North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, Round 5 2025
2025 AFLRound 5
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTH | 3.7 25 | 7.9 51 | 11.9 75 | 13.11 89 |
| GCS | 6.1 37 | 9.5 59 | 14.10 94 | 21.15 141 |
Barossa Park, LyndochSunny, 32°Lead changes 3
Recap
Gold Coast too strong for North
Gold Coast 21.15 (141) beat North 13.11 (89) at Barossa Park in Round 5, a 52-point win.
Gold Coast led at every change.
Ben King kicked five goals for Gold Coast and Ben Long three; Paul Curtis kicked two for North.
Matt Rowell led the way with 26 disposals, a goal and 11 clearances.
A run of five straight goals across the third and last quarters turned a 6-point deficit into a 26-point lead.
Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 65–47 and won the contested ball 141–125.
In context
- Gold Coast’s 5th win in a row, going back to last season.
- A career-high 13 marks for Joel Jeffrey (previous best 12).
Best on ground
Gold Coast · #18 · 81% game time
- 26
- D
- 1
- G
- 1
- M
- 7
- T
11 clearances · 8 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 99
Brownlow votes2025 count
Score worm
North aheadGold Coast aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 4 goals in a row to NorthQ2 10:21 – 27:36
- 5 goals in a row to Gold CoastQ3 22:35 – Q4 0:43
- 4 goals in a row to Gold CoastQ4 6:20 – 20:49
- Gold Coast lead by 52Q4 34:03
NorthGoals
- P. Curtis 2.2
- N. Larkey 2.2
- J. Darling 2.1
- Z. Duursma 2.1
- J. Simpkin 2
- J. Konstanty 1
- H. Sheezel 1
- C. Zurhaar 1
Gold CoastGoals
- B. King 5
- B. Long 3.2
- S. Flanders 2
- J. Jeffrey 1.1
- T. Miller 1.1
- E. Read 1.1
- M. Rowell 1.1
- J. Walter 1.1
- L. Weller 1.1
- B. Ainsworth 1
- W. Graham 1
- N. Holman 1
- J. Noble 1
- J. Rogers 1
- Field umpires
- Jeff Dalgleish, Alex Whetton, Jordan Fry, James Strybos
North MelbourneFinal team
Gold Coast SunsFinal 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.
Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 65–47 and won the contested ball 141–125.
NTHAttackGCS
- Inside 50s 65
- Scoring shots 21.1536
- Accuracy 58%
47
2413.11
54%
The ball
- Disposals 359
- Contested possessions 141
- Clearances 45
- Marks 69
- Tackles 52
- Free kicks 30
- Biggest lead 52
372
125
42
71
58
20
8
North Melbourne13.1189
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12J. Simpkin | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 110 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5C. Daniel | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 98 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9L. Davies-Uniacke | 26 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 106 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
| 3H. Sheezel | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 100 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28J. Darling | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 81 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38T. Xerri | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 33 | |
| 16Z. FisherInt | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24T. Powell | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15D. Stephens | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 44C. Zurhaar | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 26L. ParkerInt | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 69 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13D. Tucker | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 25P. Curtis | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2F. O'Sullivan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4A. Corr | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20N. Larkey | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7Z. DuursmaInt | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11L. McDonald | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30C. Comben | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41J. KonstantyInt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19G. Logue | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10C. McKercher | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17R. HardemanSub | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 372 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 58 | 42 | 1441 | 196 | 176 | 47 | 38 |
Gold Coast Suns21.15141
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18M. Rowell | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 99 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | |
| 40J. JeffreyInt | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 11T. Miller | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 97 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | |
