2026 AFL Season Round 12: North Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2026 between North Melbourne and Gold Coast during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

North Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Gold Coast (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 23 May 2026
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 16,260

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.9.111 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	1	6	.	1	10	.	5	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
Gold Coast	7	.	0	12	.	3	13	.	7	16	.	9	16	.	9	(105)
Margin	GCST by 17			GCST by 38			GCST by 20			NMLB by 6			NMLB by 6
Duration	33:27			32:16			30:17			33:05			2:09:05

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 (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	3
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	2
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	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	BPR	92%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	1
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	78%	2	2	12	9	3	4	0	5	6	2	1	1	1	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	78%	0	0	24	16	8	4	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	3
27	Darling, Jack	INT	61%	3	1	12	10	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	78%	1	0	30	16	14	7	0	8	7	6	0	3	1	7
18	Dawson, Wil	INT	50%	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Duursma, Zane	FPR	76%	1	0	9	4	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	INT	78%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	3
41	Konstanty, Jacob	HFFR	79%	2	0	12	7	5	4	0	6	1	2	1	1	0	1
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	88%	2	0	8	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	91%	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1
11	McDonald, Luke	BPL	85%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	1
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFL	83%	0	0	18	12	6	1	0	3	2	4	0	2	5	4
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	C	84%	0	1	26	10	16	9	0	6	4	1	1	0	0	6
26	Parker, Luke	HBFR	82%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	4	2	3	0	0	3	4
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	84%	0	1	32	16	16	6	0	6	6	3	1	1	1	7
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	91%	1	0	29	17	12	9	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	3
13	Spargo, Charlie	INT	83%	1	0	14	6	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	83%	0	0	13	5	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	77%	2	0	6	4	2	3	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	60%	0	0	19	7	12	1	0	5	3	6	1	3	1	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	66%	1	0	12	4	8	5	23	8	2	2	2	2	2	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	73%	1	1	15	11	4	6	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				17	9	354	196	158	97	30	66	41	48	17	22	36	54

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	BPL	75%	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	4	0	2	1	2	2	0
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RR	88%	1	0	31	23	8	5	0	3	7	2	0	1	4	8
1	Andrew, Mac	BPR	89%	0	0	12	6	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0
33	Clohesy, Sam	WL	62%	0	1	11	5	6	3	0	4	1	2	0	1	0	1
25	Collins, Sam	FB	97%	0	0	15	9	6	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
39	Gulbin, Lachlan	CHF	73%	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2
7	Holman, Nick	INT	71%	0	0	6	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFL	85%	1	1	13	9	4	5	0	5	2	1	1	1	1	4
16	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	62%	0	0	14	12	2	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	3
34	King, Ben	FF	86%	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1
8	Lombard, Leo	INT	65%	0	1	12	6	6	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	2
22	Long, Ben	FPR	77%	2	1	12	9	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
11	Miller, Touk	HFFR	83%	1	0	22	8	14	4	0	4	5	3	0	2	0	2
23	Moyle, Ned	RU	68%	1	1	8	4	4	3	27	3	0	3	0	1	0	1
2	Noble, John	WR	87%	1	0	17	10	7	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	5	1
3	Petracca, Christian	C	82%	1	0	28	15	13	4	0	4	8	2	2	0	0	6
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	80%	1	0	16	9	7	6	0	1	2	2	0	1	3	2
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	86%	0	0	17	9	8	6	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	1
18	Rowell, Matt	RO	82%	1	0	31	19	12	1	0	7	14	2	5	1	1	8
6	Uwland, Bodhi	HBFL	80%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
32	Uwland, Zeke	INT	76%	1	0	12	11	1	4	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	4
4	Walter, Jed	FPL	86%	3	1	6	4	2	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	0
28	Witts, Jarrod	INT	60%	0	0	7	5	2	2	38	1	2	2	2	2	0	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				16	9	324	193	131	86	65	59	44	40	22	17	35	53

