2025 AFL Round 2: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2025 between Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 2025 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. In the absence of Marcus Bontempelli, vice-captain Tom Liberatore captained the hosts with Aaron Naughton as vice-captain. Jy Simpkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. O'Donnell, J. Freijah, L. Cleary
Half-back: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre: B. Williams, T. Liberatore (capt.), R. West
Half-forward: J. Dolan, A. Naughton (vice-capt.), H. Gallagher
Forward: L. Vandermeer, S. Darcy, J. Harmes
Follower: T. English, R. Sanders, E. Richards
Int.: S. Davidson, T. Duryea, M. Kennedy, L. McNeil
Sub.: A. Jones

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, G. Logue
Half-back: B. Scott, C. Daniel, J. Archer
Centre: F. O'Sullivan, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Half-forward: H. Sheezel, N. Larkey, C. McKercher
Forward: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, L. Parker
Int.: R. Hansen, J. Konstanty, L. McDonald, W. Phillips
Sub.: D. Tucker

Western Bulldogs (17.11.113) defeated North Melbourne (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (3), L. Vandermeer (3), B. Dale (2), L. McNeil (2), R. Sanders (2), S. Darcy, S. Davidson, J. Freijah, J. Harmes, E. Richards
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (5), P. Curtis (3), L. Davies-Uniacke (2), J. Darling, B. Scott, J. Simpkin, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 34,406

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.11.113 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	5	.	3	8	.	5	12	.	7	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
North Melbourne	1	.	4	6	.	7	10	.	12	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Margin	WBUL by 23			WBUL by 10			WBUL by 7			WBUL by 16			WBUL by 16
Duration	32:43			33:01			29:38			40:46			2:16:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	3
Ed Richards	WBUL	20	2
Nick Larkey	NMLB	20	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Bramble, Lachie	HBFL	86%	0	0	21	13	8	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	5	0
36	Cleary, Luke	BPR	73%	0	0	8	4	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	87%	2	1	29	22	7	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	82%	1	1	12	8	4	6	6	1	2	2	1	1	0	2
42	Davidson, Sam	INT	75%	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	4	0	4	0	1	3	1
26	Dolan, Josh	HFFL	67%	0	1	5	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Duryea, Taylor	INT	76%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	1
44	English, Tim	RU	79%	0	1	11	4	7	4	25	3	3	3	0	1	0	3
27	Freijah, Joel	FB	88%	1	0	28	14	14	6	0	3	2	3	0	1	3	3
12	Gallagher, Harvey	HFFR	82%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	2	1	5	1	0	3	4
22	Harmes, James	FPR	74%	1	0	16	7	9	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3
32	Jones, Arthur	SUB↑	23%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Kennedy, Matthew	INT	74%	0	0	23	11	12	6	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	6
21	Liberatore, Tom (ac)	C	81%	0	1	28	13	15	3	0	8	9	4	0	1	0	6
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	88%	2	0	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
33	Naughton, Aaron (avc)	CHF	88%	3	1	17	8	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	O'Donnell, James	BPL↓	61%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	1
20	Richards, Ed	RO	79%	1	0	30	18	12	2	0	2	7	4	0	1	3	9
9	Sanders, Ryley	RR	84%	2	1	15	8	7	2	0	4	2	3	2	1	0	5
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	FPL	79%	3	1	16	10	6	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	0	3
14	West, Rhylee	WR	82%	0	1	19	8	11	4	0	5	3	5	2	3	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	WL	90%	0	0	14	10	4	8	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				17	11	360	195	165	84	31	52	36	52	15	16	34	57

A. Jones replaced J. O'Donnell.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Archer, Jackson	HBFR	74%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	88%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	5	0	4	1	0
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	94%	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	5	0	0	1	0	5	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	88%	3	0	13	8	5	4	0	4	0	4	0	3	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	83%	0	0	24	13	11	3	0	6	1	5	0	1	5	2
28	Darling, Jack	FF	93%	1	0	15	9	6	5	1	2	1	5	2	1	2	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	86%	2	0	20	12	8	4	0	2	5	2	3	1	1	6
46	Hansen, Robert	INT	70%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	67%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	2
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	89%	5	1	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	71%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
11	McDonald, Luke	INT	84%	0	0	20	11	9	5	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	2
10	McKercher, Colby	HFFR	78%	0	0	17	9	8	3	0	5	4	2	0	0	1	3
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	WL	82%	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2
26	Parker, Luke	RO	80%	0	1	21	10	11	5	0	4	1	2	1	0	1	1
29	Phillips, Will	INT↓	49%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	3	4	1	1	1	0	2
24	Powell, Tom	RR	81%	0	1	27	13	14	7	0	8	3	3	0	0	3	3
8	Scott, Bailey	HBFL	81%	1	0	18	10	8	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	2	3
3	Sheezel, Harry	HFFL	85%	0	2	31	15	16	6	0	4	6	1	1	0	4	2
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	76%	1	1	30	19	11	4	0	7	4	3	2	1	2	5
13	Tucker, Darcy	SUB↑	33%	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	83%	0	0	17	4	13	4	51	7	5	2	0	0	2	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	85%	1	4	20	14	6	10	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	13	378	209	169	85	52	75	42	46	16	15	40	48

