2023 AFL Season 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 twenty of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (10.12.72) defeated North Melbourne (10.7.67).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Brett Ratten (caretaker)

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

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