2021 AFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 2021 between Essendon and Richmond during round twelve of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Optus Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Trent Cotchin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon (12.12.84) were defeated by Richmond (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 June 2021
Time: 5:40 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 55,656

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 12.12.84 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	2	5	.	4	8	.	10	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Richmond	4	.	3	8	.	7	12	.	8	19	.	9	19	.	9	(123)
Margin	RICH by 19			RICH by 21			RICH by 22			RICH by 39			RICH by 39
Duration	27:19			30:00			30:40			34:14			2:02:13

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: Ben Rutten

Richmond

Captain: Trent Cotchin
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Match Umpires

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	3
Dustin Martin	RICH	4	2
Shai Bolton	RICH	29	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Dustin Martin	RICH	4	9	1	1	0	0	0
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	8	1	0	1	0	0
Shai Bolton	RICH	29	7	0	1	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Graham	RICH	34	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mabior Chol	RICH	41	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	SUB↑	56%	0	1	5	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	Cox, Nik	WR	91%	1	1	23	14	9	8	2	2	4	4	3	0	2	2
10	Francis, Aaron	INT	77%	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	INT	78%	0	0	6	0	6	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1
33	Ham, Brayden	RO	85%	3	0	13	6	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	HBFL	81%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	5	1
19	Hind, Nick	HBFR	87%	0	0	21	15	6	3	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	10
26	Hooker, Cale	FF	88%	3	0	17	6	11	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
23	Jones, Harry	HFFR	84%	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Langford, Kyle	INT	86%	1	0	28	18	10	10	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	8
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPL	91%	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	2	0	5	1	1	5	0
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	FPR	83%	0	0	11	2	9	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
1	McGrath, Andrew	WL↓	7%	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	Merrett, Zach	C	85%	0	0	32	13	19	5	0	7	5	4	1	3	0	7
3	Parish, Darcy	RR	87%	0	2	44	25	19	8	0	5	11	4	1	0	3	9
16	Perkins, Archie	HFFL	75%	0	2	13	6	7	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3
34	Phillips, Andrew	RU	77%	1	1	10	6	4	6	25	2	3	0	1	0	1	1
27	Redman, Mason	FB	77%	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPR	98%	0	0	17	12	5	7	0	2	0	3	1	1	4	2
17	Stewart, James	CHB	86%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	5	1	4	3	0
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	85%	1	0	13	9	4	2	0	3	2	4	0	1	0	2
45	Waterman, Alec	INT	79%	2	1	7	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Zaharakis, David	FPL	58%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	5
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	12	348	196	152	91	27	43	32	48	12	17	32	53

P. Ambrose replaced A. McGrath during the first quarter.

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Aarts, Jake	HFFL	89%	0	2	18	10	8	5	0	5	2	3	4	2	0	2
7	Baker, Liam	INT	86%	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	3
21	Balta, Noah	FB	91%	1	0	16	13	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	7	1
29	Bolton, Shai	RR	82%	3	0	21	11	10	5	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	7
35	Broad, Nathan	HBFL	90%	0	0	9	7	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	Caddy, Josh	INT	66%	1	0	15	8	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2
11	Castagna, Jason	INT	81%	3	0	18	10	8	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
41	Chol, Mabior	RU	81%	0	1	19	13	6	6	19	2	1	2	0	0	0	6
40	Coleman-Jones, Callum	FPL	82%	2	1	11	3	8	2	10	3	1	0	3	0	2	0
26	Collier-Dawkins, Riley	INT	58%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2
9	Cotchin, Trent (c)	C	76%	0	0	17	12	5	5	0	3	4	3	0	0	2	0
10	Edwards, Shane	CHF	76%	0	0	19	9	10	5	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	6
34	Graham, Jack	HFFR	77%	2	0	22	12	10	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	2
2	Grimes, Dylan	BPR	85%	0	0	14	10	4	9	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	0
14	Houli, Bachar	HBFR	80%	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	5	2	2	0	0	6	2
4	Martin, Dustin	FF	94%	3	0	27	16	11	4	0	3	5	5	0	1	0	4
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	85%	1	0	13	9	4	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
50	Pickett, Marlion	WR	80%	0	0	17	4	13	1	2	4	1	4	0	2	2	1
3	Prestia, Dion	RO↓	69%	0	1	26	12	14	6	0	3	6	3	2	0	2	3
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FPR	96%	2	3	12	10	2	5	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	1
17	Rioli, Daniel	SUB↑	8%	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Short, Jayden	CHB	85%	0	0	23	20	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
1	Vlastuin, Nick	BPL	82%	0	0	14	12	2	9	0	3	0	2	1	1	4	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				19	9	380	230	150	112	31	46	34	47	17	12	40	52

