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| Round: 14 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 30-06-2013 3:20 pm Crowd: 15,438 | |||||
| North Melbourne | 8.3.51 | 12.6.78 | 15.10.100 | 19.16.130 | C: Brad Scott |
| Greater Western Sydney | 1.3.9 | 5.3.33 | 6.6.42 | 6.8.44 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| NM by 42 | NM by 45 | NM by 58 | NM by 86 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Brent Harvey (NM) | 2 Drew Petrie (NM) | 1 Sam Gibson (NM) |
Match Report
North Melbourne has overcome GWS and some unusual tactics employed by Giants coach Kevin Sheedy to record a big 86-point win at Docklands stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Kangaroos blew the Giants away with an eight-goal-to-one first quarter, and in the face of the onslaught, GWS coach Kevin Sheedy threw extra numbers into defence to try and stem the flow. The move brought some success in the second term, with the Giants scoring four goals and restricting North Melbourne to four also.
Sheedy then took the tactic even further in the second half, and at most stages after the long break the Giants had an amazing 10 players line up in defence. It was ultimately an unsuccessful ploy, as although North Melbourne only scored 7.10 in the second half, Greater Western Sydney could only cobble together 1.5. Sheedy's tactics brought criticism from some sections of the footballing fraternity after the match.
North's best were Lachie Hansen (24 possessions), Scott Thompson (28 touches) and veteran Brent Harvey, who kicked 3.2 and had 24 disposals. GWS were well served by co-captain Tom Scully (20 disposals), Adam Treloar (24 possessions) and Toby Greene (25 disposals).
Despite the win the Kangaroos are still three games outside of the eight with little hope of finals action. They will Richmond, Brisbane, Carlton and Melbourne over the next four weeks. The Giants will give themselves some hope of recording their first victory when they take on the embattled Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval next Saturday.
GOALS
North Melbourne: Petrie 5; Thomas 4; Harvey 3; Tarrant, Mullett, Adams, Bastinac, Ziebell, Goldstein, Macmillan
GWS: O'hAilpin 2; Corr, Sumner, Hoskin-Elliott, Reid
BEST - THE AGE
North Melbourne: Harvey, Swallow, Hansen, Thompson, Petrie
GWS: Scully, Treloar, Reid, O'hAilpin, Hoskin-Elliott
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
North Melbourne: Hansen, Thompson, Petrie, Thomas, Harvey, Swallow, Bastinac, Gibson
GWS: Corr, Treloar, Scully, Shiel
INJURIES
North Melbourne: Nil
GWS: Cameron (virus) replaced in selected side by O'hAilpin
SUBSTITUTES
North Melbourne: Jamie Macmillan replaced Nathan Grima in the fourth quarter
GWS: Jacob Townsend replaced Zac Williams at three-quarter time
UMPIRES: Farmer, Leppard, Hay
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
North Melbourne |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 13 | Adams, Leigh | 9 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25y 85d | 75 | 56 |
| 18 | Atley, Shaun | 10 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20y 290d | 52 | 7 |
| 3 | Bastinac, Ryan | 12 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 8d | 70 | 27 |
| 35 | Black, Aaron | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 213d | 13 | 22 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29y 215d | 206 | 28 |
| 43 | Gibson, Sam | 13 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27y 34d | 26 | 12 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24y 364d | 92 | 42 |
| 24 | Greenwood, Levi | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24y 131d | 48 | 9 |
| 17 | Grima, Nathan | 14 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 329d | 67 | 0 |
| 6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 14 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24y 317d | 90 | 74 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | 13 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35y 47d | 353 | 422 |
| 26 | Hine, Taylor | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 157d | 17 | 1 |
| 34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 280d | 49 | 20 |
| 2 | McKenzie, Brad | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 32d | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | Mullett, Aaron | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 127d | 22 | 9 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30y 258d | 235 | 291 |
| 9 | Swallow, Andrew | 11 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26y 28d | 142 | 67 |
| 25 | Tarrant, Robbie | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24y 66d | 29 | 30 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 12 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25y 121d | 123 | 190 |
| 16 | Thompson, Scott | 16 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27y 52d | 106 | 5 |
| 8 | Wells, Daniel | 12 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 147d | 203 | 124 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack | 10 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22y 122d | 72 | 28 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 224 | 127 | 162 | 386 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 14 | 25y 56d | 2094 | 1464 | |
Greater Western Sydney |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 11 | Adams, Taylor | 15 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 283d | 24 | 9 |
| 35 | Corr, Aidan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19y 44d | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25y 173d | 33 | 24 |
| 38 | Gilham, Stephen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28y 301d | 109 | 4 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | 17 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 278d | 31 | 10 |
| 2 | Hampton, Curtly | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20y 112d | 26 | 7 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 43d | 11 | 1 |
| 33 | Hoskin-Elliott, Will | 9 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 301d | 15 | 11 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20y 353d | 27 | 0 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 254d | 26 | 1 |
| 37 | O'Hailpin, Setanta | 11 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30y 104d | 86 | 80 |
| 23 | Reid, Sam | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23y 235d | 23 | 3 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | 10 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 46d | 63 | 18 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 13 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 113d | 25 | 10 |
| 10 | Smith, Devon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 41d | 32 | 18 |
| 28 | Sumner, Liam | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 318d | 7 | 6 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | 15 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19y 324d | 18 | 4 |
| 31 | Townsend, Jacob | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20y 10d | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | Treloar, Adam | 14 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20y 113d | 30 | 20 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23y 81d | 93 | 48 |
| 6 | Whitfield, Lachie | 9 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18y 347d | 12 | 3 |
| 51 | Williams, Zac | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18y 283d | 5 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 201 | 115 | 123 | 324 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 20 | 21y 255d | 722 | 281 | |