2023 AFL Round 22: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2023 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 22 of the 2023 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

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

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher, K. Baldwin
Half-back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), M. Redman, N. Hind
Centre: S. Durham, D. Parish, N. Martin
Half-forward: J. Kelly, M. Guelfi, J. Menzie
Forward: P. Wright, K. Langford, A. Perkins
Follower: A. Phillips, Z. Merrett (capt.), B. Hobbs
Int.: N. Bryan, N. Cox, D. Heppell, E. Tsatas
Sub.: W. Snelling

North Melbourne (12.5.77) were defeated by Essendon (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (5), B. Cunnington (2), J. Stephenson (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, E. Ford, J. Simpkin
Essendon: K. Langford (3), N. Martin (3), J. Menzie (2), P. Wright (2), M. Guelfi, A. Perkins, E. Tsatas

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 August 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 37,231

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.5.77 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 0 6 . 1 9 . 3 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 2 10 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration 28:57 29:02 31:56 31:13 2:01:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 2
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nic Martin ESSE 37 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Mason Redman ESSE 27 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 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
34 Archer, Jackson INT↓ 44% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 87% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 63% 2 0 24 8 16 1 0 3 10 4 0 1 3 1
25 Curtis, Paul FPR 82% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 8 2 2 0 2 0 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 86% 1 0 28 18 10 5 0 3 6 2 0 0 4 10
40 Ford, Eddie INT 80% 1 1 10 6 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
31 Goater, Josh HBFL 75% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 85% 0 0 5 1 4 0 23 2 2 6 1 5 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 100% 5 1 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
35 Lazzaro, Charlie SUB↑ 26% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 91% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 1 2
23 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 16 8 8 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0
8 Scott, Bailey WR 80% 0 0 26 21 5 4 0 2 0 5 2 0 4 6
3 Sheezel, Harry CHF 87% 0 0 32 16 16 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 3
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 86% 1 1 22 15 7 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 5
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFR 77% 2 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
5 Taylor, Curtis WL 90% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn CHB 82% 0 0 22 9 13 6 0 3 5 3 1 1 2 3
13 Tucker, Darcy INT 81% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 3
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 74% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 4
6 Wardlaw, George INT 55% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 9 4 3 4 1 1 2
38 Xerri, Tristan FPL 80% 0 0 12 5 7 1 17 2 4 4 2 2 2 1
7 Ziebell, Jack BPR 89% 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 2 0 7 1 1 7 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 5 349 187 162 70 40 63 39 58 20 22 45 47

C. Lazzaro replaced J. Archer.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Baldwin, Kaine BPR 84% 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
24 Bryan, Nick INT↓ 46% 0 0 7 6 1 4 10 3 1 0 1 0 3 1
13 Cox, Nik INT 75% 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 7 0 3 1 3
22 Durham, Sam WL 82% 0 0 22 8 14 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 5
35 Guelfi, Matt CHF 82% 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 84% 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 84% 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2
8 Hobbs, Ben RO 77% 0 0 29 16 13 6 0 6 3 9 1 3 1 8
29 Kelly, Jake HFFL 76% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3
4 Langford, Kyle FF 95% 3 1 16 5 11 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 82% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 2 0 2 3 1 4 1
37 Martin, Nic WR 93% 3 0 32 19 13 6 0 2 1 4 2 0 3 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFL 83% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
47 Menzie, Jye HFFR 77% 2 1 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 85% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 9 5 4 3 2 1 4
3 Parish, Darcy C 87% 0 0 33 17 16 6 0 3 9 4 2 1 1 10
16 Perkins, Archie FPR 76% 1 0 20 12 8 7 0 4 2 4 1 3 0 4
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 76% 0 1 6 5 1 1 17 3 3 1 2 1 0 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 82% 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 1
11 Snelling, Will SUB↑ 18% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Tsatas, Elijah INT 60% 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 3 4 3 1 1 1 2
20 Wright, Peter FPL 94% 2 1 10 6 4 5 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 100% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 13 8 386 223 163 108 29 62 34 58 22 20 36 60

W. Snelling replaced N. Bryan.

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
15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 26 K. Baldwin 22 T. Goldstein 34 J. Archer
25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey 38 T. Xerri 10 B. Cunnington 40 E. Ford
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 13 D. Tucker
HALF-BACK

6 G. Wardlaw
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 19 N. Hind

35 C. Lazzaro
2 J. Stephenson 3 H. Sheezel 28 K. Turner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 S. Durham 3 D. Parish 37 N. Martin



8 B. Scott 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 5 C. Taylor FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 A. Phillips 24 N. Bryan
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 13 N. Cox
29 J. Kelly 35 M. Guelfi 47 J. Menzie 8 B. Hobbs 21 D. Heppell
11 L. McDonald 26 T. Thomas 31 J. Goater

5 E. Tsatas
HALF-BACK

11 W. Snelling
FORWARD



20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford 16 A. Perkins



7 J. Ziebell 23 B. McKay 4 A. Corr



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:04
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:35
ESSE Nic Martin goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 17:20
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 20:08
ESSE Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 21:31
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 23:42
Q2 ESSE Jye Menzie goal 3.0.18 - 3.1.19 02:16
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 06:06
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 4.0.24 - 4.1.25 11:25
ESSE Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 4.2.26 12:37
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 5.0.30 - 4.2.26 18:00
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 6.0.36 - 4.2.26 21:50
ESSE Nic Martin goal 6.0.36 - 5.2.32 24:00
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 6.1.37 - 5.2.32 26:07
Q3 ESSE Jye Menzie goal 6.1.37 - 6.2.38 00:43
NMLB Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 6.2.38 04:02
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 6.3.39 - 6.2.38 05:37
ESSE Nic Martin goal 6.3.39 - 7.2.44 07:35
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 7.3.45 - 7.2.44 11:47
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.3.51 - 7.2.44 14:19
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.3.51 - 8.2.50 16:48
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 8.3.51 - 9.2.56 20:36
ESSE Peter Wright behind 8.3.51 - 9.3.57 23:04
ESSE Nik Cox behind 8.3.51 - 9.4.58 27:40
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.3.51 - 10.4.64 29:04
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 9.3.57 - 10.4.64 30:47
Q4 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.3.63 - 10.4.64 02:14
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 10.3.63 - 10.5.65 04:17
ESSE Rushed behind 10.3.63 - 10.6.66 08:17
ESSE Andrew Phillips behind 10.3.63 - 10.7.67 10:43
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 10.3.63 - 10.8.68 12:01
ESSE Elijah Tsatas goal 10.3.63 - 11.8.74 13:58
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 10.4.64 - 11.8.74 17:06
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.4.64 - 12.8.80 18:49
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 10.5.65 - 12.8.80 21:20
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 11.5.71 - 12.8.80 23:12
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 12.5.77 - 12.8.80 24:57
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 12.5.77 - 13.8.86 29:03