North Melbourne's Majak Daw kicked six goals in the win against the Western Bulldogs Majak Daw booted six goals. Picture: Colleen Petch LIAM Jones launched himself on to a pack of players jostling on centre wing and pulled in one of the marks of the season. With the Dogs having clawed their way back to lead by two points midway through the third quarter, and the crowd on its feet cheering, this could have been the defining moment, the confidence booster, the team lifter. Then Jones wheeled in-board and handballed to Robert Murphy, who was promptly tackled by the North opponent right beside him, Jack Ziebell. The ball was swept down the field and delivered onto the chest of Roos forward Majak Daw. North got its first goal of the quarter, pinched the lead ... and the momentum. The Roos would kick 14 of the next 18 goals to romp to a comfortable win, but to that point the game was in the balance. It may seem a harsh call on Jones, who did some excellent work for the Dogs as their main target up forward, but it was really just symptomatic of what cost the Bulldogs so dearly against North Melbourne. Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney knows his team's major flaw right now is that it is brimming with young players who are tenacious and committed, but still learning and prone to inconsistent performances and costly lapses. AFL Round 7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium Melbourne Melbourne 10th May 2013. Luke Dahlhaus gets tackled by Scott Thompson Picture: Petch Colleen Source: But even the patient and calm McCartney must have been thumping the desk in frustration at times, as the Dogs dominated passages of play only to cough up goals to silly errors. There was a litany of poor options, missed targets and fumbly hands. Try these: Jones and Daniel Giansiracusa dropping chest marks; Will Minson handballing to a contest; Matthew Boyd slamming it on his boot in the back pocket and putting it onto the chest of Lindsay Thomas; three Dogs defenders flying and leaving Will Sierakowski unattended to crumb a goal; Tom Liberatore giving away a silly free kick and certain goal by remonstrating with Majak Daw 50 metres off the ball; a 15-metre Jason Johannisen kick sailing over the head of the 198cm Minson to set up Brent Harvey for a slicing run that led to a goal. Andrew Swallow clutches his knee Picture: Petch Colleen Source: In the end, North flexed its muscle and the Dogs melted away rather too meekly, but it was brain fades and skill errors such as these that were the main difference between the teams when the game was there to be won. But there were other marked differences between the teams, notably North's superior potency in attack. Drew Petrie was a composed and powerful presence up forward, while Aaron Black showed clean hands and solid kicking style. Crumbing forward Lindsay Thomas, while reasonably well held by the admirable Dale Morris, was always a threat, and Brent Harvey seemed to be involved in every goal. And the there was the Majak show. Playing in just the fourth match of his fledgling career, Majak Daw kicked six goals from 10 scoring shots and looked a constant threat. 200 gamer Michael Firrito is chaired from the ground by (L) Scott Thompson and (R) Scott McMahon Picture: Petch Colleen Source: North Melbourne began sluggishly, but seemed to come alight when first Scott McMahon and then Harvey streamed through the middle and hit Daw on the chest with 45-metre passes to advantage. He converted only one of those chances, but had the North crowd excited and alive to the possibility that this would be his day. And so it proved, with a couple more goals to end the first half, and two more in the third term. Most pleasing for Brad Scott would have been his willingness to play in front and compete when the ball hit the ground. The only down side for North was a couple of injuries to two key players: defender Aaron Mullett limped off late in the second quarter with a left ankle injury, while skipper Andrew Swallow -- well beaten for most of the day by Nick Lower -- had his knee buckle under him late in the match thanks to a diving smother from Liam Picken.