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Blog log from R6 of 2025: North Melbourne vs Carlton

Blog log for North Melbourne vs Carlton, R6 of 2025

Cripps marks at CHF and goes wide to Curnow at the same distance, Curnow plays on and shoots to the left. (Q1 0:50)
Simpkin passes to Curtis to mark on the boundary 45m out after a rebound around outer wing. Curtis fades a lovely left-foot set shot in for the first goal of the day. (Q1 2:45)
Curnow marks on the lead in front of Corr 40m out on the flank and does the same as Curtis off the right with a nice fade right to left. (Q1 4:45)
Curnow snaps wide left from near the hotspot with Acres on his own in the square watching it fly over his head. (Q1 8:55)
Logue roves a long speculator to the square by Motlop but pressure by Curnow forces the cough up to allow 50-gamer Durdin to rove and goal. (Q1 10:40)
Cerra bounces between Kangaroos at a ball up 30m out on the flank, his left-foot snap under heavy pressure is narrow. (Q1 12:29)
Zurhaar pokes a short kick from half forward, Curtis has three Blues to beat at the fall 30m out on a slight angle and beats them all for the chest mark! He goals. (Q1 13:50)
Wardlaw glides onto a crumb on members wing to feed Curtis for a long ball to Larkey who beats two to mark 20m out in the pocket but misses a fairly easy one. (Q1 16:30)
Durdin leaps over McDonald for a speccy 35m out in front, McDonald looks the picture of disgust in the teapot pose as the set shot sails over his head for a goal. (Q1 20:46)
Young keeps a ground ball alive on outer wing against Comben and starts an attack that ends with Walsh giving wide to Cripps and a snap from the pocket 30m out that wobbles in! (Q1 24:06)
Young drops Motlop’s lovely centre clearance pass cold but then catches Daniel HTB for the conversion from 30m. (Q1 25:56)
Williams is over the back of a stoppage on his own 20m out to rove a Corr fumble for a rather easy snap goal. (Q1 27:46)
De Koning rams through a left-foot snap after beating Xerri in ruck 25m out on a slight angle. (Q1 30:05)
De Knoning intercepts at defensive hotspot but the ump saw a big push in the back by Weitering on Larkey, who kicks straight as usual. (Q2 3:29)
Curnow gets a rather lucky high contact free for a McDonald tackle that he looked to duck through, he converts from the top of the square. (Q2 6:24)
North fans still booing as Curnow marks the next centre clearance on the lead 40m out on a slight angle, then cheer as he misses near side right. (Q2 7:37)
Saaid is rightly pinged for HTB under a pack 40m out in the corridor after hatching it like an egg, Curtis takes the free and boots goal number three. (Q2 10:49)
Haynes roves at half back and bounces a nice rebound kick to Curnow who releases Hewett to run through the centre, he goes to Durdin 30m out who misses badly to the left. (Q2 12:54)
Comben kicks high and long across half back allowing Acres time to intercept over Tucker 45m out on the flank, Tucker is pinged for timewasting for a charity goal. (Q2 17:05)
Tucker owes North one, and delivers a short inside 50 pass to Simpkin 45m out on a slight angle, who leaves his set shot drop punt to the right. (Q2 20:20)
Xerri is challenged by two in the centre but gets a handball off to Daniel to get a switch going, Zurhaar bombs long from the HFF towards Larkey who shepherds through the goal! (Q2 21:45)
Xerri kicks wide from the centre towards Darling, over his head but he beats Haynes to gather and pass inboard to Parker 40m out on a slight angle, who goals. (Q2 29:00)
Cripps catches LDU HTB at a ball up on outer wing, he sets up Cerra to pass to Curnow on the HFF then run forward to receive the inboard pass to 35m, he converts. (Q3 4:18)
Carlton are not much good at the moment but North Melbourne’s structure is all over the place, Kanga scores come in spite of the way they are set up through too much hard work. (Q3 5:18)
O-Sullivan roves in heavy traffic at half back and tries an ill-advised spin, two Blues claim him HTB and it’s White who takes the free 30m out for the goal. (Q3 8:53)
McKercher coughs up a handball under heavy pressure at defensive hotspot to Fogarty who gives behind for Hewett to snap a deserved goal. (Q3 13:28)
Curnow gets a contact free on Corr 25m out on the flank and curls through some garbage, game long since out of the reach of the hapless Kangaroos. (Q3 23:41)
Curtis misses a set shot from the pocket after catching Weitering HTB. (Q3 26:07)
Williams snaps his second goal from near the hotspot and celebrates with Cottrell in Dirty Dancing fashion. (Q3 27:24)
Centre clearance Carlton with De Koning down to Cerra, Williams roves and goals again. (Q3 28:54)
White passes to Fogarty 45m out on a slight angle who marks easily in front of titchy Daniel, the Fog hits the near left goalpost. (Q3 30:32)
Curtis stands up a tackle on the HFF and gives off to Wardlaw who looks inside then goes himself for the goal from 40m. (Q3 31:40)
Zurhaar breaks a pack open at half forward, Sheezel involved as Duursma receives from Davies-Uniacke and curls in the goal off the right from 25m on the flank. (Q4 1:07)
Another clearance from the centre by Simpkin, Curtis provides the crumb for Parker to goal from 40m. (Q4 2:22)
Powell gives Comben a hospital hanball deep in defence, Curnow sharks his panicked give and snaps the goal from 15m. (Q4 4:57)
Motlop runs into goal for some garbage. (Q4 9:04)
Motlop juggles the mark over Daniel from a nice pass from the centre by Carroll to 40m in the corridor, more junk. (Q4 10:48)
Young shows good hands to feed Williams to run in for his fourth goal. (Q4 12:17)
White skids through another one from 35m, it’s almost literally a procession now. (Q4 13:48)
Motlop sails through his third goal of the quarter from close range. (Q4 16:53)
White adds another one from the pocket, three for him now. (Q4 18:40)
Sheezel roves deep in the pocket and gives to Kostanty who almost gets his snap off a step stuck between the posts, for some very smelly junk. (Q4 20:53)
Cottrell spoils Daniel’s kick to outer wing, butters up and goes to White 40m out, he passes to Lord 20m out in front for more garbage. (Q4 23:23)
Lord gets a free on Daniel for in the back which he converts from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 27:39)
Carroll passes to Williams 40m out in the corridor who misses to the right. (Q4 33:04)
White misses a snap from near the hotspot with barely a minute to go. (Q4 35:12)
Simpkin feeds Powell at a stoppage on the HFF for the smelliest junk time special of the year so far with ten seconds on the clock. (Q4 37:04)

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