2024 AFL Round 2: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2024 between Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 2024 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted North Melbourne at ENGIE Stadium. Toby Greene captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: H. Perryman, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: J. Wehr, J. Kelly, F. Callaghan
Half-forward: B. Daniels, J. Riccardi, T. Bedford
Forward: T. Greene (capt.), J. Hogan, C. Brown
Follower: K. Briggs, S. Coniglio, T. Green
Int.: A. Cadman, H. Himmelberg, X. O'Halloran, H. Thomas
Sub.: N. Haynes

North Melbourne
Back: C. Lazzaro, A. Corr, K. Dawson
Half-back: Z. Fisher, T. Pink, D. Tucker
Centre: D. Stephens, L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott
Half-forward: C. Zurhaar, C. Coleman-Jones, J. Stephenson
Forward: T. Powell, N. Larkey, Z. Duursma
Follower: T. Xerri, G. Wardlaw, H. Sheezel
Int.: P. Curtis, E. Ford, J. Goater, C. McKercher
Sub.: L. Shiels

Greater Western Sydney (17.19.121) defeated North Melbourne (13.4.82).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (6), J. Riccardi (3), C. Brown (2), A. Cadman (2), J. Kelly (2), T. Bedford, T. Green
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), P. Curtis (2), Z. Duursma (2), J. Stephenson (2), E. Ford, L. Shiels, T. Xerri, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and North Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: ENGIE Stadium
Attendance: 8,034

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.19.121 - 13.4.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 11 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
North Melbourne 2 . 0 8 . 0 10 . 4 13 . 4 13 . 4 (82)
Margin GWSY by 15 GWSY by 19 GWSY by 37 GWSY by 39 GWSY by 39
Duration 28:29 33:22 32:13 33:06 2:07:10

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 3
Tom Green GWSY 12 2
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Green GWSY 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 8 0 2 0 0 0
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Buckley GWSY 44 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 83% 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 1 8 1 2 4 3
14 Bedford, Toby HFFR 78% 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 69% 0 0 9 5 4 1 20 3 4 6 0 4 2 2
46 Brown, Callum FPR 85% 2 1 15 7 8 5 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1
44 Buckley, Jack CHB 89% 0 0 17 11 6 9 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 1
5 Cadman, Aaron INT 73% 2 1 8 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Callaghan, Finn WR 78% 0 0 24 12 12 5 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 6
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 81% 0 0 30 12 18 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 5
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 81% 0 2 22 15 7 7 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 3
12 Green, Tom RO 83% 1 1 37 13 24 5 0 9 6 4 0 0 2 2
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 89% 0 4 21 13 8 9 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 5
19 Haynes, Nick SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry INT 84% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 0 6 0 2 4 5
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 84% 6 2 18 15 3 8 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2
39 Idun, Connor BPR 93% 0 1 19 10 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
22 Kelly, Josh C 87% 2 1 24 12 12 4 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 5
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT↓ 55% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 2 4 0 2 1 5
36 Perryman, Harry BPL 77% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 74% 3 2 19 16 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 4
15 Taylor, Sam FB 94% 0 0 13 6 7 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1
28 Thomas, Harvey INT 77% 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 Wehr, Jacob WL 77% 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 79% 0 0 29 13 16 8 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 17 19 405 229 176 117 22 45 27 59 14 22 33 60

N. Haynes replaced X. O'Halloran.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Coleman-Jones, Callum CHF↓ 55% 0 0 6 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 Corr, Aidan FB 74% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 2 0
25 Curtis, Paul INT 81% 2 1 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 88% 0 0 29 12 17 1 0 6 8 0 1 0 2 5
42 Dawson, Kallan BPR 80% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2
7 Duursma, Zane FPR 83% 2 1 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 Fisher, Zac HBFL 84% 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 3
40 Ford, Eddie INT 80% 1 0 10 5 5 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
31 Goater, Josh INT 73% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 94% 3 1 9 6 3 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 2
35 Lazzaro, Charlie BPL 81% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
10 McKercher, Colby INT 77% 0 0 22 18 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
32 Pink, Toby CHB 85% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
24 Powell, Tom FPL 76% 0 0 26 10 16 4 0 1 6 2 0 0 1 4
8 Scott, Bailey WR 82% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2
3 Sheezel, Harry RO 80% 0 0 32 23 9 9 0 1 1 0 2 0 11 4
14 Shiels, Liam SUB↑ 31% 1 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 2
15 Stephens, Dylan WL 83% 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 1 2
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFR 89% 2 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
13 Tucker, Darcy HBFR 83% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 2
6 Wardlaw, George RR 72% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 2 5 1 2 1 5
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 83% 1 0 18 5 13 5 19 9 8 0 4 0 0 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFL 87% 1 1 17 9 8 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 4 342 205 137 89 24 47 32 44 22 14 43 46

