2022 AFL Round 6: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2022 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 6 of the 2022 AFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG. Toby Nankervis captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Richmond
Back: J. Gibcus, R. Tarrant, N. Broad
Half-back: D. Rioli, N. Vlastuin, J. Short
Centre: J. Ross, T. Cotchin, K. McIntosh
Half-forward: S. Bolton, S. Edwards, L. Baker
Forward: T. Lynch, N. Balta, J. Riewoldt
Follower: T. Nankervis (capt.), D. Prestia, T. Dow
Int.: J. Castagna, R. Collier-Dawkins, J. Graham, R. Mansell
Sub.: M. Parker

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Smith
Half-back: A. Brayshaw, H. Petty, J. Bowey
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: C. Spargo, S. Weideman, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: B. Fritsch, B. Brown, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, L. Dunstan
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: T. Bedford

Richmond (8.6.54) were defeated by Melbourne (9.22.76).

Goalkickers
Richmond: T. Lynch (2), J. Riewoldt (2), L. Baker, S. Bolton, J. Graham, D. Rioli
Melbourne: S. Weideman (3), B. Fritsch (2), B. Brown, E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 April 2022
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,334

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.6.54 - 9.22.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 12 8 . 19 9 . 22 9 . 22 (76)
Margin MELB by 4 RICH by 3 MELB by 21 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration 31:48 28:10 29:53 29:42 1:59:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Richmond), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Toby Nankervis (Richmond), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), L. Fisher (#3), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Ed Langdon MELB 15 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 7 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Vlastuin RICH 1 6 0 1 0 1 0
Steven May MELB 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Sparrow MELB 32 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
7 Baker, Liam HFFR 86% 1 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 5 6 2 3 1 3
21 Balta, Noah FF 70% 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
29 Bolton, Shai HFFL 90% 1 1 10 8 2 1 0 2 2 5 0 3 0 3
35 Broad, Nathan BPR 98% 0 0 22 21 1 10 0 3 0 2 1 0 12 0
11 Castagna, Jason INT 78% 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 2
26 Collier-Dawkins, Riley INT 80% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 1
9 Cotchin, Trent C 74% 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 0 5 6 1 1 3 3
27 Dow, Thomson RO↓ 50% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1
10 Edwards, Shane CHF 81% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 1
28 Gibcus, Josh BPL 94% 0 0 18 15 3 12 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 0
34 Graham, Jack INT 77% 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 4 2 6 2 2 1 2
19 Lynch, Tom FPL 94% 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
31 Mansell, Rhyan INT 77% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 2 0 4 1 2 3 0
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WR 75% 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 1
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 77% 0 1 21 15 6 6 24 4 2 5 1 2 3 3
37 Parker, Matthew SUB↑ 34% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
3 Prestia, Dion RR 84% 0 1 27 17 10 3 0 6 6 6 2 1 2 5
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPR 81% 2 1 11 9 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 3
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFL 75% 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 4
5 Ross, Jack WL 69% 0 0 19 6 13 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
15 Short, Jayden HBFR 82% 0 0 30 23 7 9 0 4 2 4 1 0 5 4
6 Tarrant, Robbie FB 90% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 5 1 3 1 0
1 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 84% 0 0 30 22 8 12 0 3 0 5 1 0 8 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 6 346 233 113 103 27 48 28 89 19 28 55 42

M. Parker replaced T. Dow during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bedford, Toby SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 80% 0 0 23 13 10 8 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 3
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 84% 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 2
50 Brown, Ben FF 84% 1 2 13 6 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0
27 Dunstan, Luke RO 70% 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 78% 2 2 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 93% 0 2 19 13 6 8 30 3 1 4 0 0 1 2
4 Harmes, James INT 69% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 4
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 86% 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 76% 0 0 13 3 10 2 9 2 0 4 1 3 0 2
23 Jordon, James WL 77% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 1 1 30 17 13 7 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 6
1 May, Steven FB 92% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 84% 0 2 27 9 18 3 0 4 3 8 3 4 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 0 1 41 20 21 4 0 3 13 5 2 0 3 9
5 Petracca, Christian C 88% 1 2 25 11 14 3 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 7
35 Petty, Harry CHB 92% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 78% 0 2 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 76% 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 2
44 Smith, Joel BPR 90% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 77% 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 68% 0 2 24 15 9 3 0 4 5 7 5 0 1 6
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 69% 3 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 22 411 220 191 96 39 45 37 72 28 19 33 64

