After a week on the sidelines due to injury, Ben Cunnington returned with a bang on Thursday night.
While the Crows won the overall battle in the midfield, Cunnington stood tall for his team, racking up 26 disposals, 16 of those contested, as well as eight clearances.
The gutsy onballer was the only Kangaroo to poll on a tough night going into the break.
It was the fourth time Cunnington has registered votes this season.
Adelaide's Matt Crouch and Rory Sloane were handed nine votes each for their efforts through the middle.
Adelaide v North Melbourne
9 Matt Crouch (Adel)
9 Rory Sloane (Adel)
4 Scott Thompson (Adel)
3 Tom Lynch (Adel)
2 Ben Cunnington (NM)
2 Jake Lever (Adel)
1 Daniel Talia (Adel)
North Melbourne leaderboard
47 Todd Goldstein
41 Jack Ziebell
25 Daniel Wells
24 Jarrad Waite
23 Robbie Tarrant
19 Ben Cunnington
15 Sam Gibson
15 Andrew Swallow
14 Brent Harvey
AFLCA leaderboard
66 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
64 Joel Selwood (Geel)
64 Rory Sloane (Adel)
56 Dustin Martin (Rich)
55 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
48 Luke Shuey (WC)
47 Todd Goldstein (NM)
47 Tom Lynch (GC)
45 Dylan Shiel (GWS)
41 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
41 Luke Parker (Syd)
41 Jack Steven (StK)
41 Jack Ziebell (NM)
