2025 AFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 2025 between North Melbourne and West Coast during round fourteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted West Coast at Hands Oval. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Andrew McQualter.

North Melbourne (9.8.62) defeated West Coast (6.16.52).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Sunday 8 June 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Hands Oval
Attendance: 12,715

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 9.8.62 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	2	3	.	3	5	.	3	9	.	8	9	.	8	(62)
West Coast	0	.	5	1	.	8	5	.	14	6	.	16	6	.	16	(52)
Margin	NMLB by 15			NMLB by 7			WCST by 11			NMLB by 10			NMLB by 10
Duration	30:46			28:02			30:16			33:08			2:02:12

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (North Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jy Simpkin
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tristan Xerri	NMLB	38	3
Jy Simpkin	NMLB	12	2
Colby McKercher	NMLB	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	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↓	52%	0	0	6	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	82%	3	0	8	6	2	2	0	3	1	3	1	2	0	1
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	84%	0	0	29	22	7	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	9	4
28	Darling, Jack	FF	84%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	3	1	4	1	3	0	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	84%	0	0	18	5	13	1	0	6	4	2	0	1	1	1
16	Fisher, Zac	INT	72%	0	3	14	5	9	0	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1
46	Hansen, Robert	SUB↑	35%	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL	74%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	69%	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	4	1	7	0	2	1	1
20	Larkey, Nick	CHF	92%	0	0	11	5	6	6	0	1	1	4	2	3	0	1
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	87%	0	0	9	5	4	5	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFR	92%	0	0	23	12	11	3	0	3	1	3	2	1	7	1
10	McKercher, Colby	INT	85%	0	0	35	20	15	1	0	1	5	2	0	2	8	4
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HFFR	74%	1	0	17	13	4	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	6	2
26	Parker, Luke	RR	85%	1	0	22	8	14	6	0	7	4	2	1	1	0	4
32	Pink, Toby	FB	92%	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	71%	0	0	30	14	16	7	0	4	5	5	0	3	5	3
3	Sheezel, Harry	RO	78%	0	1	28	13	15	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	4	4
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	89%	2	2	23	12	11	4	0	2	2	4	0	2	2	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WL	87%	0	1	19	11	8	3	0	2	2	4	1	1	4	1
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	69%	0	0	9	6	3	0	0	7	0	3	1	1	0	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	85%	0	0	22	8	14	0	37	6	10	6	1	1	2	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	79%	2	1	10	7	3	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				9	8	377	198	179	69	37	66	42	63	16	26	56	41

R. Hansen replaced C. Comben.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Allan, Bo	SUB↑	7%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Allen, Oscar	FF	85%	0	1	7	6	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	2	0	1
3	Baker, Liam	HBFR	82%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	5	4	5	2	1	5	2
41	Brock, Sandy	CHB	93%	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
10	Brockman, Tyler	HFFR	74%	1	1	17	5	12	3	0	6	1	4	1	1	1	2
28	Cole, Tom	INT	75%	1	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
15	Cripps, Jamie	INT	86%	0	1	12	7	5	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	4
43	Dewar, Tyrell	FPL	79%	0	0	21	16	5	4	0	1	0	1	3	1	5	3
14	Duggan, Liam	HBFL	86%	0	0	23	17	6	4	0	4	1	2	0	0	7	6
42	Edwards, Harry	FB	92%	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	5	0	4	6	1	3	3
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	79%	0	0	12	7	5	4	17	6	2	1	2	1	0	5
7	Ginbey, Reuben	BPL	93%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	2
17	Graham, Jack	HFFL	76%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	5	2	6	1	2	1	5
8	Hewett, Elijah	INT	76%	1	1	22	11	11	2	0	4	6	4	0	1	2	3
19	Hough, Brady	RR	88%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	8	1	2	1	0	0	3
5	Hunt, Jayden	WL	81%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	5	1	3	0	1	1	0
44	Hutchinson, Jack	WR	77%	0	3	12	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
11	Kelly, Tim	RO	81%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	4
23	Maric, Ryan	BPR	76%	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	3
22	Reid, Archer	INT↓	64%	0	1	4	2	2	1	12	3	0	2	1	1	0	1
9	Reid, Harley	C	79%	0	1	19	11	8	2	0	5	3	6	5	2	0	1
1	Ryan, Liam	FPR	83%	1	1	9	7	2	2	0	3	0	4	1	1	0	5
34	Williams, Jack	CHF	89%	2	1	9	7	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				6	16	312	181	131	66	29	81	24	59	26	16	31	63

