Drew Petrie’s streak of 105 consecutive games will end this Friday when he misses the clash against Essendon due to suspension.
The streak started in round two of 2011 when he returned from suspension to face Collingwood.
NMFC.com.au lists the notable occurrences since the first of 105 consecutive matches.
Debuts
24 players made their North Melbourne debut during Petrie’s streak. The first was Kieran Harper in Round 6, 2011 and the most recent was Trent Dumont in Round 4, 2015.
Almost half the list – 20 players – have never played a game for North without Petrie in the side.
Teammates
Petrie has had 56 different teammates in his last 105 games. Over the journey there has been only two players turn out in more than 100 matches – Todd Goldstein (102) and Scott Thompson (100).
On the flip side, there have been three players to appear in one match – Ben McKinley, Max Warren and Gavin Urquhart.
Venues
North Melbourne has been a frequent traveller over the last few seasons, playing for premiership points at no fewer than 14 different venues in Petrie’s 105 consecutive games.
The venues: MCG, Etihad Stadium, Metricon Stadium, AAMI Stadium, Gabba, Simonds Stadium, Domain Stadium, Aurora Stadium, Blundstone Arena, SCG, Spotless Stadium, Adelaide Oval, StarTrack Oval (Canberra), ANZ Stadium.
Playing Record
- 57 wins, 48 losses
Petrie’s 227 goals in his last 105 games is the sixth-most in the AFL, behind only Lance Franklin (329), Jack Riewoldt (285), Travis Cloke (267), Josh Kennedy (248) and Tom Hawkins (228).
He’s had 22 games with bags of at least four goals, with the highlight back-to-back weeks of seven goals.
Carlton and Richmond were the unlucky teams on the other end of the hauls, as Petrie kicked seven in three quarters against the Blues. Five of his seven against the Tigers were in the last term as North triumphed by four points in a thrilling battle.
Coaching changes
Broadening the focus across the league, there have been fourteen coaching changes since Round 2, 2011.
Not including the occasions where a coach had to temporarily stand down due to illness or injury (Alastair Clarkson, Brad Scott, etc), the following coaches have moved on from their clubs.
- Neil Craig – Adelaide, last game coached: Round 18 2011
- Dean Bailey – Melbourne, last game coached: Round 19 2011
- Rodney Eade – Western Bulldogs, last game coached: Round 21 2011
- Mark Harvey – Fremantle, replaced after the 2011 season
- Ross Lyon – St Kilda, replaced after the 2011 season
- Matthew Primus – Port Adelaide, last game coached: Round 18 2012
- Brett Ratten – Carlton, replaced after the 2012 season
- Mark Neeld – Melbourne, last game coached: Round 12 2013
- Michael Voss – Brisbane, last game coached: Round 20 2013
- Scott Watters – St Kilda, replaced after the 2013 season
- Brenton Sanderson – Adelaide, replaced after the 2014 season
- Guy McKenna – Gold Coast, replaced after the 2014 season
- Brendan McCartney – Western Bulldogs, replaced after the 2014 season
- Mick Malthouse – Carlton, last game coached: Round 8 2015
