2024 AFL 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 8 of the 2024 AFL season. 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
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, L. McDonald
Half-back: R. Hardeman, B. Drury, B. Scott
Centre: D. Tucker, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. McKercher
Half-forward: T. Powell, H. Sheezel, C. Lazzaro
Forward: P. Curtis, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, G. Wardlaw, J. Simpkin
Int.: Z. Duursma, B. Nyuon, W. Phillips, D. Stephens
Sub.: Z. Fisher

Adelaide
Back: W. Hamill, J. Borlase, C. Jones
Half-back: J. Worrell, M. Keane, M. Michalanney
Centre: M. Hinge, J. Soligo, J. Dawson (capt.)
Half-forward: L. Sholl, T. Walker, J. Rachele
Forward: E. Himmelberg, D. Fogarty, I. Rankine
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: B. Cook, M. Crouch, L. Nankervis, L. Pedlar
Sub.: N. McHenry

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (3), Z. Duursma (2), N. Larkey (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, C. Lazzaro, T. Powell, D. Tucker, G. Wardlaw
Adelaide: I. Rankine (4), B. Cook (3), E. Himmelberg (2), B. Keays (2), T. Walker (2), J. Dawson, D. Fogarty, C. Jones, R. Laird, N. McHenry, L. Pedlar, L. Sholl

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)

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