2017 AFL Season Grand Final: Adelaide v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 2017 between Adelaide and Richmond in the grand final of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. Taylor Walker captained the hosts. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don Pyke and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Adelaide (8.12.60) were defeated by Richmond (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Adelaide v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 September 2017
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,021

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Richmond
Score: 8.12.60 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 10 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ADEL by 11 RICH by 9 RICH by 34 RICH by 48 RICH by 48
Duration 29:41 34:02 29:58 31:25 2:05:06

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Adelaide) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Taylor Walker
Coach: Don Pyke

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Meredith (#21)
S. Ryan (#25)
M. Stevic (#9)
E: B. Rosebury (#8)

Goal Umpires

L. Walker
A. Wojcik
E: M. Dervan

Boundary Umpires

D. Cusack
R. Haala
M. Konetschka
M. Le Fevre
E: B. Dalgleish

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Dustin Martin RICH 4 13 4 0 1
Bachar Houli RICH 14 10 1 3 1
Shane Edwards RICH 10 2 0 1 0
Dion Prestia RICH 3 2 0 0 2
Alex Rance RICH 18 2 0 1 0
Jack Graham RICH 34 1 0 0 1

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory WR 78% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 2 6 0 3 3 1
18 Betts, Eddie HFFR 92% 1 2 7 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2
16 Brown, Luke HBFR 76% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 88% 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 5 1 4 2 2 1 5
2 Crouch, Brad INT 72% 1 0 29 9 20 4 0 6 7 3 0 1 1 3
44 Crouch, Matt RO 76% 0 0 37 20 17 3 0 5 5 3 1 0 7 6
26 Douglas, Richard RR 78% 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 8 4 6 2 1 2 6
20 Greenwood, Hugh INT 59% 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 3 4 1 0 2 1
15 Hartigan, Kyle FB 97% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 0 5 0 3 3 0
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 82% 0 1 15 8 7 3 49 0 4 2 2 1 4 3
4 Jenkins, Josh CHF 77% 0 1 7 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
8 Kelly, Jake INT 82% 0 0 20 9 11 6 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 0
3 Knight, Riley FPR 72% 0 1 9 5 4 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1
29 Laird, Rory BPL 87% 0 0 27 11 16 9 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 3
6 Lever, Jake BPR 91% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 2
27 Lynch, Tom FPL 91% 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
14 MacKay, David WL 85% 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 4 0
22 Otten, Andy INT 77% 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
11 Seedsman, Paul HBFL 76% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 2
9 Sloane, Rory C 78% 2 0 21 11 10 4 0 6 5 6 2 2 0 5
12 Talia, Daniel CHB 95% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor (c) FF 90% 2 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 8 12 347 197 150 92 55 70 39 62 19 24 41 49

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Astbury, David CHB 100% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0
35 Broad, Nathan BPL 77% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 1
40 Butler, Dan FPL 80% 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 2
22 Caddy, Josh HFFR 90% 1 1 12 9 3 5 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3
46 Castagna, Jason INT 81% 1 0 10 4 6 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 73% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 6 3 1 0 1 2
10 Edwards, Shane INT 73% 0 0 25 12 13 2 0 2 7 1 1 1 1 8
5 Ellis, Brandon INT 67% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3
34 Graham, Jack INT 74% 3 0 16 6 10 2 0 3 5 3 1 2 2 1
6 Grigg, Shaun RO 71% 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 1 3
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 88% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 82% 1 2 25 20 5 11 0 5 1 2 0 0 4 3
23 Lambert, Kane HFFL 89% 1 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 2 4 2 0 1 7
4 Martin, Dustin CHF 86% 2 2 29 14 15 1 0 1 6 2 3 2 0 3
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 76% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 87% 0 0 18 10 8 4 28 3 3 5 0 2 3 5
3 Prestia, Dion RR 79% 1 2 27 16 11 4 0 3 5 2 0 1 2 4
18 Rance, Alex FB 100% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 3 0 2 4 1 3 0
8 Riewoldt, Jack FF 85% 2 3 14 11 3 6 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 5
17 Rioli, Daniel FPR 70% 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 4
21 Townsend, Jacob WR 87% 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 5 0 5 3 3 0 0
1 Vlastuin, Nick HBFR 85% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 12 340 212 128 70 28 67 45 54 24 19 34 58

