2003 AFL Round 8: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 2003 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 8 of the 2003 AFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG. Darren Gaspar captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Danny Frawley and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Richmond
Back: T. Zantuck, A. Kellaway, M. Chaffey
Half-back: C. Newman, D. Gaspar (capt.), G. Tivendale
Centre: L. Cameron, M. Coughlan, J. Bowden
Half-forward: R. Hilton, M. Richardson, C. Biddiscombe
Forward: A. Krakouer, R. Vardy, M. Rogers
Follower: G. Stafford, K. Johnson, D. Rodan
Int.: A. Fiora, T. Fleming, C. King, K. Pettifer

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, R. Ferguson, C. Bizzell
Half-back: L. Williams, B. Miller, C. Bruce
Centre: C. Heffernan, A. Leoncelli, D. Ward
Half-forward: J. McDonald, R. Robertson, B. Green
Forward: P. Vardy, D. Neitz (capt.), M. Jamar
Follower: D. Jolly, A. Yze, S. Godfrey
Int.: S. Armstrong, G. Rigoni, S. Thompson, P. Wheatley

Richmond (17.10.112) defeated Melbourne (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Richardson (4), G. Stafford (3), J. Bowden (2), L. Cameron (2), D. Gaspar, K. Johnson, K. Pettifer, D. Rodan, G. Tivendale, R. Vardy
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), R. Robertson (3), P. Vardy (2), B. Green, C. Heffernan, M. Jamar, A. Leoncelli, G. Rigoni, M. Whelan, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 3rd on the ladder and Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 2003
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,063

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 17.10.112 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 5 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Melbourne 7 . 0 9 . 3 14 . 7 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 7 MELB by 2 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration 33:16 26:54 30:55 28:21 1:59:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Danny Frawley (Richmond), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Darren Gaspar (Richmond), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), S. McBurney, M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Stafford RICH 10 3
Matthew Richardson RICH 12 2
Russell Robertson MELB 24 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Biddiscombe, Craig HFFR 65% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
11 Bowden, Joel WR 96% 2 1 23 18 5 5 0 7 4 7 3 2 2 6
15 Cameron, Leon WL 62% 2 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 3
6 Chaffey, Mark BPR 100% 0 1 18 16 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4
24 Coughlan, Mark C 96% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 5
14 Fiora, Aaron INT 75% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
19 Fleming, Tim INT 27% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
2 Gaspar, Darren (c) CHB 100% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
1 Hilton, Rory HFFL 86% 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
28 Johnson, Kane RR 100% 1 1 16 13 3 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 1
39 Kellaway, Andrew FB 100% 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 4 1 2 3 1 5 1
21 King, Clinton INT 34% 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
27 Krakouer, Andrew FPL 96% 0 1 9 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 Newman, Chris HBFL 100% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Pettifer, Kayne INT 32% 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
12 Richardson, Matthew CHF 89% 4 2 24 19 5 16 1 0 3 5 2 5 0 9
18 Rodan, David RO 86% 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Rogers, Matthew FPR 95% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
10 Stafford, Greg RU 96% 3 1 19 13 6 12 17 1 5 3 1 3 0 5
32 Tivendale, Greg HBFR 95% 1 0 16 16 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 0 4 5
41 Vardy, Royce FF 69% 1 0 5 3 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
36 Zantuck, Ty BPL 100% 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 10 284 199 85 98 22 41 29 32 17 16 37 55

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 91% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 5
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 8 1
32 Bruce, Cameron HBFR 25% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 93% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 58% 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 2 2 5 0 3 0 2
18 Green, Brad HFFR 100% 1 2 21 16 5 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 5
1 Heffernan, Chris WL 76% 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 4
40 Jamar, Mark FPR 48% 1 0 8 4 4 2 14 1 4 0 2 0 0 0
11 Jolly, Darren RU 74% 0 0 7 4 3 1 23 1 4 1 3 0 1 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 93% 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 3
23 McDonald, James HFFL 92% 0 0 15 6 9 1 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 2
37 Miller, Brad CHB 67% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 4 1 6 6 0 4 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 75% 1 1 20 15 5 5 0 4 5 2 0 1 3 6
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 3 1 19 16 3 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
6 Thompson, Scott INT 67% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 4 3 2 0 0 1 3
19 Vardy, Peter FPL 100% 2 1 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 0
10 Ward, Daniel WR 100% 0 0 15 12 3 2 1 0 1 5 0 1 5 6
31 Wheatley, Paul INT 44% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 100% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
13 Yze, Adem RR 97% 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 7 272 173 99 62 43 41 37 39 16 17 33 55

