2019 AFL Round 10: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2019 between Richmond and Essendon during round 10 of the 2019 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. In the absence of Trent Cotchin, Shane Edwards captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Richmond
Back: R. Garthwaite, D. Astbury, D. Grimes
Half-back: S. Stack, S. Edwards (capt.), B. Houli
Centre: B. Ellis, D. Prestia, K. McIntosh
Half-forward: L. Baker, S. Bolton, D. Rioli
Forward: N. Balta, T. Lynch, J. Castagna
Follower: C. Coleman-Jones, D. Martin, J. Caddy
Int.: N. Broad, J. Higgins, C. Menadue, N. Vlastuin

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, C. Hooker, M. Hurley
Half-back: A. McGrath, P. Ambrose, A. Saad
Centre: M. Redman, D. Parish, J. Begley
Half-forward: C. McKenna, J. Stringer, D. Zaharakis
Forward: T. Bellchambers, A. Francis, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: S. McKernan, D. Shiel, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, B. McNiece, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.)

Richmond (10.13.73) defeated Essendon (6.14.50).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Castagna (2), J. Higgins (2), T. Lynch (2), L. Baker, S. Bolton, D. Prestia, D. Rioli
Essendon: K. Langford (3), J. Begley, T. Bellchambers, J. Laverde

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 May 2019
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,176

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 10.13.73 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Essendon 0 . 3 1 . 7 2 . 10 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin RICH by 5 RICH by 18 RICH by 37 RICH by 23 RICH by 23
Duration 28:35 31:07 31:09 29:16 2:00:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Shane Edwards (Richmond), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), N. Foot (#2), S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bachar Houli RICH 14 3
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 2
Dustin Martin RICH 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bachar Houli RICH 14 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shane Edwards RICH 10 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dustin Martin RICH 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dion Prestia RICH 3 4 0 0 0 2 0
Liam Baker RICH 48 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Grimes RICH 2 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 FB 88% 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2
48 Baker, Liam HFFL 84% 1 0 24 15 9 4 0 9 2 7 1 2 1 5
38 Balta, Noah FPL 78% 0 1 18 14 4 2 12 5 7 7 3 3 3 5
29 Bolton, Shai CHF 79% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 5
35 Broad, Nathan INT 71% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 3 0
22 Caddy, Josh RO 83% 0 2 24 15 9 2 0 5 1 3 1 0 1 6
11 Castagna, Jason FPR 91% 2 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1
40 Coleman-Jones, Callum RU 63% 0 1 13 6 7 3 10 5 1 5 0 2 0 2
10 Edwards, Shane (ac) CHB 83% 0 0 26 14 12 4 0 2 3 2 1 1 3 3
5 Ellis, Brandon WL 83% 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 4 2 5 2 1 3 1
42 Garthwaite, Ryan BPL 100% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 100% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 7 0 1 2 1 3 1
13 Higgins, Jack INT 87% 2 1 16 9 7 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 1
14 Houli, Bachar HBFR 87% 0 0 37 28 9 6 0 5 0 3 4 0 10 3
19 Lynch, Tom FF 67% 2 0 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0
4 Martin, Dustin RR 78% 0 0 35 26 9 7 0 1 8 6 0 4 0 8
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 79% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 3
37 Menadue, Connor INT 82% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3
3 Prestia, Dion C 84% 1 1 25 19 6 3 0 6 4 6 1 2 3 10
17 Rioli, Daniel HFFR 86% 1 2 13 7 6 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2
44 Stack, Sydney HBFL 71% 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
1 Vlastuin, Nick INT 77% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 8 4 1 2 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 13 382 244 138 70 22 87 39 68 21 22 44 66

