2023 AFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 2023 between Essendon and Richmond during round ten of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated Richmond (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 May 2023
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,300

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 10.11.71 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	1	5	.	7	6	.	10	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Richmond	3	.	5	6	.	6	8	.	10	10	.	10	10	.	10	(70)
Margin	ESSE by 2			RICH by 5			RICH by 12			ESSE by 1			ESSE by 1
Duration	31:01			27:37			26:59			29:59			1:55:36

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: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Richmond

Captain: unknown
Coach: Damien Hardwick

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3
Shai Bolton	RICH	29	2
Jye Caldwell	ESSE	6	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	ESSE	14	7	0	1	1	0	0
Shai Bolton	RICH	29	6	0	1	0	1	0
Tim Taranto	RICH	14	5	0	0	1	1	0
Sam Durham	ESSE	22	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mason Redman	ESSE	27	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
26	Baldwin, Kaine	RR	87%	0	0	14	9	5	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1
6	Caldwell, Jye	HFFR	78%	0	0	31	17	14	8	0	3	5	5	0	1	5	3
42	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	SUB↑	26%	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
33	Davey, Alwyn	FPL	77%	1	0	8	7	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
2	Draper, Sam	RU	86%	0	1	13	9	4	5	22	0	4	3	1	1	1	2
22	Durham, Sam	WL	87%	2	0	21	11	10	9	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	BPR	80%	0	0	22	17	5	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	3
19	Hind, Nick	INT	73%	0	0	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	2
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	73%	0	0	23	7	16	7	0	6	5	2	0	2	0	4
4	Langford, Kyle	HBFR	90%	1	1	16	9	7	6	0	1	2	9	1	2	0	2
37	Martin, Nic	HFFL	89%	0	0	26	15	11	11	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	FPR	72%	0	1	9	4	5	3	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	1
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	89%	0	0	29	18	11	12	0	2	0	3	0	1	7	1
47	Menzie, Jye	RO	76%	2	1	8	5	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	C	85%	0	0	39	27	12	8	0	7	5	2	1	0	4	6
16	Perkins, Archie	INT	72%	0	0	17	16	1	9	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	9
34	Phillips, Andrew	INT↓	53%	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	84%	0	1	27	21	6	8	0	2	0	3	2	1	5	4
14	Ridley, Jordan	CHB	87%	0	0	32	21	11	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	1
11	Snelling, Will	WR	64%	1	0	19	14	5	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	3
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	85%	1	0	11	7	4	1	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	4
10	Weideman, Sam	FF	91%	2	3	11	8	3	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	96%	0	0	17	9	8	9	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				10	11	421	271	150	154	30	53	29	57	9	10	48	56

M. D'Ambrosio replaced A. Phillips.

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Baker, Liam	HBFR	86%	0	0	16	12	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	4
21	Balta, Noah	BPR	94%	0	0	18	14	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	1
29	Bolton, Shai	RO	90%	2	0	28	15	13	3	0	7	5	2	0	0	1	7
35	Broad, Nathan	CHB	97%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	1
42	Clarke, Judson	SUB↑	30%	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	Cotchin, Trent	INT	74%	0	1	18	10	8	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5
27	Dow, Thomson	INT↓	41%	0	1	6	4	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	1
34	Graham, Jack	HFFR	87%	1	0	17	10	7	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
2	Grimes, Dylan	FB	79%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	3	0	4	1	1	2	2
31	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFL	77%	2	0	9	6	3	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	0
4	Martin, Dustin	FF	86%	2	1	24	14	10	3	0	4	2	3	0	0	0	4
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	WL	81%	0	0	13	12	1	8	0	1	1	4	0	1	3	2
25	Nankervis, Toby	RU	72%	0	0	17	10	7	5	16	6	3	3	1	2	2	1
50	Pickett, Marlion	FPL	75%	0	1	12	4	8	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0
3	Prestia, Dion	CHF	77%	0	1	11	4	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	INT	62%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3
8	Riewoldt, Jack	FPR	88%	0	1	11	8	3	3	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	3
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFL	93%	0	1	26	20	6	8	0	4	0	4	1	0	5	4
5	Ross, Jack	WR	78%	0	0	26	13	13	10	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	6
32	Ryan, Samson	INT	76%	1	0	10	7	3	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	Short, Jayden	RR	82%	0	0	24	15	9	7	0	5	2	3	1	2	3	3
14	Taranto, Tim	C	87%	1	1	33	19	14	5	0	3	9	1	1	0	4	6
1	Vlastuin, Nick	BPL	89%	0	0	22	17	5	11	0	2	0	5	0	1	5	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	10	384	243	141	100	22	52	29	62	10	9	46	60

