2024 AFL Round 18: North Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2024 between North Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 18 of the 2024 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Gold Coast 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. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

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

Gold Coast
Back: S. Collins, M. Andrew, C. Ballard
Half-back: S. Flanders, W. Powell, B. Uwland
Centre: N. Holman, B. Ainsworth, S. Clohesy
Half-forward: D. Swallow, T. Miller, B. Long
Forward: B. King, J. Jeffrey, J. Lukosius
Follower: N. Moyle, N. Anderson, M. Rowell
Int.: T. Berry, S. Day, W. Graham, A. Sexton
Sub.: B. Humphrey

North Melbourne (13.9.87) defeated Gold Coast (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), B. Teakle (2), P. Curtis, L. Davies-Uniacke, K. Dawson, T. Pink, H. Sheezel, L. Shiels, T. Xerri, C. Zurhaar
Gold Coast: S. Day (2), B. Long (2), B. Ainsworth, N. Anderson, M. Andrew, S. Flanders, W. Graham, B. King, J. Lukosius, W. Powell

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 17th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Gold Coast were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 6 July 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 17,781

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 13.9.87 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Gold Coast 5 . 1 7 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin GCST by 12 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 4
Duration 31:42 33:16 29:18 29:07 2:03:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), unknown (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 3
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 2
Colby McKercher NMLB 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
Colby McKercher NMLB 10 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 3 0 0 1 0 0
Noah Anderson GCST 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Aidan Corr NMLB 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sam Day GCST 12 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 87% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 0
30 Comben, Charlie FB 100% 0 0 17 10 7 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 90% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 80% 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 86% 1 1 30 16 14 4 0 3 9 2 1 0 2 5
42 Dawson, Kallan INT 76% 1 0 13 6 7 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
40 Ford, Eddie INT 71% 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 93% 3 0 6 6 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 81% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 3
10 McKercher, Colby WR 83% 0 0 37 27 10 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 13 1
29 Phillips, Will HFFR 69% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3
32 Pink, Toby BPR 78% 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Powell, Tom INT 75% 0 0 22 8 14 5 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 4
8 Scott, Bailey INT 86% 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 2
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 87% 1 0 35 14 21 8 0 5 10 4 0 0 2 5
14 Shiels, Liam RR 79% 1 1 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 85% 0 1 28 19 9 6 0 5 5 5 1 3 1 8
15 Stephens, Dylan WL↓ 70% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
5 Taylor, Curtis SUB↑ 14% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
43 Teakle, Brynn CHF 62% 2 0 4 2 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
13 Tucker, Darcy HFFL 79% 0 0 24 11 13 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 1
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 81% 1 0 17 10 7 3 35 7 6 7 2 2 1 3
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 87% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 7 1 1 4 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 13 9 372 217 155 90 40 63 45 41 20 13 49 46

C. Taylor replaced D. Stephens.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben C 83% 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
15 Anderson, Noah RR 87% 1 0 30 17 13 6 0 1 3 7 1 1 4 7
31 Andrew, Mac FB 92% 1 0 16 10 6 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 4
10 Ballard, Charlie BPR 89% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
16 Berry, Tom INT 74% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
33 Clohesy, Sam WR 84% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 5 2 2 3 1 1 6
25 Collins, Sam BPL 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
12 Day, Sam INT 54% 2 1 11 8 3 8 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
3 Flanders, Sam HBFL 86% 1 0 27 10 17 3 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 5
26 Graham, Will INT 73% 1 0 15 5 10 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 5
7 Holman, Nick WL 87% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 0
19 Humphrey, Bailey SUB↑ 33% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
40 Jeffrey, Joel FF 77% 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 5
34 King, Ben FPL 88% 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
22 Long, Ben HFFR 88% 2 2 11 10 1 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
13 Lukosius, Jack FPR 84% 1 0 6 4 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
11 Miller, Touk CHF↓ 44% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
49 Moyle, Ned RU 81% 0 0 18 7 11 4 26 6 6 7 3 3 1 4
27 Powell, Wil CHB 80% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 2
18 Rowell, Matt RO 82% 0 1 24 10 14 1 0 8 7 5 1 2 0 4
6 Sexton, Alex INT 76% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 2
24 Swallow, David HFFL 73% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Uwland, Bodhi HBFR 85% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 11 319 171 148 75 35 55 29 46 13 20 33 62

