2023 AFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2023 between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round nine of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at Blundstone Arena. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

North Melbourne (10.5.65) were defeated by Port Adelaide (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 13 May 2023
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 6,310

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 10.5.65 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	2	4	.	4	8	.	5	10	.	5	10	.	5	(65)
Port Adelaide	3	.	3	11	.	7	15	.	11	20	.	15	20	.	15	(135)
Margin	PADL by 1			PADL by 45			PADL by 48			PADL by 70			PADL by 70
Duration	31:38			35:15			30:57			30:42			2:08:32

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zak Butters	PADL	9	3
Connor Rozee	PADL	20	2
Jeremy Finlayson	PADL	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Zak Butters	PADL	9	10	2	0	0	0	0
Miles Bergman	PADL	14	8	0	2	0	0	0
Connor Rozee	PADL	20	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jeremy Finlayson	PADL	11	2	0	0	0	?	?
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	2	0	0	0	?	?
Jack Ziebell	NMLB	7	2	0	0	0	?	?

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	75%	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3
4	Corr, Aidan	BPR	94%	0	0	14	13	1	5	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	0
25	Curtis, Paul	INT	73%	1	0	17	9	8	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	4
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	75%	0	0	29	11	18	3	0	4	8	2	1	0	1	6
41	Drury, Blake	HFFR	78%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	90%	0	0	24	15	9	5	56	0	11	8	6	4	2	7
18	Greenwood, Hugh	HFFL	75%	0	0	17	4	13	1	0	9	3	4	1	1	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	100%	4	1	9	7	2	5	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0
19	Logue, Griffin	BPL	93%	1	0	12	4	8	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
1	Mahony, Jack	INT	57%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
11	McDonald, Luke	CHB	91%	0	0	17	13	4	7	0	5	0	2	0	1	6	0
23	McKay, Ben	FB	94%	0	0	10	7	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
39	Perez, Flynn	HBFR	44%	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	2	1
8	Scott, Bailey	WL	89%	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	2
3	Sheezel, Harry	WR	86%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	4	0	6	0	1	3	2
14	Shiels, Liam	INT	75%	0	0	17	9	8	4	0	6	5	2	1	2	0	3
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	89%	0	0	26	8	18	1	0	5	5	7	2	1	2	2
36	Spicer, Phoenix	SUB↑	58%	0	1	7	1	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Stephenson, Jaidyn	CHF	88%	2	1	14	7	7	3	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	0
5	Taylor, Curtis	C	90%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	3
13	Tucker, Darcy	FPL↓	10%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	Ziebell, Jack	HBFL	89%	0	0	27	23	4	8	0	2	0	6	1	2	7	0
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	88%	2	0	18	9	9	3	0	2	5	3	1	1	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	5	347	189	158	76	63	62	41	62	17	21	38	41

P. Spicer replaced D. Tucker.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	BPL	95%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	2	0	4	2	1	0	1
14	Bergman, Miles	HBFL	81%	0	0	21	16	5	10	0	4	1	0	2	0	5	5
10	Boak, Travis	CHF	80%	1	0	12	6	6	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
26	Bonner, Riley	WR	82%	2	1	13	9	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
3	Burton, Ryan	CHB	77%	1	0	9	6	3	0	0	6	0	2	0	1	1	1
9	Butters, Zak	RO	82%	0	1	32	17	15	9	0	2	3	1	1	0	2	5
28	Drew, Willem	INT	65%	1	0	17	8	9	3	0	5	4	0	0	0	1	3
31	Evans, Francis	INT	75%	2	1	14	6	8	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
6	Farrell, Kane	WL	87%	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	4	0	1	1	1	3	2
11	Finlayson, Jeremy	FPL	92%	3	5	20	15	5	5	6	1	4	3	0	2	0	4
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	C	79%	1	0	15	11	4	4	0	5	4	3	1	2	3	2
5	Houston, Dan	HBFR	76%	0	0	20	11	9	5	0	5	3	2	1	1	4	4
1	Jonas, Tom	BPR	98%	1	0	10	4	6	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	Lord, Ollie	FPR	77%	1	1	10	5	5	3	1	2	0	1	3	1	0	3
4	Marshall, Todd	FF↓	21%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
41	McEntee, Jed	HFFL	79%	2	0	9	5	4	1	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	2
12	McKenzie, Trent	FB	92%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	3	2
44	Mead, Jackson	SUB↑	56%	1	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
2	Powell-Pepper, Sam	HFFR	85%	2	1	12	7	5	3	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	4
20	Rozee, Connor	INT	85%	0	0	25	14	11	2	0	3	6	2	0	1	0	4
27	Teakle, Brynn	RU	79%	1	1	12	8	4	0	17	2	3	6	4	5	1	3
23	Williams, Dylan	INT	76%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	2
16	Wines, Ollie	RR	79%	1	0	22	8	14	3	0	8	7	2	1	1	0	6
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				20	15	329	191	138	75	24	77	43	36	21	17	30	59

