2026 AFL Season Round 3: West Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2026 between West Coast and North Melbourne during round three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted North Melbourne at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Nick Larkey captained the visitors with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

West Coast (17.9.111) defeated North Melbourne (15.4.94).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: West Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 47,083

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.9.111 - 15.4.94

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	3	.	1	7	.	6	15	.	7	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
North Melbourne	7	.	1	9	.	1	11	.	1	15	.	4	15	.	4	(94)
Margin	NMLB by 24			NMLB by 7			WCST by 30			WCST by 17			WCST by 17
Duration	34:31			33:55			35:15			30:13			2:13:54

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	3
Harley Reid	WCST	9	2
Nick Larkey	NMLB	20	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Allan, Bo	HBFL	87%	0	0	17	10	7	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	3
3	Baker, Liam	HBFR	82%	0	0	19	10	9	1	0	3	1	6	1	2	3	3
15	Cripps, Jamie	INT	73%	3	1	10	6	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	4
38	Davis, Hamish	INT	88%	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	2	0	5	1	2	0	1
21	Duff-Tytler, Cooper	FPL	77%	2	0	12	5	7	2	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	1
14	Duggan, Liam	INT	85%	0	0	19	13	6	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	1
1	Duursma, Willem	HFFR	83%	2	1	15	9	6	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
42	Edwards, Harry	CHB	16%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	71%	1	0	12	7	5	1	17	7	3	3	1	1	2	0
7	Ginbey, Reuben	BPL	94%	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	2
17	Graham, Jack	WL	83%	0	0	23	11	12	1	0	7	4	4	2	3	1	6
19	Hough, Brady	BPR	85%	0	0	17	12	5	7	0	4	1	2	2	1	3	4
11	Kelly, Tim	INT	72%	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	6	4	2	1	1	1	7
18	McCarthy, Tom	RO	84%	0	0	18	12	6	6	0	3	2	2	1	1	2	4
47	Murdock, Milan	FPR	78%	2	0	16	7	9	0	0	10	2	2	0	1	0	3
46	Newton, Jacob	HFFL	71%	0	1	6	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
22	Reid, Archer	INT	69%	2	0	9	6	3	4	5	0	2	3	1	1	0	1
9	Reid, Harley	RR	85%	0	2	30	15	15	4	0	5	3	9	5	3	1	4
40	Robertson, Deven	WR	81%	0	0	26	12	14	3	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	5
35	Shanahan, Jobe	CHF	86%	2	0	14	10	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1
2	Waterman, Jake	FF	94%	1	3	14	11	3	6	0	2	0	3	1	2	3	1
6	Yeo, Elliot	C	78%	2	0	19	10	9	2	0	6	3	5	2	3	0	5
20	Young, Tylar	FB	80%	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				17	9	356	205	151	67	27	68	37	65	24	25	32	59

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Blamires, Tom	HBFR	82%	0	0	16	5	11	0	0	6	2	1	2	1	3	1
30	Comben, Charlie	BPR	100%	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	5	1	4	0	2	3	0
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	82%	2	1	12	7	5	4	0	2	2	5	2	3	0	4
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	87%	0	0	25	13	12	3	0	11	4	0	2	0	5	2
27	Darling, Jack	INT	70%	0	0	5	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	86%	0	1	32	11	21	3	0	4	6	4	2	2	0	6
1	Dovaston, Lachy	INT	59%	1	0	8	3	5	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	64%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	HFFR	74%	1	0	9	3	6	2	0	3	1	5	0	2	0	0
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	92%	6	1	10	8	2	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	1%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	McDonald, Luke	INT	84%	1	0	12	10	2	3	0	3	1	2	1	1	5	1
10	McKercher, Colby	INT	71%	0	0	20	13	7	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	5
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFL	78%	1	0	18	8	10	2	0	1	3	6	0	4	1	3
26	Parker, Luke	FPR	85%	0	0	22	10	12	4	0	1	1	4	0	1	4	1
32	Pink, Toby	BPL	100%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
24	Powell, Tom	C	73%	1	0	23	11	12	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	5
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	85%	0	0	39	21	18	3	0	4	8	3	1	0	1	5
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	87%	0	0	23	15	8	6	0	2	1	6	1	3	3	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	89%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	3	1	2	0	1	2	3
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	84%	0	0	7	4	3	4	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	84%	0	0	25	9	16	4	43	9	7	3	5	1	2	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	84%	2	1	11	6	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				15	4	368	191	177	67	54	71	46	57	25	24	40	48

