2017 North Melbourne Football Club season

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.

North Melbourne
2017 season
PresidentBen Buckley
CoachBrad Scott
(8th season)
Captain(s)Jack Ziebell
(1st season)
Home groundEtihad Stadium (Capacity: 56,347)
Blundstone Arena (Capacity: 19,500)
Pre Season2 wins, 1 loss
AFL season6-16 (15th)
Best and FairestShaun Higgins
Leading goalkickerBen 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 ( 5,493)
Club membership40,343 ( 4,671)

List changes

Retirements and delistings

Player Date Reason Career games Career goals Ref.
Nick Dal Santo 24 August 2016 Retired 322 156 [1][2]
Michael Firrito 24 August 2016 Retired 275 29 [1][3]
Brent Harvey 24 August 2016 Retired 432 518 [1][4]
Drew Petrie 24 August 2016 Delisted 316 428 [1]
Farren Ray 14 September 2016 Retired 209 59 [5]
Robin Nahas 14 September 2016 Delisted 117 135 [6]
Brad McKenzie 26 October 2016 Delisted 37 6 [7]
Joel Tippett 26 October 2016 Delisted 9 0 [7]

Trades


Date Gained From Lost Ref.
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 2016 Pick 92 Geelong Aaron Black [10]
20 October 2016 Marley Williams Collingwood Pick 105 [11]

Out

Player Date Free agent type New club Compensation Ref.
Daniel Wells 11 November 2016 Unrestricted Collingwood 2nd round [12]

National draft

Round Pick Player Recruited from League
1 12 Jy Simpkin Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup
2 34 Declan Watson Aspley Football Club NEAFL
2 36 Josh Williams Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club QAFL
5 75 Nick Larkey Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup
Rookie elevation Majak Daw North Melbourne AFL
Rookie elevation Braydon Preuss North Melbourne AFL

Rookie draft

Round Pick Player Recruited from League
1 11 Cameron Zurhaar East Fremantle Football Club WAFL
2 28 Oscar Junker Western Jets TAC Cup
3 43 Matthew Taylor Perth Football Club WAFL

Season summary

Pre-season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ref
Home Away Result
1 Sunday, 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]
2 Sunday, 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]
3 Friday, 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

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Record Ref.
Home Away Result
1 Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) West Coast 13.15 (93) 21.10 (136) Lost by 43 points Etihad Stadium (H) 21,997 15th 0–1 [16]
2 Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) Geelong 17.10 (112) 17.9 (111) Lost by 1 point Etihad Stadium (A) 30,917 12th 0–2 [17]
3 Saturday, 8 April (1:45 pm) Greater Western Sydney 10.7 (67) 15.19 (109) Lost by 42 points Blundstone Arena (H) 8,758 17th 0–3 [18]
4 Friday, 14 April (4:20 pm) Western Bulldogs 12.14 (86) 12.17 (89) Lost by 3 points Etihad Stadium (H) 42,814 17th 0–4 [19]
5 Sunday, 22 April (1:10 pm) Fremantle 9.13 (67) 9.8 (62) Lost by 5 points Domain Stadium (A) 33,319 17th 0–5 [20]
6 Saturday, 29 April (7:25 pm) Gold Coast 16.11 (107) 14.10 (94) Won by 13 points Etihad Stadium (H) 15,431 15th 1–5 [21]
7 Sunday, 26 March (1:10 pm) Adelaide 22.13 (145) 13.8 (86) Won by 59 points Blundstone Arena (H) 10,064 14th 2–5 [22]
8 Sunday, 14 May (4:40 pm) Sydney 11.12 (78) 18.12 (120) Lost by 42 points Etihad Stadium (H) 21,589 15th 2–6 [23]
9 Sunday, 21 May (3:20 pm) Melbourne 13.12 (90) 15.14 (104) Won by 14 points MCG (A) 33,218 14th 3–6 [24]
10 Sunday, 28 May (3:20 pm) Carlton 15.6 (96) 17.11 (113) Won by 17 points Etihad Stadium (A) 32,802 13th 4–6 [25]
11 Saturday, 3 June (7:25 pm) Richmond 9.12 (66) 14.17 (101) Lost by 35 points Etihad Stadium (H) 36,100 13th 4–7 [26]
12 Bye 15th 4–7
13 Friday, 16 June (6:10 pm) St Kilda 10.12 (72) 12.17 (89) Lost by 17 points Etihad Stadium (H) 26,107 16th 4-8 [27]
14 Saturday, 24 June (7:25 pm) Western Bulldogs 15.17 (107) 16.10 (106) Lost by 1 point Etihad Stadium (A) 28,263 17th 4-9 [28]
15 Saturday, 1 July (4:35 pm) Gold Coast 18.10 (118) 14.15 (99) Lost by 19 points Metricon Stadium (A) 12,779 17th 4-10 [29]
16 Sunday, 9 July (1:10 pm) Fremantle 12.10 (82) 13.8 (86) Lost by 4 points Etihad Stadium (H) 19,267 17th 4-11 [30]
17 Saturday, 15 July (1:40 pm) Port Adelaide 19.13 (127) 8.9 (57) Lost by 70 points Adelaide Oval (A) 34,138 17th 4-12 [31]
18 Saturday, 22 July (1:45 pm) Essendon 20.12 (132) 16.9 (105) Lost by 27 points Etihad Stadium (A) 40,359 17th 4-13 [32]
19 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 11.10 (76) 10.12 (72) Won by 4 points Blundstone Arena (H) 13,939 16th 5-13 [33]
20 Saturday, 5 August (3:20 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57) 16.15 (111) Lost by 54 points Etihad Stadium (H) 33,394 16th 5-14 [34]
21 Sunday, 13 August (7:25 pm) Hawthorn 18.8 (116) 14.5 (89) Lost by 27 points University of Tasmania Stadium (A) 14,509 16th 5-15 [35]
22 Sunday, 20 August (3:20 pm) St Kilda 18.19 (127) 12.6 (78) Lost by 49 points Etihad Stadium (A) 29,162 17th 5-16 [36]
23 Sunday, 27 August (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 11.13 (79) 19.16 (130) Won by 51 points The Gabba (A) 15,416 15th 6-16 [37]
Source

