After a poor performance against Geelong, Rhyce Shaw expected a strong response from his players. It’s fair to say the North team well and truly delivered.

A 22-goal haul and a 86-point win against a finals’ contender was nothing short of impressive, and along the way the Roos recorded some outstanding numbers as a team and individually:

Team

- North’s 514 disposals was the second-highest tally recorded in the game’s history.

- The Roos’ run and carry game was a highlight, their 278 handballs the third-highest ever.

- North had 7 players with over 30 disposals, the equal-most in the game’s history.

- The Roos dominated their opposition in all areas of the ground; they had 207 more possessions, 51 more contested disposals, led clearances by 21 and inside 50s by 22.

NTH scoring 130 more points than they did the game before is the 11th biggest increase for a V/@AFL game

The record is +161 points - HAW in 1992 scored 55 points in R19 & 219 points in R20

@NMFCOfficial #AFLNorthPower https://t.co/9qpopIYqOW — Swamp (@sirswampthing) August 18, 2019

Individuals

- Todd Goldstein’s 34-disposal haul was a career-best, up from a previous best of 28. He also had equal career-highs in clearances (9) and inside 50s (6).

- Ben Brown recorded the first 10-goal tally from a North player since Round 17, 1999, when Wayne Carey booted 10 against Essendon.

He became just the ninth player in the club’s history to kick 10 goals in a game, and the first in the AFL for 2019.

He is just the second player, alongside Tony Lockett, to kick 10 majors against Port Adelaide since its inception in 1997.

Brown joined Carey, John Longmire and Tom Fitzmaurice as the only players in North's history to boot 60 goals or more in three successive seasons.