2023 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 18 March 2023 between North Melbourne and West Coast during round 1 of the 2023 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted West Coast at Marvel Stadium. Luke Shuey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

North Melbourne
Back: L. McDonald, G. Logue, A. Bonar
Half-back: J. Goater, J. Ziebell, B. Scott
Centre: L. Shiels, B. Cunnington, J. Simpkin
Half-forward: C. Zurhaar, C. Comben, P. Curtis
Forward: H. Sheezel, N. Larkey, C. Taylor
Follower: T. Xerri, L. Davies-Uniacke, K. Turner
Int.: M. Bergman, H. Greenwood, T. Powell, J. Stephenson
Sub.: W. Phillips

West Coast
Back: S. Hurn, T. Barrass, A. Witherden
Half-back: L. Duggan, J. McGovern, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Gaff, T. Kelly, C. Chesser
Half-forward: J. Jones, J. Darling, J. Cripps
Forward: L. Ryan, O. Allen, C. Jamieson
Follower: B. Williams, X. O'Neill, L. Shuey (capt.)
Int.: T. Cole, R. Ginbey, N. Long, D. Sheed
Sub.: J. Petruccelle

North Melbourne (12.15.87) defeated West Coast (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (6), P. Curtis (2), C. Zurhaar (2), C. Comben, L. Davies-Uniacke
West Coast: L. Ryan (3), O. Allen (2), J. Jones (2), J. Cripps, J. Darling, T. Kelly, N. Long, L. Shuey

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder and West Coast were then 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 18 March 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 21,274

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 12.15.87 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 9 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
West Coast 3 . 3 4 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin NMLB by 1 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5
Duration 32:32 30:57 32:38 31:22 2:07:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Luke Shuey (West Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 3
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 2
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 8 0 2 0 0 0
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jeremy McGovern WCST 20 3 0 0 0 1 1
Luke Shuey WCST 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Comben NMLB 30 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
27 Bergman, Miller INT 86% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3
16 Bonar, Aiden BPR 85% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 Comben, Charlie CHF 81% 1 1 13 7 6 3 12 6 3 3 1 2 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben C 75% 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 3
25 Curtis, Paul HFFR 78% 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 87% 1 1 32 12 20 1 0 5 10 1 2 0 0 7
31 Goater, Josh HBFL 81% 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1
18 Greenwood, Hugh INT 76% 0 0 15 8 7 1 11 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 95% 6 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 Logue, Griffin FB 96% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPL 89% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 6 0 5 2 4 5 1
29 Phillips, Will SUB↑ 53% 0 1 17 5 12 0 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 3
24 Powell, Tom INT 78% 0 1 24 8 16 3 0 4 4 6 0 3 0 4
8 Scott, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 3
3 Sheezel, Harry FPL 86% 0 0 34 22 12 9 0 0 1 5 1 0 8 4
14 Shiels, Liam WL 84% 0 1 19 9 10 3 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 2
12 Simpkin, Jy WR 86% 0 0 25 13 12 3 0 5 7 6 3 3 2 3
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn INT 66% 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 2 1
5 Taylor, Curtis FPR 84% 0 1 17 12 5 6 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 2
28 Turner, Kayne RO 69% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 1
38 Xerri, Tristan RU↓ 15% 0 0 5 0 5 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack CHB 84% 0 0 26 22 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFL 81% 2 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 12 15 382 208 174 77 32 69 41 54 24 20 34 49

W. Phillips replaced T. Xerri.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 89% 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 100% 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
18 Chesser, Campbell WR 69% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
28 Cole, Tom INT 77% 0 0 20 8 12 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 88% 1 2 12 5 7 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
27 Darling, Jack CHF 85% 1 3 14 9 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam HBFL 84% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 6 1
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 88% 0 1 23 11 12 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 3
7 Ginbey, Reuben INT 72% 0 1 15 4 11 4 0 12 3 2 0 1 0 3
5 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 89% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4
25 Hurn, Shannon BPL 81% 0 0 25 19 6 4 0 2 0 3 1 3 7 2
40 Jamieson, Callum FPR↓ 50% 0 0 3 2 1 2 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Jones, Jamaine HFFL 87% 2 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
11 Kelly, Tim C 78% 1 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 4 7 1 3 1 4
44 Long, Noah INT 67% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 2
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 87% 0 0 22 15 7 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 1
24 O'Neill, Xavier RR 81% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 5 1 3 2 2 0 3
21 Petruccelle, Jack SUB↑ 32% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 83% 3 0 13 11 2 7 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 3
4 Sheed, Dom INT 77% 0 0 25 12 13 3 0 3 4 4 2 2 1 2
13 Shuey, Luke (c) RO 74% 1 1 27 18 9 4 0 8 4 4 1 2 2 7
32 Williams, Bailey RU 80% 0 0 8 3 5 0 37 5 3 3 3 3 0 4
23 Witherden, Alex BPR 81% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 12 10 342 198 144 97 49 72 26 55 20 24 35 46

