2023 AFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2023 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne (15.6.96) defeated Richmond (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Monday 24 April 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 83,985

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 15.6.96 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	2	6	.	2	10	.	5	15	.	6	15	.	6	(96)
Richmond	5	.	2	8	.	4	10	.	7	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Margin	RICH by 18			RICH by 14			RICH by 2			MELB by 18			MELB by 18
Duration	30:25			29:30			30:20			30:59			2:01:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Richmond

Captain: unknown
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jack Viney	MELB	7	3
Jacob van Rooyen	MELB	2	2
Jacob Hopper	RICH	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tim Taranto	RICH	14	9	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	6	1	0	0	0	1
Michael Hibberd	MELB	14	4	0	1	0	0	0
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Riewoldt	RICH	8	3	0	0	1	0	0
Clayton Oliver	MELB	13	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jayden Short	RICH	15	2	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	INT	81%	0	0	13	13	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	1
10	Brayshaw, Angus	HFFR	87%	0	0	20	12	8	7	0	3	1	3	1	2	0	1
37	Chandler, Kade	FPL	73%	3	0	12	8	4	3	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	1
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	86%	1	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
11	Gawn, Max	RU	85%	1	2	17	15	2	8	17	0	2	5	1	1	0	6
6	Grundy, Brodie	INT	68%	0	0	15	4	11	1	14	1	6	2	2	1	1	2
14	Hibberd, Michael	HBFR	91%	0	0	23	11	12	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	6	0
12	Hunter, Lachie	WR	91%	0	0	20	6	14	1	0	2	3	4	3	1	1	1
23	Jordon, James	INT	66%	1	0	17	6	11	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	4
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	89%	1	0	20	8	12	3	0	5	1	3	2	0	3	2
16	Laurie, Bailey	SUB↑	9%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	100%	0	0	20	10	10	10	0	0	0	5	1	1	5	2
1	May, Steven	FB	96%	0	0	22	15	7	4	0	1	0	6	2	4	8	0
41	McVee, Judd	BPR	77%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPR	77%	1	1	11	8	3	5	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	4
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	83%	1	0	31	18	13	6	0	2	6	9	0	3	3	3
5	Petracca, Christian	HFFL	80%	0	0	26	15	11	7	0	5	3	6	1	1	2	12
35	Petty, Harry	BPL	88%	1	1	8	5	3	4	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	RO	72%	1	1	8	8	0	2	0	2	1	7	1	3	0	2
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL↓	74%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	70%	0	0	20	11	9	6	0	1	4	2	0	1	2	1
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	77%	3	1	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
7	Viney, Jack	RR	80%	1	0	30	15	15	6	0	2	5	2	2	0	2	4
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				15	6	381	215	166	103	31	41	35	75	23	27	48	53

B. Laurie replaced T. Rivers.

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Baker, Liam	HBFR	81%	0	1	14	8	6	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	4	1
21	Balta, Noah	BPR	91%	0	0	10	6	4	4	5	3	0	2	0	1	2	0
29	Bolton, Shai	INT	79%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	4	4	6	1	2	2	8
42	Clarke, Judson	INT	68%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4
9	Cotchin, Trent	HFFL	82%	0	0	17	8	9	5	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	6
38	Cumberland, Noah	FF	87%	3	0	7	7	0	2	0	3	0	4	1	1	0	2
2	Grimes, Dylan	FB	84%	0	0	8	8	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	2	0
22	Hopper, Jacob	RR	79%	1	0	23	12	11	10	0	2	5	3	1	1	1	7
31	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFR	75%	1	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
4	Martin, Dustin	CHF	83%	1	3	25	16	9	2	0	3	2	2	1	0	1	6
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	85%	0	0	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	3
46	Miller, Ben	RU↓	64%	0	1	6	1	5	1	7	3	0	2	1	1	0	1
50	Pickett, Marlion	WR	88%	0	0	23	13	10	3	0	3	0	7	3	1	3	7
3	Prestia, Dion	RO	69%	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	2	5	4	1	0	0	1
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	SUB↑	23%	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FPR	94%	4	2	11	8	3	4	0	2	0	4	3	2	0	0
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFL	85%	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	2
10	Rioli, Maurice	INT	69%	0	1	7	3	4	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	0
32	Ryan, Samson	FPL	82%	1	2	10	9	1	6	11	2	1	2	1	2	2	1
15	Short, Jayden	INT	84%	0	1	30	21	9	7	0	3	0	3	2	0	4	4
14	Taranto, Tim	C	74%	0	0	33	16	17	6	0	10	6	7	1	1	2	6
1	Vlastuin, Nick	CHB	80%	0	0	21	15	6	8	0	1	1	3	3	2	7	1
45	Young, Tylar	BPL	96%	0	0	10	7	3	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	3	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	12	349	213	136	81	23	51	29	76	27	23	37	61

