2017 North Melbourne Football Club season

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North Melbourne
2017 season
President Ben Buckley
Coach Brad Scott
(8th season)
Captain(s) Jack Ziebell
(1st season)
Home ground Etihad Stadium (Capacity: 56,347)
Blundstone Arena (Capacity: 19,500)
Pre Season 2 wins, 1 loss
AFL season 6-16 (15th)
Best and Fairest Shaun Higgins
Leading goalkicker Ben Brown (63)
Highest home attendance42,814 vs. Western Bulldogs (Round 4)
Lowest home attendance8,758 vs. Greater Western Sydney (Round 3)
Average home attendance22,678 (Decrease2.svg 5,493)
Club membership40,343 (Decrease2.svg 4,671)
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The 2017 AFL season was the 92nd season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club. The club finished in 15th place on the ladder after winning only six games.

Contents

List changes

Retirements and delistings

PlayerDateReasonCareer gamesCareer goalsRef.
Nick Dal Santo 24 August 2016Retired322156 [1] [2]
Michael Firrito 24 August 2016Retired27529 [1] [3]
Brent Harvey 24 August 2016Retired432518 [1] [4]
Drew Petrie 24 August 2016Delisted316428 [1]
Farren Ray 14 September 2016Retired20959 [5]
Robin Nahas 14 September 2016Delisted117135 [6]
Brad McKenzie 26 October 2016Delisted376 [7]
Joel Tippett 26 October 2016Delisted90 [7]

Trades


DateGainedFromLostRef.
17 October 2016 Paul Ahern Greater Western Sydney Pick 69 [8]
20 October 2016 Nathan Hrovat Western Bulldogs 2017 third round pick [9]
2017 third round pick
2017 fourth round pick 2017 fourth round pick
20 October 2016Pick 92 Geelong Aaron Black [10]
20 October 2016 Marley Williams Collingwood Pick 105 [11]

Free agency

Out

PlayerDateFree agent typeNew clubCompensationRef.
Daniel Wells 11 November 2016Unrestricted Collingwood 2nd round [12]

National draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
112 Jy Simpkin Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup
234 Declan Watson Aspley Football Club NEAFL
236 Josh Williams Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club QAFL
575 Nick Larkey Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup
Rookie elevation Majak Daw North Melbourne AFL
Rookie elevation Braydon Preuss North Melbourne AFL

Rookie draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
111 Cameron Zurhaar East Fremantle Football Club WAFL
228 Oscar Junker Western Jets TAC Cup
343 Matthew Taylor Perth Football Club WAFL

Season summary

Pre-season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(North's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRef
HomeAwayResult
1Sunday, 19 February (2:05 pm) Sydney 0.8.15 (63)0.9.11 (65)Won by 2 points Coffs Harbour International Stadium (A)3,040 [13]
2Sunday, 26 February (2:05 pm) Hawthorn 0.13.17 (95)0.11.8 (74)Won by 21 points Arden Street Oval (H)3,981 [14]
3Friday, 10 March (5:50 pm) Greater Western Sydney 2.15.17 (125)0.12.15 (87)Lost by 38 points Manuka Oval (A)3,997 [15]

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(North's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceLadder
position		RecordRef.
HomeAwayResult
1 Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) West Coast 13.15 (93)21.10 (136)Lost by 43 points Etihad Stadium (H)21,99715th0–1 [16]
2 Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) Geelong 17.10 (112)17.9 (111)Lost by 1 point Etihad Stadium (A)30,91712th0–2 [17]
3 Saturday, 8 April (1:45 pm) Greater Western Sydney 10.7 (67)15.19 (109)Lost by 42 points Blundstone Arena (H)8,75817th0–3 [18]
4 Friday, 14 April (4:20 pm) Western Bulldogs 12.14 (86)12.17 (89)Lost by 3 points Etihad Stadium (H)42,81417th0–4 [19]
5 Sunday, 22 April (1:10 pm) Fremantle 9.13 (67)9.8 (62)Lost by 5 points Domain Stadium (A)33,31917th0–5 [20]
6 Saturday, 29 April (7:25 pm) Gold Coast 16.11 (107)14.10 (94)Won by 13 points Etihad Stadium (H)15,43115th1–5 [21]
7 Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) Adelaide 22.13 (145)13.8 (86)Won by 59 points Blundstone Arena (H)10,06414th2–5 [22]
8 Sunday, 14 May (4:40 pm) Sydney 11.12 (78)18.12 (120)Lost by 42 points Etihad Stadium (H)21,58915th2–6 [23]
9 Sunday, 21 May (3:20 pm) Melbourne 13.12 (90)15.14 (104)Won by 14 points MCG (A)33,21814th3–6 [24]
10 Sunday, 28 May (3:20 pm) Carlton 15.6 (96)17.11 (113)Won by 17 points Etihad Stadium (A)32,80213th4–6 [25]
11 Saturday, 3 June (7:25 pm) Richmond 9.12 (66)14.17 (101)Lost by 35 points Etihad Stadium (H)36,10013th4–7 [26]
12 Bye15th4–7
13 Friday, 16 June (6:10 pm) St Kilda 10.12 (72)12.17 (89)Lost by 17 points Etihad Stadium (H)26,10716th4-8 [27]
14 Saturday, 24 June (7:25 pm) Western Bulldogs 15.17 (107)16.10 (106)Lost by 1 point Etihad Stadium (A)28,26317th4-9 [28]
15 Saturday, 1 July (4:35 pm) Gold Coast 18.10 (118)14.15 (99)Lost by 19 points Metricon Stadium (A)12,77917th4-10 [29]
16 Sunday, 9 July (1:10 pm) Fremantle 12.10 (82)13.8 (86)Lost by 4 points Etihad Stadium (H)19,26717th4-11 [30]
17 Saturday, 15 July (1:40 pm) Port Adelaide 19.13 (127)8.9 (57)Lost by 70 points Adelaide Oval (A)34,13817th4-12 [31]
18 Saturday, 22 July (1:45 pm) Essendon 20.12 (132)16.9 (105)Lost by 27 points Etihad Stadium (A)40,35917th4-13 [32]
19 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 11.10 (76)10.12 (72)Won by 4 points Blundstone Arena (H)13,93916th5-13 [33]
20 Saturday, 5 August (3:20 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57)16.15 (111)Lost by 54 points Etihad Stadium (H)33,39416th5-14 [34]
21 Sunday, 13 August (7:25 pm) Hawthorn 18.8 (116)14.5 (89)Lost by 27 points University of Tasmania Stadium (A)14,50916th5-15 [35]
22 Sunday, 20 August (3:20 pm) St Kilda 18.19 (127)12.6 (78)Lost by 49 points Etihad Stadium (A)29,16217th5-16 [36]
23 Sunday, 27 August (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 11.13 (79)19.16 (130)Won by 51 points The Gabba (A)15,41615th6-16 [37]
Source

