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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.

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
PresidentBen Buckley
CoachBrad Scott
(9th season)
Captain(s)Jack Ziebell
(2nd season)[3]
Home groundEtihad Stadium (Capacity: 56,347)
Blundstone Arena (Capacity: 19,500)
AFLX
JLT Community Series		1-1
0-2
AFL season12-10 (9th)
Leading goalkickerBen Brown
Highest home attendance33,966 vs. St Kilda (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance7,194 vs. Greater Western Sydney (Round 9)
← 2017 2019 →

List changes[edit]

Main article: 2017 AFL draft

Retirements and delistings[edit]

Player Date Reason Career games Career goals Ref.
Lachlan Hansen 29 August 2017 Delisted 151 81 [4]
Will Fordham 30 August 2017 Delisted 0 0 [5]
Matthew Taylor 30 August 2017 Delisted 0 0 [5]
Aaron Mullett 10 October 2017 Delisted 85 31 [6]
Corey Wagner 10 October 2017 Delisted 8 0 [6]
Lindsay Thomas 3 November 2017 Delisted 205 325 [7]
Andrew Swallow 9 November 2017 Retired 224 80 [8]

Trades[edit]

Date Gained From Lost Ref.
19 October 2017 Pick 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[edit]

Gain[edit]

Player Date Free agent type Old club Ref.
Alex Morgan 1 November 2017 Delisted Essendon [11]

National draft[edit]

Round Pick Player Recruited from League
1 4 Luke Davies-Uniacke Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup
2 23 Will Walker Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup
4 62 Kyron Hayden Subiaco Football Club WAFL
5 72 Tristan Xerri Western Jets TAC Cup
5 77 Billy Hartung Hawthorn AFL

Rookie draft[edit]

Round Pick Player Recruited from League
1 4 Tom Murphy Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup
2 20 Gordon Narrier Perth Football Club WAFL

Category B rookie selections[edit]

Player Recruited from Note Ref.
Tom Jeffries Werribee 3-year non-registered player (rugby) [12]

Season summary[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

AFLX[edit]
Main article: AFLX
Date and local time Opponent Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ref.
North Melbourne Opponent Result
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[edit]
Main article: 2018 JLT Community Series
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (North's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ref
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 24 February (2:05 pm) Melbourne 11.5 (71) 19.10 (124) Lost by 53 points Kingston Twin Ovals, Hobart (H) 1,957 [14]
2 Wednesday, 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[edit]