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

West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	32	T. Pink	19	G. Logue	30	C. Comben	25	M. Flynn	15	J. Cripps
	47	M. Murdock	2	J. Waterman	21	C. Duff-Tytler	9	H. Reid	38	H. Davis
FORWARD							18	T. McCarthy	14	L. Duggan
HALF-BACK									11	T. Kelly
	2	F. O'Sullivan	5	C. Daniel	39	T. Blamires			22	A. Reid
	1	W. Duursma	35	J. Shanahan	46	J. Newton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	J. Simpkin	24	T. Powell	15	D. Stephens
	40	D. Robertson	6	E. Yeo	17	J. Graham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	27	J. Darling
HALF-FORWARD							9	L. Davies-Uniacke	1	L. Dovaston
	25	P. Curtis	47	C. Trembath	41	J. Konstanty	3	H. Sheezel (vc)	7	Z. Duursma
	3	L. Baker	42	H. Edwards	26	B. Allan			11	L. McDonald
HALF-BACK									10	C. McKercher
FORWARD
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey (c)	26	L. Parker
	19	B. Hough	20	T. Young	7	R. Ginbey
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Willem Duursma goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:26
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:50
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	08:11
	NMLB	Tom Powell goal	1.0.6	-	3.0.18	09:41
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	1.0.6	-	3.1.19	12:18
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan goal	1.0.6	-	4.1.25	12:47
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	1.0.6	-	5.1.31	16:25
	WCST	Archer Reid goal	2.0.12	-	5.1.31	19:12
	WCST	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	5.1.31	20:37
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	2.1.13	-	6.1.37	23:15
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	2.1.13	-	7.1.43	27:46
	WCST	Cooper Duff-Tytler goal	3.1.19	-	7.1.43	30:50
Q2	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	3.1.19	-	8.1.49	01:04
	WCST	Jake Waterman behind	3.2.20	-	8.1.49	03:57
	WCST	Milan Murdock goal	4.2.26	-	8.1.49	06:54
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	5.2.32	-	8.1.49	08:44
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	6.2.38	-	8.1.49	10:06
	WCST	Jacob Newton behind	6.3.39	-	8.1.49	14:01
	WCST	Harley Reid behind	6.4.40	-	8.1.49	15:20
	WCST	Archer Reid goal	7.4.46	-	8.1.49	16:26
	WCST	Willem Duursma behind	7.5.47	-	8.1.49	19:16
	WCST	Harley Reid behind	7.6.48	-	8.1.49	23:29
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	7.6.48	-	9.1.55	28:32
Q3	WCST	Cooper Duff-Tytler goal	8.6.54	-	9.1.55	02:38
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	9.6.60	-	9.1.55	04:09
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	10.6.66	-	9.1.55	07:29
	WCST	Elliot Yeo goal	11.6.72	-	9.1.55	10:15
	NMLB	Lachy Dovaston goal	11.6.72	-	10.1.61	13:09
	WCST	Jake Waterman behind	11.7.73	-	10.1.61	18:13
	WCST	Willem Duursma goal	12.7.79	-	10.1.61	18:35
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	12.7.79	-	11.1.67	22:16
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	13.7.85	-	11.1.67	27:02
	WCST	Matt Flynn goal	14.7.91	-	11.1.67	28:28
	WCST	Elliot Yeo goal	15.7.97	-	11.1.67	35:12
Q4	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	15.8.98	-	11.1.67	00:39
	NMLB	Luke McDonald goal	15.8.98	-	12.1.73	02:32
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	15.8.98	-	12.2.74	04:52
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	15.8.98	-	13.2.80	07:07
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	15.8.98	-	13.3.81	08:58
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	15.8.98	-	14.3.87	10:06
	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	16.8.104	-	14.3.87	13:41
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	16.8.104	-	14.4.88	15:42
	WCST	Jake Waterman behind	16.9.105	-	14.4.88	18:20
	WCST	Milan Murdock goal	17.9.111	-	14.4.88	21:03
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	17.9.111	-	15.4.94	22:55

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