2023 AFL Round 21: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 2023 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 21 of the 2023 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Blundstone Arena. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, S. May, T. Rivers
Half-back: C. Salem, H. Petty, J. McVee
Centre: L. Hunter, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Harmes, J. Smith, T. Sparrow
Forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, A. Brayshaw
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, J. Jordon, J. Melksham
Sub.: M. Hibberd

North Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Melbourne (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: E. Ford (3), T. Goldstein (2), P. Curtis, N. Larkey, B. Scott, J. Simpkin, C. Taylor
Melbourne: K. Chandler (3), A. Neal-Bullen (3), K. Pickett (3), C. Petracca (2), H. Petty (2), J. van Rooyen (2)

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 August 2023
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 8,034

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Melbourne 1 . 3 8 . 4 14 . 7 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin NMLB by 26 NMLB by 4 MELB by 28 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration 35:05 33:05 30:28 29:35 2:08:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3
Lachie Hunter MELB 12 2
Bailey Scott NMLB 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 4 0 0 0 2 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 3 0 0 1 0 0
Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 30 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tarryn Thomas NMLB 26 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
34 Archer, Jackson BPR 82% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 88% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPR 74% 1 2 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 81% 0 1 27 9 18 2 0 5 8 3 1 3 1 1
40 Ford, Eddie INT 78% 3 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 0
31 Goater, Josh INT 78% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
22 Goldstein, Todd WL 75% 2 0 15 6 9 4 24 0 1 2 1 1 2 3
46 Hansen, Robert INT↓ 38% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 100% 1 2 9 6 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
35 Lazzaro, Charlie SUB↑ 33% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 88% 0 0 17 13 4 9 0 3 1 3 0 0 5 4
23 McKay, Ben FB 97% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1
29 Phillips, Will INT 68% 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 7 1 2 0 0 4 1
8 Scott, Bailey WR 86% 1 1 31 16 15 4 0 2 1 5 0 0 5 5
3 Sheezel, Harry RR 80% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 2
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 89% 1 0 28 16 12 2 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 5
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFR 73% 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
5 Taylor, Curtis HFFL 88% 1 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 1 4 2 0 1 4
26 Thomas, Tarryn CHB 83% 0 0 23 7 16 0 0 8 10 1 0 1 0 7
13 Tucker, Darcy CHF 81% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 3 2 4 1 1 1 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPL 74% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 4
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 84% 0 0 12 2 10 0 21 3 4 0 0 0 1 1
7 Ziebell, Jack HBFL 81% 0 0 32 26 6 12 0 3 0 5 0 0 10 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 11 352 192 160 77 47 64 39 56 10 19 53 45

C. Lazzaro replaced R. Hansen during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 76% 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 3
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 75% 0 0 37 10 27 4 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 5
37 Chandler, Kade INT 79% 3 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 82% 0 0 17 11 6 5 30 2 1 4 2 1 1 3
4 Harmes, James HFFL 74% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 6 3 7 1 2 0 5
14 Hibberd, Michael SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 92% 0 0 33 12 21 7 0 3 5 1 2 0 2 5
23 Jordon, James INT 78% 0 0 24 9 15 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 5
15 Langdon, Ed WR 93% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPL 93% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 1
1 May, Steven FB 96% 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 2
41 McVee, Judd HBFR 79% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
18 Melksham, Jake INT 83% 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 79% 3 1 17 9 8 3 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 2
5 Petracca, Christian RR 78% 2 3 27 9 18 4 0 5 6 2 1 1 1 5
35 Petty, Harry CHB↓ 55% 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 84% 3 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 80% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 82% 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 3
29 Smith, Joel CHF 88% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 1
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFR 75% 0 1 19 8 11 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 2 4
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 82% 2 2 11 6 5 3 7 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack C 71% 0 0 26 15 11 2 0 2 10 5 2 0 1 10
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 15 13 404 208 196 82 37 54 41 55 19 10 35 69

M. Hibberd replaced H. Petty during the third quarter.

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
8 J. Lever 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers 38 T. Xerri 40 E. Ford
25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey 28 K. Turner 3 H. Sheezel 31 J. Goater
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 46 R. Hansen
HALF-BACK

29 W. Phillips
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 41 J. McVee

35 C. Lazzaro
2 J. Stephenson 13 D. Tucker 5 C. Taylor



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 L. Hunter 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



8 B. Scott 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 22 T. Goldstein FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 37 K. Chandler
4 J. Harmes 29 J. Smith 32 T. Sparrow 10 A. Brayshaw 23 J. Jordon
11 L. McDonald 26 T. Thomas 7 J. Ziebell

18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

14 M. Hibberd
FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 30 A. Neal-Bullen



34 J. Archer 23 B. McKay 4 A. Corr



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Paul Curtis behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:37
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:02
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 06:10
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 07:11
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 08:17
NMLB Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 1.1.7 12:26
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 12:51
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 15:26
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 3.4.22 - 1.1.7 17:30
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 4.4.28 - 1.1.7 21:50
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 26:03
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 30:44
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 5.5.35 - 1.2.8 31:15
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.5.35 - 1.3.9 34:15
Q2 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.5.41 - 1.3.9 01:06
NMLB Robert Hansen behind 6.6.42 - 1.3.9 05:35
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.6.42 - 2.3.15 08:21
MELB Harry Petty goal 6.6.42 - 3.3.21 12:13
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 6.7.43 - 3.3.21 14:38
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 7.7.49 - 3.3.21 15:54
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.7.49 - 4.3.27 17:32
MELB Kade Chandler goal 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 20:02
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 7.8.50 - 5.3.33 21:49
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 8.8.56 - 5.3.33 25:01
MELB Kade Chandler goal 8.8.56 - 6.3.39 26:43
MELB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 29:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.8.56 - 7.4.46 30:41
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 8.8.56 - 8.4.52 33:00
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 8.5.53 03:28
MELB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 8.6.54 06:01
MELB Harry Petty goal 8.8.56 - 9.6.60 10:17
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.8.56 - 10.6.66 12:47
NMLB Will Phillips behind 8.9.57 - 10.6.66 16:30
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.9.57 - 11.6.72 19:08
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.9.57 - 12.6.78 20:25
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 9.9.63 - 12.6.78 24:32
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 9.9.63 - 13.6.84 26:04
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 9.9.63 - 14.6.90 28:14
MELB Jake Melksham behind 9.9.63 - 14.7.91 30:06
Q4 NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson behind 9.10.64 - 14.7.91 00:16
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 9.10.64 - 14.8.92 04:15
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 14.9.93 05:36
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.10.64 - 14.10.94 07:13
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 10.10.70 - 14.10.94 09:11
MELB Christian Petracca behind 10.10.70 - 14.11.95 12:23
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 10.10.70 - 14.12.96 14:12
MELB Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 14.13.97 20:19
MELB Kade Chandler goal 10.10.70 - 15.13.103 22:29
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 10.11.71 - 15.13.103 23:38