2023 AFL Round 2: Fremantle v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 2023 between Fremantle and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 2023 AFL season. Fremantle hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, A. Pearce, H. Young
Half-back: E. Hughes, L. Ryan, N. Wilson
Centre: J. Clark, W. Brodie, J. Aish
Half-forward: S. Switkowski, L. Jackson, M. Frederick
Forward: L. Schultz, B. Banfield, M. Taberner
Follower: S. Darcy, A. Brayshaw, C. Serong
Int.: J. Amiss, H. Chapman, L. Henry, J. O'Meara
Sub.: M. Walters

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

Fremantle (10.12.72) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: J. O'Meara (2), M. Walters (2), B. Banfield, W. Brodie, B. Cox, M. Frederick, L. Schultz, S. Switkowski
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (4), J. Stephenson (2), C. Taylor (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Powell, J. Simpkin

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) and North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fremantle v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 March 2023
Time: 4:30 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 40,487

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 2 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
North Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin NMLB by 10 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 1 NMLB by 1
Duration 32:11 26:46 30:54 33:11 2:03:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Fremantle), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 3
Luke Ryan FREM 13 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
Luke Ryan FREM 13 5 0 1 0 0 1
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 3 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Switkowski FREM 39 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James WR 89% 0 0 29 16 13 5 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 6
24 Amiss, Jye INT 70% 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
41 Banfield, Bailey FF 75% 1 0 16 6 10 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 83% 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 7 4 2 3 0 1 7
17 Brodie, Will C 64% 1 0 17 5 12 1 0 5 5 5 1 3 0 0
27 Chapman, Heath INT 79% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 1
6 Clark, Jordan WL 89% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 0 3 4 2 0 3
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 93% 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 78% 0 0 6 4 2 1 28 5 3 6 3 3 0 2
32 Frederick, Michael HFFR 83% 1 2 12 7 5 6 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 2
23 Henry, Liam INT 75% 0 1 18 13 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFL 81% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 4
9 Jackson, Luke CHF 88% 0 0 10 4 6 1 17 4 0 4 1 1 1 1
2 O'Meara, Jaeger INT 73% 2 1 21 12 9 5 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 3
25 Pearce, Alex FB 93% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 6 0
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 84% 0 0 30 22 8 10 0 2 0 3 1 2 7 2
5 Schultz, Lachie FPL 85% 1 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3
3 Serong, Caleb RO 85% 0 1 31 18 13 5 0 5 4 4 2 1 4 3
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFL 80% 1 1 15 5 10 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Taberner, Matt FPR↓ 52% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
10 Walters, Michael SUB↑ 37% 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
14 Wilson, Nathan HBFR 81% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
26 Young, Hayden BPR 81% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 10 12 377 216 161 101 45 59 30 57 34 23 34 53

M. Walters replaced M. Taberner.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Bergman, Miller HBFR 76% 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Comben, Charlie CHF 84% 0 1 6 6 0 1 1 2 0 9 3 5 0 1
4 Corr, Aidan BPR 84% 0 0 22 17 5 10 0 3 0 4 4 2 4 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 68% 0 1 24 9 15 2 0 3 6 4 3 3 0 3
25 Curtis, Paul HFFR↓ 36% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 86% 1 1 30 16 14 7 0 6 11 3 1 2 4 4
31 Goater, Josh INT 78% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 81% 0 0 7 2 5 0 27 2 3 4 3 3 1 0
18 Greenwood, Hugh INT 72% 0 0 14 6 8 3 2 2 1 5 0 2 0 1
15 Howe, Daniel SUB↑ 49% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 2 1 2
20 Larkey, Nick FF 96% 4 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
19 Logue, Griffin FB 95% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0
11 McDonald, Luke CHB 90% 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 5 2
24 Powell, Tom INT 72% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 4
8 Scott, Bailey WR 81% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 4 2 3 0 2 4 0
3 Sheezel, Harry HBFL 91% 0 0 30 22 8 8 0 6 1 6 0 1 9 2
14 Shiels, Liam FPR 83% 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 7 4 2 2 0 1 4
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 82% 1 0 25 17 8 2 0 4 4 5 0 2 1 10
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn INT 75% 2 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
5 Taylor, Curtis WL 85% 2 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 2
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 71% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack BPL 83% 0 0 26 22 4 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 80% 0 2 26 14 12 1 0 2 6 5 0 1 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 7 374 231 143 95 30 57 45 73 23 34 42 46

D. Howe replaced P. Curtis.

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 J. Ziebell 19 G. Logue 4 A. Corr 4 S. Darcy 24 J. Amiss
20 M. Taberner 41 B. Banfield 5 L. Schultz 8 A. Brayshaw 27 H. Chapman
FORWARD 3 C. Serong 23 L. Henry
HALF-BACK

2 J. O'Meara
3 H. Sheezel 11 L. McDonald 27 M. Bergman

10 M. Walters
32 M. Frederick 9 L. Jackson 39 S. Switkowski



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 C. Taylor 10 B. Cunnington 8 B. Scott



11 J. Aish 17 W. Brodie 6 J. Clark FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 31 J. Goater
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 18 H. Greenwood
28 K. Turner 30 C. Comben 25 P. Curtis 12 J. Simpkin 24 T. Powell
14 N. Wilson 13 L. Ryan 15 E. Hughes

2 J. Stephenson
HALF-BACK

15 D. Howe
FORWARD



44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 14 L. Shiels



26 H. Young 25 A. Pearce 36 B. Cox



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:23
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:29
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:32
FREM Michael Frederick behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:05
FREM Jaeger O'Meara behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 12:05
NMLB Tom Powell goal 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 14:37
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 0.3.3 - 3.1.19 17:28
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 0.3.3 - 4.1.25 19:35
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 27:18
FREM Michael Frederick goal 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 30:54
Q2 NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 2.3.15 - 5.1.31 01:03
NMLB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 5.2.32 02:20
FREM Liam Henry behind 2.4.16 - 5.2.32 13:42
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 2.5.17 - 5.2.32 19:10
FREM Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 5.2.32 20:42
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 3.6.24 - 5.2.32 22:45
Q3 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 3.6.24 - 5.3.33 01:45
FREM Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 5.3.33 03:08
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 3.7.25 - 6.3.39 08:37
NMLB Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 6.4.40 10:17
FREM Will Brodie goal 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 11:28
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 13:21
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 5.7.37 - 7.4.46 18:04
FREM Lachie Schultz behind 5.8.38 - 7.4.46 19:53
FREM Michael Walters goal 6.8.44 - 7.4.46 23:11
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 6.8.44 - 8.4.52 25:15
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 6.8.44 - 8.5.53 28:33
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 6.8.44 - 8.6.54 30:43
Q4 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.8.44 - 9.6.60 02:22
NMLB Charlie Comben behind 6.8.44 - 9.7.61 05:08
FREM Michael Walters behind 6.9.45 - 9.7.61 05:37
FREM Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 9.7.61 06:25
FREM Michael Frederick behind 6.11.47 - 9.7.61 11:41
FREM Michael Walters goal 7.11.53 - 9.7.61 13:34
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.11.53 - 10.7.67 15:37
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 7.11.53 - 11.7.73 20:35
FREM Caleb Serong behind 7.12.54 - 11.7.73 22:16
FREM Jaeger O'Meara goal 8.12.60 - 11.7.73 24:44
FREM Jaeger O'Meara goal 9.12.66 - 11.7.73 27:13
FREM Brennan Cox goal 10.12.72 - 11.7.73 28:41