2023 AFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 2023 between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round fourteen of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium. The hosts were coached by Brett Ratten and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

North Melbourne (13.6.84) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 18 June 2023
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,829

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 13.6.84 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	1	5	.	2	8	.	5	13	.	6	13	.	6	(84)
Western Bulldogs	1	.	5	5	.	8	10	.	9	15	.	15	15	.	15	(105)
Margin	NMLB by 14			WBUL by 6			WBUL by 16			WBUL by 21			WBUL by 21
Duration	29:05			30:47			32:13			33:47			2:05:52

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Brett Ratten (caretaker)

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	3
Cody Weightman	WBUL	3	2
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	9	1	1	0	0	0
Cody Weightman	WBUL	3	9	1	1	0	0	0
Tim English	WBUL	44	3	0	0	?	?	?
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	3	0	0	?	?	?
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	3	0	0	?	?	?
Tarryn Thomas	NMLB	26	2	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	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	SUB↑	27%	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	INT	61%	0	0	6	2	4	2	9	3	0	1	0	1	1	0
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	88%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0
25	Curtis, Paul	RR	84%	1	1	11	7	4	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1
40	Ford, Eddie	HFFL	77%	0	0	11	1	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	89%	0	1	15	7	8	4	43	2	5	1	1	0	4	1
18	Greenwood, Hugh	HBFL	86%	2	0	12	4	8	1	0	1	3	6	1	2	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	94%	3	1	11	5	6	5	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	97%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	0
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFR	79%	0	0	15	12	3	7	0	3	1	3	1	1	7	0
23	McKay, Ben	BPR	95%	0	0	19	14	5	11	0	0	0	6	0	3	4	2
29	Phillips, Will	INT	75%	0	0	22	9	13	1	0	2	6	4	2	1	3	1
24	Powell, Tom	CHF	81%	2	0	12	4	8	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1
8	Scott, Bailey	WR	84%	0	0	20	13	7	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	4
3	Sheezel, Harry	CHB	91%	0	0	32	19	13	4	0	2	5	4	1	2	6	4
14	Shiels, Liam	INT	80%	0	0	17	7	10	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	2
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	90%	1	0	19	9	10	0	0	6	5	3	0	2	0	3
36	Spicer, Phoenix	FPR↓	52%	0	1	4	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
2	Stephenson, Jaidyn	HFFR	82%	3	0	13	7	6	3	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	2
26	Thomas, Tarryn	C	81%	0	0	24	14	10	2	0	1	3	5	0	2	4	3
6	Wardlaw, George	RO	59%	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	2
7	Ziebell, Jack	INT	64%	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	84%	1	0	14	11	3	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	8
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	6	329	181	148	73	52	48	38	57	13	19	53	36

M. Bergman replaced P. Spicer.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	INT	77%	0	0	14	11	3	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	3	5
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	C	86%	3	1	32	16	16	6	0	11	8	3	0	1	2	6
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFL	84%	0	0	28	18	10	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5
35	Daniel, Caleb	RR	79%	1	0	22	12	10	2	0	7	2	2	0	1	0	2
15	Duryea, Taylor	BPL	81%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	2
44	English, Tim	RU	84%	1	1	24	12	12	10	32	3	6	4	2	3	1	4
29	Hannan, Mitch	FPR	81%	0	2	14	10	4	8	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	5
19	Jones, Liam	FB↓	5%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Keath, Alex	BPR	100%	0	0	15	7	8	7	0	1	0	4	2	1	1	2
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	85%	0	1	26	14	12	1	0	9	8	2	3	1	0	4
7	Lobb, Rory	INT	87%	1	0	10	4	6	4	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
11	Macrae, Jack	WL	89%	0	1	22	9	13	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	6
30	McNeil, Lachlan	SUB↑	69%	0	0	13	4	9	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	92%	2	0	10	7	3	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	1
22	O'Brien, Tim	CHB	42%	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
28	Scott, Anthony	INT	80%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	4
6	Smith, Bailey	INT	82%	0	1	19	4	15	1	0	8	3	1	0	0	0	0
1	Treloar, Adam	HFFR	78%	1	1	34	15	19	1	0	4	7	4	4	0	3	6
2	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	FF	90%	0	1	13	10	3	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	4
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	HBFR	81%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
3	Weightman, Cody	FPL	84%	6	2	13	13	0	7	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	3
14	West, Rhylee	HFFL	85%	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	WR	80%	0	0	14	10	4	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				15	15	369	204	165	84	40	76	42	43	19	13	23	72

