2015 AFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2015 between Richmond and Melbourne during round four of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Richmond (6.15.51) were defeated by Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Friday 24 April 2015
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,175

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.15.51 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 2 MELB by 20 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration 30:55 31:52 30:44 29:31 2:03:02

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Farmer (#4)
D. Harris (#24)
S. Jeffery (#29)
E: B. Wallace (#33)

Goal Umpires

J. Venkataya
D. Wilson
E: S. Piperno

Boundary Umpires

I. Burrows
D. Kowalski
M. Le Fevre
M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3
Bernie Vince MELB 23 2
Shane Edwards RICH 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nathan Jones MELB 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shane Edwards RICH 10 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Bernie Vince MELB 23 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom McDonald MELB 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Aaron vandenBerg MELB 37 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ivan Maric RICH 20 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Arnot, Matt INT 80% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 6 1 6 3 3 1 2
12 Astbury, David BPL 100% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1
11 Batchelor, Jake FB 81% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 90% 0 1 24 13 11 2 1 3 7 3 4 0 3 3
39 Drummond, Nathan INT↓ 32% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
10 Edwards, Shane CHF 81% 2 1 24 14 10 1 0 5 7 6 2 0 1 6
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 90% 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 7 4 1 1 0 1 5
22 Gordon, Nathan HBFR 90% 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 3
24 Griffiths, Ben FF 70% 1 2 8 5 3 3 7 2 0 5 2 1 0 1
6 Grigg, Shaun INT 84% 0 0 17 10 7 2 4 12 5 1 3 0 1 4
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 85% 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 5 2
28 Hunt, Taylor RO 79% 1 0 10 7 3 2 1 4 0 4 1 3 1 5
27 Lloyd, Sam FPR 94% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
20 Maric, Ivan RU 91% 0 1 14 6 8 3 34 7 6 1 2 1 0 1
4 Martin, Dustin RR 83% 0 0 24 16 8 0 0 6 3 4 1 1 1 6
36 McDonough, Matt SUB↑ 38% 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 2
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 88% 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 2
26 Miles, Anthony HFFR 85% 0 2 25 10 15 2 0 4 7 6 4 5 0 4
38 Morris, Steven HFFL 91% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 Rance, Alex BPR 96% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 3 0 4 2 4 4 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPL 100% 0 4 17 10 7 7 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 6
31 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 74% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 6 15 306 176 130 51 47 95 46 59 30 24 28 57

M. McDonough replaced N. Drummond.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus RR 74% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 6 2 3 2 1 1 2
18 Cross, Daniel WL 88% 0 1 16 10 6 5 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1
6 Dawes, Chris FF 92% 2 0 12 6 6 2 4 3 1 1 2 1 0 1
14 Dunn, Lynden FB 92% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
20 Garland, Colin BPL 95% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 9 0 1 1 1 6 1
36 Garlett, Jeff HFFR 96% 2 2 11 8 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 3
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 89% 2 1 13 7 6 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFL 93% 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 5 1 3 3 2 4 1
40 Jamar, Mark RU 89% 0 0 11 4 7 3 29 3 2 5 1 4 1 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 42% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) C 83% 1 0 24 13 11 0 0 6 5 6 2 5 1 5
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 88% 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Kent, Dean FPL↓ 30% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
8 Lumumba, Heritier WR 87% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 4 1 3 0 3 3 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 100% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 11 1
22 Michie, Viv SUB↑ 60% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5
19 Newton, Ben INT 75% 0 1 19 8 11 1 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 4
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 90% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 7 1 2 1 1 6 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 82% 0 1 17 10 7 1 0 2 5 4 2 2 2 4
37 vandenBerg, Aaron HFFL 86% 1 1 20 11 9 2 0 12 4 4 0 2 2 2
23 Vince, Bernie RO 83% 1 0 20 13 7 3 3 6 7 4 2 3 0 3
4 Watts, Jack FPR 84% 1 0 14 7 7 3 2 4 3 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 11 317 184 133 55 39 99 38 49 24 30 46 43

V. Michie replaced D. Kent during the second quarter.

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: Damien Hardwick
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 C. Garland 14 L. Dunn 39 N. Jetta 20 I. Maric 44 M. Arnot
27 S. Lloyd 24 B. Griffiths 8 J. Riewoldt 4 D. Martin 39 N. Drummond
FORWARD 28 T. Hunt 6 S. Grigg
HALF-BACK

36 M. McDonough
38 J. Howe 25 T. McDonald 3 C. Salem



26 A. Miles 10 S. Edwards 38 S. Morris



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 D. Cross 2 N. Jones (c) 8 H. Lumumba



33 K. McIntosh 9 T. Cotchin (c) 5 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 40 M. Jamar 24 J. Kennedy Harris
HALF-FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 19 B. Newton
37 A. vandenBerg 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett 23 B. Vince 12 D. Tyson
22 N. Gordon 31 N. Vlastuin 14 B. Houli

22 V. Michie
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 D. Kent 6 C. Dawes 4 J. Watts



18 A. Rance 11 J. Batchelor 12 D. Astbury



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Nathan Gordon goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:14
RICH Shane Edwards behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:49
MELB Chris Dawes goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:55
RICH Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 10:49
RICH Ben Griffiths behind 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 12:52
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 15:41
MELB Chris Dawes goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 16:33
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 18:15
MELB Daniel Cross behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 20:16
RICH Matt Arnot goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 22:08
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris goal 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 23:44
RICH Ben Griffiths goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 25:52
RICH Nathan Gordon behind 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 28:39
RICH Ben Griffiths behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 29:45
Q2 RICH Shane Edwards goal 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 01:51
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 11:54
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 14:37
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 15:54
RICH Taylor Hunt goal 5.6.36 - 5.3.33 18:38
RICH Anthony Miles behind 5.7.37 - 5.3.33 19:43
MELB Jack Watts goal 5.7.37 - 6.3.39 21:14
MELB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 23:57
RICH Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 6.4.40 28:05
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh behind 5.9.39 - 6.4.40 29:03
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 5.9.39 - 6.5.41 31:43
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 6.6.42 01:48
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 5.9.39 - 6.7.43 02:18
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 5.10.40 - 6.7.43 02:42
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 5.10.40 - 7.7.49 06:21
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 5.10.40 - 7.8.50 07:17
RICH Trent Cotchin behind 5.11.41 - 7.8.50 12:18
RICH Anthony Miles behind 5.12.42 - 7.8.50 14:15
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 5.13.43 - 7.8.50 15:08
MELB Nathan Jones goal 5.13.43 - 8.8.56 19:23
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 5.13.43 - 9.8.62 24:23
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 5.13.43 - 10.8.68 27:01
RICH Shane Edwards goal 6.13.49 - 10.8.68 27:56
MELB Rushed behind 6.13.49 - 10.9.69 30:18
Q4 RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 6.14.50 - 10.9.69 05:54
MELB Bernie Vince goal 6.14.50 - 11.9.75 09:06
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 6.14.50 - 12.9.81 12:56
MELB Dom Tyson behind 6.14.50 - 12.10.82 16:06
RICH Ivan Maric behind 6.15.51 - 12.10.82 25:16
MELB Ben Newton behind 6.15.51 - 12.11.83 26:46