2016 North Melbourne Football Club season
Australian rules football club season
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The 2016 AFL season was the 91st season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.
PresidentJames Brayshaw
CoachBrad Scott
(7th season)
(7th season)
CaptainsAndrew Swallow
(5th season)
(5th season)
Home groundEtihad Stadium
(Capacity: 56,347)
(Capacity: 56,347)
| 2016 season | |
|---|---|
| President | James Brayshaw |
| Coach | Brad Scott (7th season) |
| Captains | Andrew Swallow (5th season) |
| Home ground | Etihad Stadium (Capacity: 56,347) |
| NAB Challenge | 13th |
| AFL season | 8th (12-10) |
| Finals | 8th (eliminated by Adelaide in Elimination Final) |
| Syd Barker Medal | Robbie Tarrant |
| Leading goalkicker | Ben Brown (41) |
| Highest home attendance | 47,622 vs Western Bulldogs (Round 6) |
| Lowest home attendance | 12,607 vs Melbourne (Round 3) |
| Average home attendance | 28,171 ( 2,497) |
| Club membership | 45,014 ( 4,002) |
Squad for 2016
Statistics are correct as of end of 2015 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.
| Senior List[1] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | State | Player | Hgt (cm) | Wgt (kg) | Date of birth | Age (end 2015) | AFL Debut | Recruited from | Games (end 2015) | Goals (end 2015) |
| 2 |  | Brad McKenzie | 186 | 84 | 29 May 1993 | 22 | 2012 | Sturt | 23 | 5 |
| 3 |  | Jed Anderson | 179 | 79 | 2 February 1994 | 21 | 2013 | NT Thunder (U18), Hawthorn | 10 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Shaun Higgins | 184 | 89 | 4 March 1988 | 27 | 2006 | Geelong (U18), Western Bulldogs | 153 | 167 |
| 5 | | Ben Jacobs | 185 | 83 | 9 January 1992 | 23 | 2011 | Sandringham (U18), Port Adelaide | 70 | 9 |
| 6 | | Lachlan Hansen | 197 | 98 | 17 August 1988 | 27 | 2007 | Gippsland (U18) | 133 | 76 |
| 7 | | Jack Ziebell (vc) | 188 | 88 | 28 February 1991 | 24 | 2009 | Murray (U18) | 124 | 72 |
| 8 |  | Daniel Wells | 181 | 79 | 3 February 1985 | 30 | 2003 | Peel | 224 | 145 |
| 9 | | Andrew Swallow (c) | 182 | 80 | 2 June 1987 | 28 | 2006 | East Fremantle | 186 | 76 |
| 10 | | Ben Cunnington | 185 | 88 | 30 June 1991 | 24 | 2010 | Geelong (U18) | 123 | 54 |
| 11 | | Michael Firrito | 189 | 93 | 27 November 1983 | 32 | 2003 | Eastern (U18), Box Hill | 253 | 29 |
| 12 | | Lindsay Thomas | 180 | 79 | 29 February 1988 | 27 | 2007 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 174 | 283 |
| 13 | | Ryan Clarke | 184 | 84 | 17 June 1997 | 18 | Eastern (U18) | |||
| 14 | | Trent Dumont | 186 | 85 | 30 June 1995 | 20 | 2015 | Norwood | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | | Nick Dal Santo | 185 | 85 | 22 February 1984 | 31 | 2002 | Bendigo (U18), St Kilda | 300 | 150 |
| 16 | | Scott Thompson | 193 | 96 | 9 May 1986 | 29 | 2008 | Geelong (VFL) | 160 | 6 |
| 17 | | Aaron Mullett | 184 | 79 | 23 February 1992 | 23 | 2011 | Eastern (U18) | 52 | 25 |
| 18 | | Shaun Atley | 189 | 86 | 13 September 1992 | 23 | 2011 | Murray (U18) | 109 | 15 |
| 19 | | Sam Wright | 188 | 85 | 15 July 1990 | 25 | 2009 | Murray (U18) | 108 | 56 |
| 20 | | Drew Petrie | 197 | 101 | 15 October 1982 | 33 | 2001 | North Ballarat (U18) | 293 | 401 |
| 21 | | Luke McDonald | 189 | 85 | 9 February 1995 | 20 | 2014 | Oakleigh (U18) | 37 | 1 |