See also: 2018 AFL 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, 24 March (6:25 pm) Gold Coast 7.13 (55) 5.9 (39) Lost by 16 points Cazaly's Stadium 3,722 15th 0-1 [16]
2 Friday, 30 March (4:20 pm) St Kilda 13.17 (95) 5.13 (43) Won by 52 points Etihad Stadium 33,966 5th 1-1 [17]
3 Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne 13.8 (86) 5.13 (123) Lost by 37 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 35,518 11th 1-2 [18]
4 Saturday, 14 April (7:25 pm) Carlton 18.8 (116) 4.6 (30) Won by 84 points Blundstone Arena 14,226 7th 2-2 [18]
5 Sunday, 22 April (3:20 pm) Hawthorn 14.14 (98) 11.4 (70) Won by 28 points Etihad Stadium 27,981 4th 3-2
6 Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 10.9 (69) 15.12 (102) Lost by 33 points Etihad Stadium 17,617 8th 3-3
7 Saturday, 5 May (7:25 pm) Sydney 9.14 (68) 9.12 (66) Won by 2 points Sydney Cricket Ground 29,214 7th 4-3
8 Sunday, 13 May (1:10 pm) Richmond 11.6 (72) 12.10 (82) Lost by 10 points Etihad Stadium 29,153 10th 4-4
16 Sunday, 8 July (1:10 pm) Gold Coast 14.11 (95) 8.10 (58) Won by 37 points Etihad Stadium 14,389 9th 9-6
17 Sunday, 15 July (3:20 pm) Sydney 15.8 (98) 16.8 (104) Lost by 6 points Etihad Stadium 25,663 9th 9-7
18 Saturday, 21 July (1:45 pm) Collingwood 20.10 (130) 9.10 (64) Lost by 66 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 50,393 10th 9-8 [19]
19 Sunday, 29 July (1:10 pm) West Coast 12.9 (81) 6.5 (41) Won by 40 points Blundstone Arena 11,176 10th 10-8 [20]
20 Saturday, 4 August (2:40 pm) Brisbane Lions 16.8 (104) 16.11 (107) Won by 3 points The Gabba 18,395 10th 11-8 [21]
21 Sunday, 12 August (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 12.13 (85) 13.14 (92) Lost by 7 points Etihad Stadium 27,031 10th 11-9 [22]
22 Sunday, 19 August (4:10 pm) Adelaide 12.14 (86) 11.11 (77) Lost by 9 points Adelaide Oval 41,444 10th 11-10 [23]
23 Sunday, 26 August (4:40 pm) St Kilda 14.10 (94) 17.15 (117) Won by 23 points Etihad Stadium 19,866 9th 12-10 [24]
Ladder[edit]
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Richmond 22 18 4 0 2143 1574 136.1 72 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P) 22 16 6 0 2012 1657 121.4 64
3 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2046 1699 120.4 60
4 Hawthorn 22 15 7 0 1972 1642 120.1 60
5 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2299 1749 131.4 56
6 Sydney 22 14 8 0 1822 1664 109.5 56
7 Greater Western Sydney 22 13 8 1 1898 1664 114.1 54
8 Geelong 22 13 9 0 2045 1554 131.6 52
9 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 1950 1790 108.9 48
10 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1780 1654 107.6 48
11 Essendon 22 12 10 0 1932 1838 105.1 48
12 Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1941 1865 104.1 48
13 Western Bulldogs 22 8 14 0 1575 2037 77.3 32
14 Fremantle 22 8 14 0 1556 2041 76.2 32
15 Brisbane Lions 22 5 17 0 1825 2049 89.1 20
16 St Kilda 22 4 17 1 1606 2182 73.6 18
17 Gold Coast 22 4 18 0 1308 2182 59.9 16
18 Carlton 22 2 20 0 1353 2282 59.3 8
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

VFL[edit]

North Melbourne
2018 season
CoachDavid Loader
(1st season)
Captain(s)Christopher Jansen
(1st season)
Micheal Close
(1st season)
Home groundAvalon Airport Oval (Capacity: 10,000)
VFL season5-4 (in progress)

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

Playing Squad[edit]

North Melbourne Football Club (reserves)
Playing list Coaching 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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Richmond 18 14 4 0 1911 1198 159.5 56 Qualification to Finals series
2 Casey Demons 18 14 4 0 1593 1128 141.2 56
3 Geelong 18 13 5 0 1574 1074 146.6 52
4 Williamstown 18 13 5 0 1496 1171 127.8 52
5 Collingwood 18 12 6 0 1628 1220 133.4 48
6 Box Hill Hawks (P) 18 12 6 0 1634 1288 126.9 48
7 Port Melbourne 18 10 8 0 1536 1436 107.0 40
8 Essendon 18 9 9 0 1502 1237 121.4 36
9 Footscray 18 8 10 0 1378 1442 95.6 32
10 North Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1436 1696 84.7 32
11 Werribee 18 7 11 0 1488 1680 88.6 28
12 Northern Blues 18 6 12 0 1256 1643 76.4 24
13 Sandringham 18 5 12 1 1317 1593 82.7 22
14 Frankston 18 2 16 0 964 2068 46.6 8
15 Coburg 18 1 16 1 1116 1955 57.1 6
Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2018. Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

References[edit]

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_North_Melbourne_Football_Club_season

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