2021 AFL Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2021 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 6 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at 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
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, M. Hibberd
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Int.: N. Jones, J. Jordon, J. Melksham, T. Rivers
Sub.: K. Chandler

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

Melbourne (12.10.82) defeated Richmond (6.12.48).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. McDonald (3), B. Fritsch (2), L. Jackson (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), C. Petracca, K. Pickett, C. Salem
Richmond: S. Edwards (2), J. Riewoldt (2), J. Aarts, S. Bolton

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder and Richmond were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), A. Stephens (#12), N. Williamson (#22), E: P. Bailes (#47)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, S. Williams, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: 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