Statistics

#Player nameGames G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O Br
TotalsAverages (per game)
3 Jed Anderson 53228285682400.60.45.65.611.21.64.800
18 Shaun Atley 221111185200385765700.50.58.49.117.53.52.600
50 Ben Brown 2263301807625612027352.91.48.23.511.65.51.21.614
13 Ryan Clarke 1564127170297563100.40.38.511.319.83.72.100
10 Ben Cunnington 20105184327511589700.50.39.216.425.62.94.9011
38 Majak Daw 74328204817231120.60.44.02.96.92.43.316.00
14 Trent Dumont 1973191200391468300.40.210.110.520.62.44.400
24 Sam Durdin 814583290321400.10.57.34.011.34.01.800
27 Taylor Garner 18168153133286806100.90.48.57.415.94.43.400
43 Sam Gibson 22592452414861007100.20.411.111.022.14.53.201
22 Todd Goldstein 191269416125554555760.60.34.98.513.42.82.930.30
6 Lachlan Hansen 135210185176872200.40.27.85.813.56.71.700
39 Mitchell Hibberd 4001829471080004.57.311.82.52.000
4 Shaun Higgins 2118252692244937710600.91.212.810.723.53.75.009
8 Nathan Hrovat 22148193191384865800.60.48.88.717.53.92.600
40 Nick Larkey 200246112001.02.03.00.50.51.00
34 Jamie MacMillan 1323137107244472600.20.210.58.218.83.62.000
11 Luke McDonald 2288276187463929400.40.412.58.521.04.24.300
23 Ben McKay 100279133002.07.09.01.03.03.00
42 Declan Mountford 12327899177384600.30.26.58.314.83.23.800
17 Aaron Mullett 1852225135360743000.30.112.57.5204.11.700
26 Daniel Nielson 7003328612480004.74.08.73.41.100
31 Braydon Preuss 85642297129231800.60.85.33.68.93.62.922.50
21 Jy Simpkin 13957269141353100.70.45.55.310.82.72.400
9 Andrew Swallow 16431341793133310600.30.28.411.219.62.16.600
25 Robbie Tarrant 21112291443731315500010.96.917.86.22.600
12 Lindsay Thomas 9576842110253200.60.87.64.712.22.83.600
16 Scott Thompson 2111168154322108520008.07.315.35.12.500
28 Kayne Turner 151789489183546101.10.56.35.912.23.64.100
33 Ed Vickers-Willis 7013462961622000.14.98.913.72.33.100
41 Corey Wagner 40218133166000.54.53.37.81.51.500
30 Jarrad Waite 1022189645141492552.21.89.64.514.14.92.50.53
36 Josh Williams 21213132610400.51.06.56.513.05.02.000
2 Marley Williams 133094133227312700.207.210.217.52.42.100
32 Mason Wood 1014117958137422501.41.17.95.813.74.22.501
7 Jack Ziebell 191362621604226611000.70.313.88.422.23.55.801
44 Cameron Zurhaar 4232214369700.50.85.53.59.02.51.800

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Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Adelaide 22156124151776136.062 2017 finals
2 Geelong 22156121341818117.462
3 Richmond (P)22157019921684118.360
4 Greater Western Sydney 22146220811812114.860
5 Port Adelaide 22148021681671129.756
6 Sydney 22148020931651126.856
7 Essendon 221210021352004106.548
8 West Coast 221210019641858105.748
9 Melbourne 221210020351934105.248
10 Western Bulldogs 22111101857191397.144
11 St Kilda 22111101925198696.944
12 Hawthorn 22101111864205590.742
13 Collingwood 2291211944196399.038
14 Fremantle 2281401607216074.432
15 North Melbourne 2261601983226487.624
16 Carlton 2261601594203878.224
17 Gold Coast 2261601756231176.024
18 Brisbane Lions 2251701877252674.320
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Honours

Syd Barker Medal

1. Shaun Higgins (217 votes)

2. Ben Cunnington (211 votes)

3. Ben Brown (209 votes)

4. Robbie Tarrant (204 votes)

5. Luke McDonald (192 votes)

6. Jack Ziebell (161 votes)

6. Sam Gibson (161 votes)

8. Taylor Garner (134 votes)

9. Scott Thompson (126 votes)

10. Shaun Atley (125 votes)

AFL Award Nominations

Debuts

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