B. Humphrey replaced T. Miller.

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 S. Collins 31 M. Andrew 10 C. Ballard 38 T. Xerri 42 K. Dawson
44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 25 P. Curtis 14 L. Shiels 40 E. Ford
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 24 T. Powell
HALF-BACK

8 B. Scott
3 S. Flanders 27 W. Powell 32 B. Uwland

5 C. Taylor
29 W. Phillips 43 B. Teakle 13 D. Tucker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 N. Holman 9 B. Ainsworth 33 S. Clohesy



10 C. McKercher 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 15 D. Stephens FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 49 N. Moyle 16 T. Berry
HALF-FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 12 S. Day
24 D. Swallow 11 T. Miller 22 B. Long 18 M. Rowell 26 W. Graham
11 L. McDonald 3 H. Sheezel 34 J. Archer

6 A. Sexton
HALF-BACK

19 B. Humphrey
FORWARD



34 B. King 40 J. Jeffrey 13 J. Lukosius



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



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:53
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:00
NMLB Brynn Teakle goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:23
GCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 08:30
NMLB Liam Shiels goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:23
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 15:03
GCST Sam Day goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 19:04
GCST Sam Day goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 20:41
GCST Will Graham goal 3.1.19 - 4.1.25 26:03
GCST Jack Lukosius goal 3.1.19 - 5.1.31 29:37
Q2 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 01:42
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 5.1.31 - 5.1.31 04:41
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 07:23
NMLB Toby Pink goal 6.2.38 - 5.1.31 09:50
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 7.2.44 - 5.1.31 12:17
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 7.3.45 - 5.1.31 15:26
GCST Noah Anderson goal 7.3.45 - 6.1.37 16:43
GCST Ben Long behind 7.3.45 - 6.2.38 22:44
NMLB Kallan Dawson goal 8.3.51 - 6.2.38 24:50
GCST Ben King goal 8.3.51 - 7.2.44 27:29
GCST Joel Jeffrey behind 8.3.51 - 7.3.45 30:06
Q3 NMLB Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 7.3.45 00:45
GCST Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 01:52
GCST Sam Day behind 8.4.52 - 7.5.47 04:18
GCST Mac Andrew goal 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 05:26
NMLB Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 8.5.53 07:28
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 9.5.59 - 8.5.53 11:26
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 9.6.60 - 8.5.53 13:11
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.6.66 - 8.5.53 14:25
GCST Ben Long goal 10.6.66 - 9.5.59 19:32
GCST Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 9.6.60 22:16
NMLB Liam Shiels behind 10.7.67 - 9.6.60 24:03
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 11.7.73 - 9.6.60 25:56
Q4 GCST Ben Long behind 11.7.73 - 9.7.61 01:52
NMLB Brynn Teakle goal 12.7.79 - 9.7.61 03:26
GCST Matt Rowell behind 12.7.79 - 9.8.62 05:55
GCST Ben King behind 12.7.79 - 9.9.63 07:37
GCST Wil Powell behind 12.7.79 - 9.10.64 08:18
NMLB Eddie Ford behind 12.8.80 - 9.10.64 11:06
GCST Ben Long goal 12.8.80 - 10.10.70 11:54
GCST Sam Flanders goal 12.8.80 - 11.10.76 13:41
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 13.8.86 - 11.10.76 17:49
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke behind 13.9.87 - 11.10.76 19:49
GCST Wil Powell goal 13.9.87 - 12.10.82 25:45
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 13.9.87 - 12.11.83 27:18