2023 AFL Season 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 two of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

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

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Fremantle) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Longmuir

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

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

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