See other results for round 1 here
Melbourne – 10.7 (67)
North Melbourne – 15.11 (101)
North Melbourne was too good and too fit for the Melbourne Demons beating them comfortably by 34 points. The Roos were pushed toward victory by their ruckman Hamish McIntosh, who scored three goals; they all went straight through the middle. The Demons can savour something from the game with youngsters Jetta and Cheney playing very well for their first game, but Cheney came off very sore in the final quarter.
Turning points of the match The only real turning point was the last quarter, the Demons only managed one goal and that was in garbage time. North were too fit in the final quarter for Melbourne and literally ran away with the game. Key Players for North Melbourne Leigh Harding – Would be disappointed if he didn’t get 3 Brownlow points today, by far the best player on the field with 20 kicks. Hamish McIntosh – Hamish was very hardy around the ground, especially around the 50 and from set shots Key Players for Melbourne James McDonald – The captain was consistent as always and was good by foot and by hand Ricky Petterd – Great to see him back on the field, (with less hair) scored an inspirational goal in the 3rd quarter. Musings from the match · Melbourne ran out of scarfs to give their members. The man who was meant to be giving them up told me “we’re given out 10,000 in 30 minutes” · Both teams were flooding/zoning but the game was not defensive · Cheney locked down Wells very well, especially for a newbie · When Cheney came off Wells’ eyes lit up and he got much more of the ball · Cale Morton was a disappointment, a below average game for him · Crowd was a little disappointing, but up on a normal Melbourne or North Melbourne home game Supercoach/Dreamteam news Get on McIntosh, he had a very good game for him and he didn’t look too tired either. As I already mentioned Cheney played well, he also scored well, especially in SuperCoach due to his effectiveness and handball receives. Bate was pretty quiet, but played most of the game up forward, they seem to trying to make him in to a forward, not sure if it’s working. 
Tags: Hamish Mcintosh, James McDonald, Leigh Harding, Ricky Petterd
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