2023 AFL Round 20: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 2023 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2023 AFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Richmond
Back: T. Young, N. Balta, D. Grimes
Half-back: N. Broad, N. Vlastuin, D. Rioli
Centre: K. McIntosh, T. Taranto, J. Ross
Half-forward: L. Baker, T. Cotchin, J. Graham
Forward: J. Riewoldt, D. Martin, M. Pickett
Follower: I. Soldo, D. Prestia, S. Bolton
Int.: S. Banks, J. Hopper, R. Mansell, B. Miller
Sub.: M. Coulthard

Melbourne
Back: T. Rivers, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, J. McVee
Centre: L. Hunter, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. Melksham, J. Jordon
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen, T. Woewodin
Follower: M. Gawn, A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, J. Harmes, H. Petty
Sub.: J. Smith

Richmond (15.8.98) were defeated by Melbourne (20.10.130).

Goalkickers
Richmond: D. Martin (3), L. Baker (2), K. McIntosh (2), N. Balta, S. Bolton, M. Coulthard, D. Prestia, J. Riewoldt, D. Rioli, I. Soldo, T. Taranto
Melbourne: H. Petty (6), J. Melksham (4), J. van Rooyen (4), K. Pickett (2), K. Chandler, L. Hunter, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 30 July 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,294

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.8.98 - 20.10.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 8 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 5 14 . 6 20 . 10 20 . 10 (130)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 8 MELB by 4 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration 31:38 33:44 36:20 34:19 2:16:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Andrew McQualter (Richmond), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Richmond), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Harry Petty MELB 35 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Harry Petty MELB 35 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 6 0 0 2 0 0
Dustin Martin RICH 4 4 0 0 0 2 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Baker, Liam HFFL 74% 2 0 11 8 3 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0
21 Balta, Noah FB 80% 1 0 13 10 3 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 4 2
41 Banks, Sam INT 80% 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 0 4 1 0 7 1
29 Bolton, Shai RO 85% 1 2 25 18 7 4 0 2 8 5 1 1 2 11
35 Broad, Nathan HBFL 88% 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 0
9 Cotchin, Trent CHF 75% 0 1 9 7 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
26 Coulthard, Matt SUB↑ 26% 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Graham, Jack HFFR 84% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 1 5 0 0 1 3
2 Grimes, Dylan BPR 77% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0
22 Hopper, Jacob INT 71% 0 0 23 7 16 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 3
31 Mansell, Rhyan INT 75% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 4 1
4 Martin, Dustin FF 87% 3 2 21 14 7 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 5
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 84% 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
46 Miller, Ben INT↓ 47% 0 0 6 3 3 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
50 Pickett, Marlion FPR 79% 0 0 15 4 11 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
3 Prestia, Dion RR 86% 1 0 21 13 8 4 0 4 3 6 0 2 2 4
8 Riewoldt, Jack FPL 84% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 90% 1 1 16 7 9 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 2 1
5 Ross, Jack WR 81% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2
20 Soldo, Ivan RU 80% 1 0 10 7 3 1 26 6 5 2 2 1 2 0
14 Taranto, Tim C 83% 1 0 24 12 12 0 0 4 9 7 1 2 2 3
1 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 91% 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 0
45 Young, Tylar BPL 93% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 8 334 204 130 70 34 63 40 65 9 11 53 45

M. Coulthard replaced B. Miller.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 69% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 5 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus RR 79% 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 5
37 Chandler, Kade INT 74% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 89% 0 1 28 19 9 5 40 1 11 5 2 2 1 8
4 Harmes, James INT 74% 0 2 19 8 11 3 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 3
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 91% 1 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 4
23 Jordon, James HFFR 69% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 90% 0 0 25 16 9 7 0 5 2 5 1 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 97% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1
41 McVee, Judd HBFR 82% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 80% 4 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 83% 1 0 22 13 9 3 0 6 1 4 2 0 0 8
5 Petracca, Christian RO 84% 1 3 29 15 14 5 0 5 8 2 1 0 0 8
35 Petty, Harry INT 83% 6 0 11 10 1 10 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 84% 2 1 13 10 3 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 5
24 Rivers, Trent BPL 70% 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 83% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 4
29 Smith, Joel SUB↑ 40% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB↓ 60% 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 68% 4 0 7 5 2 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 83% 0 0 32 20 12 4 0 9 7 3 1 0 1 9
40 Woewodin, Taj FPR 69% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 20 10 363 227 136 95 48 62 49 50 11 9 30 73

