2024 AFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 2024 between North Melbourne and Adelaide during round eight of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Adelaide at Blundstone Arena. 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. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

North Melbourne (12.9.81) were defeated by Adelaide (20.18.138).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 27 April 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 5,365

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Adelaide
Score: 12.9.81 - 20.18.138

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	3	6	.	4	7	.	7	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Adelaide	5	.	5	11	.	9	16	.	12	20	.	18	20	.	18	(138)
Margin	ADEL by 20			ADEL by 35			ADEL by 59			ADEL by 57			ADEL by 57
Duration	31:36			32:59			30:50			33:25			2:08:50

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Rory Laird	ADEL	29	3
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	2
Izak Rankine	ADEL	23	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Rory Laird	ADEL	29	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	8	0	2	0	0	0
Reilly O'Brien	ADEL	43	3	0	0	?	?	?
Izak Rankine	ADEL	23	3	0	0	?	?	?
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	3	0	0	?	?	?
Josh Worrell	ADEL	24	3	0	0	?	?	?

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	93%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	2	0	3	3	1	5	1
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	83%	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	4	1
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	84%	0	0	8	6	2	2	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	87%	1	0	29	12	17	3	0	4	6	2	0	1	1	6
41	Drury, Blake	CHB	82%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	58%	2	1	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	Fisher, Zac	SUB↑	37%	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL	83%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	94%	2	1	8	5	3	3	8	1	2	1	1	0	0	1
35	Lazzaro, Charlie	HFFR	81%	1	0	11	4	7	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
11	McDonald, Luke	BPR	88%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	4	2	3	2	1	1	0
10	McKercher, Colby	WR	88%	0	1	32	23	9	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1
28	Nyuon, Bigoa	INT	75%	0	0	13	8	5	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0
29	Phillips, Will	INT↓	43%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	79%	1	1	10	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	Scott, Bailey	HBFR	76%	0	0	12	8	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
3	Sheezel, Harry	CHF	92%	0	0	29	18	11	12	0	3	2	6	1	0	4	0
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	88%	0	0	14	12	2	0	0	2	3	5	4	4	1	3
15	Stephens, Dylan	INT	81%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4
13	Tucker, Darcy	WL	76%	1	0	13	10	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	2
6	Wardlaw, George	RR	68%	1	0	16	10	6	2	0	6	8	1	2	0	1	4
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	82%	0	0	15	9	6	1	32	4	3	6	2	3	1	3
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	82%	3	3	11	9	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	9	319	201	118	83	42	45	35	46	20	16	39	41

Z. Fisher replaced W. Phillips.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
35	Borlase, James	FB	97%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
15	Cook, Brayden	INT	75%	3	1	15	10	5	5	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	1
5	Crouch, Matt	INT	72%	0	0	24	6	18	4	0	6	8	4	1	3	1	3
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	WR	73%	1	1	27	24	3	9	0	4	3	6	0	2	2	12
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FF	80%	1	0	13	7	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Hamill, Will	BPL	83%	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Himmelberg, Elliott	FPL	84%	2	1	15	8	7	5	6	2	1	3	3	2	0	3
20	Hinge, Mitch	WL	83%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	1
1	Jones, Chayce	BPR	93%	1	0	11	8	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	91%	0	1	14	12	2	10	0	1	0	5	0	1	3	0
2	Keays, Ben	RO	83%	2	1	20	8	12	5	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1
29	Laird, Rory	RR	73%	1	1	34	13	21	3	0	6	13	1	3	1	0	7
25	McHenry, Ned	SUB↑	58%	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	81%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	1
27	Nankervis, Luke	INT	81%	0	1	15	11	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	82%	0	0	14	7	7	4	37	5	2	7	1	3	1	0
10	Pedlar, Luke	INT↓	8%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Rachele, Josh	HFFR	86%	0	1	22	12	10	8	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	4
23	Rankine, Izak	FPR	84%	4	1	17	12	5	5	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	3
38	Sholl, Lachlan	HFFL	91%	1	1	29	18	11	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	3
14	Soligo, Jake	C	77%	0	1	23	15	8	5	0	6	2	4	2	2	0	7
13	Walker, Taylor	CHF	81%	2	1	15	8	7	9	0	1	0	4	1	3	0	4
24	Worrell, Josh	HBFL	85%	0	0	18	15	3	9	0	2	1	0	1	0	7	2
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				20	18	385	228	157	117	43	57	44	47	16	20	29	60

