2015 AFL Season Elimination Final 1: Richmond v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2015 between Richmond and North Melbourne in the first elimination final of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League.
Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG.
Trent Cotchin captained the hosts.
Andrew Swallow captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.
Richmond (14.4.88) were defeated by North Melbourne (15.15.105).
Match Details
Season:
2015 AFL Season
Round:
First Elimination Final
Teams:
Richmond
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Sunday 13 September 2015
Time:
3:20 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
90,186
Match Results
Outcome:
Richmond
def. by
North Melbourne
Score:
14.4.88 - 15.15.105
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Richmond | 2 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 3 | 12 | . | 3 | 14 | . | 4 | 14 | . | 4 | (88) |
| North Melbourne | 1 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 8 | 11 | . | 13 | 15 | . | 15 | 15 | . | 15 | (105) |
| Margin | RICH by 3 | RICH by 13 | NMLB by 4 | NMLB by 17 | NMLB by 17 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:53 | 32:34 | 32:02 | 29:10 | 2:01:39 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Richmond) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Richmond
Captain: Trent CotchinCoach: Damien Hardwick
North Melbourne
Captain: Andrew SwallowCoach: Brad Scott
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
S. Jeffery (#29)S. McInerney (#30)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: J. Mollison (#32)
Goal Umpires
S. AxonL. Walker
E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpires
C. GordonR. Haala
J. Morris
S. Thiele
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 11 | Batchelor, Jake | FB | 84% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Chaplin, Troy | HBFR | 96% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Conca, Reece | SUB↑ | 32% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Cotchin, Trent (c) | C | 85% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Deledio, Brett | FF | 87% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Edwards, Shane | HFFR | 82% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Ellis, Brandon | WL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Griffiths, Ben | CHF↓ | 56% | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Grigg, Shaun | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Grimes, Dylan | INT | 73% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Houli, Bachar | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | Hunt, Taylor | RO | 89% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | Lambert, Kane | INT | 74% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Maric, Ivan | RU | 87% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Martin, Dustin | HFFL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 33 | McIntosh, Kamdyn | WR | 86% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Miles, Anthony | RR | 83% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Newman, Chris | BPL | 75% | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Rance, Alex | BPR | 100% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Riewoldt, Jack | FPL | 99% | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Vickery, Ty | FPR | 89% | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Vlastuin, Nick | CHB | 80% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 14 | 4 | 283 | 177 | 106 | 83 | 31 | 51 | 35 | 45 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 42 | |||
R. Conca replaced B. Griffiths during the third quarter.
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 18 | Atley, Shaun | BPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Brown, Ben | INT | 73% | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cunnington, Ben | INT | 73% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Dal Santo, Nick | INT | 83% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | BPL | 91% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Garner, Taylor | HFFR↓ | 60% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 | Gibson, Sam | RO | 91% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 91% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Hansen, Lachlan | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | FPR | 87% | 2 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | HFFL | 89% | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Jacobs, Ben | WR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Macmillan, Jamie | HBFR | 83% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | Nahas, Robin | FPL | 86% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | CHF | 92% | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Swallow, Andrew (c) | RR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Tarrant, Robbie | CHB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | SUB↑ | 24% | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Thompson, Scott | FB | 99% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Waite, Jarrad | FF | 90% | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Wright, Sam | WL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack | C | 78% | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 15 | 15 | 329 | 196 | 133 | 82 | 51 | 59 | 42 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 55 | |||
