2025 AFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2025 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round three of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

North Melbourne (19.11.125) defeated Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 23 March 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 28,768

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 19.11.125 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 9 11 . 10 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 6 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 59 NMLB by 59
Duration 35:22 32:03 30:08 31:33 2:09:06

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jy Simpkin
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Powell NMLB 24 3
Jy Simpkin NMLB 12 2
Charlie Comben NMLB 30 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Comben, Charlie BPL 95% 0 0 16 13 3 12 0 1 0 5 0 1 4 2
4 Corr, Aidan FB 87% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 2 5 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 82% 3 2 22 13 9 6 0 4 0 5 2 1 0 3
5 Daniel, Caleb CHB 83% 0 0 31 25 6 6 0 3 1 5 0 1 11 2
28 Darling, Jack FF 84% 2 0 14 8 6 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 87% 0 0 23 9 14 2 0 7 4 5 0 1 2 2
46 Hansen, Robert INT 73% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 2
41 Konstanty, Jacob INT 55% 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 89% 3 1 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 83% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
10 McKercher, Colby HBFR 77% 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 3
2 O'Sullivan, Finn WL 79% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1
26 Parker, Luke RO 77% 1 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 5
29 Phillips, Will INT↓ 56% 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 2
32 Pink, Toby HFFR 90% 0 0 12 10 2 9 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0
24 Powell, Tom RR 73% 1 0 31 15 16 2 0 2 8 4 1 0 2 7
8 Scott, Bailey HBFL 84% 1 1 17 11 6 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 4
3 Sheezel, Harry HFFL 89% 0 1 28 15 13 7 0 2 4 7 1 0 1 3
12 Simpkin, Jy (c) WR 82% 1 1 24 9 15 6 0 2 8 4 0 3 1 3
15 Stephens, Dylan SUB↑ 24% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
13 Tucker, Darcy INT 82% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 85% 1 0 20 5 15 2 29 2 12 3 2 2 0 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 82% 4 1 17 12 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 11 403 228 175 100 32 49 42 69 14 21 45 53

D. Stephens replaced W. Phillips.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 78% 0 0 22 19 3 5 0 3 1 1 3 0 6 2
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 82% 3 1 25 15 10 7 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 7
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 85% 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 0 1 11 5 6 2 27 2 1 4 0 2 1 3
43 Henderson, Jack HFFL 78% 1 1 13 7 6 2 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 2
22 Howes, Blake INT 75% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0
21 Jefferson, Matthew CHF↓ 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WL 83% 0 1 17 9 8 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1
8 Lever, Jake BPL 79% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 0
20 Lindsay, Xavier HBFL 80% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 6 2 1 2 0 3 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 82% 1 0 36 16 20 5 0 2 12 5 0 1 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 86% 1 1 23 12 11 5 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 5
35 Petty, Harry CHB 100% 0 0 7 3 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent WR 79% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 2
3 Salem, Christian BPR 89% 0 0 24 16 8 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3
30 Sharp, Harry INT 83% 0 1 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 74% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 81% 0 1 25 12 13 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 2 7
10 Turner, Daniel INT 71% 1 2 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 76% 1 2 9 5 4 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 2
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RO 77% 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 2 2 7 1 1 2 8
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 56% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 9 12 351 193 158 82 30 47 30 51 21 14 34 56

T. Woewodin replaced M. Jefferson.

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
8 J. Lever 25 T. McDonald 3 C. Salem 38 T. Xerri 46 R. Hansen
44 C. Zurhaar 28 J. Darling 25 P. Curtis 24 T. Powell 41 J. Konstanty
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 29 W. Phillips
HALF-BACK

13 D. Tucker
20 X. Lindsay 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey

15 D. Stephens
32 T. Pink 20 N. Larkey 3 H. Sheezel



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers



12 J. Simpkin (c) 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 2 F. O'Sullivan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 22 B. Howes
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 30 H. Sharp
43 J. Henderson 21 M. Jefferson 9 C. Spargo 7 J. Viney (vc) 32 T. Sparrow
10 C. McKercher 5 C. Daniel 8 B. Scott

10 D. Turner
HALF-BACK

40 T. Woewodin
FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 2 J. van Rooyen 37 K. Chandler



11 L. McDonald 4 A. Corr 30 C. Comben



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Nick Larkey goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:41
NMLB Harry Sheezel behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:54
NMLB Colby McKercher behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 06:10
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:22
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 09:50
NMLB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 10:35
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 1.5.11 - 1.0.6 12:21
MELB Jack Henderson goal 1.5.11 - 2.0.12 15:14
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 2.5.17 - 2.0.12 17:04
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 3.5.23 - 2.0.12 21:18
MELB Kade Chandler behind 3.5.23 - 2.1.13 23:08
MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.5.23 - 3.1.19 24:52
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 27:21
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 28:41
MELB Ed Langdon behind 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 32:21
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 3.5.23 - 3.5.23 33:22
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.5.23 - 4.5.29 35:19
Q2 NMLB Paul Curtis behind 3.6.24 - 4.5.29 00:52
NMLB Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 4.5.29 02:34
NMLB Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 4.5.29 05:13
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 3.9.27 - 4.5.29 06:29
NMLB Luke Parker goal 4.9.33 - 4.5.29 07:32
NMLB Jacob Konstanty goal 5.9.39 - 4.5.29 09:09
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 5.9.39 - 5.5.35 10:44
MELB Daniel Turner behind 5.9.39 - 5.6.36 14:46
MELB Kade Chandler goal 5.9.39 - 6.6.42 18:27
MELB Max Gawn behind 5.9.39 - 6.7.43 19:37
NMLB Tom Powell goal 6.9.45 - 6.7.43 20:24
NMLB Jack Darling goal 7.9.51 - 6.7.43 22:14
MELB Jack Henderson behind 7.9.51 - 6.8.44 25:13
MELB Harry Sharp behind 7.9.51 - 6.9.45 28:51
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 8.9.57 - 6.9.45 30:37
Q3 NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 9.9.63 - 6.9.45 03:45
MELB Daniel Turner goal 9.9.63 - 7.9.51 11:30
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 10.9.69 - 7.9.51 13:46
MELB Christian Petracca goal 10.9.69 - 8.9.57 15:46
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 10.10.70 - 8.9.57 19:34
NMLB Colby McKercher goal 11.10.76 - 8.9.57 21:57
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 11.10.76 - 8.10.58 24:03
Q4 NMLB Paul Curtis goal 12.10.82 - 8.10.58 00:51
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 13.10.88 - 8.10.58 02:34
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 14.10.94 - 8.10.58 03:44
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 15.10.100 - 8.10.58 07:12
NMLB Paul Curtis goal 16.10.106 - 8.10.58 09:18
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 17.10.112 - 8.10.58 10:56
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 17.10.112 - 8.11.59 13:52
MELB Kade Chandler goal 17.10.112 - 9.11.65 16:13
NMLB Jack Darling goal 18.10.118 - 9.11.65 18:00
NMLB Bailey Scott behind 18.11.119 - 9.11.65 21:09
NMLB Bailey Scott goal 19.11.125 - 9.11.65 23:20
MELB Daniel Turner behind 19.11.125 - 9.12.66 26:54