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

Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 N. Broad 18 A. Rance 2 D. Grimes 24 S. Jacobs 2 B. Crouch
3 R. Knight 13 T. Walker (c) 27 T. Lynch 26 R. Douglas 20 H. Greenwood
FORWARD 44 M. Crouch 8 J. Kelly
HALF-BACK

22 A. Otten
14 B. Houli 12 D. Astbury 1 N. Vlastuin



18 E. Betts 4 J. Jenkins 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 K. McIntosh 9 T. Cotchin (c) 21 J. Townsend



21 R. Atkins 9 R. Sloane 14 D. MacKay FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis 46 J. Castagna
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Prestia 10 S. Edwards
23 K. Lambert 4 D. Martin 22 J. Caddy 6 S. Grigg 5 B. Ellis
16 L. Brown 12 D. Talia 11 P. Seedsman

34 J. Graham
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



40 D. Butler 8 J. Riewoldt 17 D. Rioli



6 J. Lever 15 K. Hartigan 29 R. Laird



BACK



Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rory Sloane goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:01
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:07
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 07:03
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 09:38
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 10:07
ADEL Riley Knight behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 12:29
RICH Josh Caddy goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 16:20
RICH Bachar Houli goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 20:24
ADEL Rory Sloane goal 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 24:11
ADEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 25:13
ADEL Hugh Greenwood goal 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 26:17
Q2 ADEL Eddie Betts behind 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 01:44
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 02:42
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 04:38
ADEL Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 08:13
ADEL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 3.3.21 09:22
RICH Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 3.4.22 13:22
RICH Jacob Townsend goal 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 18:00
RICH Jack Graham goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 25:24
RICH Dustin Martin goal 4.6.30 - 6.4.40 26:59
ADEL Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 31:20
Q3 RICH Jack Graham goal 4.7.31 - 7.4.46 02:59
RICH Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 7.5.47 05:42
RICH Shaun Grigg goal 4.7.31 - 8.5.53 07:58
RICH Kane Lambert goal 4.7.31 - 9.5.59 09:33
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 4.8.32 - 9.5.59 11:02
ADEL David MacKay behind 4.9.33 - 9.5.59 11:40
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.9.39 - 9.5.59 14:11
RICH Jack Graham goal 5.9.39 - 10.5.65 15:55
RICH Dion Prestia behind 5.9.39 - 10.6.66 18:59
RICH Jason Castagna goal 5.9.39 - 11.6.72 20:22
RICH Dustin Martin behind 5.9.39 - 11.7.73 25:44
RICH Bachar Houli behind 5.9.39 - 11.8.74 27:19
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 5.10.40 - 11.8.74 29:55
Q4 RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 5.10.40 - 12.8.80 02:49
ADEL Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 12.8.80 05:05
RICH Dion Prestia goal 5.11.41 - 13.8.86 06:31
ADEL Brad Crouch goal 6.11.47 - 13.8.86 08:09
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 7.11.53 - 13.8.86 09:40
ADEL Sam Jacobs behind 7.12.54 - 13.8.86 11:04
RICH Josh Caddy behind 7.12.54 - 13.9.87 13:01
RICH Bachar Houli behind 7.12.54 - 13.10.88 17:02
RICH Jacob Townsend goal 7.12.54 - 14.10.94 17:54
RICH Dan Butler goal 7.12.54 - 15.10.100 20:40
RICH Dustin Martin behind 7.12.54 - 15.11.101 22:17
RICH Dustin Martin goal 7.12.54 - 16.11.107 22:52
ADEL Charlie Cameron goal 8.12.60 - 16.11.107 25:15
RICH Dion Prestia behind 8.12.60 - 16.12.108 27:06