L. McNeil replaced L. Jones.

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: Brett Ratten
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	T. Duryea	19	L. Jones	42	A. Keath	22	T. Goldstein	21	C. Coleman-Jones
	36	P. Spicer	20	N. Larkey	44	C. Zurhaar	25	P. Curtis	29	W. Phillips
FORWARD							6	G. Wardlaw	14	L. Shiels
HALF-BACK									7	J. Ziebell
	31	B. Dale	22	T. O'Brien	23	L. Vandermeer			27	M. Bergman
	2	J. Stephenson	24	T. Powell	40	E. Ford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	J. Macrae	4	M. Bontempelli	34	B. Williams
	8	B. Scott	26	T. Thomas	12	J. Simpkin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	13	O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD							35	C. Daniel	7	R. Lobb
	14	R. West	33	A. Naughton	1	A. Treloar	21	T. Liberatore	28	A. Scott
	11	L. McDonald	3	H. Sheezel	18	H. Greenwood			6	B. Smith
HALF-BACK									30	L. McNeil
FORWARD
	3	C. Weightman	2	J. Ugle-Hagan	29	M. Hannan
	23	B. McKay	19	G. Logue	4	A. Corr
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Hugh Greenwood goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	05:17
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	10:11
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	11:42
	NMLB	Phoenix Spicer behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	14:01
	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	14:45
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	15:25
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	2.1.13	-	0.4.4	17:39
	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.5.5	19:42
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	2.1.13	-	1.5.11	22:25
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	3.1.19	-	1.5.11	24:58
	NMLB	Hugh Greenwood goal	4.1.25	-	1.5.11	27:03
Q2	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	4.2.26	-	1.5.11	01:14
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	4.2.26	-	2.5.17	04:06
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	4.2.26	-	3.5.23	07:08
	WBUL	Adam Treloar behind	4.2.26	-	3.6.24	09:08
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	5.2.32	-	3.6.24	13:09
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	5.2.32	-	3.7.25	22:52
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	5.2.32	-	4.7.31	26:14
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	5.2.32	-	4.8.32	28:10
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	5.2.32	-	5.8.38	29:25
Q3	WBUL	Rory Lobb goal	5.2.32	-	6.8.44	01:23
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein behind	5.3.33	-	6.8.44	04:55
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	6.8.44	06:01
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	6.8.44	06:49
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	5.5.35	-	7.8.50	07:50
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	5.5.35	-	7.9.51	13:42
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	6.5.41	-	7.9.51	16:47
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	7.5.47	-	7.9.51	18:24
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	7.5.47	-	8.9.57	20:32
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	8.5.53	-	8.9.57	22:27
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	8.5.53	-	9.9.63	26:33
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	8.5.53	-	10.9.69	27:54
Q4	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	8.5.53	-	11.9.75	01:06
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	8.5.53	-	12.9.81	02:58
	WBUL	Tim English goal	8.5.53	-	13.9.87	04:53
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	9.5.59	-	13.9.87	08:00
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	10.5.65	-	13.9.87	10:03
	WBUL	Jack Macrae behind	10.5.65	-	13.10.88	13:20
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	13.11.89	14:20
	NMLB	Jaidyn Stephenson goal	11.5.71	-	13.11.89	16:04
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	11.5.71	-	14.11.95	18:52
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan behind	11.5.71	-	14.12.96	20:29
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	11.5.71	-	15.12.102	21:31
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	12.5.77	-	15.12.102	23:27
	WBUL	Tim English behind	12.5.77	-	15.13.103	25:43
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	13.5.83	-	15.13.103	27:28
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	13.6.84	-	15.13.103	28:39
	WBUL	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	15.14.104	31:05
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	13.6.84	-	15.15.105	33:42

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