Autopsy AFL 2026 Rd 7 - GWS v North - Sun April 26th 4:40pm (Manuka Oval)

[Chief]

14th v 5th

AFL 2026 PREMIERSHIP SEASON ROUND 7

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY V NORTH MELBOURNE
SUN APRIL 26TH 4:40PM (MANUKA OVAL)

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Teams:​

GWS GIANTS

FB: Jayden Laverde (25), Connor Idun (39), Jack Buckley (44)
HB: Lachie Whitfield (6), Lachie Ash (7), Harry Himmelberg (27)
C: Ryan Angwin (9), Clayton Oliver (10), Harvey Thomas (1)
HF: Xavier O'Halloran (33), Jake Riccardi (26), Phoenix Gothard (11)
FF: Oliver Hannaford (13), Jake Stringer (20), Toby Bedford (14)
FOLL: Nicholas Madden (41), Toby Greene (4), Finn Callaghan (17)
INT: Stephen Coniglio (3), Harry Rowston (24), Toby McMullin (31), James Leake (30), Leek Aleer (21), Jesse Hogan (23), Aaron Cadman (5), Brent Daniels (16)
IN: Brent Daniels, Aaron Cadman, Jesse Hogan, James Leake, Stephen Coniglio
OUT: Joe Fonti (Suspension), Callum Brown (Omitted)

NORTH MELBOURNE

FB: Aidan Corr (4), Griffin Logue (19), Charlie Comben (30)
HB: Colby McKercher (10), Caleb Daniel (5), Luke Parker (26)
C: Jy Simpkin (12), Tom Powell (24), Dylan Stephens (15)
HF: Paul Curtis (25), Cooper Trembath (47), Zane Duursma (7)
FF: Cameron Zurhaar (44), Nick Larkey (20), Jack Darling (27)
FOLL: Tristan Xerri (38), Luke Davies-Uniacke (9), Harry Sheezel (3)
INT: Lachy Dovaston (1), Finn O'Sullivan (2), George Wardlaw (6), Luke McDonald (11), Charlie Spargo (13), Toby Pink (32), Tom Blamires (39), Jacob Konstanty (41)
MILESTONES: Cameron Zurhaar

44

Cameron Zurhaar

Age

28

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.6

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

5.9

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

(150th game)
IN: Tristan Xerri, Finn O'Sullivan, Toby Pink, Jacob Konstanty
OUT: Callum Coleman-Jones (Managed)

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Who should come in? Who's out?

 

[King Hansen]

Did I say anything about that?

Nah but what do you think? Keen to hear a neutral's perspective if North were hard done by.

 

[King Hansen]

Port didn’t trade future picks for short-term fixes as you do when in the window. Port accepted it needed its future picks for the rebuild.

North is yet to accept they’ve done a lot wrong and Aiden Corr spending 87% time on ground is testament to the failed build at North.

Mate even Kane ****ing cornes thinks port are ****ed after butters leaves

 

[Pies No 1]

AFL must have had a talk to the umpires during the week about getting Nepo baby GWS off the bottom of the ladder. Heaps of missed calls there. GWS got away with a lot.

 

[King Hansen]

Like I said earlier, he has a habit of bashing poor teams and stat padding when there's nothing at stake.

Critical game tonight and he sprays the bowl.

Poor teams? That's been us for the last 5 years so 19/22 games we play against teams that aren't poor.

You're an idiot

 

[WhyAmIHere]

Mate even Kane ****ing cornes thinks port are ****ed after butters leaves

Maybe that’s why Port are rebuilding???

Aiden Corr - 87% time on ground.

 

[King Hansen]

Like I said earlier, he has a habit of bashing poor teams and stat padding when there's nothing at stake.

Critical game tonight and he sprays the bowl.

He's having a good year. Bye now lions fan

 

[King Hansen]

Maybe that’s why Port are rebuilding???

Aiden Corr - 87% time on ground.

Having zero picks in a national draft is a funny way to rebuild.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Am I the only one warmed by the notion that North are now competetive enough to consider how shit Umpiring is and that it can **** them over in close games?

Its been a while.

 

[WhyAmIHere]

Having zero picks in a national draft is a funny way to rebuild.

We had to bite the bullet at some stage instead of kicking the can down the road and we did it.