Statistics

# Player name Games G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O Br
Totals Averages (per game)
3Jed Anderson53228285682400.60.45.65.611.21.64.800
18Shaun Atley221111185200385765700.50.58.49.117.53.52.600
50Ben Brown2263301807625612027352.91.48.23.511.65.51.21.614
13Ryan Clarke1564127170297563100.40.38.511.319.83.72.100
10Ben Cunnington20105184327511589700.50.39.216.425.62.94.9011
38Majak Daw74328204817231120.60.44.02.96.92.43.316.00
14Trent Dumont1973191200391468300.40.210.110.520.62.44.400
24Sam Durdin814583290321400.10.57.34.011.34.01.800
27Taylor Garner18168153133286806100.90.48.57.415.94.43.400
43Sam Gibson22592452414861007100.20.411.111.022.14.53.201
22Todd Goldstein191269416125554555760.60.34.98.513.42.82.930.30
6Lachlan Hansen135210185176872200.40.27.85.813.56.71.700
39Mitchell Hibberd4001829471080004.57.311.82.52.000
4Shaun Higgins2118252692244937710600.91.212.810.723.53.75.009
8Nathan Hrovat22148193191384865800.60.48.88.717.53.92.600
40Nick Larkey200246112001.02.03.00.50.51.00
34Jamie MacMillan1323137107244472600.20.210.58.218.83.62.000
11Luke McDonald2288276187463929400.40.412.58.521.04.24.300
23Ben McKay100279133002.07.09.01.03.03.00
42Declan Mountford12327899177384600.30.26.58.314.83.23.800
17Aaron Mullett1852225135360743000.30.112.57.5204.11.700
26Daniel Nielson7003328612480004.74.08.73.41.100
31Braydon Preuss85642297129231800.60.85.33.68.93.62.922.50
21Jy Simpkin13957269141353100.70.45.55.310.82.72.400
9Andrew Swallow16431341793133310600.30.28.411.219.62.16.600
25Robbie Tarrant21112291443731315500010.96.917.86.22.600
12Lindsay Thomas9576842110253200.60.87.64.712.22.83.600
16Scott Thompson2111168154322108520008.07.315.35.12.500
28Kayne Turner151789489183546101.10.56.35.912.23.64.100
33Ed Vickers-Willis7013462961622000.14.98.913.72.33.100
41Corey Wagner40218133166000.54.53.37.81.51.500
30Jarrad Waite1022189645141492552.21.89.64.514.14.92.50.53
36Josh Williams21213132610400.51.06.56.513.05.02.000
2Marley Williams133094133227312700.207.210.217.52.42.100
32Mason Wood1014117958137422501.41.17.95.813.74.22.501
7Jack Ziebell191362621604226611000.70.313.88.422.23.55.801
44Cameron Zurhaar4232214369700.50.85.53.59.02.51.800

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Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 22 15 6 1 2415 1776 136.0 62 2017 finals
2 Geelong 22 15 6 1 2134 1818 117.4 62
3 Richmond (P) 22 15 7 0 1992 1684 118.3 60
4 Greater Western Sydney 22 14 6 2 2081 1812 114.8 60
5 Port Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2168 1671 129.7 56
6 Sydney 22 14 8 0 2093 1651 126.8 56
7 Essendon 22 12 10 0 2135 2004 106.5 48
8 West Coast 22 12 10 0 1964 1858 105.7 48
9 Melbourne 22 12 10 0 2035 1934 105.2 48
10 Western Bulldogs 22 11 11 0 1857 1913 97.1 44
11 St Kilda 22 11 11 0 1925 1986 96.9 44
12 Hawthorn 22 10 11 1 1864 2055 90.7 42
13 Collingwood 22 9 12 1 1944 1963 99.0 38
14 Fremantle 22 8 14 0 1607 2160 74.4 32
15 North Melbourne 22 6 16 0 1983 2264 87.6 24
16 Carlton 22 6 16 0 1594 2038 78.2 24
17 Gold Coast 22 6 16 0 1756 2311 76.0 24
18 Brisbane Lions 22 5 17 0 1877 2526 74.3 20
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

Milestones

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