2025 AFL Round 7: North Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2025 between North Melbourne and Carlton during round 7 of the 2025 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Carlton at Marvel Stadium. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

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. Fisher, J. Konstanty, L. Parker, G. Wardlaw
Sub.: Z. Duursma

Carlton
Back: J. Silvagni, J. Weitering, N. Haynes
Half-back: A. Saad, M. McGovern, O. Hollands
Centre: E. Hollands, P. Cripps (capt.), M. Cottrell
Half-forward: S. Walsh, L. Young, C. Durdin
Forward: J. Motlop, C. Curnow, Z. Williams
Follower: T. De Koning, G. Hewett, A. Cerra
Int.: B. Acres, M. Carroll, L. Fogarty, W. White
Sub.: C. Lord

North Melbourne (11.5.71) were defeated by Carlton (24.9.153).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Curtis (3), L. Parker (2), Z. Duursma, J. Konstanty, N. Larkey, T. Powell, G. Wardlaw, C. Zurhaar
Carlton: C. Curnow (4), Z. Williams (4), J. Motlop (3), W. White (3), C. Durdin (2), C. Lord (2), B. Acres, A. Cerra, P. Cripps, T. De Koning, G. Hewett, L. Young

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder and Carlton were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Friday 18 April 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 46,373

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 11.5.71 - 24.9.153

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	2	6	.	3	7	.	4	11	.	5	11	.	5	(71)
Carlton	7	.	3	9	.	5	15	.	6	24	.	9	24	.	9	(153)
Margin	CARL by 31			CARL by 20			CARL by 50			CARL by 82			CARL by 82
Duration	31:46			31:57			33:11			38:09			2:15:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Michael Voss (Carlton)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
George Hewett	CARL	29	3
Adam Cerra	CARL	5	2
Jacob Weitering	CARL	23	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	15	10	5	8	0	1	1	4	1	1	5	1
4	Corr, Aidan	FB	90%	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	0
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	69%	3	1	12	11	1	5	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	4
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	89%	0	0	24	15	9	2	0	4	0	2	1	2	5	0
28	Darling, Jack	FF	83%	0	0	6	4	2	0	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	1
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	83%	0	0	25	11	14	1	0	3	4	7	1	2	2	1
7	Duursma, Zane	SUB↑	46%	1	0	5	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
16	Fisher, Zac	INT↓	32%	0	0	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	67%	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	95%	1	1	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	81%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFL	78%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	2	0	3	2	2	5	1
10	McKercher, Colby	WR	83%	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	WL	83%	0	0	10	2	8	3	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	0
26	Parker, Luke	INT	81%	2	0	23	12	11	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	1	5
24	Powell, Tom	C	83%	1	0	19	5	14	3	0	5	2	2	0	1	1	1
3	Sheezel, Harry	HFFR	83%	0	0	32	9	23	0	0	6	6	4	0	2	1	3
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	RO	85%	0	1	20	9	11	3	0	6	6	4	1	1	1	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	FPR	92%	0	0	21	11	10	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
13	Tucker, Darcy	HBFR	86%	0	0	15	4	11	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	54%	1	0	21	12	9	1	0	1	5	5	2	3	1	3
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	84%	0	0	14	2	12	1	43	11	3	3	2	2	0	0
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	78%	1	0	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	7	0	4	0	6
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	5	350	173	177	58	48	56	38	68	17	28	39	39

Z. Duursma replaced Z. Fisher.

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	INT	83%	1	0	22	12	10	6	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	4
32	Carroll, Matt	INT	77%	0	0	14	11	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3
5	Cerra, Adam	RO	78%	1	1	28	16	12	4	0	4	5	5	2	0	1	8
46	Cottrell, Matt	WR	89%	0	0	20	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	5
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	80%	1	0	17	7	10	1	0	9	5	3	2	2	0	3
30	Curnow, Charlie	FF	73%	4	3	15	11	4	5	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	1
12	De Koning, Tom	RU	78%	1	0	11	7	4	1	24	2	5	4	1	3	0	4
19	Durdin, Corey	HFFR	82%	2	2	11	8	3	6	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	Fogarty, Lachie	INT	75%	0	1	14	6	8	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	2
26	Haynes, Nick	BPR	89%	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	3	1	0	3	0	4	0
29	Hewett, George	RR	86%	1	0	34	13	21	1	0	9	12	3	3	2	1	6
20	Hollands, Elijah	WL↓	63%	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	2
4	Hollands, Oliver	HBFR	88%	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1
36	Lord, Cooper	SUB↑	22%	2	0	6	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2
11	McGovern, Mitch	CHB	81%	0	0	18	12	6	8	0	4	0	2	1	0	4	2
3	Motlop, Jesse	FPL	80%	3	0	13	10	3	1	0	9	1	1	2	0	0	3
42	Saad, Adam	HBFL	81%	0	0	14	11	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	3
1	Silvagni, Jack	BPL	96%	0	0	18	15	3	7	0	3	1	1	2	0	4	3
18	Walsh, Sam	HFFL	79%	0	0	22	8	14	3	0	6	3	0	0	0	1	5
23	Weitering, Jacob	FB	74%	0	0	13	12	1	7	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	2
38	White, Will	INT	74%	3	1	12	10	2	1	0	5	0	3	2	2	0	2
6	Williams, Zac	FPR	82%	4	1	14	10	4	1	0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1
33	Young, Lewis	CHF	90%	1	0	17	9	8	3	8	3	1	3	3	1	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				24	9	369	226	143	85	32	83	46	46	29	17	27	64

