2024 AFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2024 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eight of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Toby Nankervis captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Richmond (5.12.42) were defeated by Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,840

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.12.42 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	1	.	3	3	.	6	4	.	8	5	.	12	5	.	12	(42)
Melbourne	2	.	3	3	.	5	8	.	7	13	.	7	13	.	7	(85)
Margin	MELB by 6			RICH by 1			MELB by 23			MELB by 43			MELB by 43
Duration	27:27			27:28			30:21			29:04			1:54:20

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Coach: Adem Yze

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	2
Judd McVee	MELB	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Max Gawn	MELB	11	9	1	1	0	0	0
Jake Lever	MELB	8	9	1	1	0	0	0
Trent Rivers	MELB	24	4	0	0	1	0	1
Daniel Turner	MELB	42	4	0	0	1	0	1
Ed Langdon	MELB	15	2	0	0	0	1	0
Steven May	MELB	1	2	0	0	0	1	0

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Baker, Liam	C	82%	0	1	23	9	14	3	0	5	3	4	1	1	2	3
41	Banks, Sam	WL	81%	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	3
29	Bolton, Shai	CHF	90%	1	0	18	15	3	8	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	7
35	Broad, Nathan	CHB	88%	0	0	19	13	6	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	1
30	Brown, Tom	INT	76%	0	1	16	12	4	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	3
44	Campbell, Seth	INT	69%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	3
27	Dow, Thomson	INT	72%	0	1	22	7	15	1	0	8	2	2	1	0	2	2
34	Graham, Jack	INT	78%	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	1	3	0	3	1	3
2	Grimes, Dylan	BPR	76%	0	1	11	6	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	0
22	Hopper, Jacob	RO↓	48%	0	0	23	10	13	2	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	4
42	Lefau, Mykelti	FPR	94%	1	0	9	5	4	3	3	2	0	3	1	1	0	4
31	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFL	78%	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	3
4	Martin, Dustin	FF	81%	1	1	18	11	7	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0
33	McIntosh, Kamdyn	SUB↑	28%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
46	Miller, Ben	BPL	95%	0	0	9	5	4	7	0	5	0	0	1	0	2	1
24	Naismith, Sam	FPL	81%	0	0	9	3	6	4	9	2	2	4	1	3	0	0
25	Nankervis, Toby (c)	RU	80%	0	0	18	5	13	7	15	4	4	4	1	3	1	1
50	Pickett, Marlion	RR	77%	0	1	20	10	10	4	0	5	2	8	0	3	3	3
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	WR	91%	0	0	21	10	11	6	0	3	4	6	1	1	1	2
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	83%	0	0	23	14	9	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	6	1
10	Rioli, Maurice	HFFR	70%	2	2	14	10	4	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	3
1	Vlastuin, Nick	HBFL	93%	0	0	20	17	3	7	0	1	0	3	1	0	6	0
45	Young, Tylar	FB	89%	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	2	0	4	2	2	3	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				5	12	357	205	152	108	27	57	25	73	12	24	36	50

K. McIntosh replaced J. Hopper.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Billings, Jack	INT	73%	0	0	18	11	7	7	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	5
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFL	79%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FF	85%	2	1	11	10	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	87%	1	0	23	15	8	10	26	3	5	3	2	1	0	3
22	Howes, Blake	HBFL	80%	0	0	17	12	5	8	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	95%	0	1	24	17	7	8	0	3	1	2	1	0	4	5
16	Laurie, Bailey	SUB↑	19%	2	0	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	95%	0	0	26	16	10	10	0	0	2	5	1	1	4	1
1	May, Steven	FB	93%	0	0	23	21	2	12	0	0	1	3	2	1	7	0
25	McDonald, Tom	BPR	96%	0	0	14	11	3	8	0	2	1	4	1	1	4	1
4	McVee, Judd	HBFR	82%	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	1
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	81%	0	0	18	8	10	7	0	5	1	2	0	1	1	1
13	Oliver, Clayton	RO	76%	0	0	22	9	13	2	0	3	4	6	0	2	0	3
5	Petracca, Christian	C	76%	1	1	23	8	15	1	0	2	6	1	2	0	1	3
35	Petty, Harry	FPR	80%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	7	0	3	1	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFR	82%	2	1	20	13	7	4	0	2	2	6	1	1	0	4
24	Rivers, Trent	BPL	83%	0	0	24	18	6	12	0	1	1	3	1	0	5	3
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	75%	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	1
42	Turner, Daniel	INT	70%	3	1	13	10	3	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	CHF	78%	1	0	11	7	4	2	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	4
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	75%	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	6	1	3	1	0	3	1
6	Windsor, Caleb	WR↓	68%	1	0	14	8	6	3	0	4	2	3	0	0	2	2
40	Woewodin, Taj	INT	70%	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	5	0	3	1	0	2	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	7	380	241	139	129	27	52	32	64	24	12	44	50

