Round Seven
North Melbourne v Adelaide
Saturday, May 6 at 1:45pm (local time), Blundstone Arena
Broadcast details
Live on Channel Seven and Fox Footy
Head to head
North Melbourne 19
Adelaide 22
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Out of action (estimates only)
Jarrad Waite (AC joint) – test
Ben Jacobs (foot) – 1 week
Ben McKay (groin/hip) – 1-2 weeks
Aaron Mullett (broken hand) – 1-2 weeks
Sam Wright (ankle) – 4-6 weeks
Oscar Junker (broken tibia) – 5-7 weeks
Paul Ahern (knee) - season
North Melbourne’s last five
2017 Round Six, North Melbourne 16.11 (107) d Gold Coast 14.10 (94), Etihad Stadium
2017 Round Five, Fremantle 9.13 (67) d North Melbourne 9.8 (62), Domain Stadium
2017 Round Four, North Melbourne 12.14 (86) d by Western Bulldogs 12.17 (89), Etihad Stadium
2017 Round Three, North Melbourne 10.7 (67) d by Greater Western Sydney 15.19 (109), Blundstone Arena
2017 Round Two, Geelong 17.10 (112) d North Melbourne 17.9 (113), Etihad Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide
2016, Elimination Final, Adelaide 21.15 (141) d North Melbourne 12.7 (79), Adelaide Oval
2016, Round 14, Adelaide 12.28 (100) d North Melbourne 10.7 (67), Adelaide Oval
2016, Round One, North Melbourne 16.11 (107) d Adelaide 14.13 (97), Etihad Stadium
2015, Round One, Adelaide 21.14 (140) d North Melbourne 9.9 (63), Adelaide Oval
2014, Round 22, North Melbourne 14.17 (101) d Adelaide 13.16 (94), Blundstone Arena
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
N/A – finals
Most recent team
B: Marley Willimans, Robbie Tarrant, Aaron Mullett
HB: Lachlan Hansen, Scott D. Thompson, Ed Vickers-Willis
C: Jamie Macmillan, Ben Cunnington, Kayne Turner
HF: Taylor Garner, Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins
F: Jed Anderson, Mason Wood, Jy Simpkin
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Sam Gibson
Interchange: Nathan Hrovat, Luke McDonald, Trent Dumont, Shaun Atley
News bites
Mullett to miss
North Melbourne will head to Tasmania to play Adelaide on Saturday without defender Aaron Mullett.
