2015 AFL Round 6: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2015 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 6 of the 2015 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Blundstone Arena. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

North Melbourne
Back: L. Hansen, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back: S. Atley, R. Tarrant, S. Wright
Centre: B. Jacobs, J. Ziebell, L. McDonald
Half-forward: B. Harvey, J. Waite, S. Higgins
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, B. Brown
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, A. Swallow (capt.)
Int.: S. Gibson, R. Nahas, M. Wood
Sub.: R. Bastinac

Richmond
Back: N. Vlastuin, J. Batchelor, A. Rance
Half-back: B. Houli, T. Chaplin, T. Hunt
Centre: B. Ellis, T. Cotchin (capt.), K. McIntosh
Half-forward: S. Morris, S. Edwards, D. Grimes
Forward: B. Deledio, J. Riewoldt, B. Griffiths
Follower: I. Maric, D. Martin, S. Grigg
Int.: D. Astbury, A. Miles, C. Newman
Sub.: N. Gordon

North Melbourne (16.13.109) defeated Richmond (10.14.74).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: L. Thomas (5), S. Higgins (3), B. Harvey (2), R. Nahas (2), B. Brown, D. Petrie, J. Waite, S. Wright
Richmond: J. Riewoldt (3), A. Miles (2), T. Chaplin, S. Edwards, I. Maric, D. Martin, S. Morris

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Richmond were then 13th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 May 2015
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 17,544

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 16.13.109 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 8 13 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Richmond 2 . 1 5 . 8 6 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin NMLB by 7 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 41 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 35
Duration 28:34 30:50 31:11 32:22 2:02:57

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Trent Cotchin (Richmond)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony Miles RICH 26 3
Lindsay Thomas NMLB 12 2
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Drew Petrie NMLB 20 9 1 1 0 0 0
Anthony Miles RICH 26 6 0 0 2 0 0
Lindsay Thomas NMLB 12 5 ? ? 0 0 ?
Jack Ziebell NMLB 7 5 ? ? 0 0 ?
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ivan Maric RICH 20 2 0 0 0 1 0
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 86% 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2
3 Bastinac, Ryan SUB↑ 25% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
50 Brown, Ben FPR 89% 1 2 12 7 5 9 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 76% 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 0 4 8 1 4 1 4
11 Firrito, Michael BPR 92% 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
43 Gibson, Sam INT 82% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 82% 0 0 11 2 9 3 36 2 2 2 0 2 0 1
6 Hansen, Lachlan BPL↓ 63% 0 0 12 9 3 11 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0
29 Harvey, Brent HFFL 92% 2 0 22 14 8 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 4
4 Higgins, Shaun HFFR 82% 3 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 4
5 Jacobs, Ben WL 84% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 4 3
21 McDonald, Luke WR 86% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 4 0 3 3 1
28 Nahas, Robin INT 81% 2 0 12 6 6 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0
20 Petrie, Drew FF 97% 1 2 21 14 7 10 1 4 0 2 2 1 0 4
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RO 80% 0 0 16 4 12 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 1 1
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 89% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 82% 5 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 1 3 3 1 0 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 97% 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 2 0 2 3 1 4 0
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 83% 1 3 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
32 Wood, Mason INT 84% 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2
19 Wright, Sam HBFR 88% 1 0 21 14 7 8 0 3 1 3 1 0 10 3
7 Ziebell, Jack C 81% 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 9 5 3 1 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 13 324 188 136 95 39 56 25 54 17 26 34 41

