2024 AFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2024 between North Melbourne and Fremantle during round 3 of the 2024 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. With the presence of multiple North Melbourne co-captains, namely Luke McDonald and Jy Simpkin, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

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

Fremantle
Back: J. Aish, A. Pearce (capt.), J. Clark
Half-back: L. Ryan, E. Hughes, J. Draper
Centre: M. Johnson, N. Fyfe, A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: M. Taberner, J. Treacy, S. Switkowski
Forward: T. Emmett, J. Amiss, M. Walters
Follower: L. Jackson, C. Serong, H. Young
Int.: B. Banfield, M. Frederick, J. Sharp, B. Walker
Sub.: J. O'Meara

North Melbourne (11.10.76) were defeated by Fremantle (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (2), T. Powell (2), C. Zurhaar (2), N. Larkey, B. Scott, J. Simpkin, J. Stephenson, G. Wardlaw
Fremantle: B. Banfield (2), M. Frederick (2), L. Jackson (2), M. Taberner (2), J. Amiss, A. Brayshaw, N. Fyfe, J. Sharp, S. Switkowski, J. Treacy, M. Walters

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 23 March 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 17,589

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 11.10.76 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 8 . 4 9 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fremantle 2 . 1 5 . 5 12 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 17 FREM by 23 FREM by 26 FREM by 26
Duration 30:13 30:07 30:50 30:53 2:02:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Alex Pearce (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Serong FREM 3 3
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 2
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Jackson FREM 9 9 1 1 0 0 0
Caleb Serong FREM 3 7 0 1 1 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Tom Powell NMLB 24 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 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
21 Coleman-Jones, Callum INT 69% 0 0 9 4 5 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
4 Corr, Aidan FB 86% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2
25 Curtis, Paul CHF 79% 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 85% 0 0 30 15 15 5 0 2 9 4 1 1 1 8
42 Dawson, Kallan BPR 81% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1
7 Duursma, Zane FPR 85% 0 2 15 12 3 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
16 Fisher, Zac INT 74% 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 3
40 Ford, Eddie SUB↑ 25% 0 1 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 100% 1 1 6 5 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
35 Lazzaro, Charlie HFFR↓ 65% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPL 71% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
10 McKercher, Colby WR 77% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3
32 Pink, Toby CHB 84% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 1
24 Powell, Tom RR 85% 2 0 28 13 15 4 0 5 8 0 0 0 1 4
8 Scott, Bailey HBFR 80% 1 0 23 17 6 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 4
3 Sheezel, Harry HBFL 89% 0 0 35 17 18 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 6 3
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 86% 1 1 14 8 6 6 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 4
15 Stephens, Dylan WL 85% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn FPL 81% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
13 Tucker, Darcy INT 74% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
6 Wardlaw, George INT 71% 1 0 23 10 13 6 0 4 5 4 2 0 2 3
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 84% 0 0 19 7 12 3 30 6 7 4 2 2 0 3
44 Zurhaar, Cameron HFFL 84% 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 10 361 194 167 93 36 42 38 45 16 16 30 57

E. Ford replaced C. Lazzaro.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James BPL 81% 0 0 21 17 4 9 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 4
24 Amiss, Jye FF 91% 1 3 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 84% 2 0 18 8 10 4 0 1 2 3 1 1 3 3
8 Brayshaw, Andrew WR 74% 1 0 27 13 14 3 0 3 4 4 0 1 3 3
6 Clark, Jordan BPR 82% 0 0 28 20 8 7 0 1 1 4 1 1 9 3
37 Draper, Josh HBFR 91% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
18 Emmett, Tom FPL 82% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
32 Frederick, Michael INT 76% 2 1 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Fyfe, Nat C↓ 56% 1 0 19 8 11 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 3 1
15 Hughes, Ethan CHB 81% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 1
9 Jackson, Luke RU 85% 2 0 24 6 18 3 21 5 7 4 1 3 1 1
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 74% 0 0 22 10 12 6 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 3
2 O'Meara, Jaeger SUB↑ 22% 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 100% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 3 0
13 Ryan, Luke HBFL 95% 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 85% 0 2 35 16 19 5 0 6 8 0 1 0 3 5
14 Sharp, Jeremy INT 75% 1 1 13 11 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 76% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 4
20 Taberner, Matt HFFL 84% 2 1 10 5 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
35 Treacy, Josh CHF 79% 1 0 10 6 4 4 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 4
31 Walker, Brandon INT 70% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0
10 Walters, Michael FPR 80% 1 1 10 9 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2
26 Young, Hayden RO 77% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 4 3 8 0 2 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 12 353 206 147 94 25 59 34 47 16 16 46 45