N. McHenry replaced L. Pedlar.

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
	17	W. Hamill	35	J. Borlase	1	C. Jones	38	T. Xerri	7	Z. Duursma
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey	25	P. Curtis	6	G. Wardlaw	28	B. Nyuon
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin	29	W. Phillips
HALF-BACK									15	D. Stephens
	24	J. Worrell	48	M. Keane	16	M. Michalanney			16	Z. Fisher
	35	C. Lazzaro	3	H. Sheezel	24	T. Powell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	20	M. Hinge	14	J. Soligo	12	J. Dawson (c)
	10	C. McKercher	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	13	D. Tucker	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	15	B. Cook
HALF-FORWARD							29	R. Laird	5	M. Crouch
	38	L. Sholl	13	T. Walker	8	J. Rachele	2	B. Keays	27	L. Nankervis
	8	B. Scott	41	B. Drury	17	R. Hardeman			10	L. Pedlar
HALF-BACK									25	N. McHenry
FORWARD
	34	E. Himmelberg	32	D. Fogarty	23	I. Rankine
	11	L. McDonald	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:11
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	02:21
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:28
	ADEL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	06:46
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	10:00
	ADEL	Luke Pedlar goal	1.0.6	-	3.2.20	15:18
	ADEL	Brayden Cook goal	1.0.6	-	4.2.26	16:39
	ADEL	Mark Keane behind	1.0.6	-	4.3.27	19:07
	ADEL	Brayden Cook behind	1.0.6	-	4.4.28	22:04
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	1.0.6	-	4.5.29	23:53
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	1.1.7	-	4.5.29	26:01
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	2.1.13	-	4.5.29	26:15
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	2.2.14	-	4.5.29	27:35
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	2.2.14	-	5.5.35	28:50
	NMLB	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	5.5.35	31:08
Q2	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	3.3.21	-	5.5.35	01:18
	ADEL	Lachlan Sholl behind	3.3.21	-	5.6.36	05:44
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	3.3.21	-	5.7.37	06:53
	ADEL	Brayden Cook goal	3.3.21	-	6.7.43	09:32
	ADEL	Chayce Jones goal	3.3.21	-	7.7.49	11:11
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	7.8.50	14:05
	ADEL	Jordan Dawson goal	3.3.21	-	8.8.56	15:37
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	4.3.27	-	8.8.56	16:58
	ADEL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	8.9.57	18:36
	NMLB	Colby McKercher behind	4.4.28	-	8.9.57	22:38
	NMLB	Darcy Tucker goal	5.4.34	-	8.9.57	24:54
	ADEL	Brayden Cook goal	5.4.34	-	9.9.63	26:11
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	5.4.34	-	10.9.69	27:37
	ADEL	Elliott Himmelberg goal	5.4.34	-	11.9.75	31:09
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.4.40	-	11.9.75	32:49
Q3	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	6.5.41	-	11.9.75	01:12
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.6.42	-	11.9.75	03:07
	ADEL	Rory Laird goal	6.6.42	-	12.9.81	05:49
	NMLB	George Wardlaw goal	7.6.48	-	12.9.81	07:53
	ADEL	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	12.10.82	12:38
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	7.6.48	-	13.10.88	13:17
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	7.6.48	-	14.10.94	16:25
	ADEL	Elliott Himmelberg behind	7.6.48	-	14.11.95	18:15
	ADEL	Elliott Himmelberg goal	7.6.48	-	15.11.101	20:27
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	7.6.48	-	16.11.107	24:41
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	7.6.48	-	16.12.108	27:50
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	7.7.49	-	16.12.108	29:44
Q4	ADEL	Luke Nankervis behind	7.7.49	-	16.13.109	03:03
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.7.55	-	16.13.109	04:34
	ADEL	Ned McHenry goal	8.7.55	-	17.13.115	05:44
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	8.7.55	-	18.13.121	09:12
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	8.8.56	-	18.13.121	11:03
	ADEL	Lachlan Sholl goal	8.8.56	-	19.13.127	11:46
	NMLB	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	19.13.127	14:09
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	9.9.63	-	19.13.127	15:04
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	10.9.69	-	19.13.127	16:22
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	10.9.69	-	19.14.128	17:47
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	19.15.129	18:26
	ADEL	Rory Laird behind	10.9.69	-	19.16.130	19:28
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	11.9.75	-	19.16.130	20:41
	ADEL	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	19.17.131	22:29
	ADEL	Jake Soligo behind	11.9.75	-	19.18.132	26:53
	NMLB	Charlie Lazzaro goal	12.9.81	-	19.18.132	30:26
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	12.9.81	-	20.18.138	32:09

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