2018 North Melbourne Football Club season

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The 2018 AFL season was the 93rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.

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North Melbourne were widely predicted for a second-straight bottom six finish, including several predictions which would see them winning the wooden spoon. [1] [2] Strong performances by Shaun Higgins and Ben Brown meant the Kangaroos finished comfortably mid-table, finishing 9th with 48 points and a percentage of 108.9%.

North Melbourne
2018 season
President Ben Buckley
Coach Brad Scott
(9th season)
Captain(s) Jack Ziebell
(2nd season) [3]
Home ground Etihad Stadium (Capacity: 56,347)
Blundstone Arena (Capacity: 19,500)
AFLX
JLT Community Series 		1-1
0-2
AFL season 12-10 (9th)
Leading goalkicker Ben Brown
Highest home attendance33,966 vs. St Kilda (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance7,194 vs. Greater Western Sydney (Round 9)
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List changes

Retirements and delistings

PlayerDateReasonCareer gamesCareer goalsRef.
Lachlan Hansen 29 August 2017Delisted15181 [4]
Will Fordham 30 August 2017Delisted00 [5]
Matthew Taylor 30 August 2017Delisted00 [5]
Aaron Mullett 10 October 2017Delisted8531 [6]
Corey Wagner 10 October 2017Delisted80 [6]
Lindsay Thomas 3 November 2017Delisted205325 [7]
Andrew Swallow 9 November 2017Retired22480 [8]

Trades

DateGainedFromLostRef.
19 October 2017Pick 91 Adelaide Sam Gibson [9]
19 October 2017 2018 third round pick (West Coast) Port Adelaide Pick 46 [10]
2018 third round pick (St Kilda) 2018 third round pick

Free Agency

Gain

PlayerDateFree agent typeOld clubRef.
Alex Morgan 1 November 2017Delisted Essendon [11]

National draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
14 Luke Davies-Uniacke Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup
223 Will Walker Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup
462 Kyron Hayden Subiaco Football Club WAFL
572 Tristan Xerri Western Jets TAC Cup
577 Billy Hartung Hawthorn AFL

Rookie draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
14 Tom Murphy Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup
220 Gordon Narrier Perth Football Club WAFL

Category B rookie selections

PlayerRecruited fromNoteRef.
Tom Jeffries Werribee 3-year non-registered player (rugby) [12]

Season summary

Pre-season

AFLX
Date and local timeOpponentScores(North's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRef.
North MelbourneOpponentResult
Friday, 16 February (7:36 pm) Carlton 5.4.9 (83)5.2.6 (68)Won by 15 points Etihad Stadium 22,585 [13]
Friday, 16 February (8:32 pm) Melbourne 3.2.4 (46)1.9.6 (70)Lost by 24 points
JLT Community Series
RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(North's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRef
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 24 February (2:05 pm) Melbourne 11.5 (71)19.10 (124)Lost by 53 pointsKingston Twin Ovals, Hobart (H)1,957 [14]
2Wednesday, 7 March (7:05 pm) Richmond 19.14 (128)8.10 (58)Lost by 70 points Ikon Park (A)4,197 [15]