L. Thomas replaced T. Garner.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Richmond | Coach: Damien Hardwick | ||||||||||||||
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| 11 | M. Firrito | 16 | S. Thompson | 18 | S. Atley | 20 | I. Maric | 6 | S. Grigg | ||||||
| 29 | T. Vickery | 3 | B. Deledio | 8 | J. Riewoldt | 26 | A. Miles | 2 | D. Grimes | ||||||
| FORWARD | 28 | T. Hunt | 48 | K. Lambert | |||||||||||
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| 6 | L. Hansen | 25 | R. Tarrant | 34 | J. Macmillan |
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| 19 | S. Wright | 7 | J. Ziebell | 5 | B. Jacobs |
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| 33 | K. McIntosh | 9 | T. Cotchin (c) | 5 | B. Ellis | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 22 | T. Goldstein | 50 | B. Brown | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 9 | A. Swallow (c) | 10 | B. Cunnington | |||||||||||
| 4 | S. Higgins | 20 | D. Petrie | 27 | T. Garner | 43 | S. Gibson | 15 | N. Dal Santo | ||||||
| 25 | T. Chaplin | 31 | N. Vlastuin | 14 | B. Houli |
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| 28 | R. Nahas | 30 | J. Waite | 29 | B. Harvey |
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| 18 | A. Rance | 11 | J. Batchelor | 1 | C. Newman |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | RICH | Chris Newman goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:16 |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 04:16 | |
| RICH | Brett Deledio goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.1.1 | 05:24 | |
| RICH | Chris Newman behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 09:34 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.2.2 | 10:54 | |
| RICH | Ben Griffiths behind | 2.2.14 | - | 0.2.2 | 13:58 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 2.2.14 | - | 1.2.8 | 15:20 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.3.9 | 16:52 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.4.10 | 17:33 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.5.11 | 19:03 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.6.12 | 22:03 | |
| RICH | Ben Griffiths behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.6.12 | 23:32 | |
| Q2 | RICH | Jack Riewoldt goal | 3.3.21 | - | 1.6.12 | 01:03 |
| RICH | Ty Vickery goal | 4.3.27 | - | 1.6.12 | 04:07 | |
| RICH | Anthony Miles goal | 5.3.33 | - | 1.6.12 | 06:32 | |
| NMLB | Taylor Garner goal | 5.3.33 | - | 2.6.18 | 09:12 | |
| RICH | Jack Riewoldt goal | 6.3.39 | - | 2.6.18 | 11:24 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 6.3.39 | - | 3.6.24 | 15:00 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite behind | 6.3.39 | - | 3.7.25 | 17:45 | |
| NMLB | Ben Brown goal | 6.3.39 | - | 4.7.31 | 19:20 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 6.3.39 | - | 5.7.37 | 21:32 | |
| RICH | Shane Edwards goal | 7.3.45 | - | 5.7.37 | 26:08 | |
| RICH | Chris Newman goal | 8.3.51 | - | 5.7.37 | 27:11 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 8.3.51 | - | 6.7.43 | 28:15 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 8.3.51 | - | 6.8.44 | 29:38 | |
| RICH | Jack Riewoldt goal | 9.3.57 | - | 6.8.44 | 31:05 | |
| Q3 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 9.3.57 | - | 6.9.45 | 02:10 |
| NMLB | Robin Nahas goal | 9.3.57 | - | 7.9.51 | 03:07 | |
| RICH | Kamdyn McIntosh goal | 10.3.63 | - | 7.9.51 | 05:37 | |
| NMLB | Ben Brown behind | 10.3.63 | - | 7.10.52 | 07:29 | |
| NMLB | Ben Brown goal | 10.3.63 | - | 8.10.58 | 09:13 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 10.3.63 | - | 8.11.59 | 11:02 | |
| NMLB | Jamie Macmillan goal | 10.3.63 | - | 9.11.65 | 12:46 | |
| RICH | Reece Conca goal | 11.3.69 | - | 9.11.65 | 17:36 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 11.3.69 | - | 9.12.66 | 19:46 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 11.3.69 | - | 10.12.72 | 26:33 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 11.3.69 | - | 11.12.78 | 28:12 | |
| NMLB | Jack Ziebell behind | 11.3.69 | - | 11.13.79 | 29:24 | |
| RICH | Ty Vickery goal | 12.3.75 | - | 11.13.79 | 31:00 | |
| Q4 | RICH | Jack Riewoldt goal | 13.3.81 | - | 11.13.79 | 03:42 |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 13.3.81 | - | 12.13.85 | 05:29 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins goal | 13.3.81 | - | 13.13.91 | 09:10 | |
| RICH | Kane Lambert goal | 14.3.87 | - | 13.13.91 | 14:56 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 14.3.87 | - | 13.14.92 | 16:45 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas goal | 14.3.87 | - | 14.14.98 | 20:02 | |
| RICH | Ty Vickery behind | 14.4.88 | - | 14.14.98 | 22:10 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 14.4.88 | - | 15.14.104 | 24:34 | |
| NMLB | Shaun Higgins behind | 14.4.88 | - | 15.15.105 | 26:21 | |