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
	48	O. Adams	25	S. Collins	1	M. Andrew	38	T. Xerri	27	J. Darling
	7	Z. Duursma	20	N. Larkey (c)	44	C. Zurhaar	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	18	W. Dawson
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel (vc)	17	R. Hardeman
HALF-BACK									13	C. Spargo
	6	B. Uwland	27	W. Powell	17	D. Rioli			6	G. Wardlaw
	41	J. Konstanty	47	C. Trembath	25	P. Curtis
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	S. Clohesy	3	C. Petracca	2	J. Noble
	15	D. Stephens	2	F. O'Sullivan	12	J. Simpkin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	N. Moyle	7	N. Holman
HALF-FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	16	J. Jeffrey
	19	B. Humphrey	39	L. Gulbin	11	T. Miller	18	M. Rowell	8	L. Lombard
	26	L. Parker	5	C. Daniel	10	C. McKercher			32	Z. Uwland
HALF-BACK									28	J. Witts
FORWARD
	4	J. Walter	34	B. King	22	B. Long
	30	C. Comben	19	G. Logue	11	L. McDonald
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Wil Powell goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:24
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	04:39
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	0.0.0	-	3.0.18	10:18
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	1.0.6	-	3.0.18	12:23
	GCST	Ben King goal	1.0.6	-	4.0.24	14:07
	GCST	Lachlan Gulbin goal	1.0.6	-	5.0.30	19:26
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	2.0.12	-	5.0.30	20:32
	GCST	Ben Long goal	2.0.12	-	6.0.36	21:36
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	2.1.13	-	6.0.36	25:16
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	3.1.19	-	6.0.36	26:40
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	4.1.25	-	6.0.36	31:40
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	4.1.25	-	7.0.42	33:23
Q2	GCST	John Noble goal	4.1.25	-	8.0.48	01:17
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	5.1.31	-	8.0.48	04:12
	GCST	Rushed behind	5.1.31	-	8.1.49	05:51
	GCST	Matt Rowell goal	5.1.31	-	9.1.55	08:32
	GCST	Jed Walter behind	5.1.31	-	9.2.56	11:22
	GCST	Jed Walter goal	5.1.31	-	10.2.62	12:58
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	5.1.31	-	11.2.68	18:50
	GCST	Ned Moyle goal	5.1.31	-	12.2.74	20:42
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty goal	6.1.37	-	12.2.74	23:17
	GCST	Ned Moyle behind	6.1.37	-	12.3.75	30:05
Q3	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.2.38	-	12.3.75	01:44
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	7.2.44	-	12.3.75	03:36
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	8.2.50	-	12.3.75	06:55
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	8.2.50	-	13.3.81	10:05
	GCST	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	13.4.82	13:15
	GCST	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	13.5.83	13:50
	NMLB	Rushed behind	8.3.51	-	13.5.83	16:32
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	9.3.57	-	13.5.83	20:30
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	13.5.83	23:16
	GCST	Leo Lombard behind	9.4.58	-	13.6.84	24:41
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	10.4.64	-	13.6.84	25:43
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	10.4.64	-	13.7.85	27:03
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	10.5.65	-	13.7.85	29:00
Q4	GCST	Zeke Uwland goal	10.5.65	-	14.7.91	01:10
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	11.5.71	-	14.7.91	04:43
	GCST	Christian Petracca goal	11.5.71	-	15.7.97	06:56
	NMLB	Tristan Xerri goal	12.5.77	-	15.7.97	08:59
	GCST	Sam Clohesy behind	12.5.77	-	15.8.98	10:38
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	13.5.83	-	15.8.98	11:40
	GCST	Ben Long goal	13.5.83	-	16.8.104	13:10
	GCST	Ben Long behind	13.5.83	-	16.9.105	14:56
	NMLB	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	16.9.105	15:40
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel behind	13.7.85	-	16.9.105	17:08
	NMLB	Zane Duursma goal	14.7.91	-	16.9.105	19:17
	NMLB	Paul Curtis behind	14.8.92	-	16.9.105	22:39
	NMLB	Charlie Spargo goal	15.8.98	-	16.9.105	25:24
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan behind	15.9.99	-	16.9.105	26:32
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	16.9.105	-	16.9.105	30:34
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	17.9.111	-	16.9.105	32:54

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