How about Aiden Corr spending 87% ToG? North have been rebuilding since they knifed Boomer in 2016. That’s a funny rebuild with no end in sight.

 

[BigRedRoo]

He went in to his kicking motion almost instantly after getting the ball.

If he’d set up to handball then went to kick it would be a different story.

Just watched the reply, he took three step after taken possession, then tried to kick.
If thats not HTB nothing is.

 

[Archer_11]

That’s not actually a rule.

Incorrect disposal is a rule, but the rules are quite clear that incorrect disposal only applies if a player intentionally drops it, puts it on the ground etc.

A player in a kicking motion who gets tackled and the ball is knocked free as a result has not incorrectly disposed of the ball. The rules explicitly and clearly address that point.

The problem is they pay this anyway 90% of the time.

We've had games decided by flopping and micro second jumper grabs. Heck sometimes they are fabricated out of thin air. And here you have a desperate football act and...nothing. Pretty egregious.

 

[King Hansen]

We had to bite the bullet at some stage instead of kicking the can down the road and we did it.

How about Aiden Corr spending 87% ToG? North have been rebuilding since they knifed Boomer in 2016. That’s a funny rebuild with no end in sight.

Umm not really. We're weren't rebuilding in 2018 and 2019.

 

[carlton_99]

Just watched the reply, he took three step after taken possession, then tried to kick.
If thats not HTB nothing is.

You can't count the steps after the ball drop. He starts his kicking motion straight away by dropping the ball. That's why there cannot be prior.

 

[Soggy2112]

Nah but what do you think? Keen to hear a neutral's perspective if North were hard done by.

I thought it probably went Norths way in the first half and switched around in the second. I didnt think there was many obvious errors, just 50/50 calls that could potentially go either way.

 

[Soggy2112]

The problem is they pay this anyway 90% of the time.

We've had games decided by flopping and micro second jumper grabs. Heck sometimes they are fabricated out of thin air. And here you have a desperate football act and...nothing. Pretty egregious.

They don’t pay it 90% of the time and you don’t get a free kick just for being desperate.

In fact, Thomas was first to the footy. It’d be more unfair to penalise him for that.

 

[Soggy2112]

Just watched the reply, he took three step after taken possession, then tried to kick.
If thats not HTB nothing is.

No he doesn’t.

He grabs the ball and immediately starts his ball drop.

Taking a few steps is a part of a normal kicking action.

 

[hawkman]

You don’t think the touched call to go 3 goals up with 9 or 10 min left was fairly critical?

Not really and may have indirectly helped North. It would have 13 points with the ball at full back. Instead the ball went back to the centre and North kicked a goal within 15 seconds. The only way North are really worse off is if they could have transitioned the ball down for a goal within 15 seconds which is very unlikely.

 

[R00StaR]

Port didn’t trade future picks for short-term fixes as you do when in the window. Port accepted it needed its future picks for the rebuild.

North is yet to accept they’ve done a lot wrong and Aiden Corr spending 87% time on ground is testament to the failed build at North.

Sure we could've got more right, thats the same for every team.

But the point is valid about the round 2 picks that have to be traded. We're a small Vic based club not a SA or WA club where those picks would carry far more weight in luring players back to their home state. But North are one of many Vic clubs, a small one that gets sent all over the place - and EVERY club knew we had to trade them, so unless some player really want to comes to us (and why would they when we suck and theres numerous other vic clubs they can play for) - then of course we were only going to get spuds. SA, WA clubs and say bigger say 5 Vic clubs would get way more value from those picks.

 

[carlton_99]

They don’t pay it 90% of the time and you don’t get a free kick just for being desperate.

In fact, Thomas was first to the footy. It’d be more unfair to penalise him for that.

This is something that has never made sense to me. "Reward the tackler" somehow trumps "reward the player who was first to the ball" for so many.

 

[King Hansen]

Like I said earlier, he has a habit of bashing poor teams and stat padding when there's nothing at stake.

Critical game tonight and he sprays the bowl.

 

[Soggy2112]

This is something that has never made sense to me. "Reward the tackler" somehow trumps "reward the player who was first to the ball" for so many.

Especially when the intent of basically all the rules we have in footy is protect and reward the player who wins the ball.

Penalising a player who has immediately tried to dispose of the ball incentivises not winning the ball.

 

[Giant Pete]

Perfect karma for Larkey and Dovaston taking dives.