2023 AFL 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 9 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: G. Logue, B. McKay, A. Corr
Half-back: J. Ziebell, L. McDonald, F. Perez
Centre: B. Scott, C. Taylor, H. Sheezel
Half-forward: H. Greenwood, J. Stephenson, B. Drury
Forward: D. Tucker, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Goldstein, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin
Int.: M. Bergman, P. Curtis, J. Mahony, L. Shiels
Sub.: P. Spicer

Port Adelaide
Back: A. Aliir, T. McKenzie, T. Jonas
Half-back: M. Bergman, R. Burton, D. Houston
Centre: K. Farrell, J. Horne-Francis, R. Bonner
Half-forward: J. McEntee, T. Boak, S. Powell-Pepper
Forward: J. Finlayson, T. Marshall, O. Lord
Follower: B. Teakle, O. Wines, Z. Butters
Int.: W. Drew, F. Evans, C. Rozee, D. Williams
Sub.: J. Mead

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (4), J. Stephenson (2), C. Zurhaar (2), P. Curtis, G. Logue
Port Adelaide: J. Finlayson (3), R. Bonner (2), F. Evans (2), J. McEntee (2), S. Powell-Pepper (2), T. Boak, R. Burton, W. Drew, J. Horne-Francis, T. Jonas, O. Lord, J. Mead, B. Teakle, O. Wines

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), unknown (Port Adelaide)

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