2024 AFL Round 21: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2024 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 21 of the 2024 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong 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. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

North Melbourne
Back: A. Corr, C. Comben, G. Logue
Half-back: J. Archer, H. Sheezel, L. McDonald
Centre: B. Scott, L. Davies-Uniacke, D. Stephens
Half-forward: D. Tucker, B. Teakle, G. Wardlaw
Forward: P. Curtis, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, J. Simpkin
Int.: R. Hansen, W. Phillips, L. Shiels, J. Stephenson
Sub.: Z. Duursma

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, S. De Koning, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: J. Bews, M. Duncan, Z. Guthrie
Centre: M. Holmes, S. Mannagh, O. Dempsey
Half-forward: T. Stengle, B. Close, G. Miers
Forward: S. Neale, J. Cameron, G. Rohan
Follower: M. Blicavs, P. Dangerfield (capt.), T. Stewart (vice-capt.)
Int.: J. Bowes, T. Bruhn, O. Henry, L. Humphries
Sub.: T. Clohesy

North Melbourne (10.6.66) were defeated by Geelong (16.10.106).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), Z. Duursma (2), P. Curtis, H. Sheezel, J. Simpkin, B. Teakle, C. Zurhaar
Geelong: O. Dempsey (3), T. Stengle (3), J. Cameron (2), O. Henry (2), S. Mannagh (2), B. Close, P. Dangerfield, M. Holmes, S. Neale

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Geelong remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 July 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 10,045

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 10.6.66 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Geelong 3 . 4 6 . 5 11 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40
Duration 30:43 29:40 33:57 31:50 2:06:10

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 3
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 2
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 10 2 0 0 0 0
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
Oliver Dempsey GEEL 28 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tyson Stengle GEEL 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam De Koning GEEL 16 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 89% 0 0 12 5 7 5 0 8 0 0 1 0 2 0
30 Comben, Charlie FB 73% 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 91% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 82% 1 1 13 3 10 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 86% 0 0 31 12 19 3 0 6 6 6 0 3 2 4
7 Duursma, Zane SUB↑ 35% 2 0 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
46 Hansen, Robert INT↓ 48% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 96% 3 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
19 Logue, Griffin BPR 100% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 1
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 87% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 7 1
29 Phillips, Will INT 75% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4
24 Powell, Tom RR 82% 0 0 34 15 19 7 0 6 2 4 0 2 6 2
8 Scott, Bailey WL 78% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 2
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 82% 1 0 36 13 23 3 0 5 9 1 1 1 1 4
14 Shiels, Liam INT 73% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 2
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 84% 1 0 24 11 13 3 0 4 8 1 2 0 1 2
15 Stephens, Dylan WR 77% 0 1 17 10 7 4 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 3
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn INT 69% 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 7 2
43 Teakle, Brynn CHF 72% 1 0 3 1 2 1 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 0
13 Tucker, Darcy HFFL 75% 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3
6 Wardlaw, George HFFR 74% 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 5 3 3 2 0 0 3
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 88% 0 1 25 13 12 5 54 8 3 7 0 3 0 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 84% 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 5 0 4 0 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 6 404 209 195 82 59 77 38 60 14 17 41 49

Z. Duursma replaced R. Hansen.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed HBFL 87% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 4 2 4 0 1 5 1
46 Blicavs, Mark RU 75% 0 0 10 6 4 5 25 5 1 2 1 1 0 4
12 Bowes, Jack INT 81% 0 1 20 13 7 5 0 9 3 4 1 2 1 5
4 Bruhn, Tanner INT 62% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 3 3 2 1 3 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 93% 2 2 19 15 4 8 0 3 2 4 0 1 2 5
40 Clohesy, Ted SUB↑ 39% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Close, Brad CHF 84% 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) RR 70% 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 4
16 De Koning, Sam FB 75% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 91% 3 0 18 8 10 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1
22 Duncan, Mitch CHB 78% 0 1 22 16 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 75% 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1
38 Henry, Jack BPL 96% 0 0 13 10 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
36 Henry, Ollie INT 92% 2 1 18 12 6 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
9 Holmes, Max WL 77% 1 0 22 14 8 5 0 5 7 6 1 2 1 5
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 82% 0 1 21 14 7 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 98% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1
7 Mannagh, Shaun C 79% 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 2
32 Miers, Gryan HFFR 84% 0 1 21 11 10 7 0 7 3 3 1 2 0 3
33 Neale, Shannon FPL 79% 1 0 11 5 6 1 8 4 1 2 2 0 0 1
23 Rohan, Gary FPR↓ 41% 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 2
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFL 86% 3 0 11 7 4 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 3
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) RO 76% 0 0 32 26 6 9 0 1 4 2 4 1 6 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 10 351 230 121 105 34 74 36 50 17 14 38 57

T. Clohesy replaced G. Rohan.

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
38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 8 J. Kolodjashnij 38 T. Xerri 46 R. Hansen
44 C. Zurhaar 20 N. Larkey 25 P. Curtis 24 T. Powell 29 W. Phillips
FORWARD 12 J. Simpkin 14 L. Shiels
HALF-BACK

2 J. Stephenson
24 J. Bews 22 M. Duncan 39 Z. Guthrie

7 Z. Duursma
6 G. Wardlaw 43 B. Teakle 13 D. Tucker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 M. Holmes 7 S. Mannagh 28 O. Dempsey



15 D. Stephens 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 M. Blicavs 12 J. Bowes
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 4 T. Bruhn
18 T. Stengle 45 B. Close 32 G. Miers 44 T. Stewart (vc) 36 O. Henry
11 L. McDonald 3 H. Sheezel 34 J. Archer

17 L. Humphries
HALF-BACK

40 T. Clohesy
FORWARD



33 S. Neale 5 J. Cameron 23 G. Rohan



19 G. Logue 30 C. Comben 4 A. Corr



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:50
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:03
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:54
GEEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 09:54
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 12:08
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 14:08
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 16:21
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 19:00
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 22:10
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 26:09
GEEL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 30:18
Q2 NMLB Paul Curtis goal 4.1.25 - 3.4.22 01:32
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 4.1.25 - 3.5.23 02:36
NMLB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.5.23 04:17
GEEL Max Holmes goal 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 05:14
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 4.2.26 - 5.5.35 08:47
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 4.2.26 - 6.5.41 18:50
NMLB Tristan Xerri behind 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 27:47
Q3 GEEL Jack Bowes behind 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 00:42
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.3.27 - 7.6.48 02:45
GEEL Lawson Humphries behind 4.3.27 - 7.7.49 08:54
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 4.3.27 - 7.8.50 12:23
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 4.3.27 - 8.8.56 13:42
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 5.3.33 - 8.8.56 16:48
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 6.3.39 - 8.8.56 18:00
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 6.4.40 - 8.8.56 19:11
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 7.4.46 - 8.8.56 26:12
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 7.4.46 - 9.8.62 28:40
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 7.4.46 - 10.8.68 32:02
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 7.4.46 - 11.8.74 33:54
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 11.9.75 01:52
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 8.4.52 - 11.9.75 04:36
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.4.52 - 12.9.81 09:25
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 8.4.52 - 13.9.87 12:33
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 8.4.52 - 14.9.93 14:08
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 8.4.52 - 15.9.99 16:56
NMLB Dylan Stephens behind 8.5.53 - 15.9.99 19:01
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 9.5.59 - 15.9.99 20:07
GEEL Brad Close goal 9.5.59 - 16.9.105 22:13
NMLB Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 16.9.105 25:40
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 9.6.60 - 16.10.106 29:28
NMLB Brynn Teakle goal 10.6.66 - 16.10.106 30:31