2025 AFL 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 3 of the 2025 AFL season. 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
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, L. McDonald
Half-back: B. Scott, C. Daniel, C. McKercher
Centre: F. O'Sullivan, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Half-forward: H. Sheezel, N. Larkey, T. Pink
Forward: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, L. Parker
Int.: R. Hansen, J. Konstanty, W. Phillips, D. Tucker
Sub.: D. Stephens

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, T. McDonald, C. Salem
Half-back: X. Lindsay, H. Petty, J. Bowey
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, T. Rivers
Half-forward: J. Henderson, M. Jefferson, C. Spargo
Forward: B. Fritsch, J. van Rooyen, K. Chandler
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: B. Howes, H. Sharp, T. Sparrow, D. Turner
Sub.: T. Woewodin

North Melbourne (19.11.125) defeated Melbourne (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (4), P. Curtis (3), N. Larkey (3), J. Darling (2), J. Konstanty, C. McKercher, L. Parker, T. Powell, B. Scott, J. Simpkin, T. Xerri
Melbourne: K. Chandler (3), B. Fritsch, J. Henderson, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, D. Turner, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the day.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

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

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