2024 AFL Round 12: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2024 between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round 12 of the 2024 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at Blundstone Arena. Connor Rozee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, E. Ratugolea, A. Aliir
Half-back: R. Burton, D. Houston, K. Farrell
Centre: T. Boak, O. Wines, J. Burgoyne
Half-forward: J. Mead, D. Byrne-Jones, W. Rioli
Forward: J. McEntee, T. Marshall, J. Finlayson
Follower: J. Sweet, C. Rozee (capt.), J. Horne-Francis
Int.: M. Bergman, Z. Butters, W. Drew, M. Georgiades
Sub.: L. Jones

North Melbourne (7.6.48) were defeated by Port Adelaide (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis, L. Davies-Uniacke, Z. Duursma, E. Ford, T. Powell, H. Sheezel, C. Zurhaar
Port Adelaide: T. Marshall (5), Z. Butters (2), D. Byrne-Jones (2), M. Georgiades (2), O. Wines (2), K. Farrell, J. Horne-Francis, J. McEntee

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 25 May 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 4,705

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 7.6.48 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Port Adelaide 5 . 2 7 . 5 13 . 10 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin PADL by 11 PADL by 20 PADL by 53 PADL by 59 PADL by 59
Duration 31:33 27:29 32:33 29:32 2:01:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 3
Todd Marshall PADL 4 2
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jason Horne-Francis PADL 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Todd Marshall PADL 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Esava Ratugolea PADL 27 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Ollie Wines PADL 16 3 0 0 ? ? ?
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
34 Archer, Jackson HBFR 85% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
30 Comben, Charlie FB 87% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 92% 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 78% 1 0 12 7 5 7 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 90% 1 1 35 18 17 5 0 2 9 5 2 2 2 6
18 Dawson, Wil RR 83% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Duursma, Zane FPR↓ 49% 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
16 Fisher, Zac HBFL 85% 0 0 32 24 8 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
40 Ford, Eddie INT 69% 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 87% 0 1 6 4 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
35 Lazzaro, Charlie SUB↑ 35% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 80% 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2
32 Pink, Toby INT 78% 0 1 8 6 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
24 Powell, Tom RO 75% 1 0 14 6 8 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 2
8 Scott, Bailey WL 84% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 85% 1 0 25 15 10 5 0 5 7 2 0 0 3 6
14 Shiels, Liam WR 80% 0 1 12 7 5 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 1
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFL 78% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
5 Taylor, Curtis HFFR 76% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3
13 Tucker, Darcy INT 85% 0 0 29 22 7 12 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 1
6 Wardlaw, George INT 69% 0 1 20 16 4 6 0 3 5 3 2 2 3 5
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 88% 0 1 22 9 13 3 34 6 3 4 2 1 4 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron CHF 81% 1 0 15 9 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 7 6 345 216 129 107 37 46 32 39 14 12 44 39

C. Lazzaro replaced Z. Duursma.

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aliir, Aliir BPR 98% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
14 Bergman, Miles INT 77% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
10 Boak, Travis WL 88% 0 1 25 19 6 12 0 3 1 4 0 1 4 5
7 Burgoyne, Jase WR 86% 0 0 23 11 12 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4
3 Burton, Ryan HBFL 85% 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 0
9 Butters, Zak INT 71% 2 0 19 7 12 5 0 4 5 2 1 1 1 6
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy CHF 83% 2 2 15 10 5 2 0 9 1 1 0 0 1 4
28 Drew, Willem INT 79% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 7 2 3 0 1 0 5
6 Farrell, Kane HBFR 81% 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 2
11 Finlayson, Jeremy FPR 85% 0 0 14 7 7 4 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 3
19 Georgiades, Mitch INT 83% 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 1
18 Horne-Francis, Jason RO 82% 1 0 24 16 8 2 0 1 10 3 3 1 2 5
5 Houston, Dan CHB 76% 0 1 20 13 7 7 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 3
34 Jones, Lachie SUB↑ 52% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
4 Marshall, Todd FF 72% 5 0 13 10 3 11 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 3
41 McEntee, Jed FPL 84% 1 2 17 10 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
44 Mead, Jackson HFFL 84% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 7
27 Ratugolea, Esava FB 89% 0 0 12 10 2 8 0 3 1 2 2 1 4 0
15 Rioli, Willie HFFR↓ 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Rozee, Connor (c) RR 74% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
24 Sweet, Jordon RU 83% 0 1 8 3 5 2 27 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
16 Wines, Ollie C 76% 2 0 26 13 13 5 0 6 6 3 1 1 0 4
25 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPL 95% 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 11 342 210 132 111 34 64 34 47 12 14 32 60

