2021 AFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2021 between Richmond and Geelong during round eight of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG.
In the absence of Trent Cotchin, vice-captain Jack Riewoldt captained the hosts.
Joel Selwood captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.
Richmond (9.9.63) were defeated by Geelong (19.12.126).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Richmond
v
Geelong
Date:
Friday 7 May 2021
Time:
7:50 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
54,857
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Richmond | 4 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 7 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 9 | (63) |
| Geelong | 1 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 14 | . | 8 | 19 | . | 12 | 19 | . | 12 | (126) |
| Margin | RICH by 18 | RICH by 9 | GEEL by 35 | GEEL by 63 | GEEL by 63 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:05 | 31:31 | 32:47 | 28:14 | 2:02:37 | |||||||||||
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 (Geelong) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Richmond
Captain: Jack Riewoldt (acting)Coach: Damien Hardwick
Geelong
Captain: Joel SelwoodCoach: Chris Scott
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
L. Haussen (#5)A. Stephens (#12)
N. Williamson (#22)
E: N. Toner (#38)
Goal Umpires
M. DervanC. Roffey
E: D. Rodan
Boundary Umpires
J. FurmanB. MacDonald
M. Marantelli
S. Stagg
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Cameron | GEEL | 5 | 3 |
| Tom Stewart | GEEL | 44 | 2 |
| Gary Rohan | GEEL | 23 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Cameron | GEEL | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rohan | GEEL | 23 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Cameron Guthrie | GEEL | 29 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Shai Bolton | RICH | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Tom Hawkins | GEEL | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Lachie Henderson | GEEL | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitch Duncan | GEEL | 22 | 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 | HFFR | 75% | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Astbury, David | BPL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Baker, Liam | CHF | 79% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Balta, Noah | FB | 83% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Bolton, Shai | FF | 87% | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 35 | Broad, Nathan | BPR | 100% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Castagna, Jason | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Collier-Dawkins, Riley | INT | 63% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Edwards, Shane | RO↓ | 63% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | Graham, Jack | INT | 76% | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Houli, Bachar | HBFR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Lynch, Tom | FPL | 94% | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Mansell, Rhyan | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Martin, Dustin | C | 88% | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | McIntosh, Kamdyn | WL | 78% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Naish, Patrick | SUB↑ | 12% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Nankervis, Toby | RU | 79% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Pickett, Marlion | RR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Riewoldt, Jack (ac) | FPR | 94% | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Rioli, Daniel | HFFL | 85% | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Ross, Jack | WR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Short, Jayden | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 1 | Vlastuin, Nick | CHB | 83% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 9 | 308 | 160 | 148 | 70 | 39 | 60 | 30 | 56 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 43 | |||
P. Naish replaced S. Edwards.
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Atkins, Tom | HBFL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Bews, Jed | HBFR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | FB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Cameron, Jeremy | CHF | 78% | 6 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 45 | Close, Brad | INT | 84% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | Dahlhaus, Luke | HFFL | 46% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | INT | 81% | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | C | 79% | 0 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 39 | Guthrie, Zach | INT | 79% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | FF | 97% | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Henderson, Lachie | BPL | 100% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | Henry, Jack | BPR | 93% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | INT | 69% | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Menegola, Sam | WR | 88% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Narkle, Quinton | SUB↑ | 33% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Parfitt, Brandan | FPR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Ratugolea, Esava | RU | 74% | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Rohan, Gary | FPL | 82% | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel (c) | RO | 76% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Simpson, Sam | HFFR↓ | 40% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Smith, Isaac | WL | 90% | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom | CHB | 93% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Tuohy, Zach | RR | 88% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 19 | 12 | 439 | 248 | 191 | 122 | 25 | 75 | 39 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 55 | |||
