21 11 10 9 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 4
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 93% 0 3 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
35 Lazzaro, Charlie HFFR 83% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 McDonald, Luke CHB 90% 0 0 21 17 4 8 0 1 0 4 0 3 9 1
23 McKay, Ben FB 93% 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
24 Powell, Tom INT 65% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 2 4 4 0 0 2 3
8 Scott, Bailey WR 81% 1 1 19 11 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 4
12 Simpkin, Jy C 91% 0 1 41 19 22 2 0 5 6 5 1 1 4 6
36 Spicer, Phoenix HBFR 77% 0 1 7 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn FPL 85% 0 0 34 19 15 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 7 1
5 Taylor, Curtis WL 88% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 1 2
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 81% 1 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
19 Walker, Josh SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPR 75% 0 0 16 4 12 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FF 83% 4 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 12 374 192 182 85 26 42 42 54 13 19 41 51

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

Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 A. Bonar 23 B. McKay 42 K. Dawson 2 S. Draper 42 M. D'Ambrosio
23 H. Jones 25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 8 B. Hobbs
FORWARD 16 A. Perkins 11 W. Snelling
HALF-BACK

17 J. Stewart
18 H. Greenwood 11 L. McDonald 36 P. Spicer

47 J. Menzie
4 K. Langford 37 N. Martin 35 M. Guelfi



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 C. Taylor 12 J. Simpkin 8 B. Scott



21 D. Heppell (c) 6 J. Caldwell 22 S. Durham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 34 J. Archer
28 K. Turner 20 N. Larkey 35 C. Lazzaro 6 J. Horne-Francis 21 C. Coleman-Jones
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 27 M. Redman

24 T. Powell
HALF-BACK

19 J. Walker
FORWARD



2 J. Stephenson 44 C. Zurhaar 7 J. Ziebell (c)



30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde 29 J. Kelly



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Leigh Adams

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:32
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:01
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:26
NMLB Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 13:02
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 18:05
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 19:03
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 20:16
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 21:36
ESSE James Stewart goal 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 25:17
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.1.31 - 2.2.14 28:21
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 32:01
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 5.1.31 - 2.4.16 34:06
Q2 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 5.1.31 - 3.4.22 01:26
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 5.1.31 - 3.5.23 02:36
ESSE James Stewart goal 6.1.37 - 3.5.23 05:20
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 6.1.37 - 4.5.29 11:21
ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.1.43 - 4.5.29 15:36
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.2.44 - 4.5.29 18:19
ESSE Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 4.5.29 18:54
ESSE Mason Redman goal 8.3.51 - 4.5.29 19:49
ESSE Sam Draper behind 8.4.52 - 4.5.29 23:22
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.5.53 - 4.5.29 24:06
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.5.59 - 4.5.29 26:50
NMLB Hugh Greenwood behind 9.5.59 - 4.6.30 28:23
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 9.5.59 - 5.6.36 29:17
Q3 NMLB Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 5.7.37 00:23
NMLB Phoenix Spicer behind 9.5.59 - 5.8.38 03:43
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 10.5.65 - 5.8.38 04:48
ESSE Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 5.8.38 06:51
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 11.6.72 - 5.8.38 11:03
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 11.6.72 - 6.8.44 12:17
ESSE Peter Wright goal 12.6.78 - 6.8.44 14:47
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 12.6.78 - 7.8.50 19:20
NMLB Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 7.9.51 21:46
ESSE Peter Wright goal 13.6.84 - 7.9.51 24:12
Q4 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 13.7.85 - 7.9.51 00:19
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 13.8.86 - 7.9.51 03:16
ESSE James Stewart goal 14.8.92 - 7.9.51 04:45
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 15.8.98 - 7.9.51 06:29
ESSE Peter Wright behind 15.9.99 - 7.9.51 08:27
ESSE Peter Wright behind 15.10.100 - 7.9.51 10:19
ESSE Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 7.9.51 11:48
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 15.11.101 - 7.10.52 13:17
ESSE Harry Jones goal 16.11.107 - 7.10.52 14:48
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 16.11.107 - 8.10.58 16:48
NMLB Callum Coleman-Jones goal 16.11.107 - 9.10.64 18:21
NMLB Jed Anderson behind 16.11.107 - 9.11.65 19:21
NMLB Jed Anderson behind 16.11.107 - 9.12.66 21:13
ESSE Ben Hobbs behind 16.12.108 - 9.12.66 26:07
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 17.12.114 - 9.12.66 27:04