2023 AFL Season Round 24: North Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 2023 between North Melbourne and Gold Coast during round twenty-four of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at Blundstone Arena. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

North Melbourne (20.12.132) defeated Gold Coast (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 26 August 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 4,378

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 20.12.132 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	3	7	.	6	13	.	7	20	.	12	20	.	12	(132)
Gold Coast	4	.	2	8	.	6	10	.	9	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Margin	GCST by 11			GCST by 6			NMLB by 16			NMLB by 35			NMLB by 35
Duration	29:17			33:03			33:00			36:29			2:11:49

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 (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Gold Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Steven King (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Nick Larkey	NMLB	20	3
Tarryn Thomas	NMLB	26	2
Will Phillips	NMLB	29	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Nick Larkey	NMLB	20	10	2	0	0	0	0
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	5	0	?	?	?	?
Tarryn Thomas	NMLB	26	5	0	?	?	?	?
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	4	0	?	?	?	?
Bailey Scott	NMLB	8	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
27	Bergman, Miller	HBFL	69%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	1
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	95%	1	0	20	11	9	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1
25	Curtis, Paul	FPR	91%	2	0	9	7	2	5	0	3	0	4	0	3	0	2
42	Dawson, Kallan	BPR	83%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1
40	Ford, Eddie	CHF	84%	3	0	19	11	8	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
31	Goater, Josh	INT	78%	0	0	22	11	11	7	0	1	2	1	0	0	5	4
22	Goldstein, Todd	INT	64%	0	0	8	5	3	2	18	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
18	Greenwood, Hugh	RR	75%	1	1	11	4	7	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
15	Howe, Daniel	SUB↑	37%	1	0	6	4	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	98%	9	3	21	18	3	11	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	2
35	Lazzaro, Charlie	INT	74%	0	0	26	10	16	3	0	4	5	1	1	0	0	5
23	McKay, Ben	FB	95%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
39	Perez, Flynn	INT	84%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	0	4	1	1	1	1
29	Phillips, Will	C	69%	0	0	26	10	16	4	0	3	6	2	1	0	0	6
24	Powell, Tom	HFFR	85%	0	0	23	11	12	6	0	5	1	2	0	0	1	5
8	Scott, Bailey	WR	92%	0	0	33	24	9	10	0	2	1	5	0	0	8	4
3	Sheezel, Harry	CHB	83%	0	0	29	12	17	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	5	2
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	88%	1	1	29	18	11	7	0	6	6	7	1	2	1	4
5	Taylor, Curtis	WL↓	53%	1	1	12	7	5	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
26	Thomas, Tarryn	FPL	83%	0	1	22	11	11	1	0	9	10	1	2	1	1	7
13	Tucker, Darcy	HBFR	71%	1	0	16	10	6	3	0	3	0	5	0	2	1	5
28	Turner, Kayne	HFFL	84%	0	0	12	6	6	8	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	65%	0	0	8	2	6	0	24	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				20	12	398	222	176	105	42	55	36	46	15	11	37	63

D. Howe replaced C. Taylor.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ainsworth, Ben	FPL	90%	0	0	23	8	15	4	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	0
15	Anderson, Noah	WR	83%	0	0	29	19	10	5	0	2	5	4	1	0	3	8
31	Andrew, Mac	BPR	95%	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	3	2	0
2	Atkins, Rory	SUB↑	42%	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	3
10	Ballard, Charlie	BPL	96%	0	0	7	5	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
35	Budarick, Connor	CHB	83%	0	0	19	16	3	6	0	3	1	2	2	1	5	1
29	Burgess, Chris	CHF	79%	0	2	5	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
30	Casboult, Levi	FPR	81%	2	0	11	7	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
1	Chol, Mabior	FF	70%	2	1	8	7	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
25	Collins, Sam	FB	93%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	Davies, Alex	INT	79%	1	1	22	10	12	3	0	6	3	4	1	1	1	3
4	Ellis, Brandon	INT	87%	0	3	28	17	11	5	0	5	2	2	0	0	0	3
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WL	69%	1	1	22	17	5	3	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	5
3	Flanders, Sam	HFFR	81%	2	0	29	19	10	12	0	5	2	3	1	0	1	6
38	Johnston, Lloyd	INT	63%	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2
23	Lemmens, Sean	HBFL↓	48%	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0
44	MacPherson, Darcy	HBFR	80%	0	0	20	14	6	7	0	3	1	4	0	1	5	1
11	Miller, Touk	RO	85%	1	0	29	18	11	4	0	3	5	5	0	2	3	3
41	Rosas, Malcolm	INT	78%	3	0	12	7	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	4
18	Rowell, Matt	RR	83%	0	0	33	13	20	1	0	9	12	4	2	0	7	4
6	Sexton, Alex	HFFL	73%	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
24	Swallow, David	C	81%	1	3	10	5	5	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	83%	0	0	12	6	6	2	32	1	2	2	0	1	2	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	13	371	227	144	87	37	54	40	54	11	15	43	53

