2021 AFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Sydney
This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2021 between Richmond and Sydney during round three of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
Richmond hosted Sydney at the MCG.
Trent Cotchin captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.
Richmond (10.12.72) were defeated by Sydney (17.15.117).
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
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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Richmond) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Richmond
Captain: Trent CotchinCoach: Damien Hardwick
Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: John Longmire
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
J. Dalgleish (#7)D. Johanson (#30)
J. Power (#4)
E: P. Rebeschini (#31)
Goal Umpires
C. RoffeyS. Walsh
E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpires
I. BurrowsA. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Richmond | Coach: Damien Hardwick | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 44 | J. Lloyd | 24 | D. Rampe | 29 | G. Hewett |
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| 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 |
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| 5 | I. Heeney | 20 | S. Reid | 45 | S. Wicks |
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| 2 | D. Grimes | 21 | N. Balta | 12 | D. Astbury |
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| Sydney | Coach: John Longmire | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |