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Round: 22 Venue: Bellerive Oval Date: Sat, 20-08-2016 1:45 pm Crowd: 16,495 | |||||
North Melbourne | 3.4.22 | 4.8.32 | 9.13.67 | 10.16.76 | C: Brad Scott |
Sydney | 5.4.34 | 6.8.44 | 11.9.75 | 12.13.85 | C: John Longmire |
SYD by 12 | SYD by 12 | SYD by 8 | SYD by 9 |
Weather |
6.4°C 11.8°C |
0.8mm 62% 999.5mb |
20km/h NW |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Dan Hannebery (SYD) | 2 Josh Kennedy (SYD) | 1 Brent Harvey (NTH) |
The stakes were high at Bellerive Oval in Saturday's match between North Melbourne and Sydney. For the Kangaroos, having won eight matches in a row at the venue but just three of its last 11 games this season, a win would ensure a third successive finals series while a loss would see their place in the eight under severe threat if Melbourne were to defeat Carlton on Sunday. For the Swans the equation was simple: win and take top spot on the ladder, offered up by Hawthorn which had lost the night before to West Coast. In the end Sydney prevailed by nine points, breaking away to leads of four goals or more in both the first and third terms and twice absorbing comebacks from the 'home' side.
Both sides' defences ruled in the early stages of the match, behinds the order of the day until Jake Lloyd marked and kicked the first goal of the match at the 10-minute mark to give Sydney a five-point lead. A running goal from Todd Goldstein put North ahead by a point a couple of minutes later but George Hewett's first goal at the 14-minute mark restored the lead to the Swans and they would not relinquish it for the rest of the match. Jarrad McVeigh extended the margin to 13 points with a long goal at the 17-minute mark and when Gary Rohan marked and kicked truly not long after, Sydney looked like blowing the Roos away. Tom Papley added another for the Swans after a free kick before two late goals to Nick Dal Santo had North back within two goals and in touch at quarter time.
Taking the momentum into the second quarter, North had early chances to close the gap further but could manage only three behinds, Lindsay Thomas and Ben Brown both missing before Brown made amends with a goal at the 14-minute mark to bring the Kangaroos to within four points. Both sides the traded in behinds for the rest of the quarter until Rohan ran onto the a ball in the goal square at the 23-minute mark to kick his second goal and allow Sydney to take a two-goal buffer into the half-time break.
North had two early chances to close the gap and make an impact early in the third term but shots from Brent Harvey and Majak Daw both missed, Daw's effort unluckily hitting the base of the post. By contrast the Swans were accurate with their first shot at goal, McVeigh's second major giving them a 16-point buffer. Ben Brown responded with a mark and goal for North but Sydney again answered through Ben McGlynn.
The Roos kept coming, with a goal to Harvey cutting the margin to 10 points but Sydney broke the game open with the next three goals via Dan Hannebery, Isaac Heeney and Josh Kennedy to jump out to a 28-point lead. The time-on period saw a sharp momentum shift, however, and North peppered the goals until the three-quarter time siren sounded, 3.3 to a single behind, the majors going to Harvey, Brown and Brad McKenzie, and the margin was only eight points at the final change.
An early last-term goal to Harvey cut North's deficit to under a goal and the Kangaroos looked head for a come-from-behind victory. They had two chances soon after to take the lead but shots from Harvey and Ben Cunnington both missed as the margin was reduced to a solitary point. But Hannebery scored a crucial goal for the Swans at the 11-minute mark and Sydney's rock-solid defence held firm after that, neither side able to add a goal after that as the Roos eventually succumbed by nine points.
Dan Hannebery stood out as one of Sydney's best players, with 33 possessions and two goals, while Brent Harvey, in his 430th AFL match, showed no signs of slowing down, gathering 32 touches and kicking three goals to be North's best player.
