After only playing one game for Footscray midway through the 1992 season, in which he earned a Brownlow Medalvote as the third best player on the ground, Eppelstun was dropped back to the reserves for the remainder of the season. He then transferred to the North [Melbourne Football Club] for the 1993 season. He played the opening round of the 1993 AFL season for North, making his debut together with future North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley and 300-game player John Blakey. He injured his groin during the match and was replaced the next week by future 300 game player, Glenn Archer. He struggled with injury throughout the rest of the year and retired at the end of the season without playing another AFL game.