| 15N. Anderson | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 94 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 0 | |
| 22B. Long | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2J. Noble | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 9B. Ainsworth | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28J. Witts | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 85 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 38 | |
| 3S. FlandersInt | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19B. Humphrey | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 68 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20E. Read | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 29J. RogersInt | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34B. King | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27W. Powell | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17D. Rioli | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14L. Weller | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26W. Graham | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25S. Collins | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33S. Clohesy | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1M. Andrew | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4J. WalterInt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7N. HolmanSub | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 32B. Uwland | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 359 | 21 | 12 | 69 | 52 | 45 | 1487 | 200 | 159 | 65 | 46 |
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 3.7 (25) · GCS 6.1 (37)
- 0:27BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
- 1:14GoalB. AinsworthGCSLead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
- 4:43BehindN. LarkeyNTH0.2 (2) – 1.0 (6)
- 5:52RushedNorthNTH0.3 (3) – 1.0 (6)
- 6:58GoalW. GrahamGCS0.3 (3) – 2.0 (12)
- 9:05GoalJ. SimpkinNTH1.3 (9) – 2.0 (12)
- 11:56GoalB. KingGCS1.3 (9) – 3.0 (18)
- 13:17BehindL. WellerGCS1.3 (9) – 3.1 (19)
- 14:01GoalJ. DarlingNTH2.3 (15) – 3.1 (19)
- 15:55BehindJ. DarlingNTH2.4 (16) – 3.1 (19)
- 17:36GoalB. LongGCS2.4 (16) – 4.1 (25)
- 20:14GoalP. CurtisNTH3.4 (22) – 4.1 (25)
- 23:46GoalB. KingGCS3.4 (22) – 5.1 (31)
- 28:38BehindT. PowellNTH3.5 (23) – 5.1 (31)
- 30:33GoalT. MillerGCS3.5 (23) – 6.1 (37)
- 32:54BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH3.6 (24) – 6.1 (37)
- 33:43BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH3.7 (25) – 6.1 (37)
Second quarterNTH 4.2 (26) · GCS 3.4 (22)
- 0:58BehindB. LongGCS3.7 (25) – 6.2 (38)
- 2:34GoalB. LongGCS3.7 (25) – 7.2 (44)
- 3:51GoalS. FlandersGCS3.7 (25) – 8.2 (50)
- 10:21GoalN. LarkeyNTH4.7 (31) – 8.2 (50)
- 13:01GoalZ. DuursmaNTH5.7 (37) – 8.2 (50)
- 15:19BehindZ. DuursmaNTH5.8 (38) – 8.2 (50)
- 17:25GoalH. SheezelNTH6.8 (44) – 8.2 (50)
- 19:06BehindJ. WalterGCS6.8 (44) – 8.3 (51)
- 20:57RushedGold CoastGCS6.8 (44) – 8.4 (52)
- 23:50BehindN. AndersonGCS6.8 (44) – 8.5 (53)
- 25:27BehindP. CurtisNTH6.9 (45) – 8.5 (53)
- 27:36GoalP. CurtisNTH7.9 (51) – 8.5 (53)
- 29:20GoalJ. WalterGCS7.9 (51) – 9.5 (59)
Third quarterNTH 4.0 (24) · GCS 5.5 (35)
- 3:17GoalC. ZurhaarNTH8.9 (57) – 9.5 (59)
- 4:56BehindS. ClohesyGCS8.9 (57) – 9.6 (60)
- 6:23BehindB. LongGCS8.9 (57) – 9.7 (61)
- 7:53GoalZ. DuursmaNTHLead change9.9 (63) – 9.7 (61)
- 13:08GoalJ. KonstantyNTH10.9 (69) – 9.7 (61)
- 14:22BehindM. RowellGCS10.9 (69) – 9.8 (62)
- 17:32GoalB. KingGCS10.9 (69) – 10.8 (68)
- 19:10GoalN. LarkeyNTH11.9 (75) – 10.8 (68)
- 21:52RushedGold CoastGCS11.9 (75) – 10.9 (69)
- 22:35GoalJ. JeffreyGCSLevel11.9 (75) – 11.9 (75)
- 26:22GoalB. KingGCSLead change11.9 (75) – 12.9 (81)
- 32:07BehindJ. JeffreyGCS11.9 (75) – 12.10 (82)
- 33:01GoalL. WellerGCS11.9 (75) – 13.10 (88)
- 34:57GoalM. RowellGCS11.9 (75) – 14.10 (94)
Last quarterNTH 2.2 (14) · GCS 7.5 (47)
- 0:43GoalJ. RogersGCS11.9 (75) – 15.10 (100)
- 2:39BehindD. RioliGCS11.9 (75) – 15.11 (101)
- 4:40GoalJ. DarlingNTH12.9 (81) – 15.11 (101)
- 6:20GoalJ. NobleGCS12.9 (81) – 16.11 (107)
- 8:48RushedGold CoastGCS12.9 (81) – 16.12 (108)
- 13:16BehindT. MillerGCS12.9 (81) – 16.13 (109)
- 14:16GoalS. FlandersGCS12.9 (81) – 17.13 (115)
- 17:14BehindW. PowellGCS12.9 (81) – 17.14 (116)
- 18:15GoalE. ReadGCS12.9 (81) – 18.14 (122)
- 20:49GoalB. KingGCS12.9 (81) – 19.14 (128)
- 23:38BehindP. CurtisNTH12.10 (82) – 19.14 (128)
- 27:28GoalJ. SimpkinNTH13.10 (88) – 19.14 (128)
- 29:16GoalN. HolmanGCS13.10 (88) – 20.14 (134)
- 30:51BehindN. LarkeyNTH13.11 (89) – 20.14 (134)
- 32:58BehindE. ReadGCS13.11 (89) – 20.15 (135)
- 34:03GoalB. LongGCS13.11 (89) – 21.15 (141)