2025 AFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2025 between North Melbourne and Fremantle during round 15 of the 2025 AFL season. North Melbourne "hosted" Fremantle at Optus Stadium. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

North Melbourne
Back: K. Dawson, T. Pink, G. Logue
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: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: T. Xerri, L. Parker, H. Sheezel
Int.: Z. Fisher, R. Hardeman, J. Konstanty, G. Wardlaw
Sub.: R. Hansen

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, J. Draper, B. Cox
Half-back: H. Chapman, K. Worner, J. Clark
Centre: J. Sharp, S. Bolton, M. Johnson
Half-forward: M. Frederick, S. Switkowski, M. Reid
Forward: P. Voss, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: L. Jackson, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, S. Darcy, N. Erasmus, C. Wagner
Sub.: N. Fyfe

North Melbourne (10.7.67) were defeated by Fremantle (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Larkey (3), L. Parker (2), J. Darling, L. Davies-Uniacke, Z. Fisher, J. Konstanty, H. Sheezel
Fremantle: P. Voss (3), L. Jackson (2), S. Bolton, M. Reid, C. Serong, S. Switkowski, C. Wagner

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 14 June 2025
Time: 5:35 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 31,408

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 10.7.67 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Fremantle 2 . 5 7 . 6 9 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin NMLB by 2 FREM by 21 FREM by 22 FREM by 6 FREM by 6
Duration 31:55 30:57 30:37 32:59 2:06:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), unknown (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Serong FREM 3 3
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 80% 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 9 2 3 1 1 0 3
5 Daniel, Caleb CHB 83% 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0
28 Darling, Jack FF 77% 1 0 9 6 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 87% 1 0 27 11 16 0 0 5 6 8 1 6 0 5
42 Dawson, Kallan BPL↓ 57% 0 0 8 3 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
16 Fisher, Zac INT 71% 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 1
46 Hansen, Robert SUB↑ 30% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
17 Hardeman, Riley INT 72% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 2
41 Konstanty, Jacob INT 62% 1 0 12 7 5 0 0 5 1 6 2 2 0 3
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 96% 3 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 0
19 Logue, Griffin BPR 94% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFR 94% 0 0 27 19 8 8 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 4
10 McKercher, Colby HFFR 82% 0 0 27 24 3 2 0 1 0 7 0 1 3 3
2 O'Sullivan, Finn HBFL 75% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 1 0 4 1 2 3 0
26 Parker, Luke RR 80% 2 0 20 17 3 4 0 3 7 4 1 3 0 7
32 Pink, Toby FB 100% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 2
24 Powell, Tom HFFL 80% 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 3 7 2 0 1 2 5
3 Sheezel, Harry RO 83% 1 0 32 15 17 9 0 6 3 9 1 2 3 7
12 Simpkin, Jy (c) WR 87% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1
15 Stephens, Dylan WL 83% 0 1 27 12 15 2 0 3 0 5 1 0 2 3
6 Wardlaw, George INT 61% 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 6 6 3 2 1 0 6
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 88% 0 0 13 3 10 2 36 7 6 4 0 2 1 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 77% 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 7 373 221 152 72 37 77 41 74 23 25 37 60

R. Hansen replaced K. Dawson.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 86% 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 75% 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 5 0
15 Bolton, Shai C 85% 1 0 21 13 8 0 0 1 2 5 0 2 1 4
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 85% 0 1 31 18 13 6 0 9 9 7 4 1 5 6
5 Chapman, Heath HBFL 83% 0 0 13 5 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 91% 0 0 26 19 7 5 0 3 2 7 2 1 8 3
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 96% 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 0
4 Darcy, Sean INT 61% 0 0 7 3 4 2 23 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
37 Draper, Josh FB 74% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 0
28 Erasmus, Neil INT↓ 44% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 3 1
32 Frederick, Michael HFFL 81% 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
7 Fyfe, Nat SUB↑ 28% 0 0 9 0 9 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 1
9 Jackson, Luke RU 85% 2 0 15 7 8 3 17 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
44 Johnson, Matthew WR 80% 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2
16 Reid, Murphy HFFR 81% 1 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 95% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 6 0 1 1 1 4 0
3 Serong, Caleb RR 87% 1 0 36 19 17 2 0 10 8 5 3 0 3 6
14 Sharp, Jeremy WL 87% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 0
39 Switkowski, Sam CHF 66% 1 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6
35 Treacy, Josh FF 88% 0 2 14 12 2 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 86% 3 2 11 9 2 2 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 1
34 Wagner, Corey INT 70% 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 2 3
23 Worner, Karl CHB 85% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 3 0
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 10 13 348 198 150 73 40 66 37 65 25 23 49 48

