2021 AFL Round 8: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2021 between Richmond and Geelong during round 8 of the 2021 AFL season. Richmond hosted Geelong at 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
Back: D. Astbury, N. Balta, N. Broad
Half-back: J. Short, N. Vlastuin, B. Houli
Centre: K. McIntosh, D. Martin, J. Ross
Half-forward: D. Rioli, L. Baker, J. Aarts
Forward: T. Lynch, S. Bolton, J. Riewoldt (capt.)
Follower: T. Nankervis, M. Pickett, S. Edwards
Int.: J. Castagna, R. Collier-Dawkins, J. Graham, R. Mansell
Sub.: P. Naish

Geelong
Back: L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, J. Henry
Half-back: T. Atkins, T. Stewart, J. Bews
Centre: I. Smith, C. Guthrie, S. Menegola
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Cameron, S. Simpson
Forward: G. Rohan, T. Hawkins, B. Parfitt
Follower: E. Ratugolea, Z. Tuohy, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: B. Close, M. Duncan, Z. Guthrie, S. Higgins
Sub.: Q. Narkle

Richmond (9.9.63) were defeated by Geelong (19.12.126).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Aarts (3), S. Bolton (3), T. Lynch, J. Riewoldt, D. Rioli
Geelong: J. Cameron (6), G. Rohan (5), T. Hawkins (4), I. Smith (2), B. Close, S. Higgins

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 9.9.63 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Jack Riewoldt (Richmond), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Haussen (#5), A. Stephens (#12), N. Williamson (#22), E: N. Toner (#38)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, C. Roffey, E: D. Rodan
Boundary Umpire: J. Furman, B. 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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Damien Hardwick
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

31 R. Mansell
30 T. Atkins 44 T. Stewart 24 J. Bews

6 P. Naish
16 J. Aarts 7 L. Baker 17 D. Rioli



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 I. Smith 29 C. Guthrie 27 S. Menegola



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

4 S. Higgins
HALF-BACK

19 Q. Narkle
FORWARD



23 G. Rohan 26 T. Hawkins 3 B. Parfitt



35 N. Broad 21 N. Balta 12 D. Astbury



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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