2020 AFL Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2020 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 5 of the 2020 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors with Jack Riewoldt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne
Back: J. Smith, S. May, M. Hibberd
Half-back: J. Harmes, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: M. Hannan, T. McDonald, T. Rivers
Forward: K. Pickett, C. Petracca, J. Hunt
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Melksham, J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, B. Fritsch, J. Lockhart, A. vandenBerg

Richmond
Back: N. Vlastuin, D. Grimes, N. Balta
Half-back: B. Houli, N. Broad, L. Baker
Centre: K. McIntosh, D. Prestia, J. Caddy
Half-forward: J. Aarts, D. Rioli, J. Castagna
Forward: D. Martin, T. Lynch, J. Riewoldt (vice-capt.)
Follower: T. Nankervis, T. Cotchin (capt.), K. Lambert
Int.: M. Chol, S. Edwards, J. Higgins, J. Short

Melbourne (8.4.52) were defeated by Richmond (12.7.79).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: M. Hannan (3), B. Fritsch (2), J. Melksham (2), T. McDonald
Richmond: K. Lambert (3), T. Lynch (3), J. Castagna, J. Higgins, D. Martin, T. Nankervis, J. Riewoldt, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 17th on the ladder (down from 15th) and Richmond were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Sunday 5 July 2020
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 8.4.52 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 2 8 . 4 8 . 4 (52)
Richmond 3 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 7 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 25 RICH by 29 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration 24:36 25:58 24:14 25:21 1:40:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), N. Foot (#2), H. Gavine (#14), E: J. Power (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kane Lambert RICH 23 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Kane Lambert RICH 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Noah Balta RICH 21 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Jack Higgins RICH 13 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Michael Hibberd MELB 14 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Lynch RICH 19 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 INT 79% 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 75% 2 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 5
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 91% 0 0 22 12 10 5 35 6 5 4 3 0 2 2
19 Hannan, Mitch HFFL 81% 3 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 2
4 Harmes, James HBFL 78% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 6
14 Hibberd, Michael BPR 88% 0 0 25 11 14 5 0 3 1 4 1 1 1 2
29 Hunt, Jayden FPR 67% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WL 81% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 96% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 76% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
1 May, Steven FB 90% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 84% 1 0 13 7 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake RR 89% 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton C 81% 0 0 26 8 18 3 0 1 8 5 3 0 1 3
5 Petracca, Christian FF 89% 0 0 27 7 20 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 5
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 79% 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent HFFR 71% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 85% 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3
44 Smith, Joel BPL 94% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam WR 76% 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 1
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 70% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 4 4
7 Viney, Jack RO 79% 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 4 321 167 154 76 36 45 25 56 19 17 27 43

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
39 Aarts, Jake HFFL 82% 0 1 16 7 9 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Baker, Liam HBFR 69% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 2
21 Balta, Noah BPR 100% 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0
35 Broad, Nathan CHB 91% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 0
22 Caddy, Josh WR 86% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 5
11 Castagna, Jason HFFR 81% 1 1 15 5 10 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
41 Chol, Mabior INT 66% 0 0 8 5 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 3
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) RR 57% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 0
10 Edwards, Shane INT 82% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2
2 Grimes, Dylan FB 98% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
13 Higgins, Jack INT 85% 1 1 19 9 10 5 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 3
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 84% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 4 2
23 Lambert, Kane RO 80% 3 0 27 11 16 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 2
19 Lynch, Tom FF 93% 3 2 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 2
4 Martin, Dustin FPL 89% 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 2 4 1 3 0 4
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 84% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 2
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 47% 1 0 12 7 5 1 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 2
3 Prestia, Dion C 70% 0 0 19 6 13 5 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack (vc) FPR 98% 1 0 9 7 2 5 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel CHF 84% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
15 Short, Jayden INT 83% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2
1 Vlastuin, Nick BPL 88% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 7 336 181 155 82 11 36 24 45 17 19 34 39

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
1 N. Vlastuin 2 D. Grimes 21 N. Balta 11 M. Gawn (c) 10 A. Brayshaw
29 J. Hunt 5 C. Petracca 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham 31 B. Fritsch
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 41 J. Lockhart
HALF-BACK

22 A. vandenBerg
14 B. Houli 35 N. Broad 7 L. Baker



24 T. Rivers 25 T. McDonald 19 M. Hannan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 K. McIntosh 3 D. Prestia 22 J. Caddy



20 A. Tomlinson 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis 41 M. Chol
HALF-FORWARD 9 T. Cotchin (c) 10 S. Edwards
39 J. Aarts 17 D. Rioli 11 J. Castagna 23 K. Lambert 13 J. Higgins
3 C. Salem 8 J. Lever 4 J. Harmes

15 J. Short
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 D. Martin 19 T. Lynch 8 J. Riewoldt (vc)



14 M. Hibberd 1 S. May 44 J. Smith



BACK



Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Tom Lynch goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:38
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:45
MELB Jake Melksham behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:55
RICH Tom Lynch behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 12:49
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 13:29
RICH Jack Higgins behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 17:10
RICH Jack Higgins goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 18:04
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 20:56
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 24:34
Q2 RICH Jake Aarts behind 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 03:17
RICH Toby Nankervis goal 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 04:43
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 3.1.19 - 5.3.33 10:30
RICH Jason Castagna goal 3.1.19 - 6.3.39 16:43
RICH Kane Lambert goal 3.1.19 - 7.3.45 20:46
MELB Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 7.3.45 24:43
Q3 RICH Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 01:38
RICH Dustin Martin goal 3.2.20 - 8.4.52 04:57
RICH Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 8.5.53 06:50
RICH Tom Lynch behind 3.2.20 - 8.6.54 08:38
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.2.26 - 8.6.54 10:38
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 5.2.32 - 8.6.54 13:15
RICH Kane Lambert goal 5.2.32 - 9.6.60 14:48
RICH Jason Castagna behind 5.2.32 - 9.7.61 21:04
Q4 MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.2.38 - 9.7.61 02:42
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.2.44 - 9.7.61 06:34
RICH Tom Lynch goal 7.2.44 - 10.7.67 12:26
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 7.3.45 - 10.7.67 15:55
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 8.3.51 - 10.7.67 18:19
RICH Tom Lynch goal 8.3.51 - 11.7.73 19:46
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 8.4.52 - 11.7.73 21:18
RICH Kane Lambert goal 8.4.52 - 12.7.79 24:01