| 22 | | Todd Goldstein | 201 | 103 | 1 July 1988 | 27 | 2008 | Oakleigh (U18) | 149 | 70 |
| 23 | | Ben McKay | 199 | 95 | 24 December 1997 | 18 | Gippsland (U18) | |||
| 24 | | Sam Durdin | 198 | 94 | 6 June 1996 | 19 | West Adelaide | |||
| 25 | | Robbie Tarrant | 196 | 97 | 25 April 1989 | 26 | 2010 | Bendigo (U18) | 61 | 41 |
| 26 | | Daniel Nielson | 194 | 96 | 9 May 1996 | 19 | Eastern (U18) | |||
| 27 | | Taylor Garner | 186 | 86 | 8 January 1994 | 21 | 2013 | Dandenong (U18) | 13 | 6 |
| 29 | | Brent Harvey | 177 | 75 | 14 May 1978 | 37 | 1996 | Northern (U18) | 409 | 482 |
| 30 | | Jarrad Waite | 194 | 96 | 4 February 1983 | 32 | 2003 | Murray (U18) | 207 | 294 |
| 32 | | Mason Wood | 192 | 84 | 13 September 1993 | 22 | 2014 | Geelong (U18) | 8 | 4 |
| 33 | | Ed Vickers-Willis | 190 | 86 | 28 March 1996 | 19 | Sandringham (U18) | |||
| 34 | | Jamie Macmillan | 188 | 88 | 23 September 1991 | 24 | 2010 | Oakleigh (U18) | 81 | 33 |
| 35 | | Aaron Black | 192 | 192 | 29 November 1990 | 25 | 2011 | Peel Thunder | 50 | 64 |
| 36 |  | Joel Tippett | 197 | 96 | 26 October 1988 | 27 | 2011 | Southport, Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 9 | 0 |
| 39 |  | Mitchell Hibberd | 190 | 85 | 23 September 1996 | 19 | Clarence | |||
| 40 | | Kayne Turner | 180 | 74 | 31 December 1995 | 20 | 2014 | Murray (U18) | 19 | 16 |
| 41 | | Corey Wagner | 180 | 74 | 23 March 1997 | 18 | Aspley | |||
| 42 | | Declan Mountford | 181 | 72 | 13 February 1997 | 18 | Claremont | |||
| 43 | | Sam Gibson | 185 | 83 | 27 May 1986 | 29 | 2012 | Box Hill, Oakleigh (U18) | 85 | 33 |
| 50 | | Ben Brown | 200 | 101 | 20 November 1992 | 23 | 2014 | Devenport | 33 | 50 |
| Rookie List[2] | ||||||||||
| No. | State | Player | Hgt | Wgt | Date of birth | Age | Debut | Recruited from | Games | Goals |
| 28 | | Robin Nahas | 176 | 73 | 10 November 1987 | 28 | 2009 | Oakleigh (U18), Richmond | 109 | 131 |
| 31 | | Braydon Preuss | 206 | 107 | 16 July 1995 | 20 | Townsville | |||
| 37 | | Will Fordham | 188 | 84 | 14 March 1996 | 19 | Sandringham (U18) | |||
| 38 | | Majak Daw | 195 | 97 | 11 March 1991 | 24 | 2013 | Western (U18) | 16 | 17 |
| 44 | | Farren Ray | 187 | 84 | 23 March 1986 | 29 | 2004 | Western Bulldogs, St Kilda, Peel Thunder | 205 | 58 |
| Senior coaching panel[3] | ||||||||||
| State | Coach | Coaching position | Club Coaching debut | Former clubs as coach | ||||||
| Brad Scott | Senior coach | 2010 | Collingwood (d) | ||||||
| Jarred Moore | Assistant coach (Midfield/Stoppages) | 2013 | |||||||
| Leigh Tudor | Assistant coach (Forwards) | 2013 | Sydney (a), St Kilda (a), Geelong (a) | ||||||
| Brad Green | Assistant coach (defence) | 2016 | Carlton (d) | ||||||
| Josh Drummond | Assistant coach (Transition) | 2014 | |||||||
| Gavin Brown | Senior Development Coach | 2014 | Carlton (a), Collingwood (a) | ||||||
| Darren Crocker | Director of Coaching | 2005 | North Melbourne (a), Richmond (a) | ||||||
| Ben Dyer | Development manager | 2014 | |||||||
| David Loader | Development coach | 2016 | |||||||
- For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
- For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach.
Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season.
