2023 AFL Round 20: West Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 2023 between West Coast and North Melbourne during round 20 of the 2023 AFL season. West Coast hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Brett Ratten.

West Coast
Back: T. Cole, S. Hurn, L. Duggan
Half-back: B. Hough, R. Bazzo, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Gaff, D. Sheed, C. Chesser
Half-forward: J. Petruccelle, J. Darling, J. Cripps
Forward: N. Long, O. Allen, J. Williams
Follower: B. Williams, T. Kelly, E. Hewett
Int.: L. Edwards, R. Maric, X. O'Neill, A. Witherden
Sub.: E. Yeo

North Melbourne
Back: A. Corr, B. McKay, L. Young
Half-back: J. Archer, T. Thomas, L. McDonald
Centre: E. Ford, L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott
Half-forward: K. Turner, D. Tucker, J. Stephenson
Forward: W. Phillips, N. Larkey, P. Curtis
Follower: T. Xerri, H. Sheezel, T. Goldstein
Int.: J. Goater, R. Hansen, J. Simpkin, C. Taylor
Sub.: J. Ziebell

West Coast (10.12.72) defeated North Melbourne (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
West Coast: O. Allen (2), J. Cripps (2), J. Darling, E. Hewett, J. Hunt, N. Long, X. O'Neill, J. Petruccelle
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (4), N. Larkey (2), T. Xerri (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, K. Turner

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 18th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: West Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 30 July 2023
Time: 2:40 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 38,231

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. North Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 4 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 11 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
North Melbourne 1 . 1 6 . 4 6 . 4 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin WCST by 19 WCST by 7 WCST by 31 WCST by 5 WCST by 5
Duration 29:15 33:58 30:59 27:09 2:01:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Brett Ratten (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dom Sheed WCST 4 3
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 2
Bailey Williams WCST 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tim Kelly WCST 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Shannon Hurn WCST 25 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Paul Curtis NMLB 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Bailey Williams WCST 32 4 0 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 88% 2 2 10 7 3 5 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 1
33 Bazzo, Rhett CHB↓ 36% 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
18 Chesser, Campbell WR 76% 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
28 Cole, Tom BPL 80% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 83% 2 0 18 12 6 3 0 11 1 2 0 1 0 4
27 Darling, Jack CHF 99% 1 0 18 10 8 6 4 6 1 5 2 2 1 3
14 Duggan, Liam BPR 96% 0 0 20 11 9 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2
16 Edwards, Luke INT 80% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 81% 0 0 25 15 10 5 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 5
8 Hewett, Elijah RO 68% 1 2 21 9 12 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 4
19 Hough, Brady HBFL 89% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 91% 1 1 25 15 10 7 0 3 0 5 0 1 5 3
25 Hurn, Shannon FB 77% 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1
11 Kelly, Tim RR 74% 0 1 26 13 13 2 0 4 7 5 1 2 1 6
44 Long, Noah FPL 85% 1 1 13 4 9 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
41 Maric, Ryan INT 76% 0 0 12 2 10 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3
24 O'Neill, Xavier INT 71% 1 1 13 8 5 4 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 4
21 Petruccelle, Jack HFFL 70% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 5
4 Sheed, Dom C 84% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 6 3 6 1 1 2 4
32 Williams, Bailey RU 82% 0 0 23 9 14 5 24 4 6 8 3 3 2 4
34 Williams, Jack FPR 79% 0 2 12 7 5 5 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 3
23 Witherden, Alex INT 85% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0
6 Yeo, Elliot SUB↑ 49% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 12 374 206 168 102 33 71 33 54 15 19 36 60

