2017 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Richmond v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 2017 between Richmond and Greater Western Sydney in the second preliminary final of the 2017 AFL season. Richmond hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Richmond
Back: B. Ellis, A. Rance, D. Grimes
Half-back: B. Houli, D. Astbury, N. Vlastuin
Centre: K. McIntosh, T. Cotchin (capt.), J. Townsend
Half-forward: K. Lambert, D. Martin, J. Caddy
Forward: D. Butler, J. Riewoldt, D. Rioli
Follower: T. Nankervis, D. Prestia, S. Grigg
Int.: N. Broad, J. Castagna, S. Edwards, J. Graham

Greater Western Sydney
Back: Z. Williams, P. Davis, H. Shaw
Half-back: N. Haynes, A. Tomlinson, A. Corr
Centre: D. Shiel, S. Coniglio, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: T. Greene, H. Himmelberg, C. Ward
Forward: S. Johnson, J. Patton, B. Deledio
Follower: R. Lobb, J. Hopper, J. Kelly
Int.: M. de Boer, T. Scully, T. Taranto, N. Wilson

Richmond (15.13.103) defeated Greater Western Sydney (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Richmond: D. Rioli (4), D. Martin (3), D. Butler (2), J. Caddy, J. Castagna, S. Edwards, K. Lambert, J. Riewoldt, J. Townsend
Greater Western Sydney: H. Himmelberg (4), C. Ward (3), J. Kelly, J. Patton

As a result of this match, Richmond faced Adelaide in the grand final and Greater Western Sydney were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Richmond v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 23 September 2017
Time: 4:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 94,258

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.13.103 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	4	.	3	5	.	7	11	.	11	15	.	13	15	.	13	(103)
Greater Western Sydney	3	.	3	5	.	6	6	.	10	9	.	13	9	.	13	(67)
Margin	RICH by 6			RICH by 1			RICH by 31			RICH by 36			RICH by 36
Duration	31:35			28:50			35:29			29:52			2:05:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Trent Cotchin (Richmond), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), M. Nicholls (#15), S. Ryan (#25), E: R. Chamberlain (#18)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, A. Wojcik, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, C. Gordon, M. Konetschka, M. Le Fevre

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Astbury, David	CHB	86%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	3	0	6	1	4	2	1
35	Broad, Nathan	INT	84%	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	2	2	1
40	Butler, Dan	FPL	76%	2	0	7	6	1	0	0	6	0	2	1	1	0	3
22	Caddy, Josh	HFFR	82%	1	1	16	9	7	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	3
46	Castagna, Jason	INT	84%	1	1	18	10	8	3	0	1	2	7	2	2	0	1
9	Cotchin, Trent (c)	C	78%	0	1	26	16	10	1	0	9	7	6	4	2	4	5
10	Edwards, Shane	INT	72%	1	1	19	9	10	4	0	2	3	3	0	0	3	3
5	Ellis, Brandon	BPL	82%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1
34	Graham, Jack	INT	64%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	5	3	3	3	2	1	3
6	Grigg, Shaun	RO	90%	0	0	16	8	8	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	4
2	Grimes, Dylan	BPR	88%	0	1	11	5	6	2	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	0
14	Houli, Bachar	HBFL	80%	0	0	21	15	6	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	4
23	Lambert, Kane	HFFL	80%	1	0	23	10	13	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	7
4	Martin, Dustin	CHF	89%	3	3	20	13	7	3	0	2	4	4	3	2	0	1
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	77%	0	1	15	8	7	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	5	2
25	Nankervis, Toby	RU	79%	0	0	13	11	2	5	27	5	1	2	1	1	2	0
3	Prestia, Dion	RR	79%	0	0	22	12	10	2	0	6	5	2	0	1	1	4
18	Rance, Alex	FB	98%	0	0	16	11	5	7	0	1	1	3	1	1	5	1
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FF	93%	1	0	8	6	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
17	Rioli, Daniel	FPR	84%	4	0	14	9	5	5	0	6	0	2	4	1	0	8
21	Townsend, Jacob	WR	73%	1	1	10	7	3	1	0	5	1	2	2	1	0	2
1	Vlastuin, Nick	HBFR	84%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	5	0
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				15	13	333	203	130	68	28	72	34	63	27	28	39	56