In
| Player | Previous Club | League | via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jed Anderson | Hawthorn | AFL | Trade |
| Ben McKay | Gippsland (U18) | TAC Cup | Pick 21, 2015 National Draft |
| Ryan Clarke | Eastern (U18) | TAC Cup | Pick 31, 2015 National Draft |
| Mitchell Hibberd | Clarence | TSL | Pick 33, 2015 National Draft |
| Corey Wagner | Aspley | NEAFL | Pick 43, 2015 National Draft |
| Declan Mountford | Claremont | WAFL | Pick 60, 2015 National Draft |
| Farren Ray | St Kilda | AFL | Pick 15, 2016 Rookie Draft |
Out
| Player | New Club | League | via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Adams | Retired | ||
| Nathan Grima | Essendon | AFL | Retired |
| Ryan Bastinac | Brisbane Lions | AFL | Traded |
| Daniel Currie | Gold Coast | AFL | Traded |
| Kieran Harper | Delisted | ||
| Scott McMahon | Delisted | ||
 Eric Wallace | Delisted | ||
| Max Warren | Delisted |
List management
| Player | Change |
|---|---|
| Majak Daw | Demoted from the senior list to the rookie list |
Season summary
Pre-season matches
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
| Home | Away | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 20 February (2:05 pm) | St Kilda | 1.9.10 (73) | 0.18.9 (117) | Won by 44 points[4] | Norm Minns Oval (A) | 6,216 |
| 2 | Saturday, 5 March (4:40 pm) | Collingwood | 1.10.8 (77) | 0.12.13 (85) | Lost by 8 points[5] | Robertson Oval (H) | 6,000 |
| 3 | Friday, 11 March (5:50 pm) | Hawthorn | 2.16.11 (125) | 0.12.8 (80) | Lost by 45 points[6] | Etihad Stadium (A) | 8,894 |
Home and away season
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
Record | Ref. | ||
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 26 March (7:25 pm) | Adelaide | 16.11 (107) | 14.13 (97) | Won by 10 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 25,485 | 8th | 1-0 | [7] |
| 2 | Saturday, 2 April (3:35 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 11.17 (83) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 34 points | The Gabba (A) | 18,021 | 4th | 2-0 | [8] |
| 3 | Sunday, 10 April (1:10 pm) | Melbourne | 21.10 (136) | 20.11 (131) | Won by 5 points | Blundstone Arena (H) | 12,607 | 3rd | 3-0 | [9] |
| 4 | Sunday, 17 April (4:40 pm) | Fremantle | 20.12 (132) | 14.17 (101) | Won by 31 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 23,393 | 1st | 4-0 | [10] |
| 5 | Saturday, 23 April (4:35 pm) | Gold Coast | 11.15 (81) | 18.11 (119) | Won by 38 points | Metricon Stadium (A) | 13,351 | 1st | 5-0 | [11] |
| 6 | Friday, 29 April (7:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.7 (61) | 6.9 (45) | Won by 16 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 47,622 | 1st | 6-0 | [12] |
| 7 | Sunday, 8 May (5:50 pm) | St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | 11.16 (82) | Won by 7 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 27,254 | 1st | 7-0 | [13] |
| 8 | Saturday, 14 May (1:45 pm) | Essendon | 8.12 (60) | 10.14 (74) | Won by 14 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 30,321 | 1st | 8-0 | [14] |
| 9 | Saturday, 21 May (7:25 pm) | Carlton | 17.11 (113) | 6.10 (46) | Won by 67 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 38,419 | 1st | 9-0 | [15] |
| 10 | Friday, 27 May (7:50 pm) | Sydney | 14.7 (91) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 26 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 38,498 | 1st | 9-1 | [16] |
| 11 | Friday, 3 June (7:50 pm) | Richmond | 18.16 (124) | 7.12 (54) | Won by 70 points | Blundstone Arena (H) | 17,844 | 1st | 10-1 | [17] |
| 12 | Saturday, 11 June (7:25 pm) | Geelong | 15.15 (105) | 12.2 (74) | Lost by 31 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 44,025 | 1st | 10-2 | [18] |
| 13 | Friday, 17 June (7:50 pm) | Hawthorn | 11.18 (86) | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 9 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 37,073 | 3rd | 10-3 | [19] |
| 14 | Thursday, 23 June (7:20 pm) | Adelaide | 12.28 (100) | 10.7 (67) | Lost by 33 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 37,890 | 5th | 10-4 | [20] |
| 15 | Bye | 7th | 10-4 | |||||||
| 16 | Sunday, 10 July (1:20 pm) | West Coast | 16.8 (104) | 11.6 (72) | Lost by 32 points | Domain Stadium (A) | 35,168 | 8th | 10-5 | [21] |
| 17 | Saturday, 16 July (4:35 pm) | Port Adelaide | 10.17 (77) | 16.9 (105) | Lost by 28 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 24,361 | 8th | 10-6 | [22] |
