2016 North Melbourne Football Club season

North Melbourne
2016 season
President	James Brayshaw
Coach	Brad Scott ; (7th season)
Captain(s)	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)
← 2015	2017 →

The 2016 AFL season was the 91st season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.

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				Sydney 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	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (North's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
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	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Record	Ref.
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (North's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Record	Ref.
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	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (North's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref
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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	22	17	5	2221	1469	151.2	68	2016 finals
2	Geelong	22	17	5	2235	1554	143.8	68
3	Hawthorn	22	17	5	2134	1800	118.6	68
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	16	6	2380	1663	143.1	64
5	Adelaide	22	16	6	2483	1795	138.3	64
6	West Coast	22	16	6	2181	1678	130.0	64
7	Western Bulldogs (P)	22	15	7	1857	1609	115.4	60
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	1956	1859	105.2	48
9	St Kilda	22	12	10	1953	2041	95.7	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	2055	1939	106.0	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	1944	1991	97.6	40
12	Collingwood	22	9	13	1910	1998	95.6	36
13	Richmond	22	8	14	1713	2155	79.5	32
14	Carlton	22	7	15	1568	1978	79.3	28
15	Gold Coast	22	6	16	1778	2273	78.2	24
16	Fremantle	22	4	18	1574	2119	74.3	16
17	Brisbane Lions	22	3	19	1770	2872	61.6	12
18	Essendon	22	3	19	1437	2356	61.0	12

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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

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v t e 2016 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings