2024 AFL Round 14: West Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 2024 between West Coast and North Melbourne during round 14 of the 2024 AFL season. West Coast hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Liam Duggan captained the hosts with Tom Barrass as vice-captain. 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 Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

West Coast
Back: B. Hough, T. Barrass (vice-capt.), A. Witherden
Half-back: H. Edwards, J. McGovern, L. Duggan (capt.)
Centre: J. Culley, D. Sheed, A. Gaff
Half-forward: J. Petruccelle, J. Waterman, J. Cripps
Forward: L. Ryan, J. Darling, B. Williams
Follower: M. Flynn, E. Yeo, R. Ginbey
Int.: C. Chesser, T. Cole, J. Hutchinson, J. Jones
Sub.: R. Maric

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

West Coast (8.17.65) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Waterman (3), J. Cripps, J. Darling, M. Flynn, A. Witherden, E. Yeo
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (5), J. Simpkin (2), P. Curtis, H. Sheezel, J. Stephenson, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 16th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: West Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 2024
Time: 2:35 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 43,276

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.17.65 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 1 . 4 2 . 9 2 . 15 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
North Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 5 8 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin WCST by 9 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration 28:37 31:21 29:44 37:35 2:07:17

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Liam Duggan (West Coast), unknown (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Tom Barrass (West Coast), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 3
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 2
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nick Larkey NMLB 20 7 0 1 1 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Elliot Yeo WCST 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jamie Cripps WCST 15 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom (vc) FB 92% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1
18 Chesser, Campbell INT 74% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5
28 Cole, Tom INT 84% 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 2
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 85% 1 3 21 11 10 8 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 6
49 Culley, Jai WL 84% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 4
27 Darling, Jack FF 98% 1 3 7 7 0 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 2
14 Duggan, Liam (c) HBFR 79% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 6 4
42 Edwards, Harry HBFL↓ 58% 0 0 7 4 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
25 Flynn, Matt RU 77% 1 0 8 4 4 2 29 1 2 4 0 2 0 1
3 Gaff, Andrew WR 75% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 4
7 Ginbey, Reuben RO 82% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 7 1 2 1 1 3 2
19 Hough, Brady BPL 86% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
44 Hutchinson, Jack INT 70% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
31 Jones, Jamaine INT 86% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 0 3 2 3 1 2
41 Maric, Ryan SUB↑ 36% 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 82% 0 1 23 11 12 2 0 1 1 5 2 1 4 1
21 Petruccelle, Jack HFFL 75% 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 82% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 3
4 Sheed, Dom C 75% 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 2 6 6 3 2 0 2
2 Waterman, Jake CHF 92% 3 2 16 12 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
32 Williams, Bailey FPR 78% 0 0 8 2 6 1 17 1 1 7 0 4 1 2
23 Witherden, Alex BPR 80% 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1
6 Yeo, Elliot RR 72% 1 1 23 11 12 1 0 13 8 4 3 4 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 17 309 175 134 66 48 62 30 55 23 26 31 58

R. Maric replaced H. Edwards.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
34 Archer, Jackson BPR 84% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 2
30 Comben, Charlie FB 96% 0 1 10 5 5 5 0 1 1 5 0 2 3 1
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 91% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 72% 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 5 1 5 0 2 0 0
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 86% 0 1 26 13 13 3 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 4
42 Dawson, Kallan INT 75% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 0
18 Dawson, Wil INT↓ 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Fisher, Zac HBFL 79% 0 0 36 26 10 6 0 0 1 3 2 1 11 3
40 Ford, Eddie SUB↑ 52% 0 1 9 4 5 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 100% 5 0 15 12 3 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 86% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 5
32 Pink, Toby FPR 65% 0 0 9 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
24 Powell, Tom INT 75% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 4 3 2 0 2 1 2
8 Scott, Bailey HFFR 86% 0 1 16 8 8 2 0 6 4 1 2 0 5 1
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 90% 1 0 30 14 16 4 0 5 2 3 1 3 3 3
14 Shiels, Liam WR 84% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 85% 2 0 28 18 10 5 0 7 5 3 3 0 2 7
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFL 74% 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 3
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 75% 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 0
13 Tucker, Darcy WL 90% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 2 4 1 3 4 1
6 Wardlaw, George RR 74% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 7 10 2 4 0 1 3
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 84% 0 0 19 10 9 4 32 10 9 6 6 3 3 3
44 Zurhaar, Cameron CHF 89% 1 2 14 9 5 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 8 356 216 140 73 34 87 48 55 26 23 49 43

