2023 AFL Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2023 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 6 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Melbourne
Back: H. Petty, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, M. Hibberd
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, L. Hunter
Half-forward: C. Petracca, B. Fritsch, A. Brayshaw
Forward: K. Chandler, J. van Rooyen, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn, J. Viney, K. Pickett
Int.: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, J. Jordon, T. Sparrow
Sub.: B. Laurie

Richmond
Back: T. Young, D. Grimes, N. Balta
Half-back: D. Rioli, N. Vlastuin, L. Baker
Centre: K. McIntosh, T. Taranto, M. Pickett
Half-forward: T. Cotchin, D. Martin, R. Mansell
Forward: S. Ryan, N. Cumberland, J. Riewoldt
Follower: B. Miller, J. Hopper, D. Prestia
Int.: S. Bolton, J. Clarke, M. Rioli, J. Short
Sub.: H. Ralphsmith

Melbourne (15.6.96) defeated Richmond (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Chandler (3), J. van Rooyen (3), B. Fritsch, M. Gawn, J. Jordon, E. Langdon, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Oliver, H. Petty, K. Pickett, J. Viney
Richmond: J. Riewoldt (4), N. Cumberland (3), J. Hopper, R. Mansell, D. Martin, S. Ryan

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and Richmond were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Damien Hardwick (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Richmond)

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