Good news came North's way 24 hours after the loss, with Melbourne's loss to Carlton ensuring the Kangaroos' place in the eight is secure. However, with just three wins from its last 12 matches, North will be hoping to reverse its fortunes with a win over GWS at Docklands next Saturday night and head into the finals with a win. With top spot now theirs, the Swans can ensure they stay there with a solid win over Richmond at the SCG. They hold a break of 2.7 percentage points over second-placed Adelaide going into the final round. With the Crows playing West Coast on Friday night, Sydney will know exactly what winning margin will be required to retain top spot should the Crows record a big win.
GOALS
North Melbourne: Harvey 3; Dal Santo, Brown 2; Petrie, Goldstein, McKenzie,
Sydney: Rohan, McVeigh, Hannebery 2; Hewett, Papley, Lloyd, Heeney, Kennedy, McGlynn
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North Melbourne: Harvey, Wells, Dal Santo, Swallow, Tarrant, Macmillan
Sydney: Hannebery, Parker, Kennedy, Mills, Mitchell, McVeigh
INJURIES
North Melbourne: Scott Thompson (groin)
Sydney: Lance Franklin (ribs)
UMPIRES: Bannister, Schmitt, Meredith
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Jason Bennett, Tim Watson, Andrew Welsh, Brad Sewell
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
3 | Anderson, Jed | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 200d | 18 | 6 |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 342d | 130 | 16 |
50 | Brown, Ben | 8 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 274d | 53 | 88 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25y 51d | 143 | 57 |
15 | Dal Santo, Nick | 17 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32y 180d | 320 | 156 |
38 | Daw, Majak | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25y 162d | 23 | 21 |
14 | Dumont, Trent | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 51d | 18 | 7 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32y 267d | 273 | 29 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 11 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30y 85d | 106 | 46 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28y 50d | 169 | 88 |
6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28y 3d | 136 | 76 |
29 | Harvey, Brent | 16 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38y 98d | 430 | 516 |
34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 21 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 332d | 102 | 41 |
2 | McKenzie, Brad | 12 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23y 83d | 37 | 6 |
17 | Mullett, Aaron | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24y 179d | 65 | 26 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33y 310d | 314 | 428 |
9 | Swallow, Andrew | 9 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29y 79d | 206 | 76 |
25 | Tarrant, Robbie | 10 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27y 117d | 82 | 41 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 12 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28y 173d | 194 | 317 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30y 103d | 179 | 6 |
8 | Wells, Daniel | 17 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31y 199d | 241 | 150 |
7 | Ziebell, Jack | 18 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25y 174d | 145 | 88 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 220 | 94 | 188 | 408 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 71 | 21 | 9 | 27y 276d | 3384 | 2285 |
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
36 | Aliir, Aliir | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21y 350d | 9 | 0 |
7 | Cunningham, Harry | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 258d | 69 | 36 |
23 | Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29y 203d | 242 | 773 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 79d | 208 | 23 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 14 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 178d | 165 | 81 |
5 | Heeney, Isaac | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 107d | 33 | 41 |
29 | Hewett, George | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20y 235d | 19 | 14 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 14 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28y 61d | 178 | 109 |
44 | Lloyd, Jake | 17 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 335d | 64 | 17 |
21 | McGlynn, Ben | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31y 14d | 166 | 185 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 31y 135d | 283 | 192 |
14 | Mills, Callum | 17 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 140d | 20 | 1 |
6 | Mitchell, Tom | 11 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23y 81d | 60 | 34 |
35 | Naismith, Sam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24y 35d | 8 | 2 |
41 | Papley, Tom | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 38d | 15 | 20 |
26 | Parker, Luke | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23y 300d | 122 | 98 |
24 | Rampe, Dane | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 79d | 93 | 6 |
42 | Richards, Xavier | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 117d | 7 | 9 |
16 | Rohan, Gary | 13 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25y 74d | 74 | 59 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 69d | 162 | 9 |
8 | Tippett, Kurt | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29y 104d | 165 | 316 |
22 | Towers, Dean | 9 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26y 108d | 30 | 18 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 204 | 82 | 153 | 357 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 70 | 9 | 21 | 25y 58d | 2192 | 2043 |