J. Smith replaced A. Tomlinson.

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: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 T. Rivers 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 20 I. Soldo 41 S. Banks
50 M. Pickett 4 D. Martin 8 J. Riewoldt 3 D. Prestia 22 J. Hopper
FORWARD 29 S. Bolton 31 R. Mansell
HALF-BACK

46 B. Miller
3 C. Salem 20 A. Tomlinson 41 J. McVee

26 M. Coulthard
34 J. Graham 9 T. Cotchin 7 L. Baker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 L. Hunter 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



5 J. Ross 14 T. Taranto 33 K. McIntosh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham 23 J. Jordon 5 C. Petracca 4 J. Harmes
17 D. Rioli 1 N. Vlastuin 35 N. Broad

35 H. Petty
HALF-BACK

29 J. Smith
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 2 J. van Rooyen 40 T. Woewodin



2 D. Grimes 21 N. Balta 45 T. Young



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Christian Petracca behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:13
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 01:45
MELB James Jordon behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 05:34
RICH Ivan Soldo goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 07:26
RICH Jack Riewoldt goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 09:06
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 10:49
MELB Harry Petty goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 12:35
RICH Shai Bolton behind 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 13:40
RICH Shai Bolton behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 14:41
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 16:10
MELB James Harmes behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 19:24
MELB Harry Petty goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 21:04
RICH Daniel Rioli behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 22:11
RICH Dustin Martin goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 24:05
RICH Dustin Martin behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 27:08
RICH Liam Baker goal 5.4.34 - 3.4.22 28:19
MELB James Harmes behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 30:10
Q2 RICH Dustin Martin behind 5.5.35 - 3.5.23 00:48
MELB Harry Petty goal 5.5.35 - 4.5.29 03:45
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.5.35 - 5.5.35 05:29
RICH Shai Bolton goal 6.5.41 - 5.5.35 06:47
RICH Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 5.5.35 09:00
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 12:03
RICH Liam Baker goal 7.6.48 - 6.5.41 15:17
RICH Daniel Rioli goal 8.6.54 - 6.5.41 23:30
RICH Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 6.5.41 25:34
RICH Dion Prestia goal 9.7.61 - 6.5.41 26:31
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 9.7.61 - 7.5.47 28:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.7.61 - 8.5.53 29:58
Q3 RICH Dustin Martin goal 10.7.67 - 8.5.53 00:58
RICH Tim Taranto goal 11.7.73 - 8.5.53 03:30
MELB Kade Chandler goal 11.7.73 - 9.5.59 04:47
RICH Dustin Martin goal 12.7.79 - 9.5.59 05:46
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 12.7.79 - 10.5.65 07:31
RICH Trent Cotchin behind 12.8.80 - 10.5.65 14:26
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 12.8.80 - 11.5.71 16:55
MELB Harry Petty goal 12.8.80 - 12.5.77 20:47
MELB Jake Melksham goal 12.8.80 - 13.5.83 23:20
MELB Jake Melksham goal 12.8.80 - 14.5.89 28:05
RICH Matt Coulthard goal 13.8.86 - 14.5.89 29:46
MELB Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 14.6.90 35:04
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca behind 13.8.86 - 14.7.91 01:43
MELB Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 14.8.92 03:42
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh goal 14.8.92 - 14.8.92 07:24
RICH Noah Balta goal 15.8.98 - 14.8.92 09:52
MELB Harry Petty goal 15.8.98 - 15.8.98 12:11
MELB Jake Melksham goal 15.8.98 - 16.8.104 14:07
MELB Harry Petty goal 15.8.98 - 17.8.110 18:10
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 15.8.98 - 18.8.116 20:59
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 15.8.98 - 18.9.117 24:43
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 15.8.98 - 19.9.123 26:26
MELB Max Gawn behind 15.8.98 - 19.10.124 31:33
MELB Lachie Hunter goal 15.8.98 - 20.10.130 33:10