North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson has declared his team's season "still alive" after they made it through a gruelling seven-game stretch with two wins and their pants back on.
North rebounded from their 124-point loss to Fremantle in Bunbury with a thrilling one-point victory over West Coast in Perth on Saturday night.
Both of those matches were technically Kangaroos home games after the cash-strapped club sold them to the West Australian government under a lucrative three-year agreement.
It capped a torrid travel schedule for the Roos, who in their past seven matches have taken on GWS, Geelong, Adelaide, Fremantle and West Coast outside of Melbourne, as well as home matches against Gold Coast and Sydney.
North Melbourne only beat the Suns and Eagles during that stretch, but at 6-7 they are still well and truly in the hunt for a Wildcard berth.
