2017 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Greater Western Sydney at the MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

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

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
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

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Leon Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Meredith (#21)
M. Nicholls (#15)
S. Ryan (#25)
E: R. Chamberlain (#18)

Goal Umpires

M. Dervan
A. Wojcik
E: C. Appleton

Boundary Umpires

D. Cusack
C. Gordon
M. Konetschka
M. Le Fevre

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

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