2021 AFL Round 7: Richmond v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 2021 between Richmond and Western Bulldogs during round 7 of the 2021 AFL season. Richmond hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Trent Cotchin captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: H. Crozier, A. Keath, E. Wood
Half-back: C. Daniel, Z. Cordy, B. Dale
Centre: B. Smith, M. Bontempelli (capt.), L. Hunter
Half-forward: A. Treloar, A. Naughton, R. West
Forward: A. Scott, J. Bruce, M. Hannan
Follower: S. Martin, J. Macrae, T. Liberatore
Int.: T. Duryea, J. Johannisen, P. Lipinski, J. Schache
Sub.: L. McNeil

Richmond (11.11.77) defeated Western Bulldogs (7.13.55).

Goalkickers
Richmond: S. Bolton (3), T. Lynch (3), J. Aarts, L. Baker, J. Graham, B. Houli, J. Riewoldt
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (3), J. Bruce, J. Schache, A. Scott, B. Smith

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 30 April 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,402

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.11.77 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 2 . 8 7 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin WBUL by 14 WBUL by 19 RICH by 6 RICH by 22 RICH by 22
Duration 27:54 27:48 31:03 29:50 1:56:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), C. Fleer (#26), D. Harris (#24), E: E. Glouftsis (#34)
Goal Umpire: D. Benwell, S. Williams, E: M. Craig
Boundary Umpire: P. Jackson, M. Marantelli, J. Mather, M. Tomkins
Umpire Replacement: E. Glouftsis replaced D. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bachar Houli RICH 14 3
Shai Bolton RICH 29 2
David Astbury RICH 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shai Bolton RICH 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Lynch RICH 19 7 0 1 1 0 0
Nathan Broad RICH 35 5 0 0 1 1 0
Bachar Houli RICH 14 4 0 1 0 0 0
Noah Balta RICH 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Trent Cotchin RICH 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 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 HFFR 87% 1 1 15 10 5 7 0 5 1 7 2 4 0 2
12 Astbury, David BPL 96% 0 0 16 12 4 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
7 Baker, Liam RO 80% 1 0 15 7 8 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 3
21 Balta, Noah FB 72% 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
29 Bolton, Shai FF 84% 3 1 22 12 10 7 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 10
35 Broad, Nathan CHB 98% 0 0 25 20 5 11 0 2 0 3 2 1 6 3
11 Castagna, Jason HFFL 81% 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
26 Collier-Dawkins, Riley INT 70% 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 5 5 2 2 0 0 1
9 Cotchin, Trent (c) C↓ 63% 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 2 7 1 2 0 1 5
10 Edwards, Shane CHF 79% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0
34 Graham, Jack INT 73% 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 2
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 84% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 0
14 Houli, Bachar HBFR 86% 1 0 31 21 10 10 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 6
19 Lynch, Tom FPL 100% 3 5 14 12 2 12 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
31 Mansell, Rhyan INT 73% 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 83% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
6 Naish, Patrick SUB↑ 5% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Nankervis, Toby RU 78% 0 0 20 12 8 3 18 4 3 3 3 1 1 2
50 Pickett, Marlion WR 80% 0 0 19 9 10 6 3 4 5 3 0 2 2 1
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPR 95% 1 1 9 8 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2
17 Rioli, Daniel INT 72% 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
5 Ross, Jack RR 70% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2
15 Short, Jayden HBFL 90% 0 1 26 24 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 362 236 126 130 21 51 31 44 21 17 34 57

P. Naish replaced T. Cotchin.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 85% 0 1 26 16 10 5 3 4 2 3 1 0 1 9
17 Bruce, Josh FF 88% 1 2 11 7 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 2
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 100% 0 0 9 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
9 Crozier, Hayden BPL 81% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 80% 0 0 27 20 7 3 0 3 1 4 1 1 11 1
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 82% 0 0 34 16 18 5 0 3 2 3 1 0 7 0
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 77% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0
29 Hannan, Mitch FPR 75% 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 89% 0 0 22 10 12 8 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 5
39 Johannisen, Jason INT 70% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
42 Keath, Alex FB 100% 0 0 18 11 7 7 5 2 0 1 2 0 3 0
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 84% 0 0 23 9 14 0 0 7 10 7 1 3 1 2
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 76% 0 1 23 10 13 5 0 1 5 1 0 1 3 3
11 Macrae, Jack RR 83% 0 1 30 14 16 9 0 4 5 5 1 2 6 2
8 Martin, Stefan RU 75% 0 0 6 2 4 1 21 3 1 2 1 2 0 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 92% 3 0 11 9 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2
13 Schache, Josh INT 58% 1 0 7 5 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
28 Scott, Anthony FPL 78% 1 1 7 3 4 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 0
6 Smith, Bailey WL 83% 1 0 27 14 13 4 0 3 2 5 1 0 3 1
1 Treloar, Adam HFFL 82% 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 5 4 3 2 2 2 7
14 West, Rhylee HFFR 82% 0 2 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 2
10 Wood, Easton BPR 80% 0 0 15 10 5 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 7 13 366 206 160 98 32 52 36 59 17 21 45 43

