Round One
Adelaide v North Melbourne
Sunday April 5, Adelaide Oval, 2.50pm (SA time)
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and Channel Seven
Head to head
Adelaide – 19
North Melbourne – 18
Milestones
Ben Cunnington (NM) – 100 AFL games
Latest news
Hansen in doubt
Lack of match conditioning could see key defender Lachie Hansen miss North Melbourne’s Round One opener.
Out of action (estimates only)
Leigh Adams (concussion) – TBA
Lachlan Hansen (hips) – Test
Nathan Grima (back) – 8-10 weeks
Aaron Mullet (shoulder) – 7 weeks
North Melbourne’s last five
2014 Preliminary Final, Sydney 19.22 (136) d North Melbourne 9.11 (65), ANZ Stadium
2014 Semi Final, Geelong 13.14 (92) d by North Melbourne 14.14 (98), MCG
2014 Elimination Final, North Melbourne 14.9 (93) d Essendon 12.9 (81), MCG
2014 Round 23, North Melbourne 19.9 (123) d Melbourne 14.9 (93), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round 22, North Melbourne 14.17 (101) d Adelaide 13.16 (94), Blundstone Arena
Recent form against Adelaide
2014 Round 22, North Melbourne 14.17 (101) d Adelaide 13.16 (94), Blundstone Arena
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
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting
3 – J Ziebell (NM)
2 – S Thompson (Adel)
1 – A Swallow (NM)
Most recent team
B Michael Firrito, Scott D. Thompson, Luke McDonald
HB Shaun Atley, Nathan Grima, Sam Wright
C Ryan Bastinac, Andrew Swallow, Ben Jacobs
HF Nick Dal Santo, Ben Brown, Sam Gibson
F Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Aaron Black
FOL Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Levi Greenwood
I/C Aaron Mullett, Jack Ziebell, Leigh Adams, Kayne Turner
News bites
Midfielders put hands up
Scott Thompson and Sam Kerridge have both recovered from hamstring issues and will be available for Sunday’s clash with the Kangaroos.
Roos expect hot crowd
North Melbourne expects a fiery welcome when the Kangaroos travel to a packed Adelaide Oval on Sunday afternoon.
