2024 AFL Round 6: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 2024 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 6 of the 2024 AFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at GMHBA 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Geelong
Back: T. Stewart, S. De Koning, C. O'Sullivan
Half-back: Z. Guthrie, J. Henry, M. Holmes
Centre: Z. Tuohy, T. Bruhn, T. Atkins
Half-forward: B. Close, T. Stengle, G. Miers
Forward: J. Cameron, S. Neale, O. Henry
Follower: R. Stanley, J. Bowes, M. Blicavs
Int.: O. Dempsey, M. Duncan, M. O'Connor, B. Parfitt
Sub.: J. Clark

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, B. Nyuon
Half-back: H. Sheezel, G. Wardlaw, L. McDonald
Centre: D. Tucker, L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott
Half-forward: Z. Duursma, T. Powell, E. Ford
Forward: P. Curtis, N. Larkey, T. Sellers
Follower: T. Xerri, D. Stephens, J. Simpkin
Int.: B. Drury, Z. Fisher, H. Greenwood, C. McKercher
Sub.: C. Lazzaro

Geelong (21.13.139) defeated North Melbourne (10.4.64).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (6), B. Close (4), S. Neale (3), M. Holmes (2), T. Stengle (2), M. Blicavs, O. Dempsey, O. Henry, M. O'Connor
North Melbourne: E. Ford (3), B. Drury (2), N. Larkey (2), P. Curtis, L. Davies-Uniacke, H. Sheezel

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) and North Melbourne were then 18th on the ladder (down from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 14 April 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 31,194

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.13.139 - 10.4.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 12 . 6 15 . 10 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 4 10 . 4 (64)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 75 GEEL by 75
Duration 28:39 33:04 30:02 34:55 2:06:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 3
Tanner Bruhn GEEL 4 2
Brad Close GEEL 45 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Bowes GEEL 12 8 0 2 0 0 0
Brad Close GEEL 45 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Gryan Miers GEEL 32 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Max Holmes GEEL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom WR 72% 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 6 4 4 2 2 2 1
46 Blicavs, Mark RO↓ 63% 1 0 15 5 10 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
12 Bowes, Jack RR 75% 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 3 8 2 1 0 2 6
4 Bruhn, Tanner C 66% 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 2 3 5 2 4 1 4
5 Cameron, Jeremy FPL 95% 6 0 21 16 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Clark, Jhye SUB↑ 23% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Close, Brad HFFL 81% 4 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4
16 De Koning, Sam FB 92% 0 0 9 4 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver INT 84% 1 1 13 8 5 6 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 0
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 75% 0 1 19 11 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 83% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
38 Henry, Jack CHB 95% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0
36 Henry, Ollie FPR 88% 1 1 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 2
9 Holmes, Max HBFR 83% 2 0 25 14 11 5 0 2 2 5 0 0 4 5
32 Miers, Gryan HFFR 82% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 7
33 Neale, Shannon FF 88% 3 1 7 6 1 4 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
42 O'Connor, Mark INT 75% 1 1 15 11 4 9 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 3
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPR 87% 0 1 11 3 8 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 68% 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 6 7 3 0 1 0 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 78% 0 0 12 7 5 2 21 2 4 3 0 1 2 4
18 Stengle, Tyson CHF 84% 2 1 13 9 4 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 3
44 Stewart, Tom BPL 83% 0 1 24 18 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 5
2 Tuohy, Zach WL 80% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 21 13 342 196 146 88 28 51 38 45 14 17 34 60

J. Clark replaced M. Blicavs.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Comben, Charlie BPL 92% 0 0 14 9 5 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0
4 Corr, Aidan FB 88% 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 82% 1 3 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 4 2 3 0 2
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 85% 1 0 27 14 13 4 0 6 3 9 0 2 3 4
41 Drury, Blake INT 85% 2 0 17 13 4 11 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 4
7 Duursma, Zane HFFL 78% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
16 Fisher, Zac INT 73% 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0
40 Ford, Eddie HFFR 79% 3 0 20 9 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Greenwood, Hugh INT 72% 0 0 5 3 2 1 2 7 2 0 1 0 0 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 92% 2 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
35 Lazzaro, Charlie SUB↑ 60% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 4 3 3 1 1 0 3
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 79% 0 0 21 15 6 11 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1
10 McKercher, Colby INT↓ 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Nyuon, Bigoa BPR 92% 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0
24 Powell, Tom CHF 83% 0 0 26 18 8 9 0 4 5 3 0 0 1 6
8 Scott, Bailey WR 86% 0 0 27 16 11 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2
36 Sellers, Tyler FPR 74% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Sheezel, Harry HBFL 89% 1 0 38 23 15 15 0 3 2 3 0 1 5 6
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 89% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 5 2 6 2 1 1 6
15 Stephens, Dylan RR 83% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 2
13 Tucker, Darcy WL 76% 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 4 1 2 0 1 4 4
6 Wardlaw, George CHB 71% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 3 4 3 1 1 2
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 80% 0 0 13 5 8 1 39 8 5 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 4 378 233 145 129 41 68 31 55 17 14 39 45

