2025 AFL Round 11: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 2025 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round 11 of the 2025 AFL season. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Toby Nankervis captained the hosts. Jy Simpkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Richmond
Back: N. Vlastuin, B. Miller, N. Balta
Half-back: T. Brown, S. Banks, N. Broad
Centre: K. McIntosh, J. Ross, H. Ralphsmith
Half-forward: S. Campbell, K. McAuliffe, R. Mansell
Forward: T. Lynch, S. Lalor, J. Faull
Follower: T. Nankervis (capt.), T. Taranto, J. Hopper
Int.: T. Dow, S. Green, T. Sims, L. Trainor
Sub.: K. Smith

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

Richmond (11.8.74) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.6.78).

Goalkickers
Richmond: S. Campbell (3), S. Lalor (2), T. Lynch (2), K. McIntosh (2), H. Ralphsmith, T. Sims
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (4), J. Darling (2), N. Larkey (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Konstanty, F. Maley, C. McKercher

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 16th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 18 May 2025
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,060

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.8.74 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	2	.	1	6	.	2	9	.	6	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
North Melbourne	6	.	0	7	.	1	10	.	5	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Margin	NMLB by 23			NMLB by 5			NMLB by 5			NMLB by 4			NMLB by 4
Duration	35:18			34:06			32:58			30:54			2:13:16

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adem Yze (Richmond), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Toby Nankervis (Richmond), Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tim Taranto	RICH	14	3
Tristan Xerri	NMLB	38	2
Cameron Zurhaar	NMLB	44	1

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Balta, Noah	BPR	92%	0	0	11	10	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	3	6	2
41	Banks, Sam	CHB	82%	0	1	25	16	9	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	5
35	Broad, Nathan	HBFR	85%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
30	Brown, Tom	HBFL	80%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
44	Campbell, Seth	HFFL	86%	3	2	15	10	5	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3
27	Dow, Thomson	INT	79%	0	0	17	5	12	3	0	7	3	2	1	1	0	1
26	Faull, Jonty	FPR	75%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	1
48	Green, Steely	INT	68%	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	3
2	Hopper, Jacob	RO	87%	0	1	27	13	14	2	0	4	3	5	1	1	2	6
22	Lalor, Sam	FF	87%	2	1	16	6	10	5	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	2
19	Lynch, Tom	FPL	83%	2	1	13	9	4	6	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	3
7	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFR	80%	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	7	0	5	2	4	1	4
28	McAuliffe, Kane	CHF	76%	0	1	22	8	14	4	0	6	1	1	0	1	0	6
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	87%	2	0	13	7	6	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	1
12	Miller, Ben	FB	99%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
25	Nankervis, Toby (c)	RU	86%	0	0	15	6	9	5	47	13	3	1	0	0	0	1
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	WR	82%	1	0	16	6	10	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	2
5	Ross, Jack	C	76%	0	0	21	8	13	2	0	11	3	2	0	2	1	2
38	Sims, Tom	INT	63%	1	0	7	4	3	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
49	Smith, Kaleb	SUB↑	13%	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
14	Taranto, Tim	RR	85%	0	1	30	9	21	2	0	4	10	1	1	0	2	3
31	Trainor, Luke	INT↓	68%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0
1	Vlastuin, Nick	BPL	81%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	4	0	1	1	0	4	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				11	8	334	175	159	72	53	92	33	42	17	19	31	49

K. Smith replaced L. Trainor.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	96%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	0
4	Corr, Aidan	BPR	92%	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	3	0	4	1	4	3	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	85%	0	0	25	16	9	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	6	3
28	Darling, Jack	FF	84%	2	1	17	13	4	5	3	2	4	5	2	0	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	88%	1	1	27	11	16	3	0	5	7	4	0	1	2	2
7	Duursma, Zane	SUB↑	28%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	Hardeman, Riley	INT	71%	0	0	12	10	2	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	3
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	56%	1	0	7	1	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	92%	2	0	10	6	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
39	Maley, Finnbar	INT	55%	1	1	6	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFR	83%	0	0	8	8	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	4
10	McKercher, Colby	HFFR	82%	1	0	22	9	13	4	0	10	4	1	0	0	1	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFL	76%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	2	1
26	Parker, Luke	INT	81%	0	0	15	7	8	0	0	1	4	5	1	2	2	1
32	Pink, Toby	FB	97%	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	3
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	73%	0	0	24	12	12	4	0	6	4	1	2	1	1	3
8	Scott, Bailey	FPL↓	60%	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sheezel, Harry	RO	83%	0	1	20	14	6	2	0	10	5	3	1	0	2	4
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	87%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	6	3	3	0	2	2	4
15	Stephens, Dylan	WL	87%	0	0	18	12	6	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	2
6	Wardlaw, George	RR	76%	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	10	4	3	1	0	1	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	87%	0	0	19	14	5	1	51	12	11	1	1	0	6	4
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	81%	4	0	9	7	2	4	0	2	0	4	1	4	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	6	319	192	127	64	54	92	54	48	19	17	38	45