R. Bastinac replaced L. Hansen.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Astbury, David INT 97% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
11 Batchelor, Jake FB 88% 0 1 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 0
25 Chaplin, Troy CHB 98% 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 87% 0 0 28 16 12 2 1 2 8 4 3 3 0 3
3 Deledio, Brett FPL 64% 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
10 Edwards, Shane CHF 82% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 8 3 2 2 0 1 4
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 88% 0 2 24 13 11 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 2
22 Gordon, Nathan SUB↑ 74% 0 1 12 5 7 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 3
24 Griffiths, Ben FPR↓ 21% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Grigg, Shaun RO 85% 0 0 25 12 13 2 0 3 2 6 0 2 2 4
2 Grimes, Dylan HFFR 81% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 1
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 88% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 4
28 Hunt, Taylor HBFR 82% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
20 Maric, Ivan RU 98% 1 1 15 7 8 2 25 2 3 1 2 0 0 2
4 Martin, Dustin RR 79% 1 0 30 14 16 5 0 2 4 2 1 1 3 2
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 81% 0 1 10 4 6 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2
26 Miles, Anthony INT 88% 2 0 30 15 15 4 0 4 9 1 5 0 0 6
38 Morris, Steven HFFL 91% 1 0 10 3 7 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 Newman, Chris INT 51% 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Rance, Alex BPR 94% 0 0 16 4 12 3 2 4 0 5 1 0 3 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack FF 100% 3 2 12 11 1 6 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 3
31 Vlastuin, Nick BPL 81% 0 0 20 6 14 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 10 14 356 178 178 71 30 52 37 45 26 17 23 50

N. Gordon replaced B. Griffiths.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Ben Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:05
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:43
NMLB Ben Brown behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 06:16
RICH Ivan Maric behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 08:03
RICH Dustin Martin goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 16:01
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 18:48
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 26:58
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 28:27
Q2 NMLB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 02:34
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 03:47
RICH Jake Batchelor behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 06:02
RICH Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 08:24
RICH Shane Edwards goal 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 10:19
RICH Nathan Gordon behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 12:28
NMLB Mason Wood behind 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 14:01
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 3.6.24 - 3.4.22 14:56
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 3.7.25 - 3.4.22 16:00
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 4.7.31 - 3.4.22 16:18
RICH Steven Morris goal 4.7.31 - 4.4.28 18:17
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 4.7.31 - 4.5.29 20:43
RICH Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 4.6.30 21:25
NMLB Robin Nahas goal 5.7.37 - 4.6.30 22:46
RICH Ivan Maric goal 5.7.37 - 5.6.36 24:28
RICH Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 5.7.37 26:54
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 5.8.38 - 5.7.37 28:06
RICH Chris Newman behind 5.8.38 - 5.8.38 29:19
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 6.8.44 - 5.8.38 30:46
Q3 RICH Brandon Ellis behind 6.8.44 - 5.9.39 02:59
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 7.8.50 - 5.9.39 05:03
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh behind 7.8.50 - 5.10.40 06:33
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 7.8.50 - 6.10.46 10:33
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 8.8.56 - 6.10.46 12:34
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 9.8.62 - 6.10.46 14:11
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 10.8.68 - 6.10.46 16:57
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 11.8.74 - 6.10.46 19:20
RICH Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 6.11.47 21:01
NMLB Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 6.11.47 22:00
NMLB Sam Wright goal 12.9.81 - 6.11.47 23:10
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 12.10.82 - 6.11.47 27:18
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 13.10.88 - 6.11.47 27:47
Q4 RICH Anthony Miles goal 13.10.88 - 7.11.53 03:55
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 13.10.88 - 8.11.59 05:37
RICH Brandon Ellis behind 13.10.88 - 8.12.60 07:38
NMLB Michael Firrito behind 13.11.89 - 8.12.60 10:13
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 14.11.95 - 8.12.60 11:33
NMLB Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 8.12.60 13:37
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 15.12.102 - 8.12.60 16:51
NMLB Robin Nahas goal 16.12.108 - 8.12.60 18:53
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 16.12.108 - 8.13.61 22:14
RICH Troy Chaplin goal 16.12.108 - 9.13.67 23:29
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 16.13.109 - 9.13.67 26:55
RICH Anthony Miles goal 16.13.109 - 10.13.73 27:28
RICH Rushed behind 16.13.109 - 10.14.74 30:25