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Coniglio, Stephen	C	86%	0	0	24	8	16	8	0	4	1	5	0	2	2	1
35	Corr, Aidan	HBFR	90%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0
1	Davis, Phil	FB	92%	0	0	13	6	7	8	0	2	0	3	1	1	6	1
24	de Boer, Matt	INT	86%	0	1	17	4	13	1	0	7	2	1	0	1	0	2
7	Deledio, Brett	FPR	76%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	4	2	5	2	2	0	1
4	Greene, Toby	HFFL	89%	0	1	19	6	13	3	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	0
19	Haynes, Nick	HBFL	84%	0	0	20	9	11	3	0	3	1	4	2	2	4	3
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHF	84%	4	1	10	8	2	3	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	1
2	Hopper, Jacob	RR	71%	0	0	27	7	20	4	0	4	5	7	1	4	3	1
17	Johnson, Steve	FPL	80%	0	0	15	5	10	4	0	0	0	6	2	2	0	1
22	Kelly, Josh	RO	89%	1	1	28	15	13	4	0	8	6	3	1	2	0	8
37	Lobb, Rory	RU	86%	0	0	9	5	4	6	31	2	2	2	3	0	1	2
12	Patton, Jonathon	FF	89%	1	1	21	11	10	8	10	1	1	3	2	1	1	2
9	Scully, Tom	INT	96%	0	1	25	14	11	5	0	4	3	3	1	1	1	6
23	Shaw, Heath	BPR	92%	0	0	22	17	5	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	8	0
5	Shiel, Dylan	WL	19%	0	1	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
14	Taranto, Tim	INT	74%	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	4
20	Tomlinson, Adam	CHB	94%	0	0	26	16	10	7	0	5	0	7	4	1	1	2
8	Ward, Callan	HFFR	85%	3	1	25	18	7	3	0	6	7	3	1	1	2	7
6	Whitfield, Lachie	WR	87%	0	0	19	12	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	8
29	Williams, Zac	BPL	75%	0	1	21	15	6	5	0	3	1	7	0	2	1	5
16	Wilson, Nathan	INT	74%	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	6	1	2	5	3
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				9	13	392	211	181	92	41	67	37	77	28	27	39	59

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
	29	Z. Williams	1	P. Davis	23	H. Shaw	25	T. Nankervis	35	N. Broad
	17	D. Rioli	8	J. Riewoldt	40	D. Butler	3	D. Prestia	46	J. Castagna
FORWARD							6	S. Grigg	10	S. Edwards
HALF-BACK									34	J. Graham
	19	N. Haynes	20	A. Tomlinson	35	A. Corr
	22	J. Caddy	4	D. Martin	23	K. Lambert
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	5	D. Shiel	3	S. Coniglio	6	L. Whitfield
	21	J. Townsend	9	T. Cotchin (c)	33	K. McIntosh	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							37	R. Lobb	24	M. de Boer
HALF-FORWARD							2	J. Hopper	9	T. Scully
	4	T. Greene	27	H. Himmelberg	8	C. Ward	22	J. Kelly	14	T. Taranto
	1	N. Vlastuin	12	D. Astbury	14	B. Houli			16	N. Wilson
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	17	S. Johnson	12	J. Patton	7	B. Deledio
	2	D. Grimes	18	A. Rance	5	B. Ellis
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	Kane Lambert goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:23
	RICH	Josh Caddy goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	01:53
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	03:09
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	04:33
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	2.1.13	-	2.0.12	06:33
	GWSY	Dylan Shiel behind	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	11:29
	RICH	Shane Edwards behind	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	13:14
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	14:04
	RICH	Trent Cotchin behind	2.3.15	-	3.1.19	17:41
	GWSY	Zac Williams behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	21:35
	GWSY	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	22:09
	RICH	Daniel Rioli goal	3.3.21	-	3.3.21	24:39
	RICH	Jason Castagna goal	4.3.27	-	3.3.21	26:45
Q2	RICH	Jason Castagna behind	4.4.28	-	3.3.21	01:56
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	4.4.28	-	4.3.27	07:44
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	4.4.28	-	4.4.28	10:33
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	4.4.28	-	5.4.34	13:35
	GWSY	Matt de Boer behind	4.4.28	-	5.5.35	15:14
	GWSY	Callan Ward behind	4.4.28	-	5.6.36	15:59
	RICH	Jacob Townsend behind	4.5.29	-	5.6.36	18:09
	RICH	Daniel Rioli goal	5.5.35	-	5.6.36	21:35
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	5.6.36	-	5.6.36	25:41
	RICH	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	5.6.36	27:04
Q3	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	5.8.38	-	5.6.36	00:24
	GWSY	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	5.7.37	04:20
	RICH	Daniel Rioli goal	6.8.44	-	5.7.37	06:32
	GWSY	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	5.8.38	08:04
	RICH	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	5.8.38	09:31
	RICH	Jacob Townsend goal	7.9.51	-	5.8.38	11:15
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	7.9.51	-	5.9.39	12:19
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	7.9.51	-	6.9.45	15:40
	RICH	Dylan Grimes behind	7.10.52	-	6.9.45	17:49
	RICH	Daniel Rioli goal	8.10.58	-	6.9.45	19:38
	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh behind	8.11.59	-	6.9.45	25:12
	RICH	Shane Edwards goal	9.11.65	-	6.9.45	27:03
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	10.11.71	-	6.9.45	28:54
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg behind	10.11.71	-	6.10.46	30:45
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	11.11.77	-	6.10.46	34:26
Q4	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	12.11.83	-	6.10.46	01:10
	GWSY	Rushed behind	12.11.83	-	6.11.47	03:58
	GWSY	Jonathon Patton behind	12.11.83	-	6.12.48	07:11
	GWSY	Tom Scully behind	12.11.83	-	6.13.49	08:05
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	12.11.83	-	7.13.55	10:16
	RICH	Josh Caddy behind	12.12.84	-	7.13.55	13:53
	GWSY	Jonathon Patton goal	12.12.84	-	8.13.61	14:54
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	13.12.90	-	8.13.61	17:53
	RICH	Dan Butler goal	14.12.96	-	8.13.61	19:40
	RICH	Rushed behind	14.13.97	-	8.13.61	23:57
	RICH	Dan Butler goal	15.13.103	-	8.13.61	26:42
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	15.13.103	-	9.13.67	29:46

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