2025 AFL Round 6: North Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2025 between North Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 6 of the 2025 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at Barossa Park. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

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

Gold Coast
Back: W. Powell, S. Collins, B. Uwland
Half-back: J. Noble, M. Andrew, D. Rioli
Centre: L. Weller, M. Rowell, S. Clohesy
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, T. Miller, B. Long
Forward: B. King, B. Humphrey, E. Read
Follower: J. Witts, W. Graham, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: S. Flanders, J. Jeffrey, J. Rogers, J. Walter
Sub.: N. Holman

North Melbourne (13.11.89) were defeated by Gold Coast (21.15.141).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (2), J. Darling (2), Z. Duursma (2), N. Larkey (2), J. Simpkin (2), J. Konstanty, H. Sheezel, C. Zurhaar
Gold Coast: B. King (5), B. Long (3), S. Flanders (2), B. Ainsworth, W. Graham, N. Holman, J. Jeffrey, T. Miller, J. Noble, E. Read, J. Rogers, M. Rowell, J. Walter, L. Weller

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Gold Coast were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 12 April 2025
Time: 12:05 PM
Venue: Barossa Park
Attendance: 9,317

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Gold Coast
Score: 13.11.89 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	7	7	.	9	11	.	9	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Gold Coast	6	.	1	9	.	5	14	.	10	21	.	15	21	.	15	(141)
Margin	GCST by 12			GCST by 8			GCST by 19			GCST by 52			GCST by 52
Duration	33:59			31:51			35:01			34:05			2:14:56

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	3
Jy Simpkin	NMLB	12	2
John Noble	GCST	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	97%	0	0	10	7	3	6	0	1	0	5	1	4	4	0
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	93%	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	5	0
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	82%	2	2	14	8	6	3	0	4	3	4	3	4	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	85%	0	0	32	16	16	3	0	2	6	1	1	0	5	2
28	Darling, Jack	FF	87%	2	1	16	9	7	5	2	4	3	5	3	3	0	2
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	85%	0	3	26	17	9	7	0	4	8	3	0	1	1	8
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	57%	2	1	9	6	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
16	Fisher, Zac	INT	85%	0	0	27	12	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2
17	Hardeman, Riley	SUB↑	25%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	56%	1	0	8	3	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	96%	2	2	12	8	4	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	84%	0	0	11	5	6	4	3	3	2	5	0	5	4	0
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFL	79%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	2
10	McKercher, Colby	WR↓	60%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	WL	85%	0	0	15	8	7	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	6	4
26	Parker, Luke	INT	74%	0	0	24	9	15	2	0	3	7	5	0	2	2	2
24	Powell, Tom	C	68%	0	1	20	9	11	2	0	7	2	3	0	1	3	1
3	Sheezel, Harry	HFFR	85%	1	0	27	12	15	4	0	4	3	2	0	0	1	3
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	RO	88%	2	0	24	13	11	6	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	4
15	Stephens, Dylan	FPR	85%	0	0	21	13	8	7	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	2
13	Tucker, Darcy	HBFR	85%	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	76%	0	0	9	3	6	1	33	6	4	3	1	3	3	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	82%	1	0	9	5	4	2	0	4	0	2	2	2	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	11	372	196	176	71	38	58	42	56	20	30	44	47

R. Hardeman replaced C. McKercher.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	83%	1	0	22	12	10	3	0	4	2	2	1	1	3	3
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	82%	0	1	27	16	11	3	0	4	6	5	1	1	2	7
1	Andrew, Mac	CHB	90%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	3	0
33	Clohesy, Sam	WR	76%	0	1	16	11	5	4	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	2
25	Collins, Sam	FB	95%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	0
3	Flanders, Sam	INT	77%	2	0	21	9	12	3	0	2	3	2	1	1	1	0
26	Graham, Will	RR	83%	1	0	11	5	6	2	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	1
7	Holman, Nick	SUB↑	25%	1	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
19	Humphrey, Bailey	FF	77%	0	0	14	5	9	3	0	7	4	2	1	1	0	2
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	80%	1	1	20	14	6	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8
34	King, Ben	FPL	83%	5	0	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	HFFR	78%	3	2	15	11	4	3	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	4
11	Miller, Touk	CHF	83%	1	1	27	10	17	3	0	4	5	1	1	0	1	6
2	Noble, John	HBFL	84%	1	0	28	23	5	6	0	1	0	7	0	3	5	4
27	Powell, Wil	BPL	88%	0	1	15	8	7	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	2
20	Read, Ethan	FPR	73%	1	1	12	9	3	1	8	1	3	1	5	1	0	5
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	81%	0	1	16	8	8	3	0	2	1	3	1	1	2	2
29	Rogers, Jake	INT	75%	1	0	14	7	7	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
18	Rowell, Matt	C	81%	1	1	26	12	14	1	0	7	11	4	3	2	0	8
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPR	82%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	2
4	Walter, Jed	INT↓	59%	1	1	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	84%	1	1	14	6	8	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	81%	0	0	12	5	7	0	38	4	5	2	5	1	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				21	15	359	200	159	69	46	52	45	51	30	20	34	65

