Match Summary

Best On Ground

Essendon

Darcy ParishD Parish36 disposals

Zach MerrettZ Merrett31 disposals

Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiA McDonald-Tipungwuti3 goals

North Melbourne

Ben CunningtonB Cunnington34 disposals
1 goal

Aaron HallA Hall29 disposals

Taylor GarnerT Garner3 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

North Melbourne

Disposals

400

361

Contested Possessions

114

113

Kicks

235

208

Handballs

165

153

Free Kicks

15

13

Clearances

28

31

Centre Clearances

15

17

Stoppages

13

14

Inside 50

50

51

Marks

134

111

Marks in 50

22

11

Contested Marks

12

14

Tackles

44

40

Hit-Outs

29

32

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Francis	4	9	13	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Alec Waterman	7	4	11	5	0	0	1	0	2	0
Andrew McGrath	9	22	31	4	0	1	1	1	0	0
Andrew Phillips	4	6	10	2	23	2	1	4	1	0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	8	2	10	3	0	2	0	3	3	2
Archie Perkins	5	6	11	3	0	0	0	3	1	0
Brayden Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cale Hooker	8	4	12	8	0	0	1	1	2	3
Darcy Parish	19	17	36	12	0	1	0	4	0	0
David Zaharakis	12	10	22	6	0	0	1	3	1	1
Dyson Heppell	16	10	26	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
Harrison Jones	5	1	6	3	0	0	1	0	3	0
James Stewart	10	4	14	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jayden Laverde	12	3	15	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Ridley	15	6	21	6	0	1	1	1	0	0
Kyle Langford	16	6	22	6	0	1	2	4	2	1
Mason Redman	12	11	23	8	0	1	0	1	0	0
Matt Guelfi	5	5	10	2	0	1	1	3	0	0
Nick Hind	17	4	21	5	0	1	0	4	1	0
Nikolas Cox	11	3	14	9	0	0	1	2	2	0
Peter Wright	13	3	16	10	6	0	0	1	3	2
Will Snelling	8	17	25	5	0	2	1	2	1	0
Zach Merrett	19	12	31	6	0	2	0	3	0	0

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Hall	24	5	29	7	0	2	0	4	0	1
Bailey Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Cunnington	19	15	34	4	0	3	3	4	1	0
Ben McKay	6	5	11	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	10	3	13	5	0	0	0	2	1	2
Charlie Lazzaro	6	8	14	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
Connor Menadue	7	7	14	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
Curtis Taylor	9	4	13	6	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jack Mahony	5	4	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jack Ziebell	19	5	24	12	0	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Walker	7	8	15	9	0	0	0	2	1	0
Jy Simpkin	7	13	20	1	0	0	1	4	0	0
Kayne Turner	4	4	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	0
Lachie Young	9	4	13	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
Luke Davies-Uniacke	9	12	21	6	0	0	0	2	0	1
Nick Larkey	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Shaun Atley	12	10	22	9	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tarryn Thomas	13	8	21	5	0	1	2	3	2	0
Taylor Garner	11	8	19	7	0	1	1	1	3	0
Todd Goldstein	8	6	14	3	18	2	0	2	0	0
Tom Campbell	5	8	13	5	13	1	3	1	2	0
Tom Powell	7	7	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Trent Dumont	9	5	14	2	0	1	0	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

North Melbourne

IN Alec Waterman OUT Devon Smith (Injured)

IN Bailey Scott OUT Will Phillips

FB 15 Jayden Laverde 10 Aaron Francis 27 Mason Redman FF 6 Taylor Garner 44 Cameron Zurhaar 20 Nick Larkey HB 21 Dyson Heppell 14 Jordan Ridley 19 Nick Hind HF 5 Curtis Taylor 24 Tom Powell 1 Jack Mahony C 1 Andrew McGrath 7 Zach Merrett 13 Nikolas Cox C 14 Trent Dumont 10 Ben Cunnington 17 Lachie Young HF 16 Archie Perkins 23 Harrison Jones 40 Will Snelling HB 28 Kayne Turner 7 Jack Ziebell 43 Aaron Hall FF 45 Alec Waterman 26 Cale Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FB 18 Shaun Atley 23 Ben McKay 19 Josh Walker

FOLLOWERS
34	Andrew Phillips
3	Darcy Parish
11	David Zaharakis

INTERCHANGE
17	James Stewart
35	Matt Guelfi
4	Kyle Langford
20	Peter Wright

EMERGENCIES
33	Brayden Ham
28	Ned Cahill
29	Patrick Ambrose
24	Nick Bryan

FOLLOWERS
22	Todd Goldstein
26	Tarryn Thomas
12	Jy Simpkin

INTERCHANGE
31	Connor Menadue
9	Luke Davies-Uniacke
35	Charlie Lazzaro
42	Tom Campbell

EMERGENCIES
8	Bailey Scott
29	Will Phillips
15	Atu Bosenavulagi
38	Tristan Xerri

Essendon
IN	A. Waterman
OUT	D. Smith
B J. Laverde, A. Francis, M. Redman HB D. Heppell, J. Ridley, N. Hind C A. McGrath, Z. Merrett, N. Cox HF A. Perkins, H. Jones, W. Snelling F A. Waterman, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL A. Phillips, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis I/C J. Stewart, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, P. Wright EMG B. Ham, N. Cahill, P. Ambrose
North Melbourne
IN	B. Scott
OUT	W. Phillips (Omitted)
B S. Atley, B. McKay, J. Walker HB K. Turner, J. Ziebell, A. Hall C T. Dumont, B. Cunnington, L. Young HF C. Taylor, T. Powell, J. Mahony F T. Garner, C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey FOL T. Goldstein, T. Thomas, J. Simpkin I/C C. Menadue, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. Lazzaro, T. Campbell EMG B. Scott, W. Phillips, A. Bosenavulagi

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
16/5/21	Dockers	W 68 - 61
8/5/21	Giants	L 107 - 105
2/5/21	Blues	L 107 - 123
25/4/21	Magpies	W 85 - 109
17/4/21	Lions	L 102 - 45

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
15/5/21	Hawks	W 80 - 87
8/5/21	Magpies	L 76 - 94
2/5/21	Demons	L 73 - 103
24/4/21	Dockers	L 99 - 48
18/4/21	Cats	L 77 - 47