J. O'Meara replaced N. Fyfe.

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
11 J. Aish 25 A. Pearce (c) 6 J. Clark 38 T. Xerri 21 C. Coleman-Jones
7 Z. Duursma 20 N. Larkey 2 J. Stephenson 24 T. Powell 16 Z. Fisher
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 13 D. Tucker
HALF-BACK

6 G. Wardlaw
13 L. Ryan 15 E. Hughes 37 J. Draper

40 E. Ford
35 C. Lazzaro 25 P. Curtis 44 C. Zurhaar



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 M. Johnson 7 N. Fyfe 8 A. Brayshaw



10 C. McKercher 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 15 D. Stephens FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 32 M. Frederick
20 M. Taberner 35 J. Treacy 39 S. Switkowski 26 H. Young 14 J. Sharp
8 B. Scott 32 T. Pink 3 H. Sheezel

31 B. Walker
HALF-BACK

2 J. O'Meara
FORWARD



18 T. Emmett 24 J. Amiss 10 M. Walters



42 K. Dawson 4 A. Corr 11 L. McDonald



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Paul Curtis goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:50
FREM Josh Treacy goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:25
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 11:19
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 13:56
FREM Matt Taberner behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 16:20
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 18:25
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 4.1.25 - 1.1.7 20:48
FREM Michael Walters goal 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 30:09
Q2 NMLB Paul Curtis goal 5.1.31 - 2.1.13 01:35
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 6.1.37 - 2.1.13 04:15
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 7.1.43 - 2.1.13 08:00
FREM Michael Frederick goal 7.1.43 - 3.1.19 10:11
NMLB Tom Powell goal 8.1.49 - 3.1.19 11:48
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 8.2.50 - 3.1.19 13:29
NMLB Zane Duursma behind 8.3.51 - 3.1.19 17:16
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 8.4.52 - 3.1.19 18:16
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 8.4.52 - 3.2.20 18:50
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 8.4.52 - 4.2.26 20:34
FREM Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 4.3.27 22:00
FREM Jye Amiss behind 8.4.52 - 4.4.28 24:20
FREM Luke Jackson goal 8.4.52 - 5.4.34 25:23
FREM Caleb Serong behind 8.4.52 - 5.5.35 29:43
Q3 FREM Caleb Serong behind 8.4.52 - 5.6.36 04:12
FREM Matt Taberner goal 8.4.52 - 6.6.42 09:02
FREM Matt Taberner goal 8.4.52 - 7.6.48 10:53
FREM Luke Jackson goal 8.4.52 - 8.6.54 13:14
NMLB Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 8.6.54 14:25
FREM Jye Amiss behind 8.5.53 - 8.7.55 15:31
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 8.5.53 - 9.7.61 16:37
FREM Michael Frederick behind 8.5.53 - 9.8.62 17:51
FREM Michael Frederick goal 8.5.53 - 10.8.68 19:02
FREM Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 10.9.69 20:27
FREM Jye Amiss behind 8.5.53 - 10.10.70 22:06
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 8.5.53 - 11.10.76 24:19
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 8.5.53 - 12.10.82 25:46
NMLB George Wardlaw goal 9.5.59 - 12.10.82 29:04
Q4 NMLB Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 12.10.82 00:18
FREM Michael Walters behind 9.6.60 - 12.11.83 02:36
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 9.7.61 - 12.11.83 04:21
NMLB Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 12.11.83 08:11
FREM Jye Amiss goal 9.8.62 - 13.11.89 09:08
NMLB Zane Duursma behind 9.9.63 - 13.11.89 11:45
NMLB Tom Powell goal 10.9.69 - 13.11.89 13:48
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 10.10.70 - 13.11.89 15:32
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 10.10.70 - 14.11.95 21:00
FREM Jeremy Sharp goal 10.10.70 - 15.11.101 24:55
FREM Jaeger O'Meara behind 10.10.70 - 15.12.102 26:16
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 11.10.76 - 15.12.102 29:24