North Melbourne v Melbourne, Round 21 2023
2023 AFLRound 21
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTH | 5.5 35 | 8.8 56 | 9.9 63 | 10.11 71 |
| MEL | 1.3 9 | 8.4 52 | 14.7 91 | 15.13 103 |
Ninja Stadium, HobartOvercast, 15°Lead changes 3
Recap
Melbourne storm back from 33 down to beat North
Melbourne 15.13 (103) beat North 10.11 (71) at Ninja Stadium in Round 21, a 32-point win after trailing by 33.
Alex Neal-Bullen kicked three goals for Melbourne and Kade Chandler three; Eddie Ford kicked three for North.
Lachie Hunter led the way with 33 disposals.
A run of seven straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 23-point deficit into a 21-point lead.
Melbourne won the inside-50 count 69–45 and won the contested ball 148–118.
In context
- Melbourne have now beaten North 5 times in a row.
- North’s 18th loss in a row.
- Melbourne’s 5th win in a row.
- A career-high 10 clearances for Tarryn Thomas (previous best 8).
Best on ground
Melbourne · #12 · 92% game time
- 33
- D
- 0
- G
- 7
- M
- 3
- T
5 clearances · 5 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 113
Brownlow votes2023 count
Score worm
North aheadMelbourne aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 6 goals in a row to NorthQ1 12:51 – Q2 1:06
- Melbourne down by 33Q2 5:35
- 7 goals in a row to MelbourneQ2 26:43 – Q3 20:25
- Melbourne lead by 33Q4 22:29
NorthGoals
- E. Ford 3
- T. Goldstein 2
- P. Curtis 1.2
- N. Larkey 1.2
- B. Scott 1.1
- J. Simpkin 1
- C. Taylor 1
MelbourneGoals
- A. Neal-Bullen 3.1
- K. Chandler 3
- K. Pickett 3
- C. Petracca 2.3
- J. van Rooyen 2.2
- H. Petty 2
- Field umpires
- Alex Whetton, Cameron Jones, Nicholas McGinness, Andrew Heffernan
North MelbourneFinal team
MelbourneFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Melbourne won the inside-50 count 69–45 and won the contested ball 148–118.
NTHAttackMEL
- Inside 50s 69
- Scoring shots 15.1328
- Accuracy 54%
45
2110.11
48%
The ball
- Disposals 404
- Contested possessions 148
- Clearances 41
- Marks 82
- Tackles 54
- Free kicks 19
- Biggest lead 33
352
118
39
77
64
10
33
Disposals
Goals
Marks
Tackles
North Melbourne10.1171
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7J. Ziebell | 32 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12J. Simpkin | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 105 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| 22T. Goldstein | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 | |
| 8B. Scott | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| 26T. Thomas | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 82 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| 9L. Davies-Uniacke | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 82 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5C. Taylor | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 28K. Turner | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 11L. McDonald | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 38T. Xerri | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 21 | |
| 29W. PhillipsInt | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 40E. FordInt | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31J. GoaterInt | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4A. Corr | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13D. Tucker | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23B. McKay | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3H. Sheezel | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34J. Archer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20N. Larkey | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2J. Stephenson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25P. Curtis | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 35C. LazzaroSub | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46R. Hansen JrInt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 352 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 64 | 39 | 1453 | 192 | 160 | 45 | 47 |
Melbourne15.13103
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12L. Hunter | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5C. Petracca | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 108 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| 11M. Gawn | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | |
