2023 AFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2023 between Richmond and the Western Bulldogs during round four of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. With the presence of multiple Richmond co-captains, namely Dylan Grimes and Toby Nankervis, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Richmond (12.12.84) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 8 April 2023
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,449

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.12.84 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	2	.	4	10	.	7	10	.	11	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Western Bulldogs	6	.	3	8	.	5	9	.	11	12	.	17	12	.	17	(89)
Margin	WBUL by 23			RICH by 14			RICH by 6			WBUL by 5			WBUL by 5
Duration	31:35			30:49			26:37			32:02			2:01:03

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: unknown
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	3
Liam Baker	RICH	7	2
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	9	1	1	0	0	0
Tim English	WBUL	44	8	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	4	0	1	0	0	0
Caleb Daniel	WBUL	35	3	0	0	1	0	0
Liam Baker	RICH	7	2	0	0	0	?	?
Bailey Dale	WBUL	31	2	0	0	0	?	?
Daniel Rioli	RICH	17	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Baker, Liam	HBFL	80%	0	1	25	14	11	2	0	4	0	7	1	3	4	2
21	Balta, Noah	BPL	92%	0	0	16	11	5	3	0	2	0	7	1	1	6	1
29	Bolton, Shai	HFFL	91%	3	1	16	12	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	5
42	Clarke, Judson	INT	75%	1	0	20	11	9	4	0	5	1	3	1	0	1	4
9	Cotchin, Trent	SUB↑	48%	0	0	11	3	8	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
38	Cumberland, Noah	INT	77%	1	2	21	13	8	7	0	6	1	9	3	3	0	3
34	Graham, Jack	CHF↓	30%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
2	Grimes, Dylan	FB	72%	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	0
22	Hopper, Jacob	RO	74%	1	2	24	12	12	2	0	2	4	3	0	0	2	2
19	Lynch, Tom	FPR	86%	2	0	6	2	4	1	0	3	1	3	1	2	0	0
31	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFR	81%	0	1	12	9	3	5	0	7	0	2	1	1	0	2
4	Martin, Dustin	FF	85%	1	0	23	11	12	4	0	2	3	4	1	1	0	4
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	83%	0	0	15	13	2	5	0	1	0	7	0	0	2	3
25	Nankervis, Toby	RU	79%	0	0	15	8	7	1	35	7	3	1	1	0	1	0
50	Pickett, Marlion	WR	82%	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	4	2	3	0	0	3	7
3	Prestia, Dion	C	72%	0	0	20	8	12	4	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	3
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	INT	81%	1	1	19	10	9	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	3
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	91%	0	0	29	10	19	4	0	7	1	2	0	1	4	1
32	Ryan, Samson	FPL	73%	1	0	7	4	3	1	10	1	2	3	0	3	2	1
40	Sonsie, Tyler	INT	81%	0	0	15	8	7	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	2
14	Taranto, Tim	RR	81%	1	0	27	12	15	3	0	8	5	2	1	0	2	2
1	Vlastuin, Nick	CHB	87%	0	0	21	15	6	4	0	6	0	4	1	1	10	0
45	Young, Tylar	BPR	100%	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	5	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				12	12	392	218	174	72	45	80	26	77	17	20	51	47

T. Cotchin replaced J. Graham.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	INT	84%	0	0	20	14	6	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	3
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	C	85%	0	1	25	10	15	1	0	12	11	4	2	2	0	5
17	Bruce, Josh	BPL	100%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	3	0	5	2	2	2	0
9	Crozier, Hayden	INT	46%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFL	83%	0	0	30	21	9	7	0	3	0	5	1	0	6	5
35	Daniel, Caleb	INT	79%	1	2	19	14	5	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1
44	English, Tim	RU	85%	2	0	20	17	3	6	23	9	3	4	2	1	4	3
29	Hannan, Mitch	SUB↑	62%	1	2	8	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
39	Johannisen, Jason	BPR	81%	0	0	21	16	5	6	0	1	0	3	1	0	3	1
32	Jones, Arthur	HFFR	79%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	3
19	Jones, Liam	FB	100%	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	3	0
42	Keath, Alex	CHB↓	15%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Liberatore, Tom	RR	82%	2	1	23	14	9	0	0	10	7	1	1	0	1	4
7	Lobb, Rory	FPR	94%	1	1	14	10	4	5	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3
11	Macrae, Jack	WR	74%	1	0	21	12	9	4	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	7
27	McComb, Robbie	INT	65%	1	0	8	5	3	3	0	1	1	3	1	2	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	FF	91%	3	0	10	6	4	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	2
20	Richards, Ed	HBFR	90%	0	0	19	18	1	8	0	4	0	4	1	2	6	2
28	Scott, Anthony	FPL	79%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	6
6	Smith, Bailey	HFFL	89%	0	1	24	15	9	6	0	1	5	4	0	1	2	6
1	Treloar, Adam	RO	81%	0	0	25	12	13	0	0	4	10	5	0	0	2	4
2	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	CHF	76%	0	2	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	WL	77%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2
Rushed					7
Total (23 players)				12	17	364	239	125	93	30	66	42	63	20	17	35	64

