Match Summary

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	4.4 28	6.4 40	7.8 50	11.8 74
	3.0 18	4.6 30	8.10 58	13.14 92

Best On Ground

Aaron HallA Hall31 disposals

Luke McDonaldL McDonald26 disposals

Nick LarkeyN Larkey3 goals

Zach MerrettZ Merrett39 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish34 disposals

Jake StringerJ Stringer4 goals

Team Stats

North Melbourne

Essendon

Disposals

MATCH

343

358

355.2

2023 AVG.

8169

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

370

2023 AVG.

8510

2023 TOTAL

Contested Possessions

MATCH

105

111

129

2023 AVG.

2966

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

128.8

2023 AVG.

2962

2023 TOTAL

Kicks

MATCH

216

189

200.1

2023 AVG.

4602

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

216.7

2023 AVG.

4985

2023 TOTAL

Handballs

MATCH

127

169

155.1

2023 AVG.

3567

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

153.3

2023 AVG.

3525

2023 TOTAL

Frees For

MATCH

24

11

16.7

2023 AVG.

383

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

16.9

2023 AVG.

389

2023 TOTAL

Clearances

MATCH

29

39

36.2

2023 AVG.

833

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

33.6

2023 AVG.

772

2023 TOTAL

Centre Clearances

MATCH

16

12

11.9

2023 AVG.

273

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

12.4

2023 AVG.

285

2023 TOTAL

Stoppages

MATCH

13

27

24.3

2023 AVG.

560

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

21.2

2023 AVG.

487

2023 TOTAL

Inside50s

MATCH

49

52

46.8

2023 AVG.

1077

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

49.7

2023 AVG.

1142

2023 TOTAL

Marks

MATCH

111

87

86.9

2023 AVG.

1998

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

100

2023 AVG.

2301

2023 TOTAL

Marks Inside50s

MATCH

11

12

9.3

2023 AVG.

213

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

11.7

2023 AVG.

270

2023 TOTAL

Contested Marks

MATCH

7

6

9.8

2023 AVG.

226

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

9.7

2023 AVG.

224

2023 TOTAL

Tackles

MATCH

51

41

58.5

2023 AVG.

1345

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

56.1

2023 AVG.

1291

2023 TOTAL

Hit Outs

MATCH

41

30

40.8

2023 AVG.

938

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

38

2023 AVG.

875

2023 TOTAL

Player Stats

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Hall	28	3	31	14	0	0	0	1	0	0
Atu Bosenavulagi	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey Scott	7	6	13	2	0	1	1	1	1	1
Ben McKay	6	6	12	7	0	1	0	1	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	10	3	13	5	0	1	0	5	1	0
Charlie Lazzaro	5	7	12	5	0	1	0	1	1	0
Curtis Taylor	11	4	15	7	0	1	0	2	2	0
Jack Mahony	4	5	9	2	0	2	0	6	1	0
Jack Ziebell	19	0	19	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jaidyn Stephenson	13	5	18	4	0	1	1	1	0	2
Josh Walker	3	7	10	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jy Simpkin	10	13	23	3	0	3	0	7	0	0
Kayne Turner	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
L. Davies-Uniacke	15	6	21	4	0	1	1	3	0	0
Luke McDonald	15	11	26	8	0	0	2	1	0	1
Nick Larkey	7	4	11	2	0	5	0	0	3	2
Robbie Tarrant	12	1	13	7	0	0	1	2	0	0
Shaun Atley	12	7	19	10	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tarryn Thomas	16	7	23	9	0	3	0	7	1	0
Todd Goldstein	7	8	15	1	37	1	1	3	0	1
Trent Dumont	5	5	10	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tristan Xerri	3	7	10	2	4	1	1	2	1	1
Will Phillips	5	10	15	3	0	0	0	2	0	0