N. Fyfe replaced N. Erasmus.

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
13 L. Ryan 37 J. Draper 36 B. Cox 38 T. Xerri 16 Z. Fisher
44 C. Zurhaar 28 J. Darling 25 P. Curtis 26 L. Parker 17 R. Hardeman
FORWARD 3 H. Sheezel 41 J. Konstanty
HALF-BACK

6 G. Wardlaw
5 H. Chapman 23 K. Worner 6 J. Clark

46 R. Hansen
10 C. McKercher 20 N. Larkey 24 T. Powell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Sharp 15 S. Bolton 44 M. Johnson



12 J. Simpkin (c) 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 15 D. Stephens FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 4 S. Darcy
32 M. Frederick 39 S. Switkowski 16 M. Reid 8 A. Brayshaw 28 N. Erasmus
11 L. McDonald 5 C. Daniel 2 F. O'Sullivan

34 C. Wagner
HALF-BACK

7 N. Fyfe
FORWARD



20 P. Voss 35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss



19 G. Logue 32 T. Pink 42 K. Dawson



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Patrick Voss behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:04
FREM Michael Frederick behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 09:52
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 11:33
NMLB Zac Fisher goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 13:51
FREM Patrick Voss goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 16:59
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 19:33
FREM Shai Bolton goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 21:08
FREM Jye Amiss behind 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 25:13
FREM Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 2.4.16 26:13
NMLB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 29:09
FREM Josh Treacy behind 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 31:51
Q2 FREM Josh Treacy behind 3.1.19 - 2.6.18 04:02
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 4.1.25 - 2.6.18 05:57
FREM Luke Jackson goal 4.1.25 - 3.6.24 09:07
NMLB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.6.24 17:05
FREM Murphy Reid goal 4.2.26 - 4.6.30 20:21
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.2.26 - 5.6.36 21:44
FREM Corey Wagner goal 4.2.26 - 6.6.42 22:44
NMLB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 24:13
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.3.27 - 7.6.48 25:00
Q3 NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 4.4.28 - 7.6.48 00:48
FREM Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 7.7.49 07:11
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 4.5.29 - 7.7.49 10:58
FREM Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 7.8.50 14:53
FREM Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 7.9.51 18:34
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 4.5.29 - 8.9.57 22:44
NMLB Luke Parker goal 5.5.35 - 8.9.57 24:52
FREM Caleb Serong goal 5.5.35 - 9.9.63 28:16
NMLB Jack Darling goal 6.5.41 - 9.9.63 30:33
Q4 FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 6.5.41 - 9.10.64 00:27
NMLB Jacob Konstanty goal 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 02:35
FREM Jye Amiss behind 7.5.47 - 9.11.65 04:13
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 8.5.53 - 9.11.65 06:00
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 9.5.59 - 9.11.65 09:02
FREM Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 9.12.66 10:16
NMLB Luke Parker goal 10.5.65 - 9.12.66 10:52
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 10.6.66 - 9.12.66 19:12
FREM Patrick Voss behind 10.6.66 - 9.13.67 21:33
FREM Luke Jackson goal 10.6.66 - 10.13.73 26:58
NMLB Dylan Stephens behind 10.7.67 - 10.13.73 29:29