2022 AFL Season Round 23: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2022 between Essendon and Richmond during round twenty-three of the 2022 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon (11.9.75) were defeated by Richmond (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 August 2022
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,366

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 11.9.75 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	7	.	6	9	.	8	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Richmond	6	.	3	10	.	7	16	.	10	21	.	15	21	.	15	(141)
Margin	RICH by 19			RICH by 19			RICH by 44			RICH by 66			RICH by 66
Duration	30:45			31:07			31:35			30:47			2:04:14

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
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: Ben Rutten

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Dore (#28)
R. O'Gorman (#10)
B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dion Prestia	RICH	3	3
Tom Lynch	RICH	19	2
Trent Cotchin	RICH	9	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Dion Prestia	RICH	3	9	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Lynch	RICH	19	5	?	0	?	?	0
Jack Ross	RICH	5	5	?	0	?	?	0
Tyler Sonsie	RICH	40	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Rioli	RICH	17	3	0	0	1	0	0
Liam Baker	RICH	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dylan Shiel	ESSE	9	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
6	Caldwell, Jye	RO	72%	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	5	1	4	1	1	2	4
42	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	C	82%	2	0	9	4	5	1	0	4	0	4	1	1	0	2
2	Draper, Sam	RU	77%	1	1	11	10	1	2	23	3	7	3	0	0	1	3
22	Durham, Sam	WL	70%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0
35	Guelfi, Matt	HFFL	83%	0	1	10	6	4	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	WR	86%	1	0	17	9	8	4	0	4	1	2	3	1	2	0
19	Hind, Nick	INT	80%	0	0	20	18	2	2	0	2	0	3	2	0	9	4
18	Hurley, Michael	FB	75%	1	0	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
29	Kelly, Jake	CHB	82%	0	0	17	9	8	6	0	0	1	3	0	3	3	0
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPL	88%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1
37	Martin, Nic	INT	83%	0	0	19	8	11	4	0	3	1	10	1	1	1	2
1	McGrath, Andrew	HFFR	86%	0	0	18	9	9	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	1
47	Menzie, Jye	SUB↑	56%	1	0	9	5	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2
7	Merrett, Zach (vc)	RR	85%	0	1	37	19	18	3	0	6	8	5	4	2	2	6
3	Parish, Darcy	INT	77%	1	0	28	12	16	4	0	2	6	1	1	0	2	3
16	Perkins, Archie	FPR	77%	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	82%	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
31	Reid, Zach	INT	77%	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	Ridley, Jordan	HBFR	82%	0	0	16	13	3	8	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	1
9	Shiel, Dylan	CHF	83%	0	1	28	12	16	3	0	3	7	5	0	0	1	5
25	Stringer, Jake	FF↓	25%	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Wright, Peter	FPL	97%	3	2	11	10	1	8	7	2	0	1	3	0	1	0
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPR	94%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				11	9	329	195	134	83	30	46	35	60	21	18	35	42

J. Menzie replaced J. Stringer during the second quarter.

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Baker, Liam	HBFL	85%	0	0	26	12	14	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2
21	Balta, Noah	BPR	84%	0	0	17	12	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	1
29	Bolton, Shai	HFFR	81%	1	2	12	8	4	2	0	2	1	5	1	5	0	4
35	Broad, Nathan	BPL	92%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0
11	Castagna, Jason	SUB↑	14%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Cotchin, Trent	C	76%	1	0	25	12	13	2	0	2	4	3	3	0	0	2
38	Cumberland, Noah	FF	76%	3	0	12	5	7	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
10	Edwards, Shane	HFFL	74%	3	0	12	10	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3
28	Gibcus, Josh	INT	79%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
19	Lynch, Tom	FPL↓	72%	5	2	19	16	3	9	0	2	0	1	6	0	0	5
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	82%	1	0	10	7	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
46	Miller, Ben	INT	72%	1	0	8	2	6	2	6	3	1	1	2	0	0	1
25	Nankervis, Toby (c)	RU	76%	0	1	21	10	11	4	23	3	4	5	0	3	2	4
50	Pickett, Marlion	WR	84%	1	0	12	6	6	6	0	5	1	2	0	2	1	2
3	Prestia, Dion	RR	78%	1	2	31	20	11	7	0	5	5	4	1	1	2	8
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FPR	90%	1	2	12	8	4	4	0	2	1	4	2	3	0	1
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	85%	0	0	21	12	9	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	7
49	Rioli, Maurice	INT	80%	1	0	11	8	3	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	2
5	Ross, Jack	INT	80%	1	0	21	10	11	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
15	Short, Jayden	CHF	85%	0	0	25	14	11	5	0	2	5	1	0	0	3	6
40	Sonsie, Tyler	RO	81%	1	3	19	11	8	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
6	Tarrant, Robbie	FB	92%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0
1	Vlastuin, Nick	CHB	83%	0	0	21	14	7	7	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				21	15	367	216	151	98	29	44	26	47	18	21	30	58

