2018 AFL Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2018 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 5 of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: M. Hibberd, J. Lever, B. Stretch
Centre: J. Harmes, N. Jones (capt.), A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, S. Weideman, C. Petracca
Forward: D. Kent, J. Hogan, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn, D. Tyson, C. Oliver
Int.: J. Garlett, C. Salem, B. Vince, J. Wagner

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

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Richmond (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (4), J. Hogan (2), J. Garlett, J. Harmes
Richmond: J. Higgins (3), J. Castagna (2), K. Lambert (2), S. Lloyd (2), K. McIntosh (2), J. Riewoldt (2), T. Cotchin, D. Prestia

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Richmond were then 1st on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2018
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,071

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 8.8.56 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 6 5 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 8 8 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 20 RICH by 19 RICH by 46 RICH by 46
Duration 28:39 31:18 32:56 31:55 2:04:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Trent Cotchin (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), B. Rosebury (#8), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kane Lambert RICH 23 3
Dustin Martin RICH 4 2
Shane Edwards RICH 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Kane Lambert RICH 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shane Edwards RICH 10 7 0 1 1 0 0
Bachar Houli RICH 14 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Castagna RICH 11 3 0 0 1 0 0
David Astbury RICH 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Oscar McDonald MELB 28 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dustin Martin RICH 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WR 82% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 2
36 Garlett, Jeff INT 83% 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 89% 0 0 16 11 5 6 56 8 1 7 3 3 2 3
4 Harmes, James WL 86% 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 9 3 7 0 3 0 2
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 75% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 3 0 4 1 1 3 0
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 88% 2 2 22 12 10 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 87% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 2 7 0 3 1 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 81% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) C 83% 0 0 30 12 18 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 4
16 Kent, Dean FPL 39% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
8 Lever, Jake CHB 92% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 5 0 2 3 0 6 2
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 100% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 87% 4 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 82% 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 85% 0 2 31 10 21 6 0 6 6 5 1 1 2 3
5 Petracca, Christian HFFR 74% 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 5 2 4 1 3 1 3
3 Salem, Christian INT 68% 0 0 20 8 12 1 0 8 3 2 0 0 3 2
15 Stretch, Billy HBFR 80% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1
12 Tyson, Dom RR 85% 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 8
23 Vince, Bernie INT 82% 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 3 6 2 3 1 5 2
42 Wagner, Josh INT 80% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 91% 0 0 12 7 5 4 9 5 0 1 1 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 8 8 358 195 163 77 65 79 36 67 22 20 38 46

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Astbury, David FB 92% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 2
35 Broad, Nathan CHB 88% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0
7 Butler, Dan FPR 80% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 0 4 1 3 0 3
11 Castagna, Jason HFFL 82% 2 2 16 9 7 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
30 Conca, Reece WL 80% 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 9 4 3 3 1 0 4
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 74% 1 0 15 5 10 2 1 7 2 3 1 2 1 1
10 Edwards, Shane FPL 85% 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 2 5
5 Ellis, Brandon HBFL 84% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1
6 Grigg, Shaun INT 79% 0 0 22 12 10 3 3 4 6 1 1 1 1 7
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 83% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0
28 Higgins, Jack INT 67% 3 1 14 7 7 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 2
14 Houli, Bachar INT 81% 0 1 26 18 8 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 6 7
23 Lambert, Kane RR 87% 2 1 29 11 18 2 0 8 2 4 2 0 1 5
27 Lloyd, Sam CHF 77% 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2
4 Martin, Dustin RO 73% 0 1 26 12 14 2 0 1 10 2 1 1 0 3
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 68% 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 83% 0 0 14 7 7 0 19 3 3 7 2 4 1 1
3 Prestia, Dion INT 73% 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 2 4
18 Rance, Alex BPL 98% 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 1 0 4 3 2 4 0
8 Riewoldt, Jack FF 97% 2 2 12 8 4 4 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1
15 Short, Jayden HBFR 78% 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 4
21 Townsend, Jacob HFFR 94% 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 12 374 212 162 61 23 78 42 57 20 22 37 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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
18 A. Rance 12 D. Astbury 2 D. Grimes 11 M. Gawn 36 J. Garlett
18 J. Melksham 1 J. Hogan 16 D. Kent 12 D. Tyson 3 C. Salem
FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 23 B. Vince
HALF-BACK

42 J. Wagner
5 B. Ellis 35 N. Broad 15 J. Short



5 C. Petracca 26 S. Weideman 30 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 R. Conca 9 T. Cotchin (c) 33 K. McIntosh



10 A. Brayshaw 2 N. Jones (c) 4 J. Harmes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis 6 S. Grigg
HALF-FORWARD 23 K. Lambert 28 J. Higgins
11 J. Castagna 27 S. Lloyd 21 J. Townsend 4 D. Martin 14 B. Houli
15 B. Stretch 8 J. Lever 14 M. Hibberd

3 D. Prestia
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 S. Edwards 8 J. Riewoldt 7 D. Butler



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:00
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:59
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 07:31
RICH Jack Higgins goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 08:24
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 12:10
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 14:58
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 17:37
MELB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 21:18
RICH Jason Castagna goal 1.4.10 - 2.2.14 24:47
MELB Christian Petracca behind 1.5.11 - 2.2.14 27:51
Q2 RICH Jack Higgins goal 1.5.11 - 3.2.20 00:46
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh behind 1.5.11 - 3.3.21 03:31
RICH Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 3.4.22 08:12
RICH Jack Higgins goal 1.5.11 - 4.4.28 11:11
RICH Jason Castagna behind 1.5.11 - 4.5.29 13:28
MELB Rushed behind 1.6.12 - 4.5.29 14:49
RICH Jacob Townsend behind 1.6.12 - 4.6.30 19:08
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.6.18 - 4.6.30 21:26
RICH Bachar Houli behind 2.6.18 - 4.7.31 22:55
RICH Sam Lloyd goal 2.6.18 - 5.7.37 24:21
RICH Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 5.8.38 28:41
Q3 MELB Jesse Hogan goal 3.6.24 - 5.8.38 00:45
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 4.6.30 - 5.8.38 05:12
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 4.7.31 - 5.8.38 10:00
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 4.8.32 - 5.8.38 13:03
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 4.8.32 - 6.8.44 17:15
RICH Jack Higgins behind 4.8.32 - 6.9.45 21:09
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.8.38 - 6.9.45 25:28
RICH Dion Prestia goal 5.8.38 - 7.9.51 26:32
RICH Sam Lloyd goal 5.8.38 - 8.9.57 30:37
Q4 MELB James Harmes goal 6.8.44 - 8.9.57 01:19
RICH Dustin Martin behind 6.8.44 - 8.10.58 03:39
RICH Kane Lambert goal 6.8.44 - 9.10.64 05:44
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh goal 6.8.44 - 10.10.70 07:00
RICH Kane Lambert behind 6.8.44 - 10.11.71 10:47
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.8.50 - 10.11.71 12:26
RICH Jason Castagna goal 7.8.50 - 11.11.77 16:18
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh goal 7.8.50 - 12.11.83 19:24
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 7.8.50 - 13.11.89 20:31
RICH Trent Cotchin goal 7.8.50 - 14.11.95 21:35
RICH Jason Castagna behind 7.8.50 - 14.12.96 25:28
MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.8.56 - 14.12.96 26:49
RICH Kane Lambert goal 8.8.56 - 15.12.102 30:12