E. Ford replaced W. Dawson.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Corr 30 C. Comben 34 J. Archer 25 M. Flynn 18 C. Chesser
32 B. Williams 27 J. Darling 1 L. Ryan 6 E. Yeo 28 T. Cole
FORWARD 7 R. Ginbey 44 J. Hutchinson
HALF-BACK

31 J. Jones
16 Z. Fisher 3 H. Sheezel 11 L. McDonald

41 R. Maric
15 J. Cripps 2 J. Waterman 21 J. Petruccelle



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 D. Tucker 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 14 L. Shiels



3 A. Gaff 4 D. Sheed 49 J. Culley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 T. Xerri 42 K. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD 6 G. Wardlaw 18 W. Dawson
2 J. Stephenson 44 C. Zurhaar 8 B. Scott 12 J. Simpkin 24 T. Powell
14 L. Duggan (c) 20 J. McGovern 42 H. Edwards

5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

40 E. Ford
FORWARD



25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey 32 T. Pink



23 A. Witherden 37 T. Barrass (vc) 19 B. Hough



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Jack Darling behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:11
WCST Jack Darling behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:19
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 13:27
WCST Jake Waterman behind 0.3.3 - 0.1.1 17:12
WCST Jack Darling goal 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 26:24
WCST Jack Darling behind 1.4.10 - 0.1.1 28:34
Q2 NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 1.4.10 - 0.2.2 01:01
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 1.4.10 - 0.3.3 02:29
NMLB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 0.4.4 06:24
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 1.4.10 - 1.4.10 07:16
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 2.4.16 - 1.4.10 10:24
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.5.17 - 1.4.10 13:31
WCST Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 1.4.10 15:52
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.6.18 - 2.4.16 18:26
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 2.6.18 - 2.5.17 19:57
WCST Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 2.5.17 21:32
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 2.7.19 - 3.5.23 23:19
WCST Jai Culley behind 2.8.20 - 3.5.23 26:34
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.9.21 - 3.5.23 27:42
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.9.21 - 4.5.29 29:49
Q3 WCST Jake Waterman behind 2.10.22 - 4.5.29 01:13
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.10.22 - 5.5.35 07:10
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.10.22 - 6.5.41 09:05
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 2.10.22 - 7.5.47 13:13
NMLB Charlie Comben behind 2.10.22 - 7.6.48 15:29
WCST Jack Hutchinson behind 2.11.23 - 7.6.48 18:49
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 2.12.24 - 7.6.48 21:22
WCST Rushed behind 2.13.25 - 7.6.48 23:37
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 2.13.25 - 8.6.54 25:20
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.14.26 - 8.6.54 28:05
WCST Dom Sheed behind 2.15.27 - 8.6.54 28:51
Q4 NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 2.15.27 - 9.6.60 01:45
WCST Jake Waterman goal 3.15.33 - 9.6.60 04:03
WCST Matt Flynn goal 4.15.39 - 9.6.60 06:53
WCST Jake Waterman goal 5.15.45 - 9.6.60 10:07
WCST Ryan Maric behind 5.16.46 - 9.6.60 11:21
NMLB Rushed behind 5.16.46 - 9.7.61 13:44
WCST Alex Witherden goal 6.16.52 - 9.7.61 15:57
WCST Elliot Yeo goal 7.16.58 - 9.7.61 20:19
WCST Jake Waterman goal 8.16.64 - 9.7.61 25:59
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 8.16.64 - 9.8.62 28:22
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 8.16.64 - 10.8.68 33:06
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 8.16.64 - 11.8.74 34:29
WCST Jeremy McGovern behind 8.17.65 - 11.8.74 36:42