Consecutive frees from the centre in ruck then to Reid for a hold by Simpkin, but the set shot flies left from 30m in front. (Q1 1:00)
Gross misses a snap from half forward. (Q1 1:29)
Darling marks in front of Duggan in the pocket 20m out, knows this ground well and punches low for the first goal of the afternoon. (Q1 3:20)
Parker sharks a Reid handball on members wing, Spargo marks Blamires’ short pass 40m out on the flank but misses near side right. (Q1 6:24)
Xerri intercepts the kick in on the wing and gives off to Sheezel whose repeat inside 50 kick is to Larkey, contact free on Starcevich 30m out in the pocket, Larkey misses. (Q1 7:11)
Larkey takes a link mark in the centre but has to wait for the team to populate the front 50, eventually he finds Curtis leading to 45m in the corridor. Curtis’s set shot is short. (Q1 10:06)
Kick was touched off the boot and eventually went right for a point, Trembath claimed the mark but behind awarded. (Q1 11:01)
Williams misses a snap from a stoppage deep in attack. (Q1 13:07)
Larkey gets a holding free in the square on Young for an easy goal. (Q1 17:27)
Reid to Gross to Baker from a stoppage at half forward, a goal from 45m in front that was too easy, Simpkin well beaten on that play. (Q1 20:36)
Young drops Curtis off the ball to concede a dumb free on the North HFF, quick pass inside to Stephens 45m out on a slight angle but the set shot hooks to the right. (Q1 23:37)
Darling leads hard up the middle in front of Young to clunk the mark from a Daniel pass to 45m. He passes short to Sheezel a little further on, who misses to the right. (Q1 27:31)
Reid draws a holding free on Davies-Uniacke at a ball up near the hotspot, soft but the jumper tug is always paid. He converts a red time score. (Q1 32:11)
Reid roves another stoppage in the forward pocket and gets slung around the neck by Davies-Uniacke to earn another free, but he misses! Are you not entertained? (Q1 34:32)
Melee after that score, Hough gets a contact free on Spargo and goals from the line! (Q1 35:02)
Davies-Uniacke is mown down by Yeo on outer wing, long ball to the top of the square, crumb over the back where Waterman goals easily. (Q2 3:46)
Waterman marks next to the behind post and curls in back to back goals. (Q2 5:17)
Two Roos fly to spoil Shanahan in the square, Waterman roves for three goals in a row! (Q2 8:14)
Review nixes the goal as the ball came off Waterman’s knee. (Q2 9:02)
Curtis passes to Konstanty 20m out in the pocket who hits the far right post with a J-curve. (Q2 12:15)
Johnston forces a cough up handball by Zurhaar to Waterman but the quick snap from 20m is across the face to the right. (Q2 14:23)
Sheezel snaps narrow to the left after a stoppage from 50m on a slight angle. (Q2 17:02)
Darling marks in front of a big pack from Goad’s long clearance speculator from members wing to 30m on a slight angle. He steers through his second goal. (Q2 18:24)
Wardlaw draws a holding free on Allan at a ball up at the hotspot, he misses poorly to the left. (Q2 21:14)
Zurhaar, who has switched forward, takes a link mark and goes quickly to the hotspot for Darling to mark over Starcevich for his third goal. A kick in it all of a sudden! (Q2 23:43)
Darling draws a contact free on Starcevich 30m out on a slight angle, too big and strong. He shoots for his fourth goal… it’s good, North hits the lead! (Q2 29:26)
Darling marks a Daniel pass over Duggan 40m out on the flank but misses narrow to the left. (Q3 1:29)
Simpkin kicks long to the goal line, pack falls on the line and Darling claims a goal after it comes off the shin of Trembath… goal umpire pays it! (Q3 4:06)
Sheezel threads a snap from a stoppage deep in the pocket 20m out, North kicking away now! (Q3 5:05)
Larkey receives from Spargo 20m out and kicks another one for the suddenly rampant Kangaroos! (Q3 7:26)
Hough feeds Reid on outer wing to spot up a Waterman lead to 50m on a slight angle. The Eagles need a steadier, but his kick is across the face to the left. (Q3 9:06)
Herbert bounces through the centre and passes short to Gross 40m out in front, who misses to the right. (Q3 11:01)
Daniel misses a highly pressured snap from 40m on a slight angle. (Q3 19:08)
Sheezel gives Stephens a hospital handball from the back pocket, Cole wins the HTB free 30m out on a slight angle and steers through the goal. (Q3 22:27)
Darling sends Larkey away to grubber a goal from the hotspot. (Q3 24:35)
Simpkin bounces away from the centre and feeds McKercher for the pass to Curtis 40m out, who misses. (Q3 26:15)
Shanahan holds a juggled mark in front of Comben 40m out on the flank and slots the set shot in red time. (Q3 29:38)
Simpkin handballs wide from CHF to Blamires on outer side who finds Larkey to mark in the pocket 20m out, he kicks carefully and straight enough. (Q4 0:35)
Zurhaar roves Xerri at a ball up 30m out but his snap is touched and goes left anyway. (Q4 5:30)
Curtis passes wide from the centre to Spargo on the HFF, he goes further to Simpkin 25m out in the pocket who misses narrow to the left. (Q4 8:06)
Waterman passes to Shanahan who lost Comben in transition on a switch play to mark 30m out on the flank. Shanahan kicks straight as a die. (Q4 10:01)
Hewett spots up the lead of Waterman 40m out in the corridor after the Eagles boss the next centre contest. Waterman thumps through that set shot with no problem. (Q4 12:26)
Shanahan clunks a mark in front of McDonald from a pass by Herbert but misses to the left from 50m on the flank. (Q4 15:40)
Starcevich spoils a long Davies-Uniacke ball to Trembath at the hotspot to prevent a goal. (Q4 16:35)
McKercher tries to kill a ground ball in the back pocket but he fumbles and it sits up for Yeo to rove and centre for Shanahan… who hits the post from 15m out! (Q4 22:22)
Duff-Tytler takes a link mark on members wing and bombs long… Shanahan takes a big pack mark deep in the pocket 15m out and checksides the set shot through! (Q4 24:22)
Two points in it now with 2:16 to play. (Q4 24:34)
Williams to Yeo for the centre clearance, Simpkin wins a HTB free on Yeo to prevent the score! (Q4 25:37)
1:48 as Simpkin bombs to outer wing but it comes back in via Duggan, Wardlaw thieves the crumb off Reid but Duggan kicks again inside 50 to the hotspot for Waterman! (Q4 26:33)
Waterman hits the right post! (Q4 26:33)
A point in it, 42 seconds! (Q4 27:04)
Larkey takes the huge pack mark on members wing from the kick in, then Xerri the same on centre wing! (Q4 27:37)
Xerri bombs to the HFF, Maric kicks blind, siren goes, North Melbourne hang on by the skin of their shinbones! (Final Siren)