Q. Narkle replaced S. Simpson.
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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| 25 | L. Henderson | 46 | M. Blicavs | 38 | J. Henry | 25 | T. Nankervis | 11 | J. Castagna | ||||||
| 8 | J. Riewoldt (ac) | 29 | S. Bolton | 19 | T. Lynch | 50 | M. Pickett | 26 | R. Collier-Dawkins | ||||||
| FORWARD | 10 | S. Edwards | 34 | J. Graham | |||||||||||
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| 30 | T. Atkins | 44 | T. Stewart | 24 | J. Bews |
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| 7 | I. Smith | 29 | C. Guthrie | 27 | S. Menegola |
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| 5 | J. Ross | 4 | D. Martin | 33 | K. McIntosh | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 17 | E. Ratugolea | 45 | B. Close | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 2 | Z. Tuohy | 22 | M. Duncan | |||||||||||
| 40 | L. Dahlhaus | 5 | J. Cameron | 37 | S. Simpson | 14 | J. Selwood (c) | 39 | Z. Guthrie | ||||||
| 14 | B. Houli | 1 | N. Vlastuin | 15 | J. Short |
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| 23 | G. Rohan | 26 | T. Hawkins | 3 | B. Parfitt |
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| 35 | N. Broad | 21 | N. Balta | 12 | D. Astbury |
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| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | RICH | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:35 |
| GEEL | Sam Menegola behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.1.1 | 02:59 | |
| RICH | Tom Lynch goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 05:28 | |
| RICH | Dustin Martin behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.1.1 | 06:47 | |
| GEEL | Cameron Guthrie behind | 1.2.8 | - | 0.2.2 | 07:48 | |
| RICH | Shai Bolton goal | 2.2.14 | - | 0.2.2 | 09:19 | |
| RICH | Daniel Rioli goal | 3.2.20 | - | 0.2.2 | 16:05 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Higgins goal | 3.2.20 | - | 1.2.8 | 22:19 | |
| RICH | Jack Riewoldt goal | 4.2.26 | - | 1.2.8 | 24:52 | |
| RICH | Rushed behind | 4.3.27 | - | 1.2.8 | 26:17 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 4.3.27 | - | 1.3.9 | 27:52 | |
| Q2 | RICH | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 1.3.9 | 01:24 |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 4.4.28 | - | 2.3.15 | 02:41 | |
| RICH | Jake Aarts goal | 5.4.34 | - | 2.3.15 | 05:11 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 5.4.34 | - | 3.3.21 | 07:20 | |
| RICH | Dustin Martin behind | 5.5.35 | - | 3.3.21 | 08:58 | |
| RICH | Tom Lynch behind | 5.6.36 | - | 3.3.21 | 10:21 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 5.6.36 | - | 4.3.27 | 12:25 | |
| RICH | Jack Graham behind | 5.7.37 | - | 4.3.27 | 16:20 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 5.7.37 | - | 5.3.33 | 17:37 | |
| RICH | Jake Aarts goal | 6.7.43 | - | 5.3.33 | 19:34 | |
| GEEL | Sam Simpson behind | 6.7.43 | - | 5.4.34 | 24:20 | |
| RICH | Jake Aarts goal | 7.7.49 | - | 5.4.34 | 26:36 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 7.7.49 | - | 6.4.40 | 30:03 | |
| Q3 | RICH | Shai Bolton behind | 7.8.50 | - | 6.4.40 | 00:23 |
| GEEL | Brad Close goal | 7.8.50 | - | 7.4.46 | 01:13 | |
| RICH | Shai Bolton goal | 8.8.56 | - | 7.4.46 | 02:29 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 8.8.56 | - | 8.4.52 | 05:51 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 8.8.56 | - | 8.5.53 | 08:11 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 8.8.56 | - | 9.5.59 | 09:22 | |
| RICH | Liam Baker behind | 8.9.57 | - | 9.5.59 | 11:50 | |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 8.9.57 | - | 10.5.65 | 17:10 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 8.9.57 | - | 11.5.71 | 21:14 | |
| GEEL | Isaac Smith goal | 8.9.57 | - | 12.5.77 | 23:08 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 8.9.57 | - | 13.5.83 | 24:47 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 8.9.57 | - | 13.6.84 | 26:55 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 8.9.57 | - | 14.6.90 | 28:41 | |
| GEEL | Zach Tuohy behind | 8.9.57 | - | 14.7.91 | 30:04 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 8.9.57 | - | 14.8.92 | 31:45 | |
| Q4 | GEEL | Rushed behind | 8.9.57 | - | 14.9.93 | 02:53 |
| GEEL | Gary Rohan goal | 8.9.57 | - | 15.9.99 | 04:16 | |
| RICH | Shai Bolton goal | 9.9.63 | - | 15.9.99 | 07:13 | |
| GEEL | Esava Ratugolea behind | 9.9.63 | - | 15.10.100 | 10:10 | |
| GEEL | Quinton Narkle behind | 9.9.63 | - | 15.11.101 | 11:37 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 9.9.63 | - | 15.12.102 | 12:48 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 9.9.63 | - | 16.12.108 | 14:20 | |
| GEEL | Isaac Smith goal | 9.9.63 | - | 17.12.114 | 16:03 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 9.9.63 | - | 18.12.120 | 20:12 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 9.9.63 | - | 19.12.126 | 23:43 | |