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
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 44 J. Smith 25 T. Nankervis (c) 11 J. Castagna
8 J. Riewoldt 21 N. Balta 19 T. Lynch 3 D. Prestia 26 R. Collier-Dawkins
FORWARD 27 T. Dow 34 J. Graham
HALF-BACK

31 R. Mansell
10 A. Brayshaw 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey

37 M. Parker
7 L. Baker 10 S. Edwards 29 S. Bolton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 J. Jordon 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon



33 K. McIntosh 9 T. Cotchin 5 J. Ross FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
9 C. Spargo 26 S. Weideman 30 A. Neal-Bullen 27 L. Dunstan 24 T. Rivers
15 J. Short 1 N. Vlastuin 17 D. Rioli

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

12 T. Bedford
FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 36 K. Pickett



35 N. Broad 6 R. Tarrant 28 J. Gibcus



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Shai Bolton goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:04
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:20
RICH Dion Prestia behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:32
MELB Max Gawn behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 09:24
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 12:11
RICH Tom Lynch goal 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 14:12
MELB Max Gawn behind 2.1.13 - 0.4.4 15:50
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.1.13 - 0.5.5 17:00
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 2.1.13 - 0.6.6 23:57
RICH Toby Nankervis behind 2.2.14 - 0.6.6 26:37
MELB Ben Brown goal 2.2.14 - 1.6.12 28:20
MELB Sam Weideman goal 2.2.14 - 2.6.18 30:52
Q2 RICH Jason Castagna behind 2.3.15 - 2.6.18 03:01
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 2.3.15 - 2.7.19 04:32
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 2.8.20 06:03
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 2.3.15 - 2.9.21 08:43
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 2.3.15 - 2.10.22 10:03
MELB Ben Brown behind 2.3.15 - 2.11.23 13:25
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.3.15 - 3.11.29 15:43
RICH Jack Graham goal 3.3.21 - 3.11.29 19:51
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.3.21 - 3.12.30 21:05
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 4.3.27 - 3.12.30 22:12
RICH Liam Baker goal 5.3.33 - 3.12.30 26:03
Q3 RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.3.39 - 3.12.30 00:37
MELB Ed Langdon behind 6.3.39 - 3.13.31 02:15
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 6.3.39 - 3.14.32 03:12
RICH Shai Bolton behind 6.4.40 - 3.14.32 03:57
MELB Sam Weideman goal 6.4.40 - 4.14.38 05:56
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 6.4.40 - 4.15.39 10:01
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 4.16.40 13:07
MELB Ed Langdon goal 6.4.40 - 5.16.46 13:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.4.40 - 6.16.52 15:52
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.4.40 - 7.16.58 19:07
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.4.40 - 8.16.64 21:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.4.40 - 8.17.65 23:37
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 7.4.46 - 8.17.65 24:54
MELB Christian Petracca behind 7.4.46 - 8.18.66 26:58
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 7.4.46 - 8.19.67 29:21
Q4 MELB Ben Brown behind 7.4.46 - 8.20.68 01:59
MELB Sam Weideman goal 7.4.46 - 9.20.74 04:50
MELB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 9.21.75 10:35
RICH Jack Riewoldt behind 7.5.47 - 9.21.75 14:17
MELB Christian Petracca behind 7.5.47 - 9.22.76 19:32
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 8.5.53 - 9.22.76 20:16
RICH Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 9.22.76 28:00