2015 AFL Round 22: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 2015 between Essendon and Richmond during round 22 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at MCG. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. In the absence of Trent Cotchin, Ivan Maric captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Egan and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, M. Hibberd
Half-back: M. Gleeson, J. Carlisle, J. Melksham
Centre: D. Zaharakis, B. Stanton, B. Goddard
Half-forward: C. Dempsey, J. Daniher, C. McKenna
Forward: O. Fantasia, C. Hooker, P. Chapman
Follower: S. McKernan, D. Heppell (capt.), H. Hocking
Int.: B. Howlett, J. Laverde, N. O'Brien
Sub.: J. Merrett

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

Essendon (7.5.47) were defeated by Richmond (10.14.74).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (3), C. Dempsey, B. Howlett, C. McKenna, S. McKernan
Richmond: B. Deledio (2), T. Vickery (2), S. Edwards, S. Grigg, I. Maric, D. Martin, A. Miles, M. Thomas

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 15th on the ladder and Richmond remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 August 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,864

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 7.5.47 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 5 . 0 6 . 2 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Richmond 1 . 4 4 . 10 7 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin ESSE by 2 RICH by 4 RICH by 16 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration 27:53 30:16 28:19 27:21 1:53:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Egan (Essendon), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Ivan Maric (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), B. Ryan (#27), J. Schmitt (#17), E: M. Nicholls (#15)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, S. Williams, E: C. Lai
Boundary Umpire: C. Esler, J. Morris, S. Thiele, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony Miles RICH 26 3
Kamdyn McIntosh RICH 33 2
Brett Deledio RICH 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brett Deledio RICH 3 8 1 0 1 0 0
Alex Rance RICH 18 7 0 1 1 0 0
Kamdyn McIntosh RICH 33 5 ? ? 0 0 ?
Nick Vlastuin RICH 31 5 ? ? 0 0 ?
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 95% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 7 0 2 2 1 5 1
22 Carlisle, Jake CHB 89% 0 1 14 9 5 6 2 2 0 5 0 0 2 2
3 Chapman, Paul FPR 76% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 11 1 3 0 1 1 3
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 88% 0 1 14 11 3 8 3 2 0 3 2 1 1 6
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HFFL 86% 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0
46 Fantasia, Orazio FPL 80% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 2
35 Gleeson, Martin HBFL 87% 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 85% 0 0 27 14 13 4 1 4 3 8 2 0 5 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) RR 85% 0 1 28 13 15 0 2 5 9 4 2 2 2 3
1 Hibberd, Michael BPR 95% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 0
39 Hocking, Heath RO 77% 0 0 20 6 14 5 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale FF 94% 3 1 16 10 6 6 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 3
40 Howlett, Ben INT 75% 1 0 15 9 6 1 1 9 4 4 1 2 1 0
18 Hurley, Michael FB 97% 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 8 1
33 Laverde, Jayden INT 81% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2
45 McKenna, Conor HFFR↓ 57% 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 88% 1 0 15 8 7 2 31 2 2 6 0 3 1 4
17 Melksham, Jake HBFR 89% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 3 4 1 1 5 0
20 Merrett, Jackson SUB↑ 24% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
10 O'Brien, Nick INT 80% 0 0 25 12 13 1 0 2 6 4 3 0 1 2
5 Stanton, Brent C 90% 0 0 29 20 9 7 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 7
11 Zaharakis, David WL 83% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 5 376 217 159 65 40 78 38 62 22 19 49 47