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alec Waterman	3	6	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	4	1	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	1
Archie Perkins	5	4	9	2	0	2	1	2	1	1
Brayden Ham	8	7	15	4	0	0	1	1	1	1
Cale Hooker	8	4	12	6	1	0	2	5	1	2
Darcy Parish	17	17	34	6	0	1	0	6	0	0
Devon Smith	4	2	6	2	0	0	1	3	1	1
Dyson Heppell	17	10	27	3	0	1	1	1	1	0
Jake Stringer	10	7	17	4	0	0	3	3	4	1
James Stewart	9	4	13	8	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jayden Laverde	3	6	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	16	5	21	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Martin Gleeson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Redman	9	11	20	4	0	0	3	3	0	0
Matt Guelfi	9	8	17	8	0	0	1	3	1	0
Nick Hind	15	6	21	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nikolas Cox	6	9	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
Peter Wright	11	9	20	7	10	3	1	1	3	1
Sam Draper	4	4	8	2	19	1	0	1	0	1
Tom Cutler	9	10	19	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Will Snelling	8	14	22	5	0	1	1	2	0	1
Zach Merrett	14	25	39	3	0	0	3	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

North Melbourne

Essendon

IN Atu Bosenavulagi OUT Ben Cunnington (Managed)

IN Dyson Heppell, OUT Harrison Jones, Kyle Langford

FB 28 Kayne Turner 23 Ben McKay 6 Robbie Tarrant FF 16 Archie Perkins 20 Peter Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti HB 7 Jack Ziebell 19 Josh Walker 43 Aaron Hall HF 26 Cale Hooker 25 Jake Stringer C 43 Trent Dumont 29 Will Phillips 11 Luke McDonald C 33 Brayden Ham 7 Zach Merrett 13 Nikolas Cox HF 26 Tarryn Thomas 2 Jaidyn Stephenson 1 Jack Mahony HB 21 Dyson Heppell 14 Jordan Ridley 19 Nick Hind FF 8 Bailey Scott 20 Nick Larkey 44 Cameron Zurhaar FB 15 Jayden Laverde 17 James Stewart 27 Mason Redman

FOLLOWERS
22	Todd Goldstein
12	Jy Simpkin
9	L. Davies-Uniacke

INTERCHANGE
5	Curtis Taylor
18	Shaun Atley
35	Charlie Lazzaro
38	Tristan Xerri

EMERGENCIES
15	Atu Bosenavulagi

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
11	Will Snelling

INTERCHANGE
5	Devon Smith
12	Tom Cutler
35	Matt Guelfi
45	Alec Waterman

EMERGENCIES
8	Martin Gleeson

North Melbourne
IN	A. Bosenavulagi
OUT	B. Cunnington
B K. Turner, B. McKay, R. Tarrant HB J. Ziebell, J. Walker, A. Hall C T. Dumont, W. Phillips, L. McDonald HF T. Thomas, J. Stephenson, J. Mahony F B. Scott, N. Larkey, C. Zurhaar FOL T. Goldstein, J. Simpkin, L. Davies-Uniacke I/C C. Taylor, S. Atley, C. Lazzaro, T. Xerri EMG A. Bosenavulagi
Essendon
IN	D. Heppell, .
OUT	H. Jones (Injured), K. Langford (Injured)
B J. Laverde, J. Stewart, M. Redman HB D. Heppell, J. Ridley, N. Hind C B. Ham, Z. Merrett, N. Cox HF . , C. Hooker, J. Stringer F A. Perkins, P. Wright, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, W. Snelling I/C D. Smith, T. Cutler, M. Guelfi, A. Waterman EMG M. Gleeson

Preview

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/7/21	West Coast	W 60 - 70
4/7/21	Bulldogs	L 108 - 79
26/6/21	Gold Coast	W 72 - 63
19/6/21	Brisbane	L 45 - 68
13/6/21	GWS	D 94 - 94

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/7/21	Adelaide	W 84 - 21
2/7/21	Geelong	L 98 - 57
26/6/21	Melbourne	L 57 - 68
20/6/21	Hawthorn	W 73 - 86
5/6/21	Richmond	L 84 - 123