2019 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2019 between Richmond and Geelong in the second preliminary final of the 2019 AFL season. Richmond hosted Geelong at MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Richmond
Back: D. Astbury, N. Broad, D. Grimes
Half-back: B. Houli, N. Vlastuin, J. Short
Centre: B. Ellis, D. Prestia, J. Caddy
Half-forward: D. Rioli, T. Cotchin (capt.), K. Lambert
Forward: J. Castagna, T. Lynch, J. Riewoldt
Follower: I. Soldo, S. Edwards, D. Martin
Int.: L. Baker, S. Bolton, J. Graham, T. Nankervis

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, H. Taylor, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: M. Blicavs, T. Stewart, M. O'Connor
Centre: S. Menegola, J. Selwood (capt.), T. Kelly
Half-forward: T. Atkins, G. Ablett, L. Dahlhaus
Forward: L. Henderson, E. Ratugolea, J. Bews
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, C. Guthrie
Int.: G. Miers, Q. Narkle, B. Parfitt, Z. Tuohy

Richmond (12.13.85) defeated Geelong (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Richmond: T. Lynch (5), J. Castagna (2), D. Martin (2), D. Prestia (2), K. Lambert
Geelong: T. Kelly (3), G. Miers (2), G. Ablett, P. Dangerfield, L. Henderson, Q. Narkle

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

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Friday 20 September 2019
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 94,423

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 12.13.85 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 4 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 21 RICH by 4 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration 30:51 28:43 31:40 28:53 2:00:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), M. Nicholls (#15), S. Ryan (#25)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Lynch RICH 19 9 1 1 0 0 0
Tim Kelly GEEL 11 8 1 0 1 0 0
Dion Prestia RICH 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Bachar Houli RICH 14 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Kolodjashnij GEEL 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Astbury, David BPL 98% 0 0 13 10 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
48 Baker, Liam INT 76% 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 3 0 4 3 2 4 4
29 Bolton, Shai INT 79% 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
35 Broad, Nathan FB 58% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
22 Caddy, Josh WR 92% 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 3 3 3 2 0 3 4
11 Castagna, Jason FPL 89% 2 2 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) CHF 87% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 6 4 3 3 1 1 1
10 Edwards, Shane RR 72% 0 0 18 5 13 0 0 6 3 5 0 3 0 2
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 84% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 3
34 Graham, Jack INT 63% 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 3
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 100% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 92% 0 0 32 22 10 11 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 5
23 Lambert, Kane HFFR 91% 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 7 1 6 0 2 0 5
19 Lynch, Tom FF 100% 5 1 19 11 8 10 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
4 Martin, Dustin RO 80% 2 2 22 18 4 6 0 1 2 5 2 1 0 4
25 Nankervis, Toby INT 60% 0 0 5 1 4 0 11 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 Prestia, Dion C 84% 2 0 28 19 9 5 0 5 7 1 1 0 3 9
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPR 97% 0 3 6 4 2 4 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 1
17 Rioli, Daniel HFFL 84% 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Short, Jayden HBFR 74% 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 4
47 Soldo, Ivan RU 55% 0 0 10 6 4 4 23 5 2 4 0 2 3 0
1 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 84% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 13 311 196 115 82 34 60 30 52 19 18 42 56

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary CHF 87% 1 1 21 11 10 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 3
30 Atkins, Tom HFFL 89% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1
24 Bews, Jed FPR 86% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFL 91% 0 1 10 5 5 4 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 2
40 Dahlhaus, Luke HFFR 76% 0 0 14 3 11 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 86% 1 0 27 12 15 3 0 5 7 5 1 1 0 4
29 Guthrie, Cameron RO 68% 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 3
25 Henderson, Lachie FPL 91% 1 0 5 3 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Henry, Jack BPL 83% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 1
11 Kelly, Tim WR 82% 3 1 31 24 7 9 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 7
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 87% 0 0 11 8 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2
27 Menegola, Sam WL 91% 0 1 18 7 11 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 1
32 Miers, Gryan INT 77% 2 1 22 12 10 5 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 3
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 58% 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 2
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFR 89% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 61% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 4 2 5 1 1 0 2
17 Ratugolea, Esava FF 84% 0 1 9 4 5 4 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 81% 0 1 30 19 11 2 0 7 6 4 5 2 2 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 79% 0 0 18 9 9 4 24 3 4 4 2 1 1 4
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 1
7 Taylor, Harry FB 79% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Tuohy, Zach INT 90% 0 1 26 18 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 12 365 218 147 93 32 51 34 52 18 19 44 51

