Kangaroos vs Bulldogs - Round 4, 2017

North Melbourne
Kangaroos

12.14 (86)

12.14
86

Western
Bulldogs

12.17 (89)

12.17
89

FULLTIME

2017-04-14T06:20:00Z

Etihad Stadium

Preview

Good Friday football finally graces us as North Melbourne host the reigning premiers.

The Bulldogs were shock losers last week against Fremantle and will be out to right their wrongs this week against a North Melbourne side who were competitive yet comprehensively beaten by GWS last week.

Luke Beveridge’s side will be looking to ensure they don’t get jumped in the opening quarter as they did last week and will come out firing while Brad Scott will be hoping his men can deliver a four-quarter performance for the first time this season.

They’ll be up for the fight given how hard they pushed to stage this game on Good Friday but we can’t see the Dogs slipping up two times in as many weeks.

Bulldogs by 27.

Team Line-Ups

IN	Scott Thompson, Jy Simpkin
OUT	Ryan Clarke, Sam Durdin

IN	Josh Dunkley, Clay Smith
OUT	Shane Biggs, Caleb Daniel

FB	2	Marley Williams	25	Robbie Tarrant	18	Shaun Atley
FF	46	Lin Jong	17	Tom Boyd	42	Liam Picken
HB	6	Lachlan Hansen	16	Scott Thompson	18	Aaron Mullett
HF	5	Josh Dunkley	13	Travis Cloke	25	Jake Stringer
C	6	Taylor Garner	14	Trent Dumont	9	Andrew Swallow
C	7	Lachie Hunter	6	Luke Dahlhaus	16	Toby McLean
HF	34	Jamie Macmillan	50	Ben Brown	20	Sam Gibson
HB	12	Zaine Cordy	10	Easton Wood	2	Bob Murphy
FF	31	Braydon Preuss	48	Lindsay Thomas	28	Kayne Turner
FB	25	Marcus Adams	18	F. Roberts	39	J. Johannisen

FOLLOWERS
22	Todd Goldstein
7	Jack Ziebell
4	Shaun Higgins

INTERCHANGE
8	Nathan Hrovat
12	Jy Simpkin
11	Luke McDonald
10	Ben Cunnington

FOLLOWERS
15	Tom Campbell
4	M. Bontempelli
21	Tom Liberatore

INTERCHANGE
1	M. Suckling
11	Jackson Macrae
5	Matthew Boyd
14	Clay Smith

North Melbourne

S. Thompson, J. Simpkin

OUT

R. Clarke, S. Durdin

B	M. Williams, R. Tarrant, S. Atley
HB	L. Hansen, S. Thompson, A. Mullett
C	T. Garner, T. Dumont, A. Swallow
HF	J. Macmillan, B. Brown, S. Gibson
F	B. Preuss, L. Thomas, K. Turner
FOL	T. Goldstein, J. Ziebell, S. Higgins
I/C	N. Hrovat, J. Simpkin, L. McDonald, B. Cunnington

Bulldogs

J. Dunkley, C. Smith

OUT

S. Biggs, C. Daniel

B	M. Adams, F. Roberts, J. Johannisen
HB	Z. Cordy, E. Wood, B. Murphy
C	L. Hunter, L. Dahlhaus, T. McLean
HF	J. Dunkley, T. Cloke, J. Stringer
F	L. Jong, T. Boyd, L. Picken
FOL	T. Campbell, M. Bontempelli, T. Liberatore
I/C	M. Suckling, J. Macrae, M. Boyd, C. Smith

Team Stats

395	Disposals	377
149	Contested Possessions	131
193	Kicks	188
202	Handballs	189
21	Free Kicks	16
41	Clearances	34
16	Centre Clearances	11
25	Stoppages	23
45	Inside 50	61
86	Marks	83
14	Marks in 50	9
10	Contested Marks	10
75	Tackles	81
46	Hit-Outs	39

Player Stats

North Melbourne Kangaroos

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Mullett	10	14	24	4
Andrew Swallow	9	9	18	1		2	1	11
Ben Brown	8	6	14	8		1		1	4	1
Ben Cunnington	10	23	33	6		1		4
Braydon Preuss	5	6	11	4	17	1	3	2		1
Jack Ziebell	17	10	27	5				1	1
Jamie Macmillan	11	12	23	3		1	1			1
Jy Simpkin	7	6	13	4		1		3	2
Kayne Turner	5	5	10	4		1		3	2
Lachlan Hansen	6	3	9	6			1
Lindsay Thomas	9	7	16	4		1	2	4		3
Luke McDonald	9	8	17	2		1		6
Marley Williams	5	10	15	1		1	1	3
Nathan Hrovat	12	12	24	1		2		2
Robbie Tarrant	8	6	14	5		2	3	10
Sam Gibson	11	9	20	3				5		1
Scott Thompson	5	6	11	4		1	2	5
Shaun Atley	7	8	15	3		1		2
Shaun Higgins	8	11	19	2		1		6	1	3
Taylor Garner	11	10	21	7			2	2	1	1
Todd Goldstein	8	13	21	7	29	2		1	1
Trent Dumont	12	8	20	2		1		4

Western Bulldogs

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Clay Smith	3	5	8	2				15
Easton Wood	4	5	9	3			1	1
Fletcher Roberts	5	3	8	4			1	1
Jackson Macrae	10	13	23	5			1	7	1
Jake Stringer	12	7	19	4		1	2	2	2	3
Jason Johannisen	9	10	19	5		1		4
Josh Dunkley	7	5	12	6		1		3	1	2
Lachie Hunter	13	6	19	3				2		1
Liam Picken	13	12	25	6		2		4		1
Lin Jong	6	18	24	1		1		1		1
Luke Dahlhaus	8	24	32	4			3	6	2
Marcus Adams	9	8	17	7		1		5
Marcus Bontempelli	15	10	25	3		2		6	1	1
Matthew Boyd	11	7	18	9			1
Matthew Suckling	17	9	26	6			4	3	2	2
Bob Murphy	14	10	24	4			1		1
Toby McLean	10	17	27	3		1
Tom Boyd	1		1	1	2		1	1
Tom Campbell	3	5	8		37	1	3	6
Tom Liberatore	4	10	14	2		1	2	9	1
Travis Cloke	9	2	11	4		4	1	2	1	2
Zaine Cordy	5	3	8	1				3

Summary

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
North Melbourne Kangaroos	2.4 (16)	4.7 (31)	8.11 (59)	12.14 (86)
Western Bulldogs	2.2 (14)	2.8 (20)	7.15 (57)	12.17 (89)

Goals

North Melbourne Kangaroos

Ben Brown 4, Jy Simpkin 2, Kayne Turner 2, Jack Ziebell, Shaun Higgins, Taylor Garner

Western Bulldogs

Jake Stringer 2, Luke Dahlhaus 2, Matthew Suckling 2, Travis Cloke, Josh Dunkley, Marcus Bontempelli

Disposals