| 10A. Brayshaw | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 104 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | |
| 30A. Neal-Bullen | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7J. Viney | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 83 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | |
| 23J. JordonInt | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| 37K. ChandlerInt | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3C. Salem | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17J. BoweyInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 36K. Pickett | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24T. Rivers | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2J. van Rooyen | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4J. Harmes | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1S. May | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 32T. Sparrow | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| 15E. Langdon | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8J. Lever | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29J. Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 35H. Petty | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18J. MelkshamInt | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 41J. McVee | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14M. HibberdSub | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 404 | 15 | 8 | 82 | 54 | 41 | 1602 | 208 | 196 | 69 | 37 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterNTH 5.5 (35) · MEL 1.3 (9)
- 0:37BehindP. CurtisNTH0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
- 5:02BehindB. ScottNTH0.2 (2) – 0.0 (0)
- 6:10BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH0.3 (3) – 0.0 (0)
- 7:11GoalK. PickettMELLead change0.3 (3) – 1.0 (6)
- 8:17BehindT. SparrowMEL0.3 (3) – 1.1 (7)
- 12:26RushedNorthNTH0.4 (4) – 1.1 (7)
- 12:51GoalT. GoldsteinNTHLead change1.4 (10) – 1.1 (7)
- 15:26GoalE. FordNTH2.4 (16) – 1.1 (7)
- 17:30GoalE. FordNTH3.4 (22) – 1.1 (7)
- 21:50GoalB. ScottNTH4.4 (28) – 1.1 (7)
- 26:03BehindJ. van RooyenMEL4.4 (28) – 1.2 (8)
- 30:44BehindN. LarkeyNTH4.5 (29) – 1.2 (8)
- 31:15GoalE. FordNTH5.5 (35) – 1.2 (8)
- 34:15BehindC. PetraccaMEL5.5 (35) – 1.3 (9)
Second quarterNTH 3.3 (21) · MEL 7.1 (43)
- 1:06GoalN. LarkeyNTH6.5 (41) – 1.3 (9)
- 5:35BehindR. Hansen JrNTH6.6 (42) – 1.3 (9)
- 8:21GoalK. PickettMEL6.6 (42) – 2.3 (15)
- 12:13GoalH. PettyMEL6.6 (42) – 3.3 (21)
- 14:38BehindJ. StephensonNTH6.7 (43) – 3.3 (21)
- 15:54GoalP. CurtisNTH7.7 (49) – 3.3 (21)
- 17:32GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL7.7 (49) – 4.3 (27)
- 20:02GoalK. ChandlerMEL7.7 (49) – 5.3 (33)
- 21:49BehindN. LarkeyNTH7.8 (50) – 5.3 (33)
- 25:01GoalT. GoldsteinNTH8.8 (56) – 5.3 (33)
- 26:43GoalK. ChandlerMEL8.8 (56) – 6.3 (39)
- 29:40RushedMelbourneMEL8.8 (56) – 6.4 (40)
- 30:41GoalK. PickettMEL8.8 (56) – 7.4 (46)
- 33:00GoalJ. van RooyenMEL8.8 (56) – 8.4 (52)
Third quarterNTH 1.1 (7) · MEL 6.3 (39)
- 3:28RushedMelbourneMEL8.8 (56) – 8.5 (53)
- 6:01RushedMelbourneMEL8.8 (56) – 8.6 (54)
- 10:17GoalH. PettyMELLead change8.8 (56) – 9.6 (60)
- 12:47GoalC. PetraccaMEL8.8 (56) – 10.6 (66)
- 16:30BehindW. PhillipsNTH8.9 (57) – 10.6 (66)
- 19:08GoalC. PetraccaMEL8.9 (57) – 11.6 (72)
- 20:25GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL8.9 (57) – 12.6 (78)
- 24:32GoalJ. SimpkinNTH9.9 (63) – 12.6 (78)
- 26:04GoalJ. van RooyenMEL9.9 (63) – 13.6 (84)
- 28:14GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL9.9 (63) – 14.6 (90)
- 30:06BehindJ. MelkshamMEL9.9 (63) – 14.7 (91)
Last quarterNTH 1.2 (8) · MEL 1.6 (12)
- 0:16BehindJ. StephensonNTH9.10 (64) – 14.7 (91)
- 4:15BehindJ. van RooyenMEL9.10 (64) – 14.8 (92)
- 5:36RushedMelbourneMEL9.10 (64) – 14.9 (93)
- 7:13BehindC. PetraccaMEL9.10 (64) – 14.10 (94)
- 9:11GoalC. TaylorNTH10.10 (70) – 14.10 (94)
- 12:23BehindC. PetraccaMEL10.10 (70) – 14.11 (95)
- 14:12BehindA. Neal-BullenMEL10.10 (70) – 14.12 (96)
- 20:19RushedMelbourneMEL10.10 (70) – 14.13 (97)
- 22:29GoalK. ChandlerMEL10.10 (70) – 15.13 (103)
- 23:38BehindP. CurtisNTH10.11 (71) – 15.13 (103)