2015 AFL Round 9: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 2015 between Richmond and Essendon during round 9 of the 2015 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at 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
Back: D. Grimes, J. Batchelor, A. Rance
Half-back: B. Houli, T. Chaplin, N. Vlastuin
Centre: A. Miles, T. Cotchin (capt.), K. McIntosh
Half-forward: D. Martin, S. Edwards, S. Morris
Forward: B. Griffiths, J. Riewoldt, L. McBean
Follower: I. Maric, B. Deledio, B. Ellis
Int.: S. Grigg, T. Hunt, C. Menadue
Sub.: C. Ellis

Essendon
Back: M. Hibberd, D. Fletcher, C. Dempsey
Half-back: M. Hurley, C. Hooker, M. Baguley
Centre: T. Colyer, J. Watson (capt.), B. Stanton
Half-forward: A. Cooney, P. Ambrose, B. Goddard
Forward: J. Melksham, J. Carlisle, J. Daniher
Follower: T. Bellchambers, P. Chapman, D. Heppell
Int.: B. Howlett, J. Merrett, Z. Merrett
Sub.: M. Gleeson

Richmond (10.12.72) defeated Essendon (8.11.59).

Goalkickers
Richmond: T. Cotchin (2), S. Grigg (2), C. Ellis, B. Griffiths, D. Martin, K. McIntosh, S. Morris, J. Riewoldt
Essendon: T. Colyer (2), J. Daniher (2), J. Carlisle, P. Chapman, J. Merrett, J. Watson

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 8th on the ladder and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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