2025 AFL Round 5: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2025 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 5 of the 2025 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, A. Corr, G. Logue
Half-back: L. McDonald, C. Daniel, H. Sheezel
Centre: B. Scott, L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Half-forward: C. McKercher, N. Larkey, D. Stephens
Forward: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, L. Parker
Int.: R. Hansen, J. Konstanty, D. Tucker, M. Whitlock
Sub.: R. Hardeman

Sydney
Back: J. Hamling, D. Rampe, N. Blakey
Half-back: S. Wicks, M. Roberts, O. Florent
Centre: B. Campbell, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: H. McLean, W. Hayward, J. Jordon
Forward: J. Amartey, T. McCartin, Corey Warner
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Rowbottom
Int.: R. Bice, C. Cleary, T. Hanily, P. Ladhams
Sub.: A. Sheldrick

North Melbourne (8.4.52) were defeated by Sydney (18.9.117).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (2), N. Larkey (2), L. Parker (2), C. McKercher, C. Zurhaar
Sydney: J. Amartey (4), W. Hayward (4), T. Hanily (2), C. Warner (2), B. Campbell, O. Florent, P. Ladhams, H. McLean, M. Roberts, A. Sheldrick

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 April 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 31,955

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 8.4.52 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	0	5	.	1	6	.	3	8	.	4	8	.	4	(52)
Sydney	5	.	3	8	.	5	15	.	8	18	.	9	18	.	9	(117)
Margin	SYDN by 21			SYDN by 22			SYDN by 59			SYDN by 65			SYDN by 65
Duration	32:18			29:20			31:08			29:29			2:02:15

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Will Hayward	SYDN	9	3
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	2
James Rowbottom	SYDN	8	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	87%	0	0	15	5	10	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	87%	0	0	18	12	6	5	0	3	0	2	1	1	4	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	79%	2	0	14	9	5	6	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	85%	0	0	25	15	10	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	1
28	Darling, Jack	FF	82%	0	0	6	3	3	3	0	1	1	5	0	5	0	1
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	81%	0	0	25	14	11	6	0	5	4	4	0	1	1	5
46	Hansen, Robert	INT	75%	0	0	7	6	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	SUB↑	32%	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	68%	0	2	16	8	8	4	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	86%	2	0	9	4	5	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	74%	0	0	13	9	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFL	84%	0	0	18	10	8	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
10	McKercher, Colby	HFFL	81%	1	0	22	13	9	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
26	Parker, Luke	RO	75%	2	0	27	11	16	3	0	8	5	4	1	2	1	3
24	Powell, Tom	RR	80%	0	0	22	10	12	6	0	5	6	3	0	0	3	1
8	Scott, Bailey	WL	79%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2
3	Sheezel, Harry	HBFR	92%	0	1	34	19	15	9	0	3	3	3	1	1	3	2
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	81%	0	0	22	13	9	4	0	4	1	4	0	0	2	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	HFFR	80%	0	0	18	8	10	7	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
13	Tucker, Darcy	INT	84%	0	0	20	13	7	8	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1
35	Whitlock, Matt	INT↓	58%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	79%	0	0	18	6	12	2	23	3	7	4	4	3	1	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	89%	1	0	12	9	3	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				8	4	393	214	179	112	24	48	30	56	15	21	36	37

