West Coast Eagles v North Melbourne, Round 2 2026
2026 AFLRound 2
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCE | 3.1 19 | 7.6 48 | 15.7 97 | 17.9 111 |
| NTH | 7.1 43 | 9.1 55 | 11.1 67 | 15.4 94 |
Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 31°Lead changes 2
Recap
West Coast storm back from 30 down to beat North
West Coast 17.9 (111) beat North 15.4 (94) at Optus Stadium in Round 2, a 17-point win after trailing by 30.
Jamie Cripps kicked three goals for West Coast and Willem Duursma two; Nick Larkey kicked six for North.
Milan Murdock led the way with 16 disposals, two goals and 10 tackles.
A run of four straight goals in the second quarter cut the deficit from 29 to 1.
West Coast won the inside-50 count 59–48, and North won the clearances 46–37.
In context
- Milestone: Charlie Comben’s 50th game.
- A career-high 11 tackles for Caleb Daniel (previous best 8).
- A career-high 30 disposals for Harley Reid (previous best 29).
Best on ground
West Coast · #47 · 78% game time
- 16
- D
- 2
- G
- 0
- M
- 10
- T
2 clearances · 3 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 88
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
West Coast aheadNorth aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 5 goals in a row to NorthQ1 3:50 – 16:25
- West Coast down by 30Q1 27:46
- 4 goals in a row to West CoastQ2 6:54 – 16:26
- 4 goals in a row to West CoastQ3 2:38 – 10:15
- West Coast lead by 31Q4 0:39
West CoastGoals
- J. Cripps 3.1
- W. Duursma 2.1
- C. Duff-Tytler 2
- M. Murdock 2
- A. Reid 2
- J. Shanahan 2
- E. Yeo 2
- J. Waterman 1.3
- M. Flynn 1
NorthGoals
- N. Larkey 6.1
- P. Curtis 2.1
- C. Zurhaar 2.1
- L. Dovaston 1
- J. Konstanty 1
- L. McDonald 1
- F. O'Sullivan 1
- T. Powell 1
- Venue
- Optus Stadium, Perth
- Field umpires
- Justin Power, Jamie Broadbent, Andrew Heffernan, Andrew Adair
West Coast EaglesFinal team
North 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.
West Coast won the inside-50 count 59–48, and North won the clearances 46–37.
WCEAttackNTH
- Inside 50s 48
- Scoring shots 15.419
- Accuracy 79%
59
2617.9
65%
The ball
- Disposals 368
- Contested possessions 139
- Clearances 46
- Marks 67
- Tackles 71
- Free kicks 25
- Biggest lead 30
356
159
37
67
68
24
31
Disposals
- SheezelNTH39
- Davies-UniackeNTH32
- ReidWCE30
Goals
- LarkeyNTH6.1
- CrippsWCE3.1
- Duff-TytlerWCE2.0
Marks
Tackles
West Coast Eagles17.9111
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47M. Murdock | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 88 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6E. Yeo | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 83 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1W. Duursma | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11T. KellyInt | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| 9H. Reid | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 105 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| 40D. Robertson | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 25M. Flynn | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |
| 17J. Graham | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
| 35J. Shanahan | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18T. McCarthy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 19B. Hough | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 21C. Duff-Tytler | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7R. Ginbey | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22A. ReidInt | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 14L. DugganInt | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15J. CrippsInt | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3L. Baker | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2J. Waterman | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 38H. DavisInt | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26B. Allan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 20T. Young | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 46J. Newton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42H. Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 356 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 68 | 37 | 1476 | 205 | 151 | 59 | 27 |
North Melbourne15.494