H. Ralphsmith replaced B. Miller 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

Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	45	T. Young	2	D. Grimes	21	N. Balta	11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	2	J. van Rooyen	37	K. Chandler	7	J. Viney	6	B. Grundy
FORWARD							36	K. Pickett	23	J. Jordon
HALF-BACK									32	T. Sparrow
	17	D. Rioli	1	N. Vlastuin	7	L. Baker			16	B. Laurie
	10	A. Brayshaw	31	B. Fritsch	5	C. Petracca
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	K. McIntosh	14	T. Taranto	50	M. Pickett
	12	L. Hunter	13	C. Oliver	15	E. Langdon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	B. Miller	29	S. Bolton
HALF-FORWARD							22	J. Hopper	42	J. Clarke
	9	T. Cotchin	4	D. Martin	31	R. Mansell	3	D. Prestia	10	M. Rioli
	14	M. Hibberd	8	J. Lever	24	T. Rivers			15	J. Short
HALF-BACK									13	H. Ralphsmith
FORWARD
	32	S. Ryan	38	N. Cumberland	8	J. Riewoldt
	41	J. McVee	1	S. May	35	H. Petty
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:23
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	05:04
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	07:00
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	09:04
	MELB	Jack Viney goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	14:14
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	17:52
	RICH	Jacob Hopper goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	20:03
	RICH	Noah Cumberland goal	2.1.13	-	4.1.25	22:25
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	2.2.14	-	4.1.25	24:06
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	2.2.14	-	4.2.26	26:31
	RICH	Rhyan Mansell goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	28:56
Q2	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	00:45
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	04:25
	RICH	Samson Ryan goal	3.2.20	-	6.3.39	08:06
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	3.2.20	-	7.3.45	13:15
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	4.2.26	-	7.3.45	15:06
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	4.2.26	-	8.3.51	18:26
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	5.2.32	-	8.3.51	20:30
	RICH	Jayden Short behind	5.2.32	-	8.4.52	24:37
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	6.2.38	-	8.4.52	26:39
Q3	MELB	Max Gawn behind	6.3.39	-	8.4.52	01:53
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	6.4.40	-	8.4.52	02:48
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	7.4.46	-	8.4.52	05:40
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	7.4.46	-	9.4.58	09:24
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	7.5.47	-	9.4.58	13:07
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	8.5.53	-	9.4.58	14:15
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	8.5.53	-	9.5.59	15:24
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt goal	8.5.53	-	10.5.65	17:25
	MELB	James Jordon goal	9.5.59	-	10.5.65	21:46
	RICH	Samson Ryan behind	9.5.59	-	10.6.66	25:35
	RICH	Maurice Rioli behind	9.5.59	-	10.7.67	27:56
	MELB	Clayton Oliver goal	10.5.65	-	10.7.67	30:17
Q4	RICH	Ben Miller behind	10.5.65	-	10.8.68	01:11
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	11.5.71	-	10.8.68	02:18
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	12.5.77	-	10.8.68	04:40
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	12.6.78	-	10.8.68	07:20
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	13.6.84	-	10.8.68	08:37
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	13.6.84	-	10.9.69	11:31
	RICH	Samson Ryan behind	13.6.84	-	10.10.70	13:50
	RICH	Liam Baker behind	13.6.84	-	10.11.71	16:41
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	14.6.90	-	10.11.71	21:13
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	15.6.96	-	10.11.71	23:01
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	15.6.96	-	11.11.77	27:15
	RICH	Rushed behind	15.6.96	-	11.12.78	30:33

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