2021 AFL Round 3: Richmond v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2021 between Richmond and Sydney during round 3 of the 2021 AFL season. Richmond hosted Sydney at MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Richmond
Back: D. Astbury, N. Balta, D. Grimes
Half-back: L. Baker, N. Broad, J. Short
Centre: K. McIntosh, T. Cotchin (capt.), M. Pickett
Half-forward: S. Bolton, S. Edwards, J. Castagna
Forward: T. Lynch, D. Martin, J. Riewoldt
Follower: T. Nankervis, D. Prestia, K. Lambert
Int.: J. Aarts, J. Caddy, D. Eggmolesse-Smith, J. Graham
Sub.: D. Rioli

Sydney
Back: J. Dawson, T. McCartin, H. Cunningham
Half-back: J. Lloyd, D. Rampe, G. Hewett
Centre: J. McInerney, L. Parker, N. Blakey
Half-forward: E. Gulden, H. McLean, C. Warner
Forward: I. Heeney, S. Reid, S. Wicks
Follower: T. Hickey, C. Mills, T. Papley
Int.: B. Campbell, O. Florent, J. Kennedy, L. McDonald
Sub.: J. Bell

Richmond (10.12.72) were defeated by Sydney (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
Richmond: T. Lynch (3), J. Castagna (2), D. Rioli (2), J. Aarts, S. Edwards, J. Riewoldt
Sydney: T. Papley (4), S. Wicks (3), I. Heeney (2), T. Hickey (2), L. McDonald (2), C. Warner (2), H. McLean, L. Parker

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 6th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Sydney
Date: Saturday 3 April 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,637

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Sydney
Score: 10.12.72 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Sydney 2 . 5 10 . 10 15 . 12 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin SYDN by 8 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 51 SYDN by 45 SYDN by 45
Duration 26:39 35:55 31:50 30:09 2:04:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Trent Cotchin (Richmond), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), D. Johanson (#30), J. Power (#4), E: P. Rebeschini (#31)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, S. Walsh, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, A. Coote, D. Main, L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Callum Mills SYDN 14 3
Tom Papley SYDN 11 2
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Wicks SYDN 45 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Papley SYDN 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Chad Warner SYDN 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Callum Mills SYDN 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
16 Aarts, Jake INT 84% 1 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
12 Astbury, David BPL 89% 0 0 15 9 6 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 2
7 Baker, Liam HBFL 85% 0 0 23 11 12 1 0 4 0 5 0 2 2 0
21 Balta, Noah FB 85% 0 0 14 3 11 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 1
29 Bolton, Shai HFFL 82% 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
35 Broad, Nathan CHB 90% 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 1 0 4 0 1 7 0
22 Caddy, Josh INT 87% 0 2 22 13 9 6 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 4
11 Castagna, Jason HFFR 84% 2 1 17 10 7 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 4
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 74% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 4 3 2 1 1 3
10 Edwards, Shane CHF 68% 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 3 6 2 0 1 1 4
43 Eggmolesse-Smith, Derek INT 68% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 2 3 0
34 Graham, Jack INT 74% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 5 0 5 1 2 0 2
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 91% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Lambert, Kane RO 84% 0 1 22 10 12 6 0 4 0 5 0 1 1 3
19 Lynch, Tom FPL 92% 3 3 12 8 4 8 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 2
4 Martin, Dustin FF 86% 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 65% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 3
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 77% 0 1 15 5 10 4 16 2 3 2 0 2 2 2
50 Pickett, Marlion WR 82% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 5 2 6 2 3 2 2
3 Prestia, Dion RR↓ 8% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPR 93% 1 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 3
17 Rioli, Daniel SUB↑ 70% 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 3
15 Short, Jayden HBFR 82% 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 2 0 3 1 0 11 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 10 12 340 188 152 79 20 55 25 69 15 25 43 47

D. Rioli replaced D. Prestia.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, James SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick WR 82% 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 5
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 70% 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPR 87% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1
34 Dawson, Jordan BPL 80% 0 1 27 21 6 9 0 1 0 3 1 1 5 7
13 Florent, Oliver INT 79% 0 0 29 19 10 9 0 2 4 7 0 3 4 6
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 88% 0 1 18 15 3 9 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 6
5 Heeney, Isaac FPL 80% 2 2 11 9 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3
29 Hewett, George HBFR 91% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Hickey, Tom RU 79% 2 0 15 9 6 5 16 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 69% 0 0 27 11 16 5 0 2 7 3 0 2 0 7
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 84% 0 0 29 23 6 11 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 93% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 75% 2 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
27 McInerney, Justin WL 69% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
41 McLean, Hayden CHF 92% 1 0 8 5 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
14 Mills, Callum RR 83% 0 0 31 15 16 8 0 2 8 3 2 0 2 4
11 Papley, Tom RO 90% 4 1 17 12 5 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
26 Parker, Luke C 71% 1 1 29 16 13 5 0 3 5 5 4 3 0 5
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 89% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 2
20 Reid, Sam FF 75% 0 1 12 8 4 5 8 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
1 Warner, Chad HFFR 82% 2 1 20 12 8 5 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 4
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 92% 3 2 21 16 5 13 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 17 15 387 253 134 124 26 39 31 50 25 15 36 62

