2022 AFL Round 23: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2022 between Essendon and Richmond during round 23 of the 2022 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at 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
Back: J. Laverde, M. Hurley, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Kelly, J. Ridley
Centre: S. Durham, M. D'Ambrosio, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, D. Shiel, A. McGrath
Forward: P. Wright, J. Stringer, A. Perkins
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), J. Caldwell
Int.: N. Hind, N. Martin, D. Parish, Z. Reid
Sub.: J. Menzie

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

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Wright (3), M. D'Ambrosio (2), S. Draper, D. Heppell, M. Hurley, J. Menzie, D. Parish, J. Stringer
Richmond: T. Lynch (5), N. Cumberland (3), S. Edwards (3), S. Bolton, T. Cotchin, K. McIntosh, B. Miller, M. Pickett, D. Prestia, J. Riewoldt, M. Rioli, J. Ross, T. Sonsie

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 15th on the ladder and Richmond remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Toby Nankervis (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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