J. Mead replaced T. Marshall.

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
	21	A. Aliir	12	T. McKenzie	1	T. Jonas	22	T. Goldstein	27	M. Bergman
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey	13	D. Tucker	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	25	P. Curtis
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin	1	J. Mahony
HALF-BACK									14	L. Shiels
	14	M. Bergman	3	R. Burton	5	D. Houston			36	P. Spicer
	41	B. Drury	2	J. Stephenson	18	H. Greenwood
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	6	K. Farrell	18	J. Horne-Francis	26	R. Bonner
	3	H. Sheezel	5	C. Taylor	8	B. Scott	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	B. Teakle	28	W. Drew
HALF-FORWARD							16	O. Wines	31	F. Evans
	41	J. McEntee	10	T. Boak	2	S. Powell-Pepper	9	Z. Butters	20	C. Rozee
	39	F. Perez	11	L. McDonald	7	J. Ziebell			23	D. Williams
HALF-BACK									44	J. Mead
FORWARD
	11	J. Finlayson	4	T. Marshall	30	O. Lord
	4	A. Corr	23	B. McKay	19	G. Logue
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:45
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	10:04
	PADL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	13:21
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	14:40
	NMLB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	21:01
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	21:19
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	23:14
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	25:17
	PADL	Riley Bonner behind	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	27:15
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	28:19
	PADL	Brynn Teakle behind	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	29:56
Q2	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson goal	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	01:21
	NMLB	Phoenix Spicer behind	3.3.21	-	4.3.27	05:42
	PADL	Travis Boak goal	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	07:05
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson behind	3.3.21	-	5.4.34	09:43
	PADL	Riley Bonner goal	3.3.21	-	6.4.40	11:01
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	6.4.40	13:06
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	4.4.28	-	6.4.40	15:01
	PADL	Jackson Mead goal	4.4.28	-	7.4.46	16:53
	PADL	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	7.5.47	19:59
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	4.4.28	-	8.5.53	22:29
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson behind	4.4.28	-	8.6.54	25:59
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson behind	4.4.28	-	8.7.55	27:12
	PADL	Ryan Burton goal	4.4.28	-	9.7.61	28:48
	PADL	Riley Bonner goal	4.4.28	-	10.7.67	31:22
	PADL	Brynn Teakle goal	4.4.28	-	11.7.73	33:40
Q3	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	5.4.34	-	11.7.73	00:53
	PADL	Zak Butters behind	5.4.34	-	11.8.74	04:51
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson behind	5.4.34	-	11.9.75	06:05
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson goal	5.4.34	-	12.9.81	09:22
	PADL	Ollie Lord goal	5.4.34	-	13.9.87	10:58
	PADL	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	13.10.88	13:16
	PADL	Tom Jonas goal	5.4.34	-	14.10.94	16:14
	PADL	Francis Evans goal	5.4.34	-	15.10.100	18:44
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.4.40	-	15.10.100	20:59
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson behind	6.5.41	-	15.10.100	22:28
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	6.5.41	-	15.11.101	25:28
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	7.5.47	-	15.11.101	26:01
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	8.5.53	-	15.11.101	30:52
Q4	PADL	Francis Evans goal	8.5.53	-	16.11.107	01:06
	PADL	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	16.12.108	04:52
	NMLB	Griffin Logue goal	9.5.59	-	16.12.108	09:28
	PADL	Willem Drew goal	9.5.59	-	17.12.114	12:37
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson behind	9.5.59	-	17.13.115	13:41
	PADL	Jeremy Finlayson goal	9.5.59	-	18.13.121	15:55
	PADL	Jed McEntee goal	9.5.59	-	19.13.127	19:16
	PADL	Ollie Wines goal	9.5.59	-	20.13.133	23:07
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.5.65	-	20.13.133	25:47
	PADL	Francis Evans behind	10.5.65	-	20.14.134	27:35
	PADL	Ollie Lord behind	10.5.65	-	20.15.135	30:37

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