L. Jones replaced W. Rioli.

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
25 B. Zerk-Thatcher 27 E. Ratugolea 21 A. Aliir 38 T. Xerri 40 E. Ford
7 Z. Duursma 20 N. Larkey 25 P. Curtis 18 W. Dawson 32 T. Pink
FORWARD 24 T. Powell 13 D. Tucker
HALF-BACK

6 G. Wardlaw
3 R. Burton 5 D. Houston 6 K. Farrell

35 C. Lazzaro
5 C. Taylor 44 C. Zurhaar 2 J. Stephenson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 T. Boak 16 O. Wines 7 J. Burgoyne



14 L. Shiels 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 J. Sweet 14 M. Bergman
HALF-FORWARD 1 C. Rozee (c) 9 Z. Butters
44 J. Mead 33 D. Byrne-Jones 15 W. Rioli 18 J. Horne-Francis 28 W. Drew
34 J. Archer 3 H. Sheezel 16 Z. Fisher

19 M. Georgiades
HALF-BACK

34 L. Jones
FORWARD



41 J. McEntee 4 T. Marshall 11 J. Finlayson



11 L. McDonald 30 C. Comben 4 A. Corr



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 PADL Kane Farrell goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:07
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:48
NMLB Tom Powell goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:23
PADL Zak Butters goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 06:25
NMLB Liam Shiels behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 08:02
PADL Todd Marshall goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 12:31
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 14:38
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 17:27
NMLB Toby Pink behind 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 20:44
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 21:39
PADL Jed McEntee behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 26:17
PADL Zak Butters goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 28:16
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 30:24
Q2 PADL Ollie Wines goal 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 06:36
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 3.3.21 - 6.3.39 08:33
PADL Dan Houston behind 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 13:09
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 16:22
PADL Mitch Georgiades behind 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 19:51
PADL Jason Horne-Francis goal 4.3.27 - 7.5.47 25:09
Q3 PADL Todd Marshall goal 4.3.27 - 8.5.53 01:42
PADL Todd Marshall goal 4.3.27 - 9.5.59 05:00
PADL Jordon Sweet behind 4.3.27 - 9.6.60 07:51
PADL Jed McEntee goal 4.3.27 - 10.6.66 10:15
NMLB George Wardlaw behind 4.4.28 - 10.6.66 12:11
PADL Todd Marshall goal 4.4.28 - 11.6.72 14:19
PADL Jed McEntee behind 4.4.28 - 11.7.73 16:18
PADL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 11.8.74 17:38
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 5.4.34 - 11.8.74 19:21
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 5.4.34 - 12.8.80 21:31
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 5.4.34 - 13.8.86 22:47
NMLB Tristan Xerri behind 5.5.35 - 13.8.86 25:26
PADL Travis Boak behind 5.5.35 - 13.9.87 28:49
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones behind 5.5.35 - 13.10.88 30:56
Q4 NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 6.5.41 - 13.10.88 02:49
PADL Connor Rozee behind 6.5.41 - 13.11.89 09:51
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 6.6.42 - 13.11.89 18:31
PADL Mitch Georgiades goal 6.6.42 - 14.11.95 20:11
PADL Ollie Wines goal 6.6.42 - 15.11.101 22:18
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 7.6.48 - 15.11.101 24:44
PADL Todd Marshall goal 7.6.48 - 16.11.107 27:08