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
38 J. Henry 7 H. Taylor 8 J. Kolodjashnij 47 I. Soldo 48 L. Baker
8 J. Riewoldt 19 T. Lynch 11 J. Castagna 10 S. Edwards 29 S. Bolton
FORWARD 4 D. Martin 34 J. Graham
HALF-BACK

25 T. Nankervis
46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart 42 M. O'Connor



23 K. Lambert 9 T. Cotchin (c) 17 D. Rioli



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 S. Menegola 14 J. Selwood (c) 11 T. Kelly



22 J. Caddy 3 D. Prestia 5 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 32 G. Miers
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 19 Q. Narkle
30 T. Atkins 4 G. Ablett 40 L. Dahlhaus 29 C. Guthrie 3 B. Parfitt
15 J. Short 1 N. Vlastuin 14 B. Houli

2 Z. Tuohy
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 L. Henderson 17 E. Ratugolea 24 J. Bews



2 D. Grimes 35 N. Broad 12 D. Astbury



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Jason Castagna behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:59
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:07
RICH Dustin Martin goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:33
RICH Tom Lynch goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:21
RICH Tom Lynch goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 11:26
GEEL Esava Ratugolea behind 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 13:18
RICH Josh Caddy behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 15:16
RICH Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 17:19
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 18:32
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 19:47
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 22:14
GEEL Tim Kelly behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 28:03
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 29:22
Q2 GEEL Tim Kelly goal 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 00:22
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 02:10
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 04:00
GEEL Zach Tuohy behind 3.3.21 - 5.6.36 07:49
RICH Shai Bolton behind 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 10:12
RICH Dustin Martin behind 3.5.23 - 5.6.36 11:45
GEEL Quinton Narkle goal 3.5.23 - 6.6.42 13:21
GEEL Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 6.7.43 20:02
RICH Jason Castagna goal 4.5.29 - 6.7.43 23:28
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 4.5.29 - 6.8.44 26:11
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 4.5.29 - 7.8.50 27:38
Q3 RICH Tom Lynch goal 5.5.35 - 7.8.50 00:56
RICH Tom Lynch behind 5.6.36 - 7.8.50 03:38
RICH Dustin Martin goal 6.6.42 - 7.8.50 04:15
RICH Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 7.8.50 15:03
RICH Jason Castagna goal 7.7.49 - 7.8.50 16:27
RICH Tom Lynch goal 8.7.55 - 7.8.50 18:56
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 8.7.55 - 7.9.51 22:43
RICH Dion Prestia goal 9.7.61 - 7.9.51 27:41
GEEL Lachie Henderson goal 9.7.61 - 8.9.57 31:36
Q4 RICH Kane Lambert goal 10.7.67 - 8.9.57 03:06
RICH Dustin Martin behind 10.8.68 - 8.9.57 04:45
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 10.8.68 - 9.9.63 06:47
GEEL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 9.10.64 08:19
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 10.9.69 - 9.10.64 10:42
RICH Tom Lynch goal 11.9.75 - 9.10.64 12:13
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 11.10.76 - 9.10.64 14:04
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 11.10.76 - 9.11.65 14:46
RICH Jack Graham behind 11.11.77 - 9.11.65 19:40
RICH Dion Prestia goal 12.11.83 - 9.11.65 21:26
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 12.12.84 - 9.11.65 24:37
GEEL Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 9.12.66 25:25
RICH Jason Castagna behind 12.13.85 - 9.12.66 28:27