C. Lazzaro replaced C. McKercher.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 C. Comben 4 A. Corr 28 B. Nyuon 1 R. Stanley 28 O. Dempsey
36 O. Henry 33 S. Neale 5 J. Cameron 12 J. Bowes 22 M. Duncan
FORWARD 46 M. Blicavs 42 M. O'Connor
HALF-BACK

3 B. Parfitt
3 H. Sheezel 6 G. Wardlaw 11 L. McDonald

13 J. Clark
32 G. Miers 18 T. Stengle 45 B. Close



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 D. Tucker 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott



30 T. Atkins 4 T. Bruhn 2 Z. Tuohy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 T. Xerri 41 B. Drury
HALF-FORWARD 15 D. Stephens 16 Z. Fisher
7 Z. Duursma 24 T. Powell 40 E. Ford 12 J. Simpkin 1 H. Greenwood
9 M. Holmes 38 J. Henry 39 Z. Guthrie

10 C. McKercher
HALF-BACK

35 C. Lazzaro
FORWARD



25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey 36 T. Sellers



14 C. O'Sullivan 16 S. De Koning 44 T. Stewart



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:18
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:14
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 08:16
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 10:06
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 12:13
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 15:31
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 17:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 18:50
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 22:26
NMLB Blake Drury goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 24:52
GEEL Brad Close goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 28:34
Q2 GEEL Jack Bowes behind 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 01:24
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 02:55
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 7.3.45 - 3.1.19 06:53
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.3.51 - 3.1.19 10:48
GEEL Tom Stewart behind 8.4.52 - 3.1.19 13:07
GEEL Max Holmes goal 9.4.58 - 3.1.19 14:13
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 9.5.59 - 3.1.19 15:47
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 9.5.59 - 3.2.20 17:41
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 10.5.65 - 3.2.20 21:42
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.5.65 - 4.2.26 25:05
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 10.5.65 - 4.3.27 26:52
GEEL Brad Close goal 11.5.71 - 4.3.27 29:05
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 11.6.72 - 4.3.27 30:50
GEEL Max Holmes goal 12.6.78 - 4.3.27 31:54
Q3 NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 12.6.78 - 5.3.33 02:44
GEEL Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 5.3.33 05:26
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 13.7.85 - 5.3.33 06:38
GEEL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 5.3.33 15:17
GEEL Mark O'Connor goal 14.8.92 - 5.3.33 19:57
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 14.8.92 - 6.3.39 22:14
GEEL Tanner Bruhn behind 14.9.93 - 6.3.39 23:31
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 14.10.94 - 6.3.39 26:15
NMLB Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 6.4.40 27:51
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 15.10.100 - 6.4.40 30:00
Q4 NMLB Blake Drury goal 15.10.100 - 7.4.46 01:20
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 16.10.106 - 7.4.46 04:10
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 17.10.112 - 7.4.46 05:55
GEEL Connor O'Sullivan behind 17.11.113 - 7.4.46 09:20
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 18.11.119 - 7.4.46 10:42
GEEL Brad Close goal 19.11.125 - 7.4.46 12:50
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 19.11.125 - 8.4.52 14:58
GEEL Brad Close goal 20.11.131 - 8.4.52 17:42
GEEL Mark O'Connor behind 20.12.132 - 8.4.52 20:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 21.12.138 - 8.4.52 22:24
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 21.12.138 - 9.4.58 24:55
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 21.13.139 - 9.4.58 29:07
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 21.13.139 - 10.4.64 30:57