Match Summary

Best On Ground

North Melbourne

Aaron HallA Hall31 disposals

Luke McDonaldL McDonald26 disposals

Nick LarkeyN Larkey3 goals

Essendon

Zach MerrettZ Merrett39 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish34 disposals

Jake StringerJ Stringer4 goals

Team Stats

North Melbourne

Essendon

Disposals

343

358

Contested Possessions

105

111

Kicks

216

189

Handballs

127

169

Free Kicks

24

11

Clearances

29

39

Centre Clearances

16

12

Stoppages

13

27

Inside 50

49

52

Marks

111

87

Marks in 50

11

12

Contested Marks

7

6

Tackles

51

41

Hit-Outs

41

30

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
Luke 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
Anthony 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 25 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 14 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	Luke Davies-Uniacke

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

EMERGENCIES
15	Atu Bosenavulagi

FOLLOWERS
38	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
40	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

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/7/21	Eagles	W 60 - 70
4/7/21	Bulldogs	L 108 - 79
26/6/21	Suns	W 72 - 63
19/6/21	Lions	L 45 - 68
13/6/21	Giants	D 94 - 94

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/7/21	Crows	W 84 - 21
2/7/21	Cats	L 98 - 57
26/6/21	Demons	L 57 - 68
20/6/21	Hawks	W 73 - 86
5/6/21	Tigers	L 84 - 123