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Danny Frawley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
45 M. Whelan 35 R. Ferguson 3 C. Bizzell 10 G. Stafford 14 A. Fiora
4 M. Rogers 41 R. Vardy 27 A. Krakouer 28 K. Johnson 19 T. Fleming
FORWARD 18 D. Rodan 21 C. King
HALF-BACK

8 K. Pettifer
26 L. Williams 37 B. Miller 32 C. Bruce



22 C. Biddiscombe 12 M. Richardson 1 R. Hilton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Heffernan 36 A. Leoncelli 10 D. Ward



11 J. Bowden 24 M. Coughlan 15 L. Cameron FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 D. Jolly 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 13 A. Yze 43 G. Rigoni
23 J. McDonald 24 R. Robertson 18 B. Green 30 S. Godfrey 6 S. Thompson
32 G. Tivendale 2 D. Gaspar (c) 35 C. Newman

31 P. Wheatley
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 P. Vardy 9 D. Neitz (c) 40 M. Jamar



6 M. Chaffey 39 A. Kellaway 36 T. Zantuck



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB David Neitz goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:48
RICH Matthew Richardson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:07
RICH Greg Tivendale goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:24
RICH Matthew Richardson behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 07:10
RICH Matthew Richardson behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 09:48
RICH Greg Stafford goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 10:53
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 12:27
RICH Leon Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 14:29
MELB Adem Yze goal 4.2.26 - 3.0.18 15:36
RICH Greg Stafford goal 5.2.32 - 3.0.18 17:26
RICH Matthew Richardson goal 6.2.38 - 3.0.18 20:22
MELB Peter Vardy goal 6.2.38 - 4.0.24 22:06
MELB Matthew Whelan goal 6.2.38 - 5.0.30 23:49
MELB Peter Vardy goal 6.2.38 - 6.0.36 25:23
MELB Andrew Leoncelli goal 6.2.38 - 7.0.42 27:19
RICH Royce Vardy goal 7.2.44 - 7.0.42 30:14
RICH Mark Chaffey behind 7.3.45 - 7.0.42 33:11
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 7.1.43 02:20
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.3.45 - 8.1.49 05:18
RICH Greg Stafford behind 7.4.46 - 8.1.49 07:33
RICH Kane Johnson goal 8.4.52 - 8.1.49 10:14
RICH Joel Bowden goal 9.4.58 - 8.1.49 11:31
MELB David Neitz behind 9.4.58 - 8.2.50 15:09
RICH Matthew Richardson goal 10.4.64 - 8.2.50 18:16
MELB David Neitz goal 10.4.64 - 9.2.56 19:57
MELB Brad Green behind 10.4.64 - 9.3.57 24:42
Q3 MELB Russell Robertson behind 10.4.64 - 9.4.58 00:13
RICH Leon Cameron goal 11.4.70 - 9.4.58 03:23
MELB Guy Rigoni goal 11.4.70 - 10.4.64 05:43
MELB Guy Rigoni behind 11.4.70 - 10.5.65 08:44
RICH Darren Gaspar goal 12.4.76 - 10.5.65 09:55
MELB Chris Heffernan goal 12.4.76 - 11.5.71 11:36
RICH Kane Johnson behind 12.5.77 - 11.5.71 13:40
MELB David Neitz goal 12.5.77 - 12.5.77 14:42
MELB Peter Vardy behind 12.5.77 - 12.6.78 17:39
RICH Joel Bowden goal 13.5.83 - 12.6.78 23:01
MELB David Neitz goal 13.5.83 - 13.6.84 24:56
RICH David Rodan goal 14.5.89 - 13.6.84 26:10
MELB Brad Green behind 14.5.89 - 13.7.85 28:49
MELB Mark Jamar goal 14.5.89 - 14.7.91 29:54
Q4 RICH Andrew Krakouer behind 14.6.90 - 14.7.91 02:49
MELB Russell Robertson goal 14.6.90 - 15.7.97 04:04
RICH Joel Bowden behind 14.7.91 - 15.7.97 09:53
MELB Brad Green goal 14.7.91 - 16.7.103 11:27
RICH Matthew Richardson goal 15.7.97 - 16.7.103 15:05
RICH Kayne Pettifer behind 15.8.98 - 16.7.103 16:05
RICH Kayne Pettifer goal 16.8.104 - 16.7.103 19:04
RICH Rushed behind 16.9.105 - 16.7.103 20:20
RICH Greg Stafford goal 17.9.111 - 16.7.103 23:01
RICH Clinton King behind 17.10.112 - 16.7.103 27:44