Teakle takes a link mark over Newman and kicks long to Larkey one out with Weitering, Larkey marks 25m out on the flank but takes a step and is caught HTB to prevent a score. (Q1 2:57)
Sheezel roves a long Scott speculator from outer wing to a pack at the hotspot from Comben’s contest, he checksides off the left for the first goal of the evening. (Q1 7:01)
Fogarty has space on outer wing to run to the HFF, Davies-Uniacke flies in to tackle but Fogarty swivels the hips to break it, he shoots from 40m for a nice goal. (Q1 8:46)
Ford marks in the middle on a switch and goes long to Curtis who leaps on the back of Saad to mark 40m out on a slight angle, he converts. (Q1 10:31)
Hewett passes to Curnow leading to 35m on the flank, who plays on and curls in his first goal off the right, to reach 50 for the season. (Q1 15:11)
Cripps wins a HTB free on Powell with a chicken wing tackle at half forward, he goes towards Curnow but a big pack forms 40m out to spoil, crumb falls to Oliver Hollands who goals. (Q1 17:01)
Zurhaar passes to Larkey who has five metres on Weitering and marks easily 30m out in front, he converts with a kick that flirted with the right goalpost. (Q1 19:07)
Hewett feeds Cottrell in the centre for a pass to Owies who marks over Corr 20m out on a slight angle, he kicks the goal. (Q1 25:31)
Ford marks 45m out on a slight angle and hooks it left and across the face. (Q1 27:38)
Hewett passes to Curnow 40m out on a slight angle but playing on doesn’t work this time, shank for no score. (Q2 2:35)
Zurhaar passes to the pocket past Durdin to Comben 20m out, who curls in his first goal to level the scores. (Q2 3:49)
Comben marks a centre clearance kick by Scott 45m out on a slight angle and shows he can kick a long drop punt as well, North hits the lead! (Q2 5:35)
Fogarty catches Fisher HTB on the boundary 35m out and threads the needle to level the scores again. (Q2 7:07)
Cincotta gives Elijah Hollands a hospital handball in the back pocket, Scott wins the HTB free and curls in a lovely finish from 20m! (Q2 9:50)
Wardlaw breaks a Cerra tackle in the centre to pass to Hansen 40m out on a slight angle, the kid kicks his first senior goal! (Q2 11:35)
Sheezel releases Davies-Uniacke to run inside through the centre from a pack on members wing, he has Curtis to mark untouched 40m out on a slight angle for his second goal. (Q2 17:45)
Motlop snaps a goal from 20m in front after Fogarty roves a Kennedy contest and reefs out a lovely quick handball. (Q2 21:40)
Cripps scuffs a running snap from 40m after a feed by Carroll but Motlop gets a holding free on McKercher for back to back goals. (Q2 23:02)
Acres hits the post outside a ball up at the hotspot. (Q2 27:15)
Comben takes a pack mark 25m out on the flank just before the HT siren and chips through his third goal. (Q2 31:25)
After Xerri’s tenth clearance in midfield, Kennedy has been switched to defence and immediately gives away a holding free to Teakle, who converts from near the hotspot. (Q3 1:14)
Logue misses Archer with a short pass from defensive goalsquare, Motlop rolls through the goal to punish the clanger. (Q3 3:04)
Fogarty roves a Curnow contest at CHF and kicks to the hotspot where Owies marks easily over Fisher and kicks straight. (Q3 4:03)
Curnow gives Carlton the lead back with a long set shot for his second goal, after marking 40m out on the flank. (Q3 9:43)
Curnow marks another clearance kick from the HFF, this one at the top of the square for goal number three. (Q3 13:25)
Owies sails through a long set shot to give the Blues more reward for territorial dominance in Q3. (Q3 18:27)
Wardlaw roves on the boundary 20m out, has two Blues closing so goes himself with a low-percentage running checkside… narrow to the right. (Q3 20:18)
Owies roves a Curnow contest at the hotspot, has no one in front of him but rather rushes a grubber that rolls wide right. (Q3 20:34)
De Koning kicks from members wing to Cottrell just inside 50m on the flank, his kick is straight but Xerri punches it through from the square. (Q3 22:03)
McKercher receives from Simpkin in the centre and passes short to Curtis 45m out in front, he delivers a lovely set shot. (Q3 23:06)
Zurhaar bounces a handball from next to the behind post inside for Larkey to snap the goal from 15m in front. (Q3 26:14)
McKercher tries to jink past Curnow after a casual bounce but slips and is claimed HTB 25m out on the flank. Charlie curls in his fourth goal. (Q3 30:39)
McKay stayed on the ground after a headclash a few minutes ago, he is favoured by a chaos ball from the centre by De Koning to snap another one off the left. (Q3 32:15)
Zurhaar marks on the lead in front of Saad 40m out on the flank but misses everything. (Q4 0:56)
Cincotta is over the back for a crumb, he spins 20m out but his left-foot snap wobbles wide left. (Q4 6:18)
Shiels snaps a goal from the top of the square to keep North within touch. (Q4 8:00)
Oliver Hollands snaps across the face from 35m on the flank. (Q4 11:41)
Teakle has not done much today but he provides a crumb for Sheezel to snap a big goal from 20m in front! North Melbourne are trying hard not to concede yet another honourable loss. (Q4 14:26)
Curnow shoots across the face from a set shot just inside 50m on the flank, tried a left-to-right fade but started it too far left. (Q4 17:11)
Davies-Uniacke is pinged for a throw at half back under a Saad tackle and also a 50m penalty for not coming back on the mark, claims he couldn’t hear but it’s a charity goal. (Q4 18:16)
Holding free at the next bounce to De Koning, holding free in the pack that forms 35m out on a slight angle, Corr it was who was pinged for very soft stuff. McKay goals. (Q4 19:56)
Cerra coughs up a clanger handball to Comben deep in defence, Comben gives to Ford who blazes wide from 15m. (Q4 22:14)
Curnow shoots across the face from 40m on the flank. (Q4 24:33)
This is petering out to another close loss for North, full credit for effort but just lacking A-grade senior players at this stage in their cycle. (Q4 26:22)
Curtis wins a loose footy at the top of the square and feeds Shiels who wobbles a left-foot snap wide left. (Q4 27:40)
