2024 AFL Round 17: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 2024 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 17 of the 2024 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Marvel 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 hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Duryea, L. Jones, B. Williams
Half-back: L. Bramble, J. O'Donnell, B. Dale
Centre: R. Lobb, A. Treloar, R. Sanders
Half-forward: C. Weightman, A. Naughton, S. Darcy
Forward: J. Ugle-Hagan, M. Bontempelli (capt.), R. West
Follower: T. English, E. Richards, T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Freijah, H. Gallagher, J. Macrae, L. Vandermeer
Sub.: O. Baker

North Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (2), C. Zurhaar (2), E. Ford, H. Sheezel, C. Taylor, B. Teakle, T. Xerri
Western Bulldogs: C. Weightman (3), A. Naughton (2), A. Treloar (2), J. Ugle-Hagan (2), S. Darcy, T. Liberatore

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 29 June 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 27,005

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.6.60 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 3 . 1 6 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin WBUL by 9 WBUL by 19 WBUL by 31 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 17
Duration 34:45 25:11 30:47 27:43 1:58:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 2
Liam Jones WBUL 19 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Rory Lobb WBUL 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Liam Jones WBUL 19 6 0 1 0 1 0
Charlie Comben NMLB 30 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 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 HBFL 85% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 4 1 3 4 2 2 0
30 Comben, Charlie FB 100% 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 100% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 6 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 85% 2 0 14 5 9 3 0 5 0 5 1 2 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 86% 0 0 17 5 12 2 0 6 6 2 1 1 2 2
42 Dawson, Kallan HFFL 82% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
16 Fisher, Zac INT↓ 43% 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 2
40 Ford, Eddie INT 81% 1 2 17 11 6 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
20 Larkey, Nick FF 94% 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 74% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2
29 Phillips, Will HFFR 70% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 4
32 Pink, Toby BPR 65% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1
24 Powell, Tom INT 77% 0 0 22 7 15 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 1
8 Scott, Bailey WR 80% 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 4 2 3 1 0 3 4
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 86% 1 0 27 12 15 5 0 1 5 2 0 0 3 2
14 Shiels, Liam RR 83% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 2
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 85% 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 3 3 5 0 4 1 5
15 Stephens, Dylan SUB↑ 28% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 70% 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0
43 Teakle, Brynn CHF 68% 1 0 11 6 5 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
13 Tucker, Darcy WL 83% 0 0 30 17 13 7 0 5 1 3 0 0 5 2
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 86% 1 0 20 10 10 5 34 6 4 1 0 0 1 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 87% 2 1 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 6 363 199 164 81 39 59 28 51 17 19 45 42

D. Stephens replaced Z. Fisher.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar SUB↑ 29% 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) FF 82% 0 3 35 21 14 6 0 4 11 3 1 1 2 7
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 77% 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 82% 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 7 3
10 Darcy, Sam HFFR 76% 1 2 15 9 6 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 1
15 Duryea, Taylor BPL↓ 49% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
44 English, Tim RU 86% 0 0 14 5 9 5 25 5 1 2 3 0 0 3
27 Freijah, Joel INT 83% 0 0 19 8 11 6 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2
12 Gallagher, Harvey INT 70% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
19 Jones, Liam FB 98% 0 0 17 16 1 10 0 0 0 4 1 2 6 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 74% 1 1 25 10 15 5 0 4 4 5 1 0 1 2
7 Lobb, Rory WL 100% 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
11 Macrae, Jack INT 80% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 82% 2 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 80% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
20 Richards, Ed RR 87% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 6 5 0 1 0 2 4
9 Sanders, Ryley WR 72% 0 0 21 7 14 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 3
1 Treloar, Adam C 81% 2 1 22 14 8 5 0 1 2 7 0 2 2 6
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FPL 81% 2 1 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 2
23 Vandermeer, Laitham INT 78% 0 0 14 6 8 7 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 5
3 Weightman, Cody HFFL 83% 3 1 12 9 3 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 1 3
14 West, Rhylee FPR 85% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 5 2 1 0 1 3
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 85% 0 0 25 11 14 10 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 11 382 226 156 112 27 55 40 52 19 17 32 57

O. Baker replaced T. Duryea.

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
15 T. Duryea 19 L. Jones 34 B. Williams 38 T. Xerri 16 Z. Fisher
44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 25 P. Curtis 14 L. Shiels 40 E. Ford
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 24 T. Powell
HALF-BACK

5 C. Taylor
29 L. Bramble 18 J. O'Donnell 31 B. Dale

15 D. Stephens
29 W. Phillips 43 B. Teakle 42 K. Dawson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 R. Lobb 1 A. Treloar 9 R. Sanders



8 B. Scott 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 13 D. Tucker FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 27 J. Freijah
HALF-FORWARD 20 E. Richards 12 H. Gallagher
3 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 10 S. Darcy 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 11 J. Macrae
11 L. McDonald 3 H. Sheezel 34 J. Archer

23 L. Vandermeer
HALF-BACK

13 O. Baker
FORWARD



2 J. Ugle-Hagan 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 14 R. West



32 T. Pink 30 C. Comben 4 A. Corr



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:09
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 05:14
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 08:00
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 09:27
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 10:53
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 13:55
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 18:00
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 19:27
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 23:32
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 29:31
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 31:23
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 33:20
Q2 WBUL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 07:29
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 3.1.19 - 4.6.30 09:56
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 3.1.19 - 4.7.31 15:01
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 3.1.19 - 5.7.37 17:26
WBUL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 5.8.38 19:38
Q3 WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 3.1.19 - 6.8.44 03:26
NMLB Brynn Teakle goal 4.1.25 - 6.8.44 05:30
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 4.1.25 - 6.9.45 07:30
NMLB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 6.9.45 09:54
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 4.2.26 - 6.10.46 13:32
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 4.2.26 - 7.10.52 14:31
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 4.2.26 - 8.10.58 16:25
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 4.2.26 - 9.10.64 20:25
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 4.3.27 - 9.10.64 22:10
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 5.3.33 - 9.10.64 23:32
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 6.3.39 - 9.10.64 26:21
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 6.3.39 - 10.10.70 28:30
Q4 WBUL Sam Darcy behind 6.3.39 - 10.11.71 02:13
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 6.3.39 - 11.11.77 06:40
NMLB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 11.11.77 08:22
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 7.4.46 - 11.11.77 09:37
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 8.4.52 - 11.11.77 15:43
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 9.4.58 - 11.11.77 19:42
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 9.5.59 - 11.11.77 23:14
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 9.6.60 - 11.11.77 25:54