J. Clarke replaced T. Dow.

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: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	N. Vlastuin	2	D. Grimes	21	N. Balta	2	S. Draper	19	N. Hind
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	10	S. Weideman	33	A. Davey	26	K. Baldwin	8	B. Hobbs
FORWARD							47	J. Menzie	16	A. Perkins
HALF-BACK									34	A. Phillips
	17	D. Rioli	35	N. Broad	7	L. Baker			42	M. D'Ambrosio
	6	J. Caldwell	25	J. Stringer	37	N. Martin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	K. McIntosh	14	T. Taranto	5	J. Ross
	11	W. Snelling	7	Z. Merrett (c)	22	S. Durham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	T. Nankervis	9	T. Cotchin
HALF-FORWARD							15	J. Short	27	T. Dow
	31	R. Mansell	3	D. Prestia	34	J. Graham	29	S. Bolton	13	H. Ralphsmith
	4	K. Langford	14	J. Ridley	27	M. Redman			32	S. Ryan
HALF-BACK									42	J. Clarke
FORWARD
	50	M. Pickett	4	D. Martin	8	J. Riewoldt
	21	D. Heppell	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	1	A. McGrath (vc)
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	Rhyan Mansell goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:54
	RICH	Marlion Pickett behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	06:49
	RICH	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	09:06
	RICH	Trent Cotchin behind	0.0.0	-	1.3.9	10:22
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	1.0.6	-	1.3.9	13:45
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	2.0.12	-	1.3.9	15:51
	ESSE	Mason Redman behind	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	17:23
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	3.1.19	-	1.3.9	20:32
	RICH	Daniel Rioli behind	3.1.19	-	1.4.10	22:32
	RICH	Samson Ryan goal	3.1.19	-	2.4.16	23:37
	RICH	Dion Prestia behind	3.1.19	-	2.5.17	26:12
	RICH	Rhyan Mansell goal	3.1.19	-	3.5.23	27:56
	ESSE	Will Snelling goal	4.1.25	-	3.5.23	29:27
Q2	RICH	Tim Taranto goal	4.1.25	-	4.5.29	03:51
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	4.2.26	-	4.5.29	06:26
	ESSE	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	4.5.29	07:19
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	4.4.28	-	4.5.29	08:23
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	4.5.29	-	4.5.29	10:45
	RICH	Jack Riewoldt behind	4.5.29	-	4.6.30	15:30
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	4.6.30	-	4.6.30	17:36
	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	4.6.30	-	5.6.36	19:50
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	4.7.31	-	5.6.36	21:25
	ESSE	Jye Menzie goal	5.7.37	-	5.6.36	22:30
	RICH	Jack Graham goal	5.7.37	-	6.6.42	24:12
Q3	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	5.8.38	-	6.6.42	03:09
	RICH	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	6.7.43	06:01
	RICH	Thomson Dow behind	5.8.38	-	6.8.44	10:09
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	6.8.44	-	6.8.44	11:24
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	6.8.44	-	7.8.50	13:41
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	7.8.50	15:54
	RICH	Tim Taranto behind	6.9.45	-	7.9.51	16:48
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	6.9.45	-	8.9.57	19:01
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	8.9.57	21:03
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	6.10.46	-	8.10.58	26:55
Q4	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	6.10.46	-	9.10.64	01:33
	ESSE	Sam Durham goal	7.10.52	-	9.10.64	08:15
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	8.10.58	-	9.10.64	09:25
	RICH	Judson Clarke goal	8.10.58	-	10.10.70	17:41
	ESSE	Jye Menzie goal	9.10.64	-	10.10.70	21:53
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	9.11.65	-	10.10.70	23:05
	ESSE	Sam Durham goal	10.11.71	-	10.10.70	28:05

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