D. Rioli replaced D. Prestia during the fourth 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

Essendon							Coach: Ben Rutten
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	N. Vlastuin	21	N. Balta	2	D. Grimes	34	A. Phillips	10	A. Francis
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	26	C. Hooker	11	D. Zaharakis	3	D. Parish	35	M. Guelfi
FORWARD							33	B. Ham	4	K. Langford
HALF-BACK									45	A. Waterman
	35	N. Broad	15	J. Short	14	B. Houli			29	P. Ambrose
	23	H. Jones	25	J. Stringer	16	A. Perkins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	K. McIntosh	9	T. Cotchin (c)	50	M. Pickett
	13	N. Cox	7	Z. Merrett	1	A. McGrath	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	M. Chol	7	L. Baker
HALF-FORWARD							29	S. Bolton	22	J. Caddy
	16	J. Aarts	10	S. Edwards	34	J. Graham	3	D. Prestia	11	J. Castagna
	19	N. Hind	17	J. Stewart	21	D. Heppell (c)			26	R. Collier-Dawkins
HALF-BACK									17	D. Rioli
FORWARD
	40	C. Coleman-Jones	4	D. Martin	8	J. Riewoldt
	14	J. Ridley	27	M. Redman	15	J. Laverde
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	Mabior Chol behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:15
	RICH	Dion Prestia behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:51
	RICH	Callum Coleman-Jones goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	04:18
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	09:30
	ESSE	Harry Jones behind	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	11:48
	ESSE	Brayden Ham goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	14:33
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	17:21
	RICH	Jason Castagna goal	1.1.7	-	3.3.21	18:59
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	23:31
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	1.2.8	-	4.3.27	26:18
Q2	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	1.2.8	-	4.4.28	00:58
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	2.2.14	-	4.4.28	02:05
	RICH	Callum Coleman-Jones goal	2.2.14	-	5.4.34	04:01
	ESSE	Nik Cox behind	2.3.15	-	5.4.34	08:41
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	2.3.15	-	5.5.35	09:21
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	2.3.15	-	6.5.41	11:17
	RICH	Jake Aarts behind	2.3.15	-	6.6.42	13:26
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips goal	3.3.21	-	6.6.42	14:52
	RICH	Josh Caddy goal	3.3.21	-	7.6.48	16:24
	ESSE	Alec Waterman goal	4.3.27	-	7.6.48	18:58
	RICH	Jack Graham goal	4.3.27	-	8.6.54	22:03
	RICH	Callum Coleman-Jones behind	4.3.27	-	8.7.55	24:27
	ESSE	Brayden Ham goal	5.3.33	-	8.7.55	25:57
	ESSE	Patrick Ambrose behind	5.4.34	-	8.7.55	27:35
Q3	RICH	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	8.8.56	00:43
	ESSE	Brayden Ham goal	6.4.40	-	8.8.56	04:36
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips behind	6.5.41	-	8.8.56	09:02
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	6.5.41	-	9.8.62	12:21
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	6.6.42	-	9.8.62	13:34
	RICH	Jason Castagna goal	6.6.42	-	10.8.68	16:41
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	10.8.68	18:00
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	6.8.44	-	10.8.68	19:24
	RICH	Jack Graham goal	6.8.44	-	11.8.74	20:41
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	11.8.74	23:03
	ESSE	Nik Cox goal	7.9.51	-	11.8.74	24:12
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.10.52	-	11.8.74	25:30
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	8.10.58	-	11.8.74	26:32
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	8.10.58	-	12.8.80	28:39
Q4	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	9.10.64	-	12.8.80	03:41
	ESSE	Alec Waterman behind	9.11.65	-	12.8.80	06:19
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	10.11.71	-	12.8.80	07:20
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	11.11.77	-	12.8.80	09:26
	ESSE	Alec Waterman goal	12.11.83	-	12.8.80	10:39
	RICH	Jake Aarts behind	12.11.83	-	12.9.81	12:03
	RICH	Jason Castagna goal	12.11.83	-	13.9.87	15:34
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	12.11.83	-	14.9.93	17:50
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	12.11.83	-	15.9.99	20:56
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	12.11.83	-	16.9.105	22:38
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	12.12.84	-	16.9.105	24:14
	RICH	Noah Balta goal	12.12.84	-	17.9.111	26:19
	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh goal	12.12.84	-	18.9.117	29:54
	RICH	Daniel Rioli goal	12.12.84	-	19.9.123	31:46

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2021 AFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

Match Details

Match Results

Quarter Breakdown

Score Worm

Honour Roll

Essendon

Richmond

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

Goal Umpires

Boundary Umpires

Brownlow Votes

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Statistics

Essendon

Richmond

Legend

Player Line-Up

Score Timeline

Links