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Pre Game
00:00
North Melbourne outscored Gold Coast by 26 points from intercept possessions last round – its biggest differential in any game this season.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:28
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
02:50
Cam Zurhaar scores the opening goal of the match from a forward half intercept. Cameron Zurhaar won a career-high 24 disposals last round against the Suns. He also had three score assists and kicked two goals.
05:31
The Bulldogs midfielders getting their hands on the ball early. Bontempelli (five disposals), Macrae and Liberatore with two disposals each.
05:39
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
08:36
The Bulldogs have conceded just nine goals from free kicks this season – eight fewer than any other side.
09:27
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
10:16
Josh Bruce's goal coming from a defensive 50 intercept chain. The Bulldogs are ranked 7th in the competition this season, averaging 14 points per game from this zone.
10:39
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
13:41
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
14:06
Cody Weightman has been involved in all three Bulldogs scores. Weightman also has two goals.
15:59
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
17:36
North Melbourne are winning at the contest but not taking the advantage on the scoreboard. The Kangaroos lead clearances 7-4, contested possessions 22-17 and hard ball gets 7-3.
17:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
21:04
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
22:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
23:24
North Melbourne happy to control the ball in their defensive half. 22 of their 26 marks have been recorded in their defensive half.
26:54
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
28:09
Bulldogs are going at 77% kicking efficiency from forward half kicks, compared to North Melbourne kicking at 47%.
30:52
An even 1st term. North Melbourne ended up winning contested possessions by five and clearances by one but the Bulldogs won the territory battle, recording 17 inside 50s for five goals compared to North Melbourne with nine inside 50s.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:28
Since 2016, Jack Macrae is averaging 29.6 disposals, 11 contested possessions and 4.9 clearances against the Kangaroos. Macrae has a team-high 10 disposals at 100% efficiency, three clearances, four contested possessions and four ground ball gets.
00:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Toby McLean)
06:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
07:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
08:14
The Bulldogs have won the time in forward half differential by 10 minutes and 10 seconds per game –ranked No.1. 67% of play has been spent in the Bulldogs forward half.
09:07
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
11:04
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
11:13
The Bulldogs now winning the stoppage battle in the second term. Both goals this quarter coming from stoppage clearances. Western Bulldogs winning effective clearances 4-1.
12:21
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
14:43
North Melbourne are yet to receive a free kick. The free kick count is 9-0 in favour of the Bulldogs.
16:52
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
17:04
North Melbourne with the last two goals of the match. Both goals coming from forward half intercept chains.
19:13
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
21:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Riley Garcia)
23:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
23:42
The Kangaroos have led on the scoreboard in just 22% of their games – the lowest percentage of any side.
24:14
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
26:54
Bulldogs Interchange - Aaron Naughton off due to an injury.
27:35
Four of North Melbourne's nine clearances this term have been ineffective.
28:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
30:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
32:03
While most statistics have been even, The Bulldogs have been better on the turnover. Bulldogs have scored 34 points from intercept chains to North Melbourne's 18 points.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
01:40
With Aaron Naughton out of the match, Lewis Young is brought forward. Aaron Naughton averages 2.9 contested marks this season – ranked equal- first in the AFL with Max Gawn.
02:40
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
03:00
First goal of term comes from an intercept possession which makes it 41 points scored from intercept chains. Since Round 12, the Kangaroos have conceded 29.3 points per game from intercept possessions – ranked No.1 defensively.
06:36
Of 23 of North Melbourne's forward 50 entries, 10 of them have failed to reach a target.
08:47
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
10:57
After winning ground ball gets by 32 and hard ball gets by eight, the Bulldogs trail by six ground ball gets and eight hard ball gets.
13:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
14:04
Aaron Hall up to a quarter-high eight defensive half disposals at 88% efficiency and five marks.
15:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Will Phillips)
17:12
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
18:34
Cody Weightman up to four marks inside 50. It's his career-high in this statistic. He's also been the target on seven occasions.
23:37
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Riley Garcia)
26:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
28:14
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
28:26
Three of the Bulldogs four goals have come from forward half turnovers this quarter.
30:06
The Bulldogs have been more effective going inside 50. Bulldogs are scoring at 50% from forward entries compared to the Kangaroos scoring at 36%.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:38
Ben McKay has taken five intercept marks this match,, ranked 1st for this match, it's his career best.
01:44
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
03:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
03:48
Ben Cunnington has recorded 10 pre-clearance contested possessions per game this season – ranked third in the AFL. Cunnington has a team-high eight pre-clearance possessions.
04:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
05:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
06:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:48
It's been all North Melbourne this term. The Kangaroos have the first seven inside 50s for the match. In this period they have scored on five occasions.
08:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Kayne Turner)
10:39
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
10:59
North Melbourne winning clearances 4-1, ground ball gets 13-6 this term.
12:42
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
12:54
Jack Ziebell has taken 102 kick-ins this season – ranked No.1 in the competition. Ziebell has taken six kick-ins this match. From eight kick-ins, the Kangaroos have gone inside 50 on only one occasion.
14:28
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
16:04
The Kangaroos have been outscored by 6.7 points per game from defensive 50 chains – ranked last. This match, it's even at 12 points a piece from this zone.
19:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
20:12
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
20:39
The Bulldogs have scored 40 points from the attacking midfield zone. They average 30 points a game this season from this source.
22:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
25:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
26:18
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
26:24
Jack Macrae with a career-high four goal assists for the match. Macrae leads the match with 14 contested possessions and a team-high seven clearances. It makes it 15 consecutive games with over 30 disposals.
28:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
28:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Toby McLean)
29:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
30:19
The Bulldogs are one of two teams to average over 100 points (101) against the Kangaroos since 2017.
30:27
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
32:34
North Melbourne ended up winning inside 50s by two, clearances by seven, marks by 39, contested possessions by nine, disposals by 26 and ground ball gets by six but the damage was done on the turnover with the Bulldogs scoring nine more points from turnovers.