E. Yeo replaced R. Bazzo.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
34 Archer, Jackson HBFL 67% 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 95% 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 5 1 2 3 1 7 2
25 Curtis, Paul FPR 83% 4 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 89% 1 0 30 16 14 6 0 6 8 5 2 2 5 6
40 Ford, Eddie WL 76% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
31 Goater, Josh INT↓ 53% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RO 82% 0 0 18 9 9 2 22 2 8 7 4 2 3 4
46 Hansen, Robert INT 58% 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 100% 2 2 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 80% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 0
29 Phillips, Will FPL 75% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 1
8 Scott, Bailey WR 86% 0 0 24 18 6 4 0 4 3 4 0 0 5 3
3 Sheezel, Harry RR 91% 0 1 31 17 14 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 9 1
12 Simpkin, Jy INT 83% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 3 6 4 0 1 2 5
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFR 83% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 4
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 77% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn CHB 76% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 8 2 3 1 3 0 2
13 Tucker, Darcy CHF 81% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 6
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 77% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 76% 2 0 11 4 7 1 33 3 2 4 3 1 0 0
17 Young, Lachie BPR 85% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 6 0 3 1 0 3 2
7 Ziebell, Jack SUB↑ 30% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 7 306 185 121 66 55 67 46 54 19 15 50 46

J. Ziebell replaced J. Goater.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Corr 23 B. McKay 17 L. Young 32 B. Williams 16 L. Edwards
34 J. Williams 12 O. Allen 44 N. Long 11 T. Kelly 41 R. Maric
FORWARD 8 E. Hewett 24 X. O'Neill
HALF-BACK

23 A. Witherden
34 J. Archer 26 T. Thomas 11 L. McDonald

6 E. Yeo
15 J. Cripps 27 J. Darling 21 J. Petruccelle



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 E. Ford 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott



18 C. Chesser 4 D. Sheed 3 A. Gaff FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 T. Xerri 31 J. Goater
HALF-FORWARD 3 H. Sheezel 46 R. Hansen
28 K. Turner 13 D. Tucker 2 J. Stephenson 22 T. Goldstein 12 J. Simpkin
5 J. Hunt 33 R. Bazzo 19 B. Hough

5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

7 J. Ziebell
FORWARD



29 W. Phillips 20 N. Larkey 25 P. Curtis



14 L. Duggan 25 S. Hurn 28 T. Cole



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brett Ratten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:24
WCST Jack Petruccelle behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 03:32
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:46
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 12:41
WCST Xavier O'Neill goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 14:52
WCST Oscar Allen goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 19:07
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 22:58
WCST Jayden Hunt goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 25:56
Q2 WCST Jamie Cripps goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 01:38
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 6.2.38 - 1.1.7 03:24
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 6.2.38 - 1.2.8 05:49
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 08:32
NMLB Robert Hansen behind 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 09:54
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 6.2.38 - 3.3.21 11:38
WCST Xavier O'Neill behind 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 13:32
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 15:17
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 6.3.39 - 5.3.33 18:55
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 6.3.39 - 5.4.34 20:45
WCST Jack Williams behind 6.4.40 - 5.4.34 22:18
WCST Jack Williams behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 27:42
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 30:07
WCST Oscar Allen goal 7.5.47 - 6.4.40 32:17
Q3 WCST Oscar Allen behind 7.6.48 - 6.4.40 02:23
WCST Elijah Hewett behind 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 04:02
WCST Oscar Allen behind 7.8.50 - 6.4.40 07:47
WCST Jack Darling goal 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 10:11
WCST Noah Long goal 9.8.62 - 6.4.40 11:36
WCST Noah Long behind 9.9.63 - 6.4.40 16:48
WCST Elijah Hewett goal 10.9.69 - 6.4.40 21:39
WCST Tim Kelly behind 10.10.70 - 6.4.40 25:51
WCST Jayden Hunt behind 10.11.71 - 6.4.40 28:32
Q4 WCST Elijah Hewett behind 10.12.72 - 6.4.40 01:16
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.12.72 - 7.4.46 04:00
NMLB Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 7.5.47 07:04
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 10.12.72 - 8.5.53 09:03
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.12.72 - 9.5.59 12:46
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 10.12.72 - 10.5.65 22:17
NMLB Harry Sheezel behind 10.12.72 - 10.6.66 23:29
NMLB Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 10.7.67 25:31