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CibbuanoRoos hold off Dons
April 19th 2009 06:25
NORTH MELBOURNE has snapped a two-game losing streak with a hard-fought 12-point win over Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Kangaroos led at every change and withstood a last-quarter surge from the Bombers to prevail 10.9 (69) 7.15 (57) in a scrappy contest.
North Melbourne skipper Brent Harvey led from the front with a game-high 33 possessions and three goals while David Hale booted four majors.
Jack Ziebell impressed with 22 touches and one goal while Lachlan Hansen was busy in defence with 21 disposals and 11 marks.
For the Bombers, Brent Stanton and Jobe Watson won plenty of the football while skipper Matthew Lloyd kicked three goals.
Harvey kicked the first goal of the match at the nine-minute mark and the Roos managed two more for the term to take a 12-point lead into quarter-time.
When Hale took a strong mark and kicked truly the margin was out to 19 points early in the second quarter.
Both sides traded goals for the remainder of the term with a late major from Lloyd reducing the deficit to just 10 points at half-time.
The Dons could have been even closer at the main break but Watson missed two gettable opportunities.
Essendon closed to within a goal early in the second half after Lloyd made Scott McMahon pay for a turnover in defence.
Lloyd should have had another but an interchange blunder cost the Bombers a certain goal.
It proved to be a costly mistake with the Kangaroos slamming on the last three majors of the term to take a handy 20-point lead into the final change.
The Bombers came out firing in the final stanza and closed to with seven points after Lloyd was gifted another goal from a North Melbourne mistake in defence.
Daniel Pratt ran the ball over the goal line leaving the umpire no choice but to pay the new deliberate rushed behind rule.
Essendon had their chances to steal the four points but they failed to capitalise and were made to pay with Hamish McIntosh kicking the sealer at the 23-minute mark.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 3.3, 5.5, 9.7, 10.9 (69)
ESSENDON: 1.3, 3.7, 5.11, 7.15 (57)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Hale 4, Harvey 3, Petrie, McIntosh, Ziebell
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Lovett, McPhee, Stanton, Winderlich
BEST: North Melbourne: Harvey, Hale, Hansen, Ziebell, McIntosh, Power
Essendon: Lloyd, Stanton, Lovett, Watson, Winderlich, McPhee
INJURIES: North Melbourne: Nil
Essendon: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
The Kangaroos led at every change and withstood a last-quarter surge from the Bombers to prevail 10.9 (69) 7.15 (57) in a scrappy contest.
North Melbourne skipper Brent Harvey led from the front with a game-high 33 possessions and three goals while David Hale booted four majors.
Jack Ziebell impressed with 22 touches and one goal while Lachlan Hansen was busy in defence with 21 disposals and 11 marks.
For the Bombers, Brent Stanton and Jobe Watson won plenty of the football while skipper Matthew Lloyd kicked three goals.
Harvey kicked the first goal of the match at the nine-minute mark and the Roos managed two more for the term to take a 12-point lead into quarter-time.
When Hale took a strong mark and kicked truly the margin was out to 19 points early in the second quarter.
Both sides traded goals for the remainder of the term with a late major from Lloyd reducing the deficit to just 10 points at half-time.
The Dons could have been even closer at the main break but Watson missed two gettable opportunities.
Essendon closed to within a goal early in the second half after Lloyd made Scott McMahon pay for a turnover in defence.
Lloyd should have had another but an interchange blunder cost the Bombers a certain goal.
It proved to be a costly mistake with the Kangaroos slamming on the last three majors of the term to take a handy 20-point lead into the final change.
The Bombers came out firing in the final stanza and closed to with seven points after Lloyd was gifted another goal from a North Melbourne mistake in defence.
Daniel Pratt ran the ball over the goal line leaving the umpire no choice but to pay the new deliberate rushed behind rule.
Essendon had their chances to steal the four points but they failed to capitalise and were made to pay with Hamish McIntosh kicking the sealer at the 23-minute mark.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 3.3, 5.5, 9.7, 10.9 (69)
ESSENDON: 1.3, 3.7, 5.11, 7.15 (57)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Hale 4, Harvey 3, Petrie, McIntosh, Ziebell
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Lovett, McPhee, Stanton, Winderlich
BEST: North Melbourne: Harvey, Hale, Hansen, Ziebell, McIntosh, Power
Essendon: Lloyd, Stanton, Lovett, Watson, Winderlich, McPhee
INJURIES: North Melbourne: Nil
Essendon: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
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