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38T. Xerri | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 152 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 43 | |
| 3H. Sheezel | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 125 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5C. Daniel | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 118 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20N. Larkey | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9L. Davies-Uniacke | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 97 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| 24T. Powell | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| 10C. McKercherInt | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| 15D. Stephens | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 30C. Comben | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12J. Simpkin | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26L. Parker | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39T. Blamires | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11L. McDonaldInt | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25P. Curtis | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 47C. Trembath | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2F. O'Sullivan | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7Z. DuursmaInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32T. Pink | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44C. Zurhaar | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 41J. Konstanty | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1L. DovastonInt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 27J. DarlingInt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 19G. Logue | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 368 | 15 | 4 | 67 | 71 | 46 | 1513 | 191 | 177 | 48 | 54 |
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 quarterWCE 3.1 (19) · NTH 7.1 (43)
- 1:26GoalW. DuursmaWCE1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
- 3:50GoalN. LarkeyNTHLevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
- 8:11GoalN. LarkeyNTHLead change1.0 (6) – 2.0 (12)
- 9:41GoalT. PowellNTH1.0 (6) – 3.0 (18)
- 12:18BehindP. CurtisNTH1.0 (6) – 3.1 (19)
- 12:47GoalF. O'SullivanNTH1.0 (6) – 4.1 (25)
- 16:25GoalC. ZurhaarNTH1.0 (6) – 5.1 (31)
- 19:12GoalA. ReidWCE2.0 (12) – 5.1 (31)
- 20:37RushedWest CoastWCE2.1 (13) – 5.1 (31)
- 23:15GoalP. CurtisNTH2.1 (13) – 6.1 (37)
- 27:46GoalN. LarkeyNTH2.1 (13) – 7.1 (43)
- 30:50GoalC. Duff-TytlerWCE3.1 (19) – 7.1 (43)
Second quarterWCE 4.5 (29) · NTH 2.0 (12)
- 1:04GoalC. ZurhaarNTH3.1 (19) – 8.1 (49)
- 3:57BehindJ. WatermanWCE3.2 (20) – 8.1 (49)
- 6:54GoalM. MurdockWCE4.2 (26) – 8.1 (49)
- 8:44GoalJ. CrippsWCE5.2 (32) – 8.1 (49)
- 10:06GoalJ. CrippsWCE6.2 (38) – 8.1 (49)
- 14:01BehindJ. NewtonWCE6.3 (39) – 8.1 (49)
- 15:20BehindH. ReidWCE6.4 (40) – 8.1 (49)
- 16:26GoalA. ReidWCE7.4 (46) – 8.1 (49)
- 19:16BehindW. DuursmaWCE7.5 (47) – 8.1 (49)
- 23:29BehindH. ReidWCE7.6 (48) – 8.1 (49)
- 28:32GoalN. LarkeyNTH7.6 (48) – 9.1 (55)
Third quarterWCE 8.1 (49) · NTH 2.0 (12)
- 2:38GoalC. Duff-TytlerWCE8.6 (54) – 9.1 (55)
- 4:09GoalJ. CrippsWCELead change9.6 (60) – 9.1 (55)
- 7:29GoalJ. ShanahanWCE10.6 (66) – 9.1 (55)
- 10:15GoalE. YeoWCE11.6 (72) – 9.1 (55)
- 13:09GoalL. DovastonNTH11.6 (72) – 10.1 (61)
- 18:13BehindJ. WatermanWCE11.7 (73) – 10.1 (61)
- 18:35GoalW. DuursmaWCE12.7 (79) – 10.1 (61)
- 22:16GoalP. CurtisNTH12.7 (79) – 11.1 (67)
- 27:02GoalJ. ShanahanWCE13.7 (85) – 11.1 (67)
- 28:28GoalM. FlynnWCE14.7 (91) – 11.1 (67)
- 35:12GoalE. YeoWCE15.7 (97) – 11.1 (67)
Last quarterWCE 2.2 (14) · NTH 4.3 (27)
- 0:39BehindJ. CrippsWCE15.8 (98) – 11.1 (67)
- 2:32GoalL. McDonaldNTH15.8 (98) – 12.1 (73)
- 4:52BehindN. LarkeyNTH15.8 (98) – 12.2 (74)
- 7:07GoalN. LarkeyNTH15.8 (98) – 13.2 (80)
- 8:58BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH15.8 (98) – 13.3 (81)
- 10:06GoalN. LarkeyNTH15.8 (98) – 14.3 (87)
- 13:41GoalJ. WatermanWCE16.8 (104) – 14.3 (87)
- 15:42BehindC. ZurhaarNTH16.8 (104) – 14.4 (88)
- 18:20BehindJ. WatermanWCE16.9 (105) – 14.4 (88)
- 21:03GoalM. MurdockWCE17.9 (111) – 14.4 (88)
- 22:55GoalJ. KonstantyNTH17.9 (111) – 15.4 (94)