2023 AFL 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 24 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: A. Corr, B. McKay, K. Dawson
Half-back: M. Bergman, H. Sheezel, D. Tucker
Centre: C. Taylor, W. Phillips, B. Scott
Half-forward: K. Turner, E. Ford, T. Powell
Forward: T. Thomas, N. Larkey, P. Curtis
Follower: T. Xerri, H. Greenwood, J. Simpkin
Int.: J. Goater, T. Goldstein, C. Lazzaro, F. Perez
Sub.: D. Howe

Gold Coast
Back: C. Ballard, S. Collins, M. Andrew
Half-back: S. Lemmens, C. Budarick, D. MacPherson
Centre: B. Fiorini, D. Swallow, N. Anderson
Half-forward: A. Sexton, C. Burgess, S. Flanders
Forward: B. Ainsworth, M. Chol, L. Casboult
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, T. Miller
Int.: A. Davies, B. Ellis, L. Johnston, M. Rosas
Sub.: R. Atkins

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (9), E. Ford (3), P. Curtis (2), A. Corr, H. Greenwood, D. Howe, J. Simpkin, C. Taylor, D. Tucker
Gold Coast: M. Rosas (3), L. Casboult (2), M. Chol (2), S. Flanders (2), R. Atkins, A. Davies, B. Fiorini, T. Miller, D. Swallow

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 17th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Gold Coast remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Steven King (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), unknown (Gold Coast)

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