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 87% 0 2 13 7 6 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 1
16 Begley, Josh WR 94% 1 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
2 Bellchambers, Tom FPL 84% 1 0 15 10 5 4 39 4 4 6 3 2 2 5
10 Francis, Aaron FF 89% 0 0 12 3 9 3 0 4 0 4 1 2 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 73% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 89% 0 1 26 13 13 3 0 1 3 6 1 2 4 2
26 Hooker, Cale FB 90% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 1 5 3 1 10 0
18 Hurley, Michael BPR 90% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 5 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 79% 3 0 22 13 9 5 0 3 2 3 0 2 0 4
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 85% 1 1 10 5 5 2 0 6 1 1 2 1 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 75% 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 2 2
1 McGrath, Andrew HBFL 74% 0 0 22 12 10 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 7
45 McKenna, Conor HFFL 89% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 86% 0 0 12 8 4 5 8 2 2 3 0 1 0 3
41 McNiece, Ben INT 88% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) INT 79% 0 2 30 17 13 3 0 8 8 7 0 1 4 4
3 Parish, Darcy C 83% 0 0 31 18 13 0 0 5 9 2 1 0 1 5
27 Redman, Mason WL 92% 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 3 1 4 1 0 3 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 91% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 6 0 6 0 2 8 1
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 64% 0 0 23 14 9 1 0 4 4 5 2 0 3 3
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 37% 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 83% 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 2 4 2 1 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 6 14 351 216 135 54 47 71 42 80 22 21 55 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
15 J. Laverde 26 C. Hooker 18 M. Hurley 40 C. Coleman-Jones 35 N. Broad
11 J. Castagna 19 T. Lynch 38 N. Balta 4 D. Martin 13 J. Higgins
FORWARD 22 J. Caddy 37 C. Menadue
HALF-BACK

1 N. Vlastuin
1 A. McGrath 29 P. Ambrose 42 A. Saad



17 D. Rioli 29 S. Bolton 48 L. Baker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 M. Redman 3 D. Parish 16 J. Begley



33 K. McIntosh 3 D. Prestia 5 B. Ellis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 4 K. Langford
45 C. McKenna 25 J. Stringer 11 D. Zaharakis 21 D. Heppell (c) 41 B. McNiece
14 B. Houli 10 S. Edwards (ac) 44 S. Stack

7 Z. Merrett (vc)
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 T. Bellchambers 10 A. Francis 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



2 D. Grimes 12 D. Astbury 42 R. Garthwaite



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:11
RICH Jack Higgins goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 10:27
RICH Jason Castagna behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 15:53
ESSE Josh Begley behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 17:04
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 20:22
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 27:56
Q2 RICH Tom Lynch goal 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 03:34
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 2.2.14 - 0.4.4 05:55
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 2.2.14 - 0.5.5 07:46
RICH Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 0.5.5 10:26
RICH Liam Baker goal 3.3.21 - 0.5.5 11:15
ESSE Josh Begley goal 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 12:26
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 14:34
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 3.3.21 - 1.7.13 15:30
RICH Dion Prestia goal 4.3.27 - 1.7.13 17:39
RICH Josh Caddy behind 4.4.28 - 1.7.13 21:11
RICH Daniel Rioli behind 4.5.29 - 1.7.13 24:46
RICH Dion Prestia behind 4.6.30 - 1.7.13 27:50
RICH Josh Caddy behind 4.7.31 - 1.7.13 30:31
Q3 RICH Nick Vlastuin behind 4.8.32 - 1.7.13 00:49
RICH Noah Balta behind 4.9.33 - 1.7.13 01:46
RICH Jack Higgins behind 4.10.34 - 1.7.13 03:15
RICH Jason Castagna goal 5.10.40 - 1.7.13 04:30
ESSE Josh Begley behind 5.10.40 - 1.8.14 05:45
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 1.9.15 08:06
RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.10.46 - 1.9.15 10:36
RICH Shai Bolton goal 7.10.52 - 1.9.15 16:28
RICH Jason Castagna goal 8.10.58 - 1.9.15 18:52
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 8.10.58 - 1.10.16 21:18
RICH Callum Coleman-Jones behind 8.11.59 - 1.10.16 23:11
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 8.11.59 - 2.10.22 27:50
Q4 ESSE Mason Redman behind 8.11.59 - 2.11.23 01:09
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 8.11.59 - 3.11.29 01:40
RICH Jack Higgins goal 9.11.65 - 3.11.29 03:34
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.11.65 - 3.12.30 05:12
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 9.11.65 - 4.12.36 07:31
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 9.11.65 - 5.12.42 11:55
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.11.65 - 6.12.48 13:44
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.11.65 - 6.13.49 15:38
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 9.11.65 - 6.14.50 17:39
RICH Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 6.14.50 27:43
RICH Daniel Rioli behind 9.13.67 - 6.14.50 28:03
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 10.13.73 - 6.14.50 29:12