B. Allan replaced A. Reid.

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
	7	R. Ginbey	42	H. Edwards	23	R. Maric	38	T. Xerri	16	Z. Fisher
	44	C. Zurhaar	28	J. Darling	25	P. Curtis	26	L. Parker	41	J. Konstanty
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel	10	C. McKercher
HALF-BACK									6	G. Wardlaw
	14	L. Duggan	41	S. Brock	3	L. Baker			46	R. Hansen
	2	F. O'Sullivan	20	N. Larkey	24	T. Powell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	5	J. Hunt	9	H. Reid	44	J. Hutchinson
	12	J. Simpkin (c)	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	15	D. Stephens	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	M. Flynn	28	T. Cole
HALF-FORWARD							19	B. Hough	15	J. Cripps
	17	J. Graham	34	J. Williams	10	T. Brockman	11	T. Kelly	8	E. Hewett
	11	L. McDonald	5	C. Daniel	17	R. Hardeman			22	A. Reid
HALF-BACK									26	B. Allan
FORWARD
	43	T. Dewar	12	O. Allen	1	L. Ryan
	19	G. Logue	32	T. Pink	30	C. Comben
BACK
West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	04:58
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	07:00
	WCST	Rushed behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	11:52
	NMLB	Zac Fisher behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	14:07
	WCST	Archer Reid behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	16:33
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	17:27
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	20:00
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	0.3.3	21:02
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	0.4.4	25:39
	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	3.2.20	-	0.5.5	29:21
Q2	WCST	Jack Hutchinson behind	3.2.20	-	0.6.6	04:39
	WCST	Jack Williams behind	3.2.20	-	0.7.7	08:06
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	3.2.20	-	0.8.8	16:06
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	3.2.20	-	1.8.14	20:04
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	3.3.21	-	1.8.14	23:30
Q3	WCST	Harley Reid behind	3.3.21	-	1.9.15	01:37
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	1.10.16	05:54
	WCST	Tyler Brockman behind	3.3.21	-	1.11.17	07:46
	WCST	Oscar Allen behind	3.3.21	-	1.12.18	10:35
	WCST	Elijah Hewett behind	3.3.21	-	1.13.19	11:09
	WCST	Elijah Hewett goal	3.3.21	-	2.13.25	12:50
	WCST	Liam Ryan goal	3.3.21	-	3.13.31	14:56
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	3.3.21	-	4.13.37	18:14
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	4.3.27	-	4.13.37	22:05
	WCST	Jack Hutchinson behind	4.3.27	-	4.14.38	25:10
	WCST	Tom Cole goal	4.3.27	-	5.14.44	26:44
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	5.3.33	-	5.14.44	28:45
Q4	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	5.4.34	-	5.14.44	01:41
	WCST	Tyler Brockman goal	5.4.34	-	6.14.50	05:42
	WCST	Jack Hutchinson behind	5.4.34	-	6.15.51	07:50
	WCST	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	6.16.52	09:19
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan goal	6.4.40	-	6.16.52	11:53
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	7.4.46	-	6.16.52	16:11
	NMLB	Zac Fisher behind	7.5.47	-	6.16.52	19:36
	NMLB	Dylan Stephens behind	7.6.48	-	6.16.52	21:58
	NMLB	Zac Fisher behind	7.7.49	-	6.16.52	23:28
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.7.55	-	6.16.52	27:08
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	8.8.56	-	6.16.52	30:26
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	9.8.62	-	6.16.52	30:52

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