2018 AFL Round 22: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2018 between Richmond and Essendon during round 22 of the 2018 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. In the absence of Trent Cotchin, vice-captain Alex Rance captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Richmond
Back: R. Garthwaite, A. Rance (capt.), D. Grimes
Half-back: J. Short, N. Vlastuin, B. Houli
Centre: B. Ellis, S. Edwards, K. McIntosh
Half-forward: D. Rioli, J. Riewoldt, J. Castagna
Forward: J. Higgins, D. Martin, J. Caddy
Follower: T. Nankervis, J. Graham, S. Grigg
Int.: L. Baker, N. Broad, R. Conca, S. Lloyd

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Hurley, M. Baguley
Half-back: B. Goddard, C. Hooker, C. McKenna
Centre: D. Zaharakis, Z. Merrett, A. Saad
Half-forward: A. McGrath, M. Brown, D. Smith
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Stringer, T. Colyer
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Heppell (capt.), D. Myers
Int.: A. Francis, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, D. Parish

Richmond (12.9.81) defeated Essendon (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Caddy (4), D. Martin (4), J. Riewoldt (2), L. Baker, J. Castagna
Essendon: C. Hooker (3), M. Brown (2), M. Baguley, T. Bellchambers, T. Colyer, D. Parish, D. Smith, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Friday 17 August 2018
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 76,424

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 12.9.81 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 0 5 . 6 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 8 RICH by 21 RICH by 8 RICH by 8
Duration 27:22 27:47 29:40 28:06 1:52:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Alex Rance (Richmond), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), D. Harris (#24), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dustin Martin RICH 4 3
Devon Smith ESSE 5 2
Josh Caddy RICH 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dustin Martin RICH 4 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Josh Caddy RICH 22 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Devon Smith ESSE 5 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Dylan Grimes RICH 2 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Aaron Francis ESSE 10 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Shaun Grigg RICH 6 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
48 Baker, Liam INT 71% 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
35 Broad, Nathan INT 78% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 0
22 Caddy, Josh FPR 88% 4 0 17 9 8 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
11 Castagna, Jason HFFR 67% 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1
30 Conca, Reece INT 72% 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
10 Edwards, Shane C 87% 0 1 20 7 13 7 0 4 2 4 0 0 2 3
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 79% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 4 0 4 1 1 3 4
42 Garthwaite, Ryan BPL 84% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 3 1
34 Graham, Jack RR 80% 0 1 15 10 5 0 0 6 1 5 1 5 0 4
6 Grigg, Shaun RO 82% 0 0 23 11 12 4 1 3 6 8 1 4 3 3
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 90% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2
28 Higgins, Jack FPL 75% 0 0 14 4 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Houli, Bachar HBFR 78% 0 1 20 12 8 7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6
27 Lloyd, Sam INT 71% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 5
4 Martin, Dustin FF 88% 4 0 26 14 12 10 0 1 3 5 0 2 0 6
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 79% 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 4
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 81% 0 0 16 8 8 2 21 4 4 4 1 3 1 1
18 Rance, Alex (ac) FB 96% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack CHF 100% 2 2 14 12 2 5 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel HFFL 82% 0 2 17 7 10 6 0 7 1 3 1 1 0 2
15 Short, Jayden HBFL 83% 0 0 25 19 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4
1 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 90% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 0 3 1 1 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 9 361 199 162 89 25 62 30 63 15 27 29 58

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 86% 1 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 89% 1 0 13 6 7 7 39 1 3 5 1 3 2 2
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 97% 2 0 10 9 1 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 3
32 Colyer, Travis FPR 69% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
49 Dea, Matt BPL 90% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
10 Francis, Aaron INT 88% 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 79% 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 62% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RR 83% 0 0 25 14 11 6 0 6 4 3 3 1 3 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 98% 3 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 0 4 3 2 0 2
18 Hurley, Michael FB 100% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 75% 0 0 15 5 10 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 72% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew HFFL 79% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFR 85% 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 1 1 4 1 0 7 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 77% 0 1 25 11 14 6 0 4 5 3 3 2 2 4
23 Myers, David RO 71% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 1
3 Parish, Darcy INT 68% 1 1 18 11 7 5 0 5 3 2 0 0 3 2
42 Saad, Adam WR 78% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 0 4 1 2 7 1
5 Smith, Devon HFFR 83% 1 0 28 15 13 6 0 5 9 4 3 1 2 4
25 Stringer, Jake FF 84% 1 2 13 11 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David WL 87% 0 1 30 14 16 6 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 7 371 210 161 97 42 56 40 54 27 15 44 45

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
49 M. Dea 18 M. Hurley 12 M. Baguley 25 T. Nankervis 48 L. Baker
22 J. Caddy 4 D. Martin 28 J. Higgins 34 J. Graham 35 N. Broad
FORWARD 6 S. Grigg 30 R. Conca
HALF-BACK

27 S. Lloyd
9 B. Goddard 26 C. Hooker 45 C. McKenna



11 J. Castagna 8 J. Riewoldt 17 D. Rioli



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett 42 A. Saad



33 K. McIntosh 10 S. Edwards 5 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 10 A. Francis
HALF-FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 35 M. Guelfi
1 A. McGrath 28 M. Brown 5 D. Smith 23 D. Myers 4 K. Langford
14 B. Houli 1 N. Vlastuin 15 J. Short

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 25 J. Stringer 32 T. Colyer



2 D. Grimes 18 A. Rance (ac) 42 R. Garthwaite



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:02
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:44
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:58
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:51
RICH Josh Caddy goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 11:22
RICH Jason Castagna goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 16:30
RICH Dustin Martin goal 4.0.24 - 2.1.13 18:42
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.0.24 - 2.2.14 21:13
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 4.0.24 - 2.3.15 26:02
Q2 ESSE Travis Colyer goal 4.0.24 - 3.3.21 00:40
RICH Shane Edwards behind 4.1.25 - 3.3.21 02:20
RICH Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 08:48
ESSE Devon Smith goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 10:31
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 13:36
RICH Jack Graham behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 16:17
RICH Reece Conca behind 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 17:08
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 22:56
RICH Bachar Houli behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 24:40
RICH Josh Caddy goal 5.6.36 - 4.4.28 26:33
Q3 RICH Dustin Martin goal 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 01:15
RICH Daniel Rioli behind 6.7.43 - 4.4.28 05:59
ESSE Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 4.5.29 08:51
RICH Josh Caddy goal 7.7.49 - 4.5.29 11:14
RICH Josh Caddy goal 8.7.55 - 4.5.29 13:02
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 8.7.55 - 5.5.35 14:10
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 8.8.56 - 5.5.35 18:44
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.8.56 - 6.5.41 20:11
RICH Dustin Martin goal 9.8.62 - 6.5.41 22:42
RICH Liam Baker goal 10.8.68 - 6.5.41 26:59
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 10.8.68 - 7.5.47 28:43
Q4 RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 11.8.74 - 7.5.47 02:19
RICH Dustin Martin goal 12.8.80 - 7.5.47 04:01
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 12.8.80 - 8.5.53 05:55
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 12.8.80 - 9.5.59 10:31
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 12.8.80 - 9.6.60 15:13
RICH Daniel Rioli behind 12.9.81 - 9.6.60 16:55
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 12.9.81 - 10.6.66 21:02
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 12.9.81 - 11.6.72 23:24
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 12.9.81 - 11.7.73 25:50