Round 22
North Melbourne v Adelaide
Saturday August 23, Blundstone Arena, 1.15pm (SA time)
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and Channel Seven
Head to head
Adelaide – 19
North Melbourne – 17
Milestones
Lindsay Thomas (NM) – 150 AFL games
Ryan Bastinac (NM) – 100 AFL games
Latest news
Boomer banned
Kangaroos midfielder Brent Harvey has been suspended for three matches by the AFL Tribunal for misconduct against Bulldogs tagger Liam Picken.
Out of action (estimates only)
Jack Ziebell (knee) – test
Joel Tippett (calf) – test
Kieran Harper (foot) – test
Lachlan Hansen (hip) – test
Robin Nahas (shoulder) – 1 week
Tom Curran (foot) – indefinite
Majak Daw (foot) – season
Cameron Delaney (toe) – season
Taylor Garner (hamstring) – season
Robbie Tarrant (tibia) – season
North Melbourne’s last five
2014 Round 21, North Melbourne 17.9 (111) d Western Bulldogs 8.13 (61), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round 20, GWS Giants 7.9 (51) d by North Melbourne 19.12 (126), StarTrack Oval
2014 Round 19, North Melbourne 10.19 (79) d by Geelong 16.15 (111), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round 18, Carlton 16.13 (109) d North Melbourne 13.8 (86), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round 17, North Melbourne 13.14 (92) d St Kilda 3.15 (33), Blundstone Arena
Recent form against Adelaide
2014 Round 13, Adelaide 16.13 (109) d North Melbourne 10.13 (73), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round 20, Adelaide 11.13 (79) d North Melbourne 10.10 (70), AAMI Stadium
2013 Round Nine, North Melbourne 19.10 (124) d by Adelaide 18.17 (125), Etihad Stadium
2012 Round 13, North Melbourne 17.19 (121) d Adelaide 13.11 (89), Etihad Stadium
2011 Round 11, North Melbourne 18.7 (115) d Adelaide 10.8 (68), Etihad Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
N/A – Current season
Most recent team
B: Firrito, S.D. Thompson, L. McDonald
HB: Atley, Grima, S. Wright
C: Wells, A. Swallow, B. Jacobs
HF: Dal Santo, B. Brown, S. Gibson
F: Harvey, Petrie, Black
Foll: Goldstein, Cunnington, Greenwood
Interchange: Bastinac, Ziebell, L. Thomas, L. Adams
News bites
In the mix
A teen Kangaroo could be in line to play just his second AFL game when North Melbourne welcomes the Crows to Hobart on Saturday.
Wells suspended
Daniel Wells will miss North Melbourne’s clash with Adelaide after he was suspended by the Match Review Panel for a hit on Bulldog midfielder Shaun Higgins.
AFL Media match preview
With Adelaide’s season hanging in the balance, the team at AFL.com.au believe the Crows will prevail in their first-ever trip to Hobart on Saturday.
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