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
34 J. Dawson 30 T. McCartin 7 H. Cunningham 25 T. Nankervis 16 J. Aarts
8 J. Riewoldt 4 D. Martin 19 T. Lynch 3 D. Prestia 22 J. Caddy
FORWARD 23 K. Lambert 43 D. Eggmolesse-Smith
HALF-BACK

34 J. Graham
44 J. Lloyd 24 D. Rampe 29 G. Hewett

17 D. Rioli
11 J. Castagna 10 S. Edwards 29 S. Bolton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 26 L. Parker 22 N. Blakey



50 M. Pickett 9 T. Cotchin (c) 33 K. McIntosh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 16 B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 13 O. Florent
21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 1 C. Warner 11 T. Papley 12 J. Kennedy
15 J. Short 35 N. Broad 7 L. Baker

6 L. McDonald
HALF-BACK

32 J. Bell
FORWARD



5 I. Heeney 20 S. Reid 45 S. Wicks



2 D. Grimes 21 N. Balta 12 D. Astbury



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Tom Lynch behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:46
RICH Toby Nankervis behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:03
SYDN Tom Papley behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 03:37
SYDN Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 04:23
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 09:56
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.2.2 - 1.3.9 11:08
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 16:48
SYDN Sam Reid behind 0.2.2 - 1.5.11 20:25
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 0.2.2 - 2.5.17 22:12
RICH Shane Edwards goal 1.2.8 - 2.5.17 24:35
RICH Shane Edwards behind 1.3.9 - 2.5.17 26:34
Q2 SYDN Sam Wicks behind 1.3.9 - 2.6.18 00:59
SYDN Chad Warner goal 1.3.9 - 3.6.24 02:04
RICH Kane Lambert behind 1.4.10 - 3.6.24 03:37
SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.4.10 - 4.6.30 05:44
RICH Josh Caddy behind 1.5.11 - 4.6.30 08:19
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 1.5.11 - 4.7.31 09:30
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 1.5.11 - 4.8.32 10:38
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 2.5.17 - 4.8.32 13:39
RICH Jason Castagna goal 3.5.23 - 4.8.32 14:58
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.5.23 - 5.8.38 17:40
SYDN Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 5.9.39 20:02
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 3.5.23 - 6.9.45 22:55
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 3.5.23 - 6.10.46 24:50
RICH Jason Castagna goal 4.5.29 - 6.10.46 26:46
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 4.5.29 - 7.10.52 28:33
SYDN Chad Warner goal 4.5.29 - 8.10.58 29:43
RICH Jason Castagna behind 4.6.30 - 8.10.58 31:28
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 4.6.30 - 9.10.64 32:49
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 4.6.30 - 10.10.70 35:51
Q3 SYDN Luke Parker goal 4.6.30 - 11.10.76 01:00
RICH Tom Lynch goal 5.6.36 - 11.10.76 02:49
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 5.6.36 - 12.10.82 04:44
RICH Tom Lynch behind 5.7.37 - 12.10.82 06:44
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 5.7.37 - 12.11.83 08:07
RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.7.43 - 12.11.83 10:21
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 6.7.43 - 13.11.89 13:26
RICH Shai Bolton behind 6.8.44 - 13.11.89 16:11
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.8.44 - 14.11.95 22:53
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.8.44 - 15.11.101 26:34
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 6.9.45 - 15.11.101 28:27
RICH Jake Aarts goal 7.9.51 - 15.11.101 29:11
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 7.9.51 - 15.12.102 30:33
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.9.51 - 16.12.108 00:18
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 8.9.57 - 16.12.108 01:51
SYDN Luke Parker behind 8.9.57 - 16.13.109 09:04
RICH Shai Bolton behind 8.10.58 - 16.13.109 11:02
RICH Tom Lynch goal 9.10.64 - 16.13.109 14:08
RICH Josh Caddy behind 9.11.65 - 16.13.109 17:15
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 10.11.71 - 16.13.109 19:07
RICH Tom Lynch behind 10.12.72 - 16.13.109 22:54
SYDN Chad Warner behind 10.12.72 - 16.14.110 24:21
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 10.12.72 - 16.15.111 25:57
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 10.12.72 - 17.15.117 27:21