2024 AFL Round 24: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 2024 between Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round 24 of the 2024 AFL season. 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.

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

North Melbourne
Back: A. Corr, C. Comben, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Archer, D. Tucker, C. McKercher
Centre: B. Scott, L. Davies-Uniacke, D. Stephens
Half-forward: Z. Fisher, B. Teakle, R. Hansen
Forward: P. Curtis, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, J. Simpkin
Int.: K. Dawson, E. Ford, L. Shiels, G. Wardlaw
Sub.: M. Bergman

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

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: S. Darcy (7), J. Ugle-Hagan (3), J. Macrae (2), A. Naughton (2), E. Richards (2), C. Weightman (2), L. Vandermeer, B. Williams
North Melbourne: R. Hansen (2), N. Larkey, B. Scott, G. Wardlaw, T. Xerri

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

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