J. Castagna replaced T. Lynch 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
	35	N. Broad	6	R. Tarrant	21	N. Balta	2	S. Draper	19	N. Hind
	16	A. Perkins	25	J. Stringer	20	P. Wright	7	Z. Merrett (vc)	37	N. Martin
FORWARD							6	J. Caldwell	3	D. Parish
HALF-BACK									31	Z. Reid
	7	L. Baker	1	N. Vlastuin	17	D. Rioli			47	J. Menzie
	1	A. McGrath	9	D. Shiel	35	M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	K. McIntosh	9	T. Cotchin	50	M. Pickett
	21	D. Heppell (c)	42	M. D'Ambrosio	22	S. Durham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	T. Nankervis (c)	28	J. Gibcus
HALF-FORWARD							3	D. Prestia	46	B. Miller
	10	S. Edwards	15	J. Short	29	S. Bolton	40	T. Sonsie	49	M. Rioli
	14	J. Ridley	29	J. Kelly	27	M. Redman			5	J. Ross
HALF-BACK									11	J. Castagna
FORWARD
	19	T. Lynch	38	N. Cumberland	8	J. Riewoldt
	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	18	M. Hurley	15	J. Laverde
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:29
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	02:36
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	03:44
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	05:47
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	09:39
	RICH	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	11:30
	RICH	Dion Prestia goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	12:45
	RICH	Shane Edwards goal	1.2.8	-	4.1.25	16:13
	ESSE	Massimo D'Ambrosio goal	2.2.14	-	4.1.25	17:21
	RICH	Tom Lynch behind	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	21:17
	RICH	Maurice Rioli goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	22:55
	RICH	Dion Prestia behind	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	24:49
	ESSE	Massimo D'Ambrosio goal	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	27:00
	RICH	Ben Miller goal	3.2.20	-	6.3.39	30:42
Q2	ESSE	Darcy Parish goal	4.2.26	-	6.3.39	00:38
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	5.2.32	-	6.3.39	02:52
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	5.3.33	-	6.3.39	04:33
	RICH	Dion Prestia behind	5.3.33	-	6.4.40	06:29
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	5.4.34	-	6.4.40	07:18
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	5.4.34	-	7.4.46	08:58
	RICH	Shane Edwards goal	5.4.34	-	8.4.52	10:56
	RICH	Tyler Sonsie behind	5.4.34	-	8.5.53	14:54
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	8.5.53	16:07
	ESSE	Jye Menzie goal	6.5.41	-	8.5.53	17:05
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	6.5.41	-	9.5.59	19:29
	RICH	Toby Nankervis behind	6.5.41	-	9.6.60	22:22
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	6.6.42	-	9.6.60	23:52
	RICH	Shane Edwards goal	6.6.42	-	10.6.66	25:03
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	7.6.48	-	10.6.66	26:39
	RICH	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	10.7.67	30:03
Q3	RICH	Trent Cotchin goal	7.6.48	-	11.7.73	02:38
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	7.6.48	-	12.7.79	04:31
	RICH	Kamdyn McIntosh goal	7.6.48	-	13.7.85	07:42
	RICH	Tom Lynch behind	7.6.48	-	13.8.86	09:50
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	7.6.48	-	14.8.92	11:47
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	7.6.48	-	15.8.98	13:59
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	7.6.48	-	16.8.104	16:35
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel behind	7.7.49	-	16.8.104	19:01
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	8.7.55	-	16.8.104	20:18
	RICH	Shai Bolton behind	8.7.55	-	16.9.105	23:01
	RICH	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	16.10.106	27:34
	ESSE	Dyson Heppell goal	9.7.61	-	16.10.106	29:26
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	16.10.106	31:19
Q4	RICH	Shai Bolton behind	9.8.62	-	16.11.107	03:12
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	9.8.62	-	17.11.113	04:43
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	9.8.62	-	18.11.119	07:05
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	9.9.63	-	18.11.119	08:30
	RICH	Jack Ross goal	9.9.63	-	19.11.125	09:51
	RICH	Tyler Sonsie behind	9.9.63	-	19.12.126	12:12
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	10.9.69	-	19.12.126	17:55
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	10.9.69	-	19.13.127	19:53
	RICH	Tyler Sonsie behind	10.9.69	-	19.14.128	20:11
	RICH	Marlion Pickett goal	10.9.69	-	20.14.134	23:10
	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	11.9.75	-	20.14.134	26:16
	RICH	Tyler Sonsie goal	11.9.75	-	21.14.140	28:27
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	11.9.75	-	21.15.141	30:45

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