2021 AFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2021 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne (12.10.82) defeated Richmond (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 April 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,418

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 12.10.82 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Richmond 3 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin RICH by 7 MELB by 17 MELB by 30 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration 30:37 30:36 29:57 28:40 1:59:50

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Dalgleish (#7)
A. Stephens (#12)
N. Williamson (#22)
E: P. Bailes (#47)

Goal Umpires

M. Craig
S. Williams
E: C. Roffey

Boundary Umpires

C. Esler
J. Furman
M. Marantelli
S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Jake Lever MELB 8 2
Christian Salem MELB 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 6 0 1 0 1 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 85% 0 0 26 13 13 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 3
37 Chandler, Kade SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 81% 2 1 9 7 2 4 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 92% 0 0 22 8 14 6 30 2 2 4 2 1 1 5
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 80% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 4 1 7 1 1 1 1
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 75% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 3 1
6 Jackson, Luke FF 86% 2 0 18 5 13 5 12 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 71% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3
23 Jordon, James INT 56% 0 1 18 5 13 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 2 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 90% 0 1 32 13 19 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 3 0
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 2 0 6 0 4 5 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 24 20 4 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 11 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 85% 3 0 18 11 7 5 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 4
18 Melksham, Jake INT 65% 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 79% 2 1 19 13 6 3 0 4 1 5 4 0 2 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 1 36 15 21 4 0 6 4 5 3 1 4 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 87% 1 1 38 16 22 3 0 7 10 2 1 0 3 7
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 84% 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 5 1 2 3 0 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 60% 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 3 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 90% 1 0 39 24 15 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 8 6
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 73% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 95% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 79% 0 0 26 6 20 3 0 7 5 1 2 1 0 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 10 449 223 226 80 42 71 37 72 24 17 53 56

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Aarts, Jake INT 76% 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2
12 Astbury, David BPL 95% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
7 Baker, Liam INT 86% 0 1 27 16 11 7 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 4
21 Balta, Noah FB 71% 0 0 6 6 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2
29 Bolton, Shai INT 83% 1 2 28 18 10 9 0 4 4 5 0 1 1 4
35 Broad, Nathan CHB 95% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 2
11 Castagna, Jason HFFR 89% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 3
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C 68% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 4
10 Edwards, Shane RR 81% 2 1 24 12 12 3 0 2 5 4 0 2 1 3
34 Graham, Jack RO 79% 0 0 17 7 10 0 0 11 1 5 0 1 1 6
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 75% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1
14 Houli, Bachar HBFL 87% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 3 1 2 0 1 7 3
23 Lambert, Kane CHF↓ 55% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
19 Lynch, Tom FPL 97% 0 0 11 5 6 2 2 4 0 6 1 2 0 4
31 Mansell, Rhyan INT 75% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 3 2 2
4 Martin, Dustin FF 54% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 79% 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 4 1 9 1 2 0 1
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 83% 0 1 22 12 10 2 15 4 7 4 3 2 3 5
50 Pickett, Marlion WR 81% 0 1 21 8 13 2 1 5 2 3 1 3 3 3
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPR 97% 2 2 10 9 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel HFFL 75% 0 0 13 3 10 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 2
5 Ross, Jack SUB↑ 34% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
15 Short, Jayden HBFR 86% 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 2 1 5 1 1 12 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 6 12 354 196 158 55 20 80 32 64 17 24 42 60

J. Ross replaced K. Lambert during the third quarter.

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
12 D. Astbury 21 N. Balta 2 D. Grimes 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
14 B. Houli 35 N. Broad 15 J. Short

37 K. Chandler
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 7 J. Viney (vc)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 K. McIntosh 9 T. Cotchin (c) 50 M. Pickett



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis 16 J. Aarts
HALF-FORWARD 10 S. Edwards 7 L. Baker
17 D. Rioli 23 K. Lambert 11 J. Castagna 34 J. Graham 29 S. Bolton
14 M. Hibberd 20 A. Tomlinson 3 C. Salem

31 R. Mansell
HALF-BACK

5 J. Ross
FORWARD



19 T. Lynch 4 D. Martin 8 J. Riewoldt



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Shane Edwards behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:38
RICH Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 05:42
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:31
RICH Toby Nankervis behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 09:39
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 11:07
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 19:38
MELB Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 2.3.15 20:46
MELB Christian Salem goal 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 22:18
RICH Shane Edwards goal 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 26:34
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 28:27
Q2 RICH Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 01:39
MELB Christian Petracca behind 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 03:39
RICH Marlion Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 07:30
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 12:19
MELB James Jordon behind 3.4.22 - 3.5.23 13:32
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.5.23 - 3.5.23 14:52
MELB Tom McDonald goal 4.5.29 - 3.5.23 17:03
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 4.5.29 - 3.6.24 18:46
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 20:35
MELB Luke Jackson goal 6.5.41 - 3.6.24 22:53
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.6.42 - 3.6.24 25:42
RICH Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 3.7.25 26:44
Q3 MELB Luke Jackson goal 7.6.48 - 3.7.25 01:06
MELB Ed Langdon behind 7.7.49 - 3.7.25 03:29
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.7.55 - 3.7.25 08:32
RICH Shane Edwards goal 8.7.55 - 4.7.31 14:05
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 9.7.61 - 4.7.31 16:17
RICH Jake Aarts goal 9.7.61 - 5.7.37 17:29
MELB Tom McDonald goal 10.7.67 - 5.7.37 19:21
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 10.8.68 - 5.7.37 23:05
RICH Shai Bolton behind 10.8.68 - 5.8.38 26:29
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.8.74 - 5.8.38 01:37
RICH Jake Aarts behind 11.8.74 - 5.9.39 03:17
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.9.75 - 5.9.39 09:49
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 11.9.75 - 5.10.40 11:12
RICH Shai Bolton goal 11.9.75 - 6.10.46 13:17
RICH Liam Baker behind 11.9.75 - 6.11.47 17:20
RICH Shai Bolton behind 11.9.75 - 6.12.48 18:38
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 12.9.81 - 6.12.48 23:01
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 12.10.82 - 6.12.48 24:34