R. Hardeman replaced M. Whitlock.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Amartey, Joel	FPL	77%	4	1	8	7	1	5	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1
26	Bice, Riley	INT	85%	0	0	26	20	6	15	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	7
22	Blakey, Nick	BPR	81%	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1
16	Campbell, Braeden	WL	83%	1	1	15	11	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	5
33	Cleary, Caiden	INT	79%	0	2	12	7	5	3	0	6	2	0	2	0	1	2
13	Florent, Oliver	HBFR	90%	1	0	18	12	6	12	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	4
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	76%	0	0	20	8	12	1	21	4	6	4	4	3	0	2
29	Hamling, Joel	BPL	90%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0
40	Hanily, Tom	INT	68%	2	1	13	6	7	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0
9	Hayward, Will	CHF	87%	4	1	15	12	3	6	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	4
5	Heeney, Isaac	C	77%	0	0	19	14	5	4	0	3	6	2	0	0	1	5
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	93%	0	1	16	8	8	5	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	4
19	Ladhams, Peter	INT	70%	1	0	14	7	7	4	7	1	1	3	0	0	1	0
44	Lloyd, Jake	WR	79%	0	1	24	19	5	12	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	3
30	McCartin, Tom	FF	95%	0	0	12	10	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
2	McLean, Hayden	HFFL	76%	1	0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
24	Rampe, Dane	FB	78%	0	0	13	10	3	6	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
34	Roberts, Matt	CHB	92%	1	0	20	13	7	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	4	1
8	Rowbottom, James	RO	76%	0	0	20	12	8	3	0	6	7	5	1	0	3	4
12	Sheldrick, Angus	SUB↑	24%	1	0	12	8	4	3	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	5
1	Warner, Chad	RR↓	59%	2	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1
37	Warner, Corey	FPR	85%	0	1	11	8	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFL	79%	0	0	14	12	2	2	0	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				18	9	341	230	111	120	31	49	38	52	21	15	29	56

A. Sheldrick replaced C. Warner.

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
	29	J. Hamling	24	D. Rampe	22	N. Blakey	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	13	D. Tucker
HALF-BACK									35	M. Whitlock
	15	S. Wicks	34	M. Roberts	13	O. Florent			17	R. Hardeman
	15	D. Stephens	20	N. Larkey	10	C. McKercher
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	16	B. Campbell	5	I. Heeney	44	J. Lloyd
	12	J. Simpkin (c)	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	8	B. Scott	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	26	R. Bice
HALF-FORWARD							1	C. Warner	33	C. Cleary
	2	H. McLean	9	W. Hayward	17	J. Jordon	8	J. Rowbottom	40	T. Hanily
	3	H. Sheezel	5	C. Daniel	11	L. McDonald			19	P. Ladhams
HALF-BACK									12	A. Sheldrick
FORWARD
	36	J. Amartey	30	T. McCartin	37	C. Warner
	19	G. Logue	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Corey Warner behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:46
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	06:01
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	09:49
	SYDN	Oliver Florent goal	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	10:57
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	12:48
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.0.6	-	3.2.20	16:57
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	2.0.12	-	3.2.20	19:58
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	2.0.12	-	3.3.21	23:56
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	2.0.12	-	4.3.27	29:06
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	2.0.12	-	5.3.33	31:04
Q2	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	3.0.18	-	5.3.33	03:39
	SYDN	Will Hayward behind	3.0.18	-	5.4.34	06:04
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	4.0.24	-	5.4.34	08:36
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	4.0.24	-	6.4.40	10:32
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	4.0.24	-	7.4.46	15:27
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty behind	4.1.25	-	7.4.46	21:12
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	5.1.31	-	7.4.46	23:24
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	5.1.31	-	7.5.47	27:04
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	5.1.31	-	8.5.53	27:23
Q3	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	5.1.31	-	9.5.59	00:48
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	5.2.32	-	9.5.59	04:50
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	5.2.32	-	10.5.65	05:53
	SYDN	Peter Ladhams goal	5.2.32	-	11.5.71	07:31
	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	11.5.71	10:30
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	5.3.33	-	11.6.72	14:18
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	5.3.33	-	12.6.78	16:40
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	5.3.33	-	12.7.79	17:51
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	5.3.33	-	13.7.85	20:47
	SYDN	Tom Hanily goal	5.3.33	-	14.7.91	24:19
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	6.3.39	-	14.7.91	26:22
	SYDN	James Jordon behind	6.3.39	-	14.8.92	28:26
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	6.3.39	-	15.8.98	30:05
Q4	SYDN	Tom Hanily behind	6.3.39	-	15.9.99	02:16
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick goal	6.3.39	-	16.9.105	05:09
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty behind	6.4.40	-	16.9.105	13:19
	SYDN	Tom Hanily goal	6.4.40	-	17.9.111	21:53
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	7.4.46	-	17.9.111	24:28
	SYDN	Matt Roberts goal	7.4.46	-	18.9.117	26:23
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	8.4.52	-	18.9.117	27:50

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