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(North's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceLadder
position		RecordRef.
HomeAwayResult
1 Saturday, 24 March (6:25 pm) Gold Coast 7.13 (55)5.9 (39)Lost by 16 points Cazaly's Stadium 3,72215th0-1 [16]
2 Friday, 30 March (4:20 pm) St Kilda 13.17 (95)5.13 (43)Won by 52 points Etihad Stadium 33,9665th1-1 [17]
3 Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne 13.8 (86)5.13 (123)Lost by 37 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 35,51811th1-2 [18]
4 Saturday, 14 April (7:25 pm) Carlton 18.8 (116)4.6 (30)Won by 84 points Blundstone Arena 14,2267th2-2 [18]
5 Sunday, 22 April (3:20 pm) Hawthorn 14.14 (98)11.4 (70)Won by 28 points Etihad Stadium 27,9814th3-2
6 Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 10.9 (69)15.12 (102)Lost by 33 points Etihad Stadium 17,6178th3-3
7 Saturday, 5 May (7:25 pm) Sydney 9.14 (68)9.12 (66)Won by 2 points Sydney Cricket Ground 29,2147th4-3
8 Sunday, 13 May (1:10 pm) Richmond 11.6 (72)12.10 (82)Lost by 10 points Etihad Stadium 29,15310th4-4
16 Sunday, 8 July (1:10 pm) Gold Coast 14.11 (95)8.10 (58)Won by 37 points Etihad Stadium 14,3899th9-6
17 Sunday, 15 July (3:20 pm) Sydney 15.8 (98)16.8 (104)Lost by 6 points Etihad Stadium 25,6639th9-7
18 Saturday, 21 July (1:45 pm) Collingwood 20.10 (130)9.10 (64)Lost by 66 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 50,39310th9-8 [19]
19 Sunday, 29 July (1:10 pm) West Coast 12.9 (81)6.5 (41)Won by 40 pointsBlundstone Arena11,17610th10-8 [20]
20 Saturday, 4 August (2:40 pm) Brisbane Lions 16.8 (104)16.11 (107)Won by 3 pointsThe Gabba18,39510th11-8 [21]
21 Sunday, 12 August (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 12.13 (85)13.14 (92)Lost by 7 points Etihad Stadium 27,03110th11-9 [22]
22 Sunday, 19 August (4:10 pm) Adelaide 12.14 (86)11.11 (77)Lost by 9 points Adelaide Oval 41,44410th11-10 [23]
23 Sunday, 26 August (4:40 pm) St Kilda 14.10 (94)17.15 (117)Won by 23 pointsEtihad Stadium19,8669th12-10 [24]
Ladder
PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Richmond 22184021431574136.172 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P)22166020121657121.464
3 Collingwood 22157020461699120.460
4 Hawthorn 22157019721642120.160
5 Melbourne 22148022991749131.456
6 Sydney 22148018221664109.556
7 Greater Western Sydney 22138118981664114.154
8 Geelong 22139020451554131.652
9 North Melbourne 221210019501790108.948
10 Port Adelaide 221210017801654107.648
11 Essendon 221210019321838105.148
12 Adelaide 221210019411865104.148
13 Western Bulldogs 2281401575203777.332
14 Fremantle 2281401556204176.232
15 Brisbane Lions 2251701825204989.120
16 St Kilda 2241711606218273.618
17 Gold Coast 2241801308218259.916
18 Carlton 2222001353228259.38
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

VFL

North Melbourne
2018 season
CoachDavid Loader
(1st season)
Captain(s)Christopher Jansen
(1st season)
Micheal Close
(1st season)
Home ground Avalon Airport Oval (Capacity: 10,000)
VFL season 5-4 (in progress)

The 2018 VFL season was the 1st season in the Victorian Football League contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.

Playing Squad

North Melbourne Football Club (reserves)
Playing listCoaching staff
  • 51 Tom Hotchin
  • 52 Nicholas Rippon
  • 53 Tyrone Leonardis
  • 54 Jordan McIvor-Clark
  • 55 Mitch Rodd
  • 58 Jordan Harper
  • 59 Nash Holmes
  • 60 Steven Stroobants
  • 61 Christopher Jansen (c)
  • 62 Fraser Cameron
  • 63 Koe Ngawat
  • 64 Louis Cunningham
  • 65 Micheal Close (c)
  • 66 Patrick McCarthy
  • 67 Brandon Ryan
  • 68 Quintin Montanaro
  • 69 Liam Whelan
  • 70 Nicholas Hogan
  • 71 Matthew Northe
  • 72 Christopher Peart
  • 73 Rhys Free
  • 80 Max Hayes
  • 81 Jordan Mangan
  • 82 Lachlan Mirams

Head coach

  • David Loader

Assistant coaches

  • Ben Dyer (forwards)
  • Gavin Brown (backline)
  • Robbie Waters (midfield)
  • Ben Davey (forwards)
  • Jordan Doering (backline)
  • Chris Jansen (Playing/Assistant Coach)(midfield)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 13 June 2018
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Richmond 18144019111198159.556Qualification to Finals series
2 Casey Demons 18144015931128141.256
3 Geelong 18135015741074146.652
4 Williamstown 18135014961171127.852
5 Collingwood 18126016281220133.448
6 Box Hill Hawks (P)18126016341288126.948
7 Port Melbourne 18108015361436107.040
8 Essendon 1899015021237121.436
9 Footscray 1881001378144295.632
10 North Melbourne 1881001436169684.732
11 Werribee 1871101488168088.628
12 Northern Blues 1861201256164376.424
13 Sandringham 1851211317159382.722
14 Frankston 182160964206846.68
15 Coburg 1811611116195557.16
Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2018. Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

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