2015 AFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 2015 between Richmond and Essendon during round nine of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Richmond (10.12.72) defeated Essendon (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 May 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 83,804

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 10.12.72 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	3	.	2	5	.	6	7	.	10	10	.	12	10	.	12	(72)
Essendon	1	.	4	3	.	7	6	.	8	8	.	11	8	.	11	(59)
Margin	RICH by 10			RICH by 11			RICH by 8			RICH by 13			RICH by 13
Duration	28:21			26:45			28:51			29:51			1:53:48

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 (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: James Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Jeffery (#29)
D. Margetts (#6)
B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Shane Edwards	RICH	10	3
Brandon Ellis	RICH	5	2
Dustin Martin	RICH	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Shane Edwards	RICH	10	10	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Ellis	RICH	5	8	0	2	0	0	0
Dustin Martin	RICH	4	6	0	0	2	0	0
Trent Cotchin	RICH	9	4	0	0	0	2	0
Jake Carlisle	ESSE	22	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	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
11	Batchelor, Jake	FB	82%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1
25	Chaplin, Troy	CHB	100%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0
9	Cotchin, Trent (c)	C	90%	2	0	24	14	10	6	0	3	6	0	4	0	3	4
3	Deledio, Brett	RR	87%	0	1	27	17	10	9	1	3	2	0	2	0	1	2
10	Edwards, Shane	CHF	86%	0	2	25	13	12	7	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	7
5	Ellis, Brandon	RO	81%	0	0	33	17	16	8	0	1	5	5	0	1	7	2
32	Ellis, Corey	SUB↑	20%	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Griffiths, Ben	FPL	94%	1	0	11	9	2	6	6	2	0	4	0	3	0	4
6	Grigg, Shaun	INT	81%	2	0	20	11	9	9	0	3	2	4	1	3	1	1
2	Grimes, Dylan	BPL	81%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	Houli, Bachar	HBFL	86%	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1
28	Hunt, Taylor	INT	80%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	2
20	Maric, Ivan	RU	90%	0	0	15	7	8	2	23	3	7	0	3	0	2	1
4	Martin, Dustin	HFFL	79%	1	0	25	22	3	7	0	2	3	2	0	0	3	4
34	McBean, Liam	FPR↓	72%	0	1	9	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WR	83%	1	0	19	15	4	7	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	3
37	Menadue, Connor	INT	77%	0	1	12	7	5	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3
26	Miles, Anthony	WL	79%	0	0	17	8	9	1	0	2	4	3	2	2	0	2
38	Morris, Steven	HFFR	85%	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1
18	Rance, Alex	BPR	98%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	6	0	3	1	3	2	3
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FF	91%	1	2	12	11	1	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
31	Vlastuin, Nick	HBFR	77%	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				10	12	351	222	129	108	30	44	35	37	21	16	35	48

C. Ellis replaced L. McBean.

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	CHF	90%	0	0	11	4	7	3	4	6	0	1	1	1	2	2
12	Baguley, Mark	HBFR	96%	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	4	0	1	1	1	3	2
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	76%	0	0	7	3	4	2	27	1	2	3	0	2	1	0
22	Carlisle, Jake	FF	91%	1	3	15	8	7	9	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1
3	Chapman, Paul	RR	78%	1	1	15	11	4	3	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	4
32	Colyer, Travis	WL	79%	2	1	19	14	5	4	0	4	5	3	2	1	1	3
13	Cooney, Adam	HFFL	84%	0	0	16	13	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	2
6	Daniher, Joe	FPR	87%	2	0	8	7	1	7	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	BPR	87%	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB↓	75%	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	4	0
35	Gleeson, Martin	SUB↑	18%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Goddard, Brendon	HFFR	83%	0	0	27	13	14	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	3
21	Heppell, Dyson	RO	83%	0	0	25	10	15	3	4	5	5	2	1	1	2	1
1	Hibberd, Michael	BPL	95%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	2	1	4	1	0	3	3
26	Hooker, Cale	CHB	98%	0	0	16	6	10	8	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0
40	Howlett, Ben	INT	81%	0	1	18	7	11	6	0	6	1	1	1	0	1	2
18	Hurley, Michael	HBFL	96%	0	0	16	11	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2
17	Melksham, Jake	FPL	85%	0	1	21	13	8	2	0	2	3	3	1	1	1	4
20	Merrett, Jackson	INT	83%	1	0	13	9	4	6	0	5	1	4	0	2	1	2
7	Merrett, Zach	INT	74%	0	0	20	11	9	2	0	6	3	1	2	1	2	4
5	Stanton, Brent	WR	84%	0	0	25	15	10	7	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	5
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	78%	1	0	17	9	8	1	3	2	5	3	0	2	0	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				8	11	361	208	153	103	40	51	33	46	16	21	37	45