N. Holman replaced J. Walter.

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
	27	W. Powell	25	S. Collins	32	B. Uwland	38	T. Xerri	7	Z. Duursma
	15	D. Stephens	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	16	Z. Fisher
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin (c)	41	J. Konstanty
HALF-BACK									26	L. Parker
	2	J. Noble	1	M. Andrew	17	D. Rioli			17	R. Hardeman
	3	H. Sheezel	20	N. Larkey	25	P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Weller	18	M. Rowell	33	S. Clohesy
	10	C. McKercher	24	T. Powell	2	F. O'Sullivan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	3	S. Flanders
HALF-FORWARD							26	W. Graham	40	J. Jeffrey
	9	B. Ainsworth	11	T. Miller	22	B. Long	15	N. Anderson (c)	29	J. Rogers
	13	D. Tucker	5	C. Daniel	11	L. McDonald			4	J. Walter
HALF-BACK									7	N. Holman
FORWARD
	34	B. King	19	B. Humphrey	20	E. Read
	19	G. Logue	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:27
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	01:14
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	04:43
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	05:52
	GCST	Will Graham goal	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	06:58
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	1.3.9	-	2.0.12	09:05
	GCST	Ben King goal	1.3.9	-	3.0.18	11:56
	GCST	Lachie Weller behind	1.3.9	-	3.1.19	13:17
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	2.3.15	-	3.1.19	14:01
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	2.4.16	-	3.1.19	15:55
	GCST	Ben Long goal	2.4.16	-	4.1.25	17:36
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	3.4.22	-	4.1.25	20:14
	GCST	Ben King goal	3.4.22	-	5.1.31	23:46
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	3.5.23	-	5.1.31	28:38
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	3.5.23	-	6.1.37	30:33
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	3.6.24	-	6.1.37	32:54
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	3.7.25	-	6.1.37	33:43
Q2	GCST	Ben Long behind	3.7.25	-	6.2.38	00:58
	GCST	Ben Long goal	3.7.25	-	7.2.44	02:34
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	3.7.25	-	8.2.50	03:51
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	4.7.31	-	8.2.50	10:21
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	5.7.37	-	8.2.50	13:01
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	5.8.38	-	8.2.50	15:19
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	6.8.44	-	8.2.50	17:25
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	6.8.44	-	8.3.51	19:06
	GCST	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	8.4.52	20:57
	GCST	Noah Anderson behind	6.8.44	-	8.5.53	23:50
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	6.9.45	-	8.5.53	25:27
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	7.9.51	-	8.5.53	27:36
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	7.9.51	-	9.5.59	29:20
Q3	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.9.57	-	9.5.59	03:17
	GCST	Sam Clohesy behind	8.9.57	-	9.6.60	04:56
	GCST	Ben Long behind	8.9.57	-	9.7.61	06:23
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	9.9.63	-	9.7.61	07:53
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	10.9.69	-	9.7.61	13:08
	GCST	Matt Rowell behind	10.9.69	-	9.8.62	14:22
	GCST	Ben King goal	10.9.69	-	10.8.68	17:32
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	11.9.75	-	10.8.68	19:10
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	10.9.69	21:52
	GCST	Joel Jeffrey goal	11.9.75	-	11.9.75	22:35
	GCST	Ben King goal	11.9.75	-	12.9.81	26:22
	GCST	Joel Jeffrey behind	11.9.75	-	12.10.82	32:07
	GCST	Lachie Weller goal	11.9.75	-	13.10.88	33:01
	GCST	Matt Rowell goal	11.9.75	-	14.10.94	34:57
Q4	GCST	Jake Rogers goal	11.9.75	-	15.10.100	00:43
	GCST	Daniel Rioli behind	11.9.75	-	15.11.101	02:39
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	12.9.81	-	15.11.101	04:40
	GCST	John Noble goal	12.9.81	-	16.11.107	06:20
	GCST	Rushed behind	12.9.81	-	16.12.108	08:48
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	12.9.81	-	16.13.109	13:16
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	12.9.81	-	17.13.115	14:16
	GCST	Wil Powell behind	12.9.81	-	17.14.116	17:14
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	12.9.81	-	18.14.122	18:15
	GCST	Ben King goal	12.9.81	-	19.14.128	20:49
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	12.10.82	-	19.14.128	23:38
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	13.10.88	-	19.14.128	27:28
	GCST	Nick Holman goal	13.10.88	-	20.14.134	29:16
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	13.11.89	-	20.14.134	30:51
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	13.11.89	-	20.15.135	32:58
	GCST	Ben Long goal	13.11.89	-	21.15.141	34:03

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