North Melbourne
34
Match Complete
West Coast Eagles
49
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| 26:07 |  | B. A. Chee | ||
| J. Anderson |  | 17:41 | ||
| 16:47 | | Rushed | ||
| 15:28 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| 12:39 | | L. Ryan | ||
| 8:24 | | O. Allen | ||
| 6:48 | | O. Allen | ||
| 3.10 (28) | Third Quarter [+] | 4.4 (28) | ||
| J. Ziebell | | 21:10 | ||
| T. Goldstein | | 19:23 | ||
| J. Simpkin | | 17:00 | ||
| 13:58 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| 11:41 | | B. Ainsworth | ||
| C. Zurhaar | | 8:10 | ||
| 6:10 | | O. Allen | ||
| 5:07 | | L. Ryan | ||
| J. Ziebell | | 1:50 | ||
| 2.6 (18) | Second Quarter [+] | 3.1 (19) | ||
| 16:18 | | L. Ryan | ||
| T. Murphy | | 14:08 | ||
| 11:22 | | B. Ainsworth | ||
| 8:28 | | J. Darling | ||
| 4:41 | | Rushed | ||
| Rushed | | 1:28 | ||
| 2.4 (16) | First Quarter [+] | 0.0 (0) | ||
| A. Hall | | 22:12 | ||
| Rushed | | 19:00 | ||
| T. Murphy | | 18:16 | ||
| N. Larkey | | 14:24 | ||
| S. Higgins | | 12:04 | ||
| S. Durdin | | 2:18 | ||
The final round of the home-and-away season begins as the North Melbourne Kangaroos take on the West Coast Eagles at Metricon Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:10pm (AEST).
This season simply can’t end soon enough for North Melbourne. They’ve won just one of their last 14 matches and the bottom has fallen out over the last three weeks with ten-goal defeats to both Gold Coast and Fremantle. With a rebuild set to begin, this could be last appearance in blue and white for a few players.
West Coast are limping towards the finals somewhat, but their place is assured and they’ll relish the opportunity to tune-up against a cellar-dweller ahead of the pre-finals bye. They put in a spirited performance last week to knock off the Saints in a match many tipped them to lose.
The Kangaroos have a poor recent record against the Eagles, losing four of the last five meetings – including last year’s sole meeting by 49 points. They haven’t defeated West Coast away from their Hobart fortress since 2014.
Game information
Opening bounce: 7:10pm (AEST)
Venue: Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
TV: Fox Sports, Seven (WA only)
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, AFL Live Pass
Teams
North Melbourne
B: Ed Vickers-Willis, Robbie Tarrant, Flynn Perez
HB: Shaun Atley, Ben McKay, Luke McDonald
C: Bailey Scott, Jy Simpkin, Jared Polec
HF: Cameron Zurhaar, Josh Walker, Jack Ziebell
F: Taylor Garner, Nick Larkey, Shaun Higgins
FOL: Todd Goldstein, Jed Anderson, Trent Dumont
I/C: Luke Davies-Uniacke, Sam Durdin, Tom Murphy, Aaron Hall
West Coast Eagles
B: Tom Cole, Tom Barrass, Brad Sheppard
HB: Shannon Hurn, Will Schofield, Liam Duggan
C: Jackson Nelson, Dom Sheed, Jake Waterman
HF: Brendon Ah Chee, Jack Darling, Jack Petruccelle
F: Oscar Allen, Josh Kennedy, Liam Ryan
FOL: Nic Naitanui, Tim Kelly, Andrew Gaff
I/C: Luke Foley, Bailey Williams, Brayden Ainsworth, Josh Rotham
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
Who is better than Naitanui? Who is better than Sheppard? Who is a better small forward than Ryan?
sven
Roar Rookie
youre right pablo, according to some it should be much closer to 100% wce in the all oz team
sven
Roar Rookie
in fairness to matti he has been calm, cool & collected in his new incarnation (Luttinen ? some sorta finnish reference going on?)
pablocruz
Roar Rookie
How's the surf, Neil? Lived at Sunderland Bay many moons ago and have fond memories of the waves at PI.
pablocruz
Roar Rookie
4 AAs? Love ya optimism but near on 20% of the AA team . . . I don't think so.
Angela
Roar Rookie
Technically, an excellent result, but, said Marcia, I fear I'm losing interest.
Mark
Roar Rookie
Well said.
WCE
Roar Rookie
Crappy game really shows how strong we are away. On another note how long till 6x6 aka Sir Angry Alot Aka I have alot of issues gets banned again. Seems he be coming back to life. Please barrack for any team apart from the Eagles seriously your the reason our fans are hated and fair point looking at you.
Neil from Warrandyte
Roar Rookie
Yeah Edwards is a great in. Has been standing in the shadows of Martin, Cotchin and Delidio all his career, so doesn’t often get the accolades he deserves.
Gerry
Roar Rookie
Let’s face facts we are not going to win any final against anyone wherever we play if we play like that again. It seems injuries are conspiring against us. Yes JK is a vital cog for any tilt at the flag. Allen is good but not up to his standard yet. We just don’t seem to be able to click in QLD and ok we are going to be relieved to get a home final but just can’t see us going much further unless we see a completely different gear of performance. It’s not impossible but as it stands at the moment improbable. Love my Eagles and here’s to them give it a good crack lads you have it in you.
Sir Luttinen
Roar Rookie
The island is a damn nice place especially if you don't mind motor sports, getting Edwards back this week must bring a grin hey.
Neil from Warrandyte
Roar Rookie
Yeah, living at Phillip Island now, so outside Melbourne metro area. Restrictions eased, so can now travel around Victoria, except for Melbourne.
Birdman
Roar Rookie
Didn't see Shaw's presser this week but I presume he wasn't utterly haunted and bereft unlike last week. I'm glad his team responded for him and their fans. Everyone should have some glimmer of hope, or this is not the game for you.
Sir Luttinen
Roar Rookie
Nah, I live down south about 4hrs from Perth so got to do a overnight trip for footy nowadays, youre country Vic hey? You've had some things open up again hey?
Sir Luttinen
Roar Rookie
Well as it was a comment on wce sorry I hurt your feelings and didn’t take time to really make north feel more respected, was saying north had something to prove implying they played well not enough?
Nico
Roar Rookie
Yesss. Love Barass. He was off tonight, but has been outstanding all year.
Klompy
Guest
It was a win by the Eagles, but yes it was terrible game.
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
And Barrass
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
Rich coming from you
BBQ Bill
Guest
Thank god that's over! Eagles get to fly home, rest up and regroup. They looked tired. Ainsworth improving. Petch understandably out of form. Tk quiet. Liam 'Mr. Magic' Ryan. Dirty Dirk Diggler -Duggan. If JK and Gov missed finals, reckon we're covered with Barrass and Allen.