2025 AFL Season Round 20: Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2025 between Sydney and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at the SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts. Jy Simpkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Sydney (12.12.84) defeated North Melbourne (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 31,909

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. North Melbourne
Score: 12.12.84 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	3	.	3	7	.	5	7	.	9	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
North Melbourne	2	.	3	4	.	5	5	.	9	7	.	11	7	.	11	(53)
Margin	SYDN by 6			SYDN by 18			SYDN by 12			SYDN by 31			SYDN by 31
Duration	31:02			33:20			32:07			32:00			2:08:29

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: Dean Cox

North Melbourne

Captain: Jy Simpkin
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	3
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	2
Nick Blakey	SYDN	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Bice, Riley	INT↓	52%	0	1	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	92%	0	0	29	24	5	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	8	4
39	Buller, Jack	INT	68%	2	0	10	7	3	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1
16	Campbell, Braeden	FPL	83%	1	0	12	5	7	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
7	Cunningham, Harry	BPR	89%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	74%	0	0	22	10	12	2	62	3	11	8	4	3	3	1
21	Gulden, Errol	RO	88%	1	0	20	12	8	6	0	4	0	3	0	2	2	2
29	Hamling, Joel	INT	87%	0	0	7	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	Hayward, Will	CHF	86%	0	1	15	10	5	6	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	3
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	81%	5	1	34	22	12	8	0	5	13	3	4	1	0	9
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	77%	0	2	13	8	5	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	0	4
19	Ladhams, Peter	SUB↑	25%	0	0	4	1	3	1	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
44	Lloyd, Jake	WR	85%	0	0	14	8	6	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
27	McInerney, Justin	FPR	82%	1	1	22	15	7	6	0	4	5	3	2	1	1	7
2	McLean, Hayden	FF	83%	1	0	12	9	3	6	9	0	2	2	3	1	0	2
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	85%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	0
14	Mills, Callum (c)	HBFL	81%	0	0	28	14	14	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
24	Rampe, Dane	FB	75%	0	0	9	4	5	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1
34	Roberts, Matt	WL	84%	0	1	17	14	3	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
8	Rowbottom, James	HFFL	81%	0	2	17	10	7	2	0	7	5	4	0	2	2	3
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	68%	0	0	19	4	15	0	0	5	5	5	0	2	2	2
1	Warner, Chad	C	84%	1	3	26	11	15	6	0	4	4	2	1	0	1	6
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	91%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				12	12	371	222	149	114	80	61	52	46	23	16	37	50

P. Ladhams replaced R. Bice.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	SUB↑	57%	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21	Coleman-Jones, Callum	RU↓	16%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	89%	0	2	7	4	3	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	75%	0	1	6	5	1	3	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	80%	0	0	27	9	18	4	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	0
28	Darling, Jack	FF	80%	1	0	8	8	0	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	84%	0	0	26	12	14	5	0	3	5	6	4	0	1	6
18	Dawson, Wil	CHF	85%	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL	83%	0	0	18	11	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3
37	Harvey, Cooper	WL	64%	2	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT	77%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	6	1	1	0	1	0	3
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	91%	0	0	17	11	6	7	0	4	1	2	0	0	5	2
10	McKercher, Colby	WR	89%	1	0	22	13	9	3	0	2	1	6	0	2	3	2
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFR	91%	0	0	20	11	9	9	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	0
26	Parker, Luke	RR	77%	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
29	Phillips, Will	INT	66%	0	0	17	3	14	3	0	7	4	3	0	1	1	2
32	Pink, Toby	FB	98%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	87%	0	0	24	8	16	3	0	5	7	4	2	2	0	2
3	Sheezel, Harry	RO	87%	1	2	27	13	14	5	0	5	0	3	1	3	4	2
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	HFFR	88%	1	0	28	26	2	9	0	3	2	6	0	2	4	9
15	Stephens, Dylan	INT	86%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1
43	Teakle, Brynn	INT	70%	1	0	17	14	3	5	5	6	5	4	3	2	2	4
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	83%	0	1	12	7	5	2	0	3	2	3	3	1	0	2
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				7	11	325	180	145	86	10	69	37	57	16	23	38	46

Z. Banch replaced C. Coleman-Jones.

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

Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	30	C. Comben	32	T. Pink	19	G. Logue	4	B. Grundy	26	R. Bice
	27	J. McInerney	2	H. McLean	16	B. Campbell	5	I. Heeney	39	J. Buller
FORWARD							21	E. Gulden	29	J. Hamling
HALF-BACK									12	A. Sheldrick
	17	R. Hardeman	5	C. Daniel	2	F. O'Sullivan			19	P. Ladhams
	17	J. Jordon	9	W. Hayward	8	J. Rowbottom
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	37	C. Harvey	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	10	C. McKercher
	44	J. Lloyd	1	C. Warner	34	M. Roberts	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							21	C. Coleman-Jones	41	J. Konstanty
HALF-FORWARD							26	L. Parker	29	W. Phillips
	24	T. Powell	18	W. Dawson	12	J. Simpkin (c)	3	H. Sheezel	15	D. Stephens
	15	S. Wicks	22	N. Blakey	14	C. Mills (c)			43	B. Teakle
HALF-BACK									45	Z. Banch
FORWARD
	25	P. Curtis	28	J. Darling	44	C. Zurhaar
	7	H. Cunningham	24	D. Rampe	43	L. Melican
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:55
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	05:48
	NMLB	Brynn Teakle goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	07:41
	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	09:28
	SYDN	James Jordon behind	3.1.19	-	1.0.6	12:50
	SYDN	Will Hayward behind	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	15:27
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	17:25
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	18:37
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	3.3.21	-	2.1.13	21:17
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	3.3.21	-	2.2.14	28:46
	NMLB	Charlie Comben behind	3.3.21	-	2.3.15	30:58
Q2	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	3.3.21	-	3.3.21	02:19
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	03:27
	SYDN	James Jordon behind	3.4.22	-	3.4.22	06:18
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	4.4.28	-	3.4.22	09:28
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	10:59
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	17:18
	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	6.4.40	-	4.4.28	19:32
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.4.40	-	4.5.29	22:20
	SYDN	Riley Bice behind	6.5.41	-	4.5.29	26:58
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	7.5.47	-	4.5.29	30:12
Q3	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.5.47	-	4.6.30	00:25
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	7.6.48	-	4.6.30	04:44
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	7.7.49	-	4.6.30	11:56
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	7.7.49	-	5.6.36	13:07
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	7.8.50	-	5.6.36	17:03
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	7.9.51	-	5.6.36	19:07
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	5.7.37	22:01
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	7.9.51	-	5.8.38	23:22
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	5.9.39	27:41
Q4	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	8.9.57	-	5.9.39	00:34
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	8.10.58	-	5.9.39	04:09
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	9.10.64	-	5.9.39	05:04
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	10.10.70	-	5.9.39	10:36
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	11.10.76	-	5.9.39	13:51
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	11.10.76	-	6.9.45	15:38
	NMLB	Charlie Comben behind	11.10.76	-	6.10.46	19:33
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	11.11.77	-	6.10.46	21:10
	NMLB	Colby McKercher goal	11.11.77	-	7.10.52	22:32
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	12.11.83	-	7.10.52	24:26
	SYDN	Matt Roberts behind	12.12.84	-	7.10.52	27:44
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	12.12.84	-	7.11.53	29:09

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