B. Laurie replaced C. Windsor.

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: Adem Yze
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	T. Rivers	1	S. May	25	T. McDonald	25	T. Nankervis (c)	30	T. Brown
	42	M. Lefau	4	D. Martin	24	S. Naismith	50	M. Pickett	44	S. Campbell
FORWARD							22	J. Hopper	27	T. Dow
HALF-BACK									34	J. Graham
	22	B. Howes	8	J. Lever	4	J. McVee			33	K. McIntosh
	10	M. Rioli	29	S. Bolton	31	R. Mansell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	E. Langdon	5	C. Petracca	6	C. Windsor
	13	H. Ralphsmith	7	L. Baker	41	S. Banks	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	14	J. Billings
HALF-FORWARD							7	J. Viney (vc)	32	T. Sparrow
	37	K. Chandler	2	J. van Rooyen	36	K. Pickett	13	C. Oliver	42	D. Turner
	17	D. Rioli	35	N. Broad	1	N. Vlastuin			40	T. Woewodin
HALF-BACK									16	B. Laurie
FORWARD
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	31	B. Fritsch	35	H. Petty
	2	D. Grimes	45	T. Young	46	B. Miller
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:52
	RICH	Dustin Martin behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	07:24
	MELB	Daniel Turner behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	11:27
	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	12:44
	RICH	Maurice Rioli behind	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	16:13
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	17:33
	RICH	Tom Brown behind	0.3.3	-	1.3.9	22:09
	RICH	Mykelti Lefau goal	1.3.9	-	1.3.9	23:16
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	26:12
Q2	RICH	Dustin Martin goal	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	02:16
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.4.16	09:50
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	2.5.17	12:51
	RICH	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	2.5.17	16:12
	RICH	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	2.5.17	17:54
	MELB	Daniel Turner goal	2.5.17	-	3.5.23	19:38
	RICH	Maurice Rioli goal	3.5.23	-	3.5.23	22:50
	RICH	Dylan Grimes behind	3.6.24	-	3.5.23	27:23
Q3	MELB	Max Gawn goal	3.6.24	-	4.5.29	06:19
	MELB	Daniel Turner goal	3.6.24	-	5.5.35	09:30
	MELB	Daniel Turner goal	3.6.24	-	6.5.41	14:11
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	3.6.24	-	6.6.42	15:20
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.6.24	-	7.6.48	15:47
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	3.6.24	-	7.7.49	17:37
	RICH	Maurice Rioli goal	4.6.30	-	7.7.49	18:11
	RICH	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	7.7.49	24:08
	RICH	Thomson Dow behind	4.8.32	-	7.7.49	28:20
	MELB	Caleb Windsor goal	4.8.32	-	8.7.55	30:18
Q4	RICH	Rushed behind	4.9.33	-	8.7.55	02:16
	RICH	Shai Bolton goal	5.9.39	-	8.7.55	03:29
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	5.9.39	-	9.7.61	08:48
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	5.9.39	-	10.7.67	10:45
	RICH	Liam Baker behind	5.10.40	-	10.7.67	12:03
	RICH	Maurice Rioli behind	5.11.41	-	10.7.67	13:58
	MELB	Bailey Laurie goal	5.11.41	-	11.7.73	15:19
	MELB	Bailey Laurie goal	5.11.41	-	12.7.79	19:39
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	5.11.41	-	13.7.85	25:35
	RICH	Marlion Pickett behind	5.12.42	-	13.7.85	28:02

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