C. Lord replaced E. Hollands.

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
	1	J. Silvagni	23	J. Weitering	26	N. Haynes	38	T. Xerri	16	Z. Fisher
	15	D. Stephens	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	41	J. Konstanty
FORWARD							12	J. Simpkin (c)	26	L. Parker
HALF-BACK									6	G. Wardlaw
	42	A. Saad	11	M. McGovern	4	O. Hollands			7	Z. Duursma
	3	H. Sheezel	20	N. Larkey	25	P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	20	E. Hollands	9	P. Cripps (c)	46	M. Cottrell
	10	C. McKercher	24	T. Powell	2	F. O'Sullivan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							12	T. De Koning	13	B. Acres
HALF-FORWARD							29	G. Hewett	32	M. Carroll
	18	S. Walsh	33	L. Young	19	C. Durdin	5	A. Cerra	8	L. Fogarty
	13	D. Tucker	5	C. Daniel	11	L. McDonald			38	W. White
HALF-BACK									36	C. Lord
FORWARD
	3	J. Motlop	30	C. Curnow	6	Z. Williams
	19	G. Logue	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	Charlie Curnow behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:50
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:37
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	04:24
	NMLB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:12
	CARL	Charlie Curnow behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	08:48
	CARL	Corey Durdin goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	10:27
	CARL	Adam Cerra behind	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	12:10
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	2.1.13	-	2.3.15	14:10
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	16:16
	CARL	Corey Durdin goal	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	20:31
	CARL	Patrick Cripps goal	2.2.14	-	4.3.27	23:40
	CARL	Lewis Young goal	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	25:43
	CARL	Zac Williams goal	2.2.14	-	6.3.39	27:13
	CARL	Tom De Koning goal	2.2.14	-	7.3.45	30:05
Q2	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	3.2.20	-	7.3.45	03:42
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	3.2.20	-	8.3.51	06:00
	CARL	Charlie Curnow behind	3.2.20	-	8.4.52	07:37
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	4.2.26	-	8.4.52	11:04
	CARL	Corey Durdin behind	4.2.26	-	8.5.53	13:14
	CARL	Blake Acres goal	4.2.26	-	9.5.59	16:58
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	4.3.27	-	9.5.59	20:30
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	5.3.33	-	9.5.59	21:22
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	6.3.39	-	9.5.59	29:15
Q3	CARL	Adam Cerra goal	6.3.39	-	10.5.65	04:32
	CARL	Will White goal	6.3.39	-	11.5.71	09:10
	CARL	George Hewett goal	6.3.39	-	12.5.77	13:18
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	6.3.39	-	13.5.83	23:41
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	6.4.40	-	13.5.83	26:07
	CARL	Zac Williams goal	6.4.40	-	14.5.89	27:14
	CARL	Zac Williams goal	6.4.40	-	15.5.95	28:41
	CARL	Lachie Fogarty behind	6.4.40	-	15.6.96	30:32
	NMLB	George Wardlaw goal	7.4.46	-	15.6.96	31:40
Q4	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	8.4.52	-	15.6.96	00:26
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	9.4.58	-	15.6.96	02:00
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	9.4.58	-	16.6.102	04:57
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.5.59	-	16.6.102	07:49
	CARL	Jesse Motlop goal	9.5.59	-	17.6.108	09:04
	CARL	Jesse Motlop goal	9.5.59	-	18.6.114	11:02
	CARL	Zac Williams goal	9.5.59	-	19.6.120	12:17
	CARL	Will White goal	9.5.59	-	20.6.126	13:48
	CARL	Jesse Motlop goal	9.5.59	-	21.6.132	16:45
	CARL	Will White goal	9.5.59	-	22.6.138	18:47
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	10.5.65	-	22.6.138	20:42
	CARL	Cooper Lord goal	10.5.65	-	23.6.144	23:30
	CARL	Cooper Lord goal	10.5.65	-	24.6.150	27:39
	CARL	Corey Durdin behind	10.5.65	-	24.7.151	31:51
	CARL	Zac Williams behind	10.5.65	-	24.8.152	33:17
	CARL	Will White behind	10.5.65	-	24.9.153	35:20
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	11.5.71	-	24.9.153	36:56

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