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
9 H. Crozier 42 A. Keath 10 E. Wood 25 T. Nankervis 26 R. Collier-Dawkins
8 J. Riewoldt 29 S. Bolton 19 T. Lynch 5 J. Ross 34 J. Graham
FORWARD 7 L. Baker 31 R. Mansell
HALF-BACK

17 D. Rioli
35 C. Daniel 12 Z. Cordy 31 B. Dale

6 P. Naish
16 J. Aarts 10 S. Edwards 11 J. Castagna



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 B. Smith 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 7 L. Hunter



50 M. Pickett 9 T. Cotchin (c) 33 K. McIntosh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 S. Martin 15 T. Duryea
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 39 J. Johannisen
1 A. Treloar 33 A. Naughton 14 R. West 21 T. Liberatore 27 P. Lipinski
14 B. Houli 35 N. Broad 15 J. Short

13 J. Schache
HALF-BACK

30 L. McNeil
FORWARD



28 A. Scott 17 J. Bruce 29 M. Hannan



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



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Rhylee West behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:27
RICH Tom Lynch behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:03
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:11
RICH Jayden Short behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:13
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 11:32
RICH Tom Lynch behind 0.3.3 - 1.2.8 13:36
RICH Tom Lynch behind 0.4.4 - 1.2.8 15:20
WBUL Mitch Hannan behind 0.4.4 - 1.3.9 17:12
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 0.4.4 - 2.3.15 19:35
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 0.4.4 - 3.3.21 21:47
WBUL Rhylee West behind 0.4.4 - 3.4.22 23:13
WBUL Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 3.5.23 23:54
WBUL Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 3.6.24 25:41
RICH Jake Aarts goal 1.4.10 - 3.6.24 26:37
Q2 RICH Daniel Rioli behind 1.5.11 - 3.6.24 01:23
WBUL Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 3.7.25 02:04
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 1.5.11 - 4.7.31 05:29
RICH Jake Aarts behind 1.6.12 - 4.7.31 10:14
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.6.12 - 5.7.37 15:49
RICH Tom Lynch behind 1.7.13 - 5.7.37 17:00
RICH Tom Lynch behind 1.8.14 - 5.7.37 20:16
WBUL Anthony Scott behind 1.8.14 - 5.8.38 21:10
RICH Shai Bolton goal 2.8.20 - 5.8.38 25:35
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 2.8.20 - 5.9.39 27:44
Q3 RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 3.8.26 - 5.9.39 03:48
RICH Tom Lynch goal 4.8.32 - 5.9.39 07:56
RICH Jack Graham goal 5.8.38 - 5.9.39 09:28
RICH Shai Bolton behind 5.9.39 - 5.9.39 10:48
RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.9.45 - 5.9.39 14:16
RICH Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 5.9.39 16:07
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 6.10.46 - 6.9.45 23:30
RICH Tom Lynch goal 7.10.52 - 6.9.45 26:10
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 7.10.52 - 6.10.46 29:46
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 6.11.47 02:36
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 7.11.53 - 6.11.47 04:15
RICH Liam Baker goal 8.11.59 - 6.11.47 07:19
WBUL Josh Schache goal 8.11.59 - 7.11.53 10:16
WBUL Patrick Lipinski behind 8.11.59 - 7.12.54 14:59
RICH Bachar Houli goal 9.11.65 - 7.12.54 18:00
RICH Shai Bolton goal 10.11.71 - 7.12.54 21:55
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 10.11.71 - 7.13.55 24:19
RICH Shai Bolton goal 11.11.77 - 7.13.55 27:12