J. Merrett replaced C. McKenna.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Batchelor, Jake FB 84% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1
25 Chaplin, Troy BPR 98% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
3 Deledio, Brett C 86% 2 2 22 15 7 2 0 4 1 4 4 1 1 7
10 Edwards, Shane FPR 78% 1 2 21 12 9 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 1 3
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 85% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 4 1 6 1 4 2 3
6 Grigg, Shaun RR 87% 1 1 21 13 8 3 0 4 5 1 1 1 1 3
2 Grimes, Dylan INT 76% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
14 Houli, Bachar HBFR 81% 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
28 Hunt, Taylor WR 87% 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 0
48 Lambert, Kane RO 85% 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 4 3 1 1 3 4
35 Lennon, Ben INT 75% 0 1 16 13 3 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
27 Lloyd, Sam SUB↑ 33% 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
20 Maric, Ivan (ac) RU 90% 1 0 14 7 7 2 26 3 1 1 2 0 2 4
4 Martin, Dustin HFFR 90% 1 2 18 13 5 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn HFFL 88% 0 0 27 21 6 7 0 2 2 5 0 3 3 7
26 Miles, Anthony INT 82% 1 0 23 18 5 8 0 5 6 0 3 0 3 8
1 Newman, Chris BPL↓ 54% 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 1
18 Rance, Alex CHB 96% 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 4 0 4 1 2 7 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack FF 92% 0 2 13 11 2 7 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 3
19 Thomas, Matt FPL 82% 1 0 20 7 13 5 0 2 6 2 1 1 0 2
29 Vickery, Ty CHF 90% 2 0 8 6 2 3 4 4 1 3 1 1 0 3
31 Vlastuin, Nick HBFL 81% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 14 385 244 141 90 30 69 33 57 19 22 38 64

S. Lloyd replaced C. Newman during the third 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

Essendon Coach: Matthew Egan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 C. Newman 11 J. Batchelor 25 T. Chaplin 44 S. McKernan 40 B. Howlett
3 P. Chapman 26 C. Hooker 46 O. Fantasia 21 D. Heppell (ac) 33 J. Laverde
FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 10 N. O'Brien
HALF-BACK

20 J. Merrett
31 N. Vlastuin 18 A. Rance 14 B. Houli



45 C. McKenna 6 J. Daniher 15 C. Dempsey



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 B. Ellis 3 B. Deledio 28 T. Hunt



9 B. Goddard 5 B. Stanton 11 D. Zaharakis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 I. Maric (ac) 2 D. Grimes
HALF-FORWARD 6 S. Grigg 35 B. Lennon
33 K. McIntosh 29 T. Vickery 4 D. Martin 48 K. Lambert 26 A. Miles
17 J. Melksham 22 J. Carlisle 35 M. Gleeson

27 S. Lloyd
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 M. Thomas 8 J. Riewoldt 10 S. Edwards



1 M. Hibberd 18 M. Hurley 12 M. Baguley



BACK



Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Shane Edwards behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:14
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:46
RICH Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 07:48
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 12:17
RICH Ben Lennon behind 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 19:13
RICH Ivan Maric goal 2.0.12 - 1.3.9 24:15
RICH Shaun Grigg behind 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 26:25
Q2 RICH Shane Edwards behind 2.0.12 - 1.5.11 00:32
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 2.0.12 - 1.6.12 02:08
RICH Ty Vickery goal 2.0.12 - 2.6.18 07:13
RICH Ty Vickery goal 2.0.12 - 3.6.24 09:38
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 3.0.18 - 3.6.24 13:20
RICH Brett Deledio behind 3.0.18 - 3.7.25 14:48
RICH Brett Deledio behind 3.0.18 - 3.8.26 15:36
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 4.0.24 - 3.8.26 20:40
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 5.0.30 - 3.8.26 22:55
RICH Brett Deledio goal 5.0.30 - 4.8.32 26:30
RICH Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 4.9.33 29:05
RICH Dustin Martin behind 5.0.30 - 4.10.34 29:22
Q3 RICH Chris Newman behind 5.0.30 - 4.11.35 00:44
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.1.31 - 4.11.35 01:30
RICH Dustin Martin goal 5.1.31 - 5.11.41 04:39
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 5.2.32 - 5.11.41 10:20
RICH Matt Thomas goal 5.2.32 - 6.11.47 11:52
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey goal 6.2.38 - 6.11.47 13:51
RICH Shaun Grigg goal 6.2.38 - 7.11.53 20:43
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 6.2.38 - 7.12.54 23:19
Q4 RICH Brett Deledio goal 6.2.38 - 8.12.60 00:44
RICH Anthony Miles goal 6.2.38 - 9.12.66 03:54
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 7.2.44 - 9.12.66 06:43
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 7.3.45 - 9.12.66 08:27
RICH Sam Lloyd behind 7.3.45 - 9.13.67 11:50
ESSE Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 9.13.67 14:22
RICH Dustin Martin behind 7.4.46 - 9.14.68 15:34
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 7.5.47 - 9.14.68 17:32
RICH Shane Edwards goal 7.5.47 - 10.14.74 25:08