| 18 | Saturday, 23 July (1:45 pm) | Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | 18.16 (124) | Won by 40 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 36,041 | 8th | 11-6 | [23] |
| 19 | Saturday, 30 July (7:25 pm) | St Kilda | 12.13 (85) | 8.14 (62) | Won by 23 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 44,287 | 8th | 12-6 | [24] |
| 20 | Saturday, 6 August (7:25 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.7 (61) | 7.5 (47) | Lost by 14 points | Etihad Stadium (A) | 30,740 | 8th | 12-7 | [25] |
| 21 | Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 14.12 (96) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 39 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 50,657 | 8th | 12-8 | [26] |
| 22 | Saturday, 20 August (1:45 pm) | Sydney | 10.16 (76) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 9 points | Blundstone Arena (H) | 16,495 | 8th | 12-9 | [27] |
| 23 | Saturday, 27 August (7:25 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 9.9 (63) | 14.16 (100) | Lost by 37 points | Etihad Stadium (H) | 22,295 | 8th | 12-10 | [28] |
| Source | ||||||||||
Finals matches
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ref | ||
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF | Saturday, 10 September (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 21.15 (141) | 12.7 (79) | Lost by 62 points | Adelaide Oval (A) | 49,007 | [29] |
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2221 | 1469 | 151.2 | 68 | 2016 finals |
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2235 | 1554 | 143.8 | 68 | |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2134 | 1800 | 118.6 | 68 | |
| 4 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2380 | 1663 | 143.1 | 64 | |
| 5 | Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2483 | 1795 | 138.3 | 64 | |
| 6 | West Coast | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2181 | 1678 | 130.0 | 64 | |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1857 | 1609 | 115.4 | 60 | |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1956 | 1859 | 105.2 | 48 | |
| 9 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1953 | 2041 | 95.7 | 48 | |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2055 | 1939 | 106.0 | 40 | |
| 11 | Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1944 | 1991 | 97.6 | 40 | |
| 12 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1910 | 1998 | 95.6 | 36 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1713 | 2155 | 79.5 | 32 | |
| 14 | Carlton | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1568 | 1978 | 79.3 | 28 | |
| 15 | Gold Coast | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1778 | 2273 | 78.2 | 24 | |
| 16 | Fremantle | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1574 | 2119 | 74.3 | 16 | |
| 17 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1770 | 2872 | 61.6 | 12 | |
| 18 | Essendon | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1437 | 2356 | 61.0 | 12 |
Individual awards and records
Milestones
| Milestones | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | State | Player | Milestone | Round |
| 22 | | Todd Goldstein | 150th career game | Round 1 |
| 30 | | Jarrad Waite | 300th career goal | Round 2 |
| 20 | | Drew Petrie | 300th career game | Round 7 |
| 5 | | Ben Jacobs | 50th club game | Round 7 |
| 15 | | Nick Dal Santo | 50th club game | Round 10 |
| 29 | | Brent Harvey | 500th career goal | Round 11 |
| 21 | | Luke McDonald | 50th career game | Round 13 |
| 12 | | Lindsay Thomas | 300th career goal | Round 13 |
| 9 | | Andrew Swallow | 200th career game | Round 16 |
| 43 | | Sam Gibson | 100th career game | Round 16 |
| 50 | | Ben Brown | 50th career game | Round 18 |
| 29 | | Brent Harvey | 427th career game (AFL record) | Round 19 |
| 34 | | Jamie Macmillan | 100th career game | Round 20 |
Debuts
| Debuts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | State | Player | Round | |
| 3 | | Jed Anderson | Round 11 | |
| 44 | | Farren Ray | Round 91 | |
| 41 | | Corey Wagner | Round 13 | |
| 13 | | Ryan Clarke | Round 16 | |
1Had previously played for another club but played their first match for the North Melbourne.
AFL Rising Star
| AFL Rising Star | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | State | Player | Status | Round |
| 13 | | Ryan Clarke | Nominated | Round 18 |