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AFL · Match ReportPublished · 2026-07-18
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Melbourne manufactured 27 scoring shots to 21 against North Melbourne — the chances, not the finish, settled it

How Melbourne earned it: 27 scoring shots to 21. The 92–76 was the fair end of it.
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North Melbourne 76, Melbourne 92 — the first scoreboard, the one you already have. Below is the second: the 50 funnel, how each side turned the ball going forward into a scoreboard — inside 50s, then marks inside 50, then scoring shots, then the goals that count. It is where this game was actually decided.

The second scoreboard — the 50 funnel, North Melbourne v Melbourne: inside 50s, marks inside 50, scoring shots and goals
The second scoreboard: Melbourne made 27 scoring shots to 21.

This one was won up the ground, not at the goalface. turned it into 27 scoring shots to 21 — chances at a rate North Melbourne could not match. The second scoreboard and the first agree here; what the second one adds is *where* the game was won, which is a long way before the last kick.

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