2024 AFL Season Round 24: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 2024 between the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round twenty-four of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore 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 Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

The Western Bulldogs (20.18.138) defeated North Melbourne (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 18 August 2024
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,182

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.18.138 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	5	.	3	9	.	10	16	.	15	20	.	18	20	.	18	(138)
North Melbourne	3	.	4	3	.	5	4	.	5	6	.	6	6	.	6	(42)
Margin	WBUL by 11			WBUL by 41			WBUL by 82			WBUL by 96			WBUL by 96
Duration	31:20			29:27			33:47			29:54			2:04:28

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Sam Darcy	WBUL	10	3
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	2
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Sam Darcy	WBUL	10	10	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	6	0	?	?	?	0
Ed Richards	WBUL	20	6	0	?	?	?	0
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	5	0	1	0	0	1
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Joel Freijah	WBUL	27	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	83%	0	2	29	11	18	8	0	5	6	4	2	0	2	6
29	Bramble, Lachie	HBFL	84%	0	0	17	14	3	4	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	4
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	83%	0	1	23	17	6	8	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	2
35	Daniel, Caleb	HFFR	77%	0	0	25	14	11	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
10	Darcy, Sam	RU	84%	7	1	20	13	7	9	5	2	1	3	3	2	0	2
15	Duryea, Taylor	BPL	82%	0	0	20	12	8	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Freijah, Joel	WL	84%	0	0	29	17	12	13	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	2
12	Gallagher, Harvey	INT	71%	0	1	15	10	5	2	0	2	4	1	3	0	1	4
19	Jones, Liam	FB	90%	0	0	10	6	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
24	Khamis, Buku	INT	89%	0	0	13	9	4	4	1	3	0	2	1	0	1	1
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	83%	0	0	23	12	11	3	0	6	10	5	1	3	2	5
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	73%	0	0	13	10	3	5	13	5	4	5	1	0	0	5
11	Macrae, Jack	SUB↑	38%	2	1	17	10	7	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	79%	0	2	14	10	4	1	0	5	2	4	2	2	2	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	79%	2	1	13	8	5	6	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	3
18	O'Donnell, James	BPR	88%	0	0	17	14	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2
20	Richards, Ed	HFFL	82%	2	1	22	11	11	5	0	3	5	2	1	1	3	5
1	Treloar, Adam	C	87%	0	0	33	13	20	5	0	7	3	3	0	1	0	5
2	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	FF	87%	3	1	10	7	3	3	0	2	0	4	2	3	0	3
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	FPR	69%	1	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2
3	Weightman, Cody	FPL	82%	2	2	13	11	2	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	5
14	West, Rhylee	INT↓	44%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
34	Williams, Bailey	WR	81%	1	1	15	8	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				20	18	406	246	160	129	19	63	40	43	21	15	28	69

J. Macrae replaced R. West.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Archer, Jackson	HBFL	82%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	3	0	3	2	2	4	0
27	Bergman, Miller	SUB↑	24%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Comben, Charlie	FB↓	16%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	100%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	81%	0	1	7	4	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	85%	0	0	30	14	16	8	0	4	6	3	0	2	2	3
42	Dawson, Kallan	INT	88%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	0
16	Fisher, Zac	HFFL	72%	0	0	31	22	9	4	0	2	0	6	2	2	10	1
40	Ford, Eddie	INT	82%	0	1	10	8	2	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1
46	Hansen, Robert	HFFR	77%	2	1	12	9	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	95%	1	0	13	4	9	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1
11	McDonald, Luke	BPR	89%	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFR	86%	0	1	24	10	14	3	0	2	2	2	0	1	7	3
24	Powell, Tom	RR	77%	0	0	20	6	14	2	0	7	2	3	1	1	1	1
8	Scott, Bailey	WL	84%	1	0	26	20	6	6	0	2	2	4	1	0	5	4
14	Shiels, Liam	INT	83%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	84%	0	0	22	10	12	3	0	4	5	2	1	2	1	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	87%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2
43	Teakle, Brynn	CHF	79%	0	0	4	1	3	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
13	Tucker, Darcy	CHB	91%	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	2	3
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	71%	1	0	16	8	8	0	0	4	5	4	2	1	1	3
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	83%	1	0	17	8	9	5	44	6	4	4	0	3	3	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	85%	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				6	6	342	190	152	77	48	49	31	62	15	21	48	34