J. Petruccelle replaced C. Jamieson.

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: Alastair Clarkson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 S. Hurn 37 T. Barrass 23 A. Witherden 38 T. Xerri 27 M. Bergman
5 C. Taylor 20 N. Larkey 3 H. Sheezel 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 18 H. Greenwood
FORWARD 28 K. Turner 24 T. Powell
HALF-BACK

2 J. Stephenson
14 L. Duggan 20 J. McGovern 5 J. Hunt

29 W. Phillips
25 P. Curtis 30 C. Comben 44 C. Zurhaar



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 A. Gaff 11 T. Kelly 18 C. Chesser



12 J. Simpkin 10 B. Cunnington 14 L. Shiels FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
HALF-FORWARD 24 X. O'Neill 7 R. Ginbey
31 J. Jones 27 J. Darling 15 J. Cripps 13 L. Shuey (c) 44 N. Long
8 B. Scott 7 J. Ziebell 31 J. Goater

4 D. Sheed
HALF-BACK

21 J. Petruccelle
FORWARD



1 L. Ryan 12 O. Allen 40 C. Jamieson



16 A. Bonar 19 G. Logue 11 L. McDonald



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:27
NMLB Liam Shiels behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:47
WCST Jamaine Jones goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:44
NMLB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 10:10
WCST Oscar Allen goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 11:39
WCST Oscar Allen behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 13:01
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 14:49
WCST Jack Darling goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 18:15
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 21:14
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 27:30
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 28:32
WCST Luke Shuey behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 29:34
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 30:36
Q2 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 00:53
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 5.4.34 - 3.3.21 02:30
NMLB Josh Goater behind 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 09:45
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 15:42
WCST Jack Darling behind 5.6.36 - 3.4.22 18:28
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 6.6.42 - 3.4.22 19:58
NMLB Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 3.4.22 21:49
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.7.49 - 3.4.22 23:47
WCST Jamaine Jones goal 7.7.49 - 4.4.28 26:05
Q3 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.7.55 - 4.4.28 01:24
NMLB Charlie Comben goal 9.7.61 - 4.4.28 06:28
WCST Tim Kelly goal 9.7.61 - 5.4.34 07:45
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.7.67 - 5.4.34 10:33
NMLB Tom Powell behind 10.8.68 - 5.4.34 11:53
WCST Reuben Ginbey behind 10.8.68 - 5.5.35 13:48
NMLB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 5.5.35 17:44
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 10.9.69 - 6.5.41 19:02
WCST Jack Darling behind 10.9.69 - 6.6.42 20:56
WCST Liam Ryan goal 10.9.69 - 7.6.48 21:31
WCST Oscar Allen goal 10.9.69 - 8.6.54 25:53
Q4 WCST Liam Ryan goal 10.9.69 - 9.6.60 00:40
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 10.10.70 - 9.6.60 02:04
WCST Jack Darling behind 10.10.70 - 9.7.61 06:10
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 11.10.76 - 9.7.61 09:08
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 12.10.82 - 9.7.61 10:21
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 12.10.82 - 9.8.62 12:03
WCST Liam Ryan goal 12.10.82 - 10.8.68 13:29
WCST Noah Long goal 12.10.82 - 11.8.74 14:46
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 12.11.83 - 11.8.74 16:07
NMLB Charlie Comben behind 12.12.84 - 11.8.74 17:42
NMLB Will Phillips behind 12.13.85 - 11.8.74 19:49
WCST Oscar Allen behind 12.13.85 - 11.9.75 22:02
WCST Andrew Gaff behind 12.13.85 - 11.10.76 24:43
WCST Luke Shuey goal 12.13.85 - 12.10.82 26:18
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 12.14.86 - 12.10.82 28:43
NMLB Rushed behind 12.15.87 - 12.10.82 29:43