D. Tucker replaced W. Phillips.

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
	30	C. Comben	4	A. Corr	19	G. Logue	44	T. English	42	S. Davidson
	22	J. Harmes	10	S. Darcy	23	L. Vandermeer	9	R. Sanders	15	T. Duryea
FORWARD							20	E. Richards	8	M. Kennedy
HALF-BACK									30	L. McNeil
	8	B. Scott	5	C. Daniel	34	J. Archer			32	A. Jones
	12	H. Gallagher	33	A. Naughton (avc)	26	J. Dolan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	F. O'Sullivan	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	12	J. Simpkin (c)
	14	R. West	21	T. Liberatore (ac)	34	B. Williams	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	46	R. Hansen
HALF-FORWARD							24	T. Powell	41	J. Konstanty
	3	H. Sheezel	20	N. Larkey	10	C. McKercher	26	L. Parker	11	L. McDonald
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	29	L. Bramble			29	W. Phillips
HALF-BACK									13	D. Tucker
FORWARD
	25	P. Curtis	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar
	36	L. Cleary	27	J. Freijah	18	J. O'Donnell
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Tim English behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:55
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:09
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	05:43
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	11:18
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	15:28
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	18:19
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	19:21
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	4.1.25	-	1.2.8	22:04
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	23:43
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	5.2.32	-	1.2.8	25:30
	WBUL	Josh Dolan behind	5.3.33	-	1.2.8	27:23
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	5.3.33	-	1.3.9	31:45
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	1.4.10	32:18
Q2	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	5.3.33	-	1.5.11	00:56
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	6.3.39	-	1.5.11	02:45
	NMLB	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	1.6.12	06:10
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.3.39	-	2.6.18	08:24
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	6.3.39	-	3.6.24	09:45
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	6.4.40	-	3.6.24	11:41
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	6.4.40	-	4.6.30	18:22
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	6.4.40	-	5.6.36	22:06
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	7.4.46	-	5.6.36	25:09
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	7.5.47	-	5.6.36	27:06
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	8.5.53	-	5.6.36	28:19
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	8.5.53	-	5.7.37	31:20
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.5.53	-	6.7.43	32:58
Q3	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	9.5.59	-	6.7.43	01:49
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	9.5.59	-	6.8.44	03:35
	WBUL	Bailey Dale goal	10.5.65	-	6.8.44	04:10
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.5.65	-	7.8.50	07:36
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	11.5.71	-	7.8.50	09:37
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	11.5.71	-	8.8.56	11:06
	NMLB	Bailey Scott goal	11.5.71	-	9.8.62	15:16
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	11.5.71	-	9.9.63	16:50
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	12.5.77	-	9.9.63	19:55
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	12.6.78	-	9.9.63	21:50
	NMLB	Rushed behind	12.6.78	-	9.10.64	22:57
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	12.6.78	-	9.11.65	25:44
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	12.6.78	-	9.12.66	26:32
	WBUL	Rushed behind	12.7.79	-	9.12.66	27:05
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	12.7.79	-	10.12.72	29:33
Q4	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	13.7.85	-	10.12.72	00:20
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	14.7.91	-	10.12.72	03:42
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	15.7.97	-	10.12.72	06:04
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	15.7.97	-	11.12.78	09:44
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	16.7.103	-	11.12.78	11:01
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	16.7.103	-	12.12.84	12:30
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	16.8.104	-	12.12.84	16:49
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	17.8.110	-	12.12.84	18:05
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	17.8.110	-	13.12.90	19:40
	WBUL	Rushed behind	17.9.111	-	13.12.90	22:34
	NMLB	Luke Parker behind	17.9.111	-	13.13.91	24:54
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders behind	17.10.112	-	13.13.91	31:53
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	17.10.112	-	14.13.97	37:10
	WBUL	Bailey Dale behind	17.11.113	-	14.13.97	39:29

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