M. Bergman replaced C. Comben.

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben	11	L. McDonald	10	S. Darcy	12	H. Gallagher
	23	L. Vandermeer	2	J. Ugle-Hagan	3	C. Weightman	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	24	B. Khamis
FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore (vc)	30	L. McNeil
HALF-BACK									14	R. West
	34	J. Archer	13	D. Tucker	10	C. McKercher			11	J. Macrae
	35	C. Daniel	33	A. Naughton	20	E. Richards
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	B. Scott	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	15	D. Stephens
	34	B. Williams	1	A. Treloar	27	J. Freijah	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	42	K. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD							24	T. Powell	40	E. Ford
	16	Z. Fisher	43	B. Teakle	46	R. Hansen	12	J. Simpkin	14	L. Shiels
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	29	L. Bramble			6	G. Wardlaw
HALF-BACK									27	M. Bergman
FORWARD
	25	P. Curtis	20	N. Larkey	44	C. Zurhaar
	18	J. O'Donnell	19	L. Jones	15	T. Duryea
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Colby McKercher behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:26
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	01:46
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	03:24
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	05:07
	NMLB	Tristan Xerri goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	07:08
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	2.0.12	-	2.2.14	08:26
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	3.0.18	-	2.2.14	11:39
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	4.0.24	-	2.2.14	15:37
	NMLB	Robert Hansen behind	4.0.24	-	2.3.15	18:10
	NMLB	Rushed behind	4.0.24	-	2.4.16	19:55
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	4.1.25	-	2.4.16	20:58
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	5.1.31	-	2.4.16	22:33
	NMLB	Bailey Scott goal	5.1.31	-	3.4.22	25:07
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	5.2.32	-	3.4.22	27:17
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	30:49
Q2	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	05:22
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	5.5.35	-	3.4.22	06:44
	NMLB	Eddie Ford behind	5.5.35	-	3.5.23	09:57
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	3.5.23	11:13
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	6.6.42	-	3.5.23	13:05
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	7.6.48	-	3.5.23	14:57
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	7.7.49	-	3.5.23	16:35
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	8.7.55	-	3.5.23	18:19
	WBUL	Bailey Dale behind	8.8.56	-	3.5.23	22:02
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	3.5.23	22:53
	WBUL	Harvey Gallagher behind	8.10.58	-	3.5.23	24:31
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	9.10.64	-	3.5.23	27:29
Q3	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	10.10.70	-	3.5.23	03:58
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	11.10.76	-	3.5.23	06:54
	WBUL	Ed Richards behind	11.11.77	-	3.5.23	10:54
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	12.11.83	-	3.5.23	15:48
	WBUL	Bailey Williams behind	12.12.84	-	3.5.23	16:56
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	13.12.90	-	3.5.23	17:56
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	14.12.96	-	3.5.23	19:21
	NMLB	Robert Hansen goal	14.12.96	-	4.5.29	22:04
	WBUL	Rushed behind	14.13.97	-	4.5.29	23:18
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	14.14.98	-	4.5.29	25:36
	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	15.14.104	-	4.5.29	26:47
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	16.14.110	-	4.5.29	30:39
	WBUL	Jack Macrae behind	16.15.111	-	4.5.29	32:59
Q4	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	16.16.112	-	4.5.29	00:38
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	17.16.118	-	4.5.29	02:24
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	18.16.124	-	4.5.29	04:07
	NMLB	Robert Hansen goal	18.16.124	-	5.5.35	10:36
	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	19.16.130	-	5.5.35	12:15
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	19.17.131	-	5.5.35	14:40
	WBUL	Bailey Williams goal	20.17.137	-	5.5.35	20:50
	WBUL	Rushed behind	20.18.138	-	5.5.35	22:10
	NMLB	George Wardlaw goal	20.18.138	-	6.5.41	24:33
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	20.18.138	-	6.6.42	28:35

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