Z. Duursma replaced B. Scott.

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

Richmond							Coach: Adem Yze
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	30	C. Comben	32	T. Pink	4	A. Corr	25	T. Nankervis (c)	27	T. Dow
	26	J. Faull	22	S. Lalor	19	T. Lynch	14	T. Taranto	48	S. Green
FORWARD							2	J. Hopper	38	T. Sims
HALF-BACK									31	L. Trainor
	2	F. O'Sullivan	5	C. Daniel	11	L. McDonald			49	K. Smith
	7	R. Mansell	28	K. McAuliffe	44	S. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	D. Stephens	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	12	J. Simpkin (c)
	13	H. Ralphsmith	5	J. Ross	33	K. McIntosh	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	17	R. Hardeman
HALF-FORWARD							6	G. Wardlaw	41	J. Konstanty
	24	T. Powell	20	N. Larkey	10	C. McKercher	3	H. Sheezel	39	F. Maley
	35	N. Broad	41	S. Banks	30	T. Brown			26	L. Parker
HALF-BACK									7	Z. Duursma
FORWARD
	8	B. Scott	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar
	21	N. Balta	12	B. Miller	1	N. Vlastuin
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	07:50
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	09:09
	RICH	Tom Sims goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	10:38
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	1.0.6	-	3.0.18	17:20
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	1.0.6	-	4.0.24	21:39
	NMLB	Finnbar Maley goal	1.0.6	-	5.0.30	23:20
	RICH	Jacob Hopper behind	1.1.7	-	5.0.30	25:16
	RICH	Seth Campbell goal	2.1.13	-	5.0.30	26:33
	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	2.1.13	-	6.0.36	31:17
Q2	RICH	Sam Lalor goal	3.1.19	-	6.0.36	02:18
	RICH	Hugo Ralphsmith goal	4.1.25	-	6.0.36	04:46
	NMLB	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	6.1.37	15:11
	RICH	Sam Lalor goal	5.1.31	-	6.1.37	16:50
	RICH	Seth Campbell goal	6.1.37	-	6.1.37	20:48
	RICH	Seth Campbell behind	6.2.38	-	6.1.37	29:48
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	6.2.38	-	7.1.43	32:47
Q3	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	6.2.38	-	7.2.44	00:34
	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh goal	7.2.44	-	7.2.44	03:41
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	7.2.44	-	7.3.45	05:19
	RICH	Sam Banks behind	7.3.45	-	7.3.45	07:00
	RICH	Tom Lynch behind	7.4.46	-	7.3.45	09:10
	RICH	Seth Campbell behind	7.5.47	-	7.3.45	11:45
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	7.5.47	-	8.3.51	13:19
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	7.5.47	-	9.3.57	17:41
	NMLB	Finnbar Maley behind	7.5.47	-	9.4.58	19:28
	RICH	Seth Campbell goal	8.5.53	-	9.4.58	20:35
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.5.53	-	10.4.64	22:13
	RICH	Sam Lalor behind	8.6.54	-	10.4.64	25:00
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	9.6.60	-	10.4.64	27:56
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	10.5.65	30:41
Q4	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh goal	10.6.66	-	10.5.65	03:54
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.6.66	-	11.5.71	05:57
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	10.6.66	-	12.5.77	08:39
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	10.6.66	-	12.6.78	13:54
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	11.6.72	-	12.6.78	17:24
	RICH	Kane McAuliffe behind	11.7.73	-	12.6.78	20:17
	RICH	Tim Taranto behind	11.8.74	-	12.6.78	24:03

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