R. Atkins replaced S. Lemmens.

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
	10	C. Ballard	25	S. Collins	31	M. Andrew	38	T. Xerri	31	J. Goater
	25	P. Curtis	20	N. Larkey	26	T. Thomas	18	H. Greenwood	22	T. Goldstein
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin	35	C. Lazzaro
HALF-BACK									39	F. Perez
	23	S. Lemmens	35	C. Budarick	44	D. MacPherson			15	D. Howe
	24	T. Powell	40	E. Ford	28	K. Turner
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	B. Fiorini	24	D. Swallow	15	N. Anderson
	8	B. Scott	29	W. Phillips	5	C. Taylor	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	5	A. Davies
HALF-FORWARD							18	M. Rowell	4	B. Ellis
	6	A. Sexton	29	C. Burgess	3	S. Flanders	11	T. Miller	38	L. Johnston
	13	D. Tucker	3	H. Sheezel	27	M. Bergman			41	M. Rosas
HALF-BACK									2	R. Atkins
FORWARD
	9	B. Ainsworth	1	M. Chol	30	L. Casboult
	42	K. Dawson	23	B. McKay	4	A. Corr
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Mabior Chol behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:32
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	05:07
	GCST	Levi Casboult goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	06:53
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	11:17
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	14:07
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	16:39
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	20:45
	NMLB	Darcy Tucker goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	22:38
	GCST	Brandon Ellis behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	25:05
	GCST	Malcolm Rosas goal	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	26:13
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	2.3.15	-	4.2.26	28:56
Q2	GCST	Chris Burgess behind	2.3.15	-	4.3.27	00:43
	NMLB	Curtis Taylor behind	2.4.16	-	4.3.27	02:09
	GCST	David Swallow goal	2.4.16	-	5.3.33	03:25
	NMLB	Hugh Greenwood behind	2.5.17	-	5.3.33	05:36
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	2.5.17	-	6.3.39	06:41
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	2.5.17	-	7.3.45	08:41
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	3.5.23	-	7.3.45	10:20
	NMLB	Curtis Taylor goal	4.5.29	-	7.3.45	12:22
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	5.5.35	-	7.3.45	16:47
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.5.41	-	7.3.45	19:33
	GCST	Malcolm Rosas goal	6.5.41	-	8.3.51	21:06
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	7.5.47	-	8.3.51	24:12
	GCST	David Swallow behind	7.5.47	-	8.4.52	26:01
	GCST	Brandon Ellis behind	7.5.47	-	8.5.53	28:57
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	8.5.53	30:50
	GCST	David Swallow behind	7.6.48	-	8.6.54	32:58
Q3	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	7.7.49	-	8.6.54	01:18
	NMLB	Eddie Ford goal	8.7.55	-	8.6.54	04:03
	NMLB	Eddie Ford goal	9.7.61	-	8.6.54	05:51
	GCST	Mabior Chol goal	9.7.61	-	9.6.60	07:25
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.7.67	-	9.6.60	11:50
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	11.7.73	-	9.6.60	13:29
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	9.7.61	17:20
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini behind	11.7.73	-	9.8.62	19:05
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	12.7.79	-	9.8.62	20:20
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	13.7.85	-	9.8.62	22:51
	GCST	Chris Burgess behind	13.7.85	-	9.9.63	24:12
	GCST	Levi Casboult goal	13.7.85	-	10.9.69	25:50
Q4	NMLB	Tarryn Thomas behind	13.8.86	-	10.9.69	01:04
	NMLB	Aidan Corr goal	14.8.92	-	10.9.69	02:04
	NMLB	Rushed behind	14.9.93	-	10.9.69	04:52
	GCST	Mabior Chol goal	14.9.93	-	11.9.75	07:02
	NMLB	Hugh Greenwood goal	15.9.99	-	11.9.75	10:41
	NMLB	Daniel Howe goal	16.9.105	-	11.9.75	12:04
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	16.10.106	-	11.9.75	14:34
	NMLB	Rushed behind	16.11.107	-	11.9.75	16:31
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	17.11.113	-	11.9.75	17:28
	GCST	Malcolm Rosas goal	17.11.113	-	12.9.81	18:41
	GCST	Brandon Ellis behind	17.11.113	-	12.10.82	19:55
	GCST	Alex Davies behind	17.11.113	-	12.11.83	21:14
	GCST	Rory Atkins goal	17.11.113	-	13.11.89	22:45
	GCST	Alex Davies goal	17.11.113	-	14.11.95	24:46
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	18.11.119	-	14.11.95	25:55
	GCST	Rushed behind	18.11.119	-	14.12.96	27:17
	NMLB	Rushed behind	18.12.120	-	14.12.96	29:09
	GCST	David Swallow behind	18.12.120	-	14.13.97	29:31
	NMLB	Eddie Ford goal	19.12.126	-	14.13.97	33:29
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	20.12.132	-	14.13.97	35:32

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