L. Shiels replaced C. Coleman-Jones.

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 C. Lazzaro 4 A. Corr 42 K. Dawson 32 K. Briggs 5 A. Cadman
46 C. Brown 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene (c) 3 S. Coniglio 27 H. Himmelberg
FORWARD 12 T. Green 33 X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK

28 H. Thomas
16 Z. Fisher 32 T. Pink 13 D. Tucker

19 N. Haynes
14 T. Bedford 26 J. Riccardi 16 B. Daniels



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 D. Stephens 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott



17 F. Callaghan 22 J. Kelly 10 J. Wehr FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 T. Xerri 25 P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD 6 G. Wardlaw 40 E. Ford
44 C. Zurhaar 21 C. Coleman-Jones 2 J. Stephenson 3 H. Sheezel 31 J. Goater
7 L. Ash 44 J. Buckley 6 L. Whitfield

10 C. McKercher
HALF-BACK

14 L. Shiels
FORWARD



24 T. Powell 20 N. Larkey 7 Z. Duursma



39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 36 H. Perryman



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:04
GWSY Callum Brown goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:03
GWSY Toby Greene behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 11:16
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 14:39
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 16:25
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 18:26
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 22:04
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 24:00
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 4.3.27 - 2.0.12 26:27
Q2 GWSY Brent Daniels behind 4.4.28 - 2.0.12 01:16
GWSY Tom Green goal 5.4.34 - 2.0.12 02:42
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 5.4.34 - 3.0.18 03:57
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 6.4.40 - 3.0.18 05:40
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 7.4.46 - 3.0.18 07:40
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.4.46 - 4.0.24 10:05
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 7.4.46 - 5.0.30 13:28
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.4.46 - 6.0.36 16:03
GWSY Toby Greene behind 7.5.47 - 6.0.36 18:19
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.5.53 - 6.0.36 19:47
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 8.5.53 - 7.0.42 23:51
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 8.5.53 - 8.0.48 25:32
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 8.6.54 - 8.0.48 27:33
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 9.6.60 - 8.0.48 28:06
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 10.6.66 - 8.0.48 31:41
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 10.7.67 - 8.0.48 32:46
Q3 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 11.7.73 - 8.0.48 01:43
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 11.7.73 - 8.1.49 03:17
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 12.7.79 - 8.1.49 04:07
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 13.7.85 - 8.1.49 06:16
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 13.7.85 - 8.2.50 07:44
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 13.7.85 - 9.2.56 08:53
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 13.7.85 - 9.3.57 11:02
GWSY Tom Green behind 13.8.86 - 9.3.57 12:49
GWSY Callum Brown goal 14.8.92 - 9.3.57 16:08
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 14.8.92 - 10.3.63 18:17
GWSY Callum Brown behind 14.9.93 - 10.3.63 20:17
GWSY Toby Greene behind 14.10.94 - 10.3.63 20:58
NMLB Zane Duursma behind 14.10.94 - 10.4.64 23:48
GWSY Jacob Wehr behind 14.11.95 - 10.4.64 28:32
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 15.11.101 - 10.4.64 31:16
Q4 GWSY Rushed behind 15.12.102 - 10.4.64 00:28
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 15.12.102 - 11.4.70 02:02
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 16.12.108 - 11.4.70 08:22
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 17.12.114 - 11.4.70 10:33
GWSY Toby Greene behind 17.13.115 - 11.4.70 12:31
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 17.14.116 - 11.4.70 13:11
NMLB Liam Shiels goal 17.14.116 - 12.4.76 15:51
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 17.15.117 - 12.4.76 18:11
GWSY Harvey Thomas behind 17.16.118 - 12.4.76 19:18
GWSY Aaron Cadman behind 17.17.119 - 12.4.76 19:49
GWSY Connor Idun behind 17.18.120 - 12.4.76 24:21
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 17.19.121 - 12.4.76 28:37
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 17.19.121 - 13.4.82 30:29