M. Hannan replaced A. Keath.

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
	17	J. Bruce	19	L. Jones	39	J. Johannisen	25	T. Nankervis	42	J. Clarke
	19	T. Lynch	4	D. Martin	32	S. Ryan	14	T. Taranto	38	N. Cumberland
FORWARD							22	J. Hopper	13	H. Ralphsmith
HALF-BACK									40	T. Sonsie
	31	B. Dale	42	A. Keath	20	E. Richards			9	T. Cotchin
	31	R. Mansell	34	J. Graham	29	S. Bolton
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	34	B. Williams	4	M. Bontempelli	11	J. Macrae
	50	M. Pickett	3	D. Prestia	33	K. McIntosh	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	13	O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD							21	T. Liberatore	9	H. Crozier
	6	B. Smith	2	J. Ugle-Hagan	32	A. Jones	1	A. Treloar	35	C. Daniel
	17	D. Rioli	1	N. Vlastuin	7	L. Baker			27	R. McComb
HALF-BACK									29	M. Hannan
FORWARD
	28	A. Scott	33	A. Naughton	7	R. Lobb
	45	T. Young	2	D. Grimes	21	N. Balta
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:54
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:31
	WBUL	Rory Lobb goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	08:13
	WBUL	Tim English goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	10:16
	RICH	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	11:50
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	13:47
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	17:39
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	2.1.13	-	4.1.25	20:46
	RICH	Hugo Ralphsmith behind	2.2.14	-	4.1.25	22:39
	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	24:00
	RICH	Jacob Hopper behind	2.3.15	-	4.2.26	24:33
	RICH	Jacob Hopper behind	2.4.16	-	4.2.26	25:59
	WBUL	Jack Macrae goal	2.4.16	-	5.2.32	27:30
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore goal	2.4.16	-	6.2.38	28:47
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	2.4.16	-	6.3.39	30:48
Q2	WBUL	Tim English goal	2.4.16	-	7.3.45	01:43
	RICH	Samson Ryan goal	3.4.22	-	7.3.45	03:41
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	3.4.22	-	8.3.51	05:13
	RICH	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	8.3.51	07:07
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	4.5.29	-	8.3.51	12:36
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	5.5.35	-	8.3.51	14:27
	RICH	Judson Clarke goal	6.5.41	-	8.3.51	15:49
	RICH	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	8.3.51	19:27
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	6.6.42	-	8.4.52	20:47
	RICH	Jacob Hopper goal	7.6.48	-	8.4.52	22:57
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	8.6.54	-	8.4.52	24:42
	RICH	Hugo Ralphsmith goal	9.6.60	-	8.4.52	26:21
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	10.6.66	-	8.4.52	27:34
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan behind	10.6.66	-	8.5.53	29:53
	RICH	Liam Baker behind	10.7.67	-	8.5.53	30:31
Q3	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	8.6.54	01:21
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	10.7.67	-	9.6.60	01:54
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	10.7.67	-	9.7.61	05:38
	RICH	Noah Cumberland behind	10.8.68	-	9.7.61	11:02
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel behind	10.8.68	-	9.8.62	12:26
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel behind	10.8.68	-	9.9.63	16:01
	RICH	Noah Cumberland behind	10.9.69	-	9.9.63	18:29
	RICH	Shai Bolton behind	10.10.70	-	9.9.63	21:06
	RICH	Rhyan Mansell behind	10.11.71	-	9.9.63	22:44
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	10.11.71	-	9.10.64	24:07
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan behind	10.11.71	-	9.11.65	25:33
Q4	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	10.11.71	-	9.12.66	00:49
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	9.13.67	03:18
	RICH	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	9.13.67	04:57
	WBUL	Mitch Hannan goal	10.12.72	-	10.13.73	06:05
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	10.12.72	-	11.13.79	07:51
	WBUL	Robbie McComb goal	10.12.72	-	12.13.85	12:33
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	12.14.86	16:19
	WBUL	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	12.15.87	17:39
	RICH	Tim Taranto goal	11.12.78	-	12.15.87	18:47
	WBUL	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	12.16.88	23:14
	WBUL	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	12.17.89	26:21
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	12.12.84	-	12.17.89	30:02

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