M. Gleeson replaced D. Fletcher during the fourth 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
	1	M. Hibberd	31	D. Fletcher	15	C. Dempsey	20	I. Maric	6	S. Grigg
	34	L. McBean	8	J. Riewoldt	24	B. Griffiths	3	B. Deledio	28	T. Hunt
FORWARD							5	B. Ellis	37	C. Menadue
HALF-BACK									32	C. Ellis
	18	M. Hurley	26	C. Hooker	12	M. Baguley
	38	S. Morris	10	S. Edwards	4	D. Martin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	T. Colyer	4	J. Watson (c)	5	B. Stanton
	33	K. McIntosh	9	T. Cotchin (c)	26	A. Miles	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	T. Bellchambers	40	B. Howlett
HALF-FORWARD							3	P. Chapman	20	J. Merrett
	13	A. Cooney	29	P. Ambrose	9	B. Goddard	21	D. Heppell	7	Z. Merrett
	31	N. Vlastuin	25	T. Chaplin	14	B. Houli			35	M. Gleeson
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	17	J. Melksham	22	J. Carlisle	6	J. Daniher
	18	A. Rance	11	J. Batchelor	2	D. Grimes
BACK
Essendon							Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:05
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:15
	RICH	Trent Cotchin goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	08:38
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle behind	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	12:47
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	13:54
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.0.12	-	1.3.9	15:42
	ESSE	Ben Howlett behind	2.0.12	-	1.4.10	17:16
	RICH	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	1.4.10	18:00
	RICH	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.4.10	19:36
	RICH	Trent Cotchin goal	3.2.20	-	1.4.10	27:30
Q2	ESSE	Paul Chapman behind	3.2.20	-	1.5.11	02:23
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle behind	3.2.20	-	1.6.12	04:03
	RICH	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	1.6.12	08:47
	RICH	Shane Edwards behind	3.4.22	-	1.6.12	10:07
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	1.7.13	14:28
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	3.5.23	-	1.7.13	15:33
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	4.5.29	-	1.7.13	19:30
	RICH	Ben Griffiths goal	5.5.35	-	1.7.13	21:51
	RICH	Liam McBean behind	5.6.36	-	1.7.13	23:36
	ESSE	Jackson Merrett goal	5.6.36	-	2.7.19	24:18
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	5.6.36	-	3.7.25	26:38
Q3	RICH	Shaun Grigg goal	6.6.42	-	3.7.25	01:47
	ESSE	Travis Colyer behind	6.6.42	-	3.8.26	07:11
	RICH	Connor Menadue behind	6.7.43	-	3.8.26	09:26
	ESSE	Jobe Watson goal	6.7.43	-	4.8.32	10:43
	RICH	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	4.8.32	13:31
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	6.8.44	-	5.8.38	14:38
	RICH	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	5.8.38	16:54
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	6.9.45	-	6.8.44	19:03
	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh goal	7.9.51	-	6.8.44	26:36
	RICH	Brett Deledio behind	7.10.52	-	6.8.44	28:24
Q4	RICH	Shaun Grigg goal	8.10.58	-	6.8.44	00:24
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	8.10.58	-	7.8.50	03:08
	RICH	Steven Morris goal	9.10.64	-	7.8.50	05:15
	RICH	Corey Ellis goal	10.10.70	-	7.8.50	08:34
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.10.70	-	7.9.51	11:41
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle behind	10.10.70	-	7.10.52	13:39
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.10.70	-	7.11.53	14:12
	ESSE	Paul Chapman goal	10.10.70	-	8.11.59	17:17
	RICH	Shane Edwards behind	10.11.71	-	8.11.59	20:27
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	10.12.72	-	8.11.59	28:04

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