2024 AFL Round 12: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2024 between Richmond and Essendon during round 12 of the 2024 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. Toby Nankervis captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Richmond
Back: T. Brown, B. Miller, N. Broad
Half-back: H. Ralphsmith, N. Vlastuin, D. Rioli
Centre: K. McIntosh, L. Baker, M. Pickett
Half-forward: S. Campbell, S. Bolton, N. Cumberland
Forward: N. Balta, M. Lefau, D. Martin
Follower: T. Nankervis (capt.), D. Prestia, T. Dow
Int.: K. McAuliffe, S. Ryan, J. Short, T. Sonsie
Sub.: S. Green

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: N. Cox, S. Durham, A. Davey
Half-forward: J. Gresham, N. Caddy, M. Guelfi
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, K. Langford
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: D. Heppell, N. Hind, J. Kelly, A. Perkins
Sub.: E. Tsatas

Richmond (10.14.74) were defeated by Essendon (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Richmond: D. Martin (3), S. Bolton (2), M. Lefau (2), K. McIntosh, M. Pickett, H. Ralphsmith
Essendon: J. Stringer (4), K. Langford (3), N. Hind (2), A. Davey, Z. Merrett, J. Ridley

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 17th on the ladder and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 May 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,359

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin level ESSE by 6 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration 29:35 32:51 32:54 30:10 2:05:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adem Yze (Richmond), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Toby Nankervis (Richmond), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 3
Sam Durham ESSE 22 2
Dustin Martin RICH 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 10 2 0 0 0 0
Dustin Martin RICH 4 5 0 1 0 0 1
Toby Nankervis RICH 25 5 0 1 0 0 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 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 81% 0 1 23 14 9 4 0 1 4 7 1 2 2 7
21 Balta, Noah FPL 80% 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 5
29 Bolton, Shai CHF↓ 72% 2 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 4
35 Broad, Nathan BPR 93% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0
30 Brown, Tom BPL 80% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 1
44 Campbell, Seth HFFL 86% 0 1 14 5 9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
38 Cumberland, Noah HFFR 83% 0 2 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 4
27 Dow, Thomson RO 73% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 3 5 3 1 0 2 2
48 Green, Steely SUB↑ 13% 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
42 Lefau, Mykelti FF 88% 2 0 5 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
4 Martin, Dustin FPR 79% 3 2 23 13 10 5 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 5
28 McAuliffe, Kane INT 66% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 4
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn WL 78% 1 1 17 10 7 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
46 Miller, Ben FB 94% 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 0
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 79% 0 0 17 9 8 1 44 2 8 3 2 0 3 4
50 Pickett, Marlion WR 83% 1 3 18 8 10 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 4
3 Prestia, Dion RR 82% 0 0 27 12 15 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 2 1
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo HBFL 92% 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 4
17 Rioli, Daniel HBFR 83% 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 9 2
32 Ryan, Samson INT 61% 0 0 5 1 4 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
15 Short, Jayden INT 76% 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 1 2 6 1 0 6 0
40 Sonsie, Tyler INT 82% 0 1 12 5 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
1 Vlastuin, Nick CHB 94% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 0 6 2 4 7 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 14 354 203 151 77 50 37 41 65 14 17 56 55

S. Green replaced S. Bolton.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 75% 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 70% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 5 5 1 1 1 1 4
13 Cox, Nik WL↓ 12% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Davey, Alwyn WR 77% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
22 Durham, Sam C 78% 0 1 25 14 11 4 0 3 5 2 2 0 2 6
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 82% 0 0 13 4 9 4 16 2 3 2 0 1 0 2
11 Gresham, Jade HFFL 77% 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 6
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFR 83% 0 1 9 4 5 4 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 86% 0 0 26 8 18 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 1
19 Hind, Nick INT 68% 2 0 25 19 6 5 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 7
29 Kelly, Jake INT 86% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 98% 3 1 16 11 5 9 0 5 0 4 1 2 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 94% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 7 1
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 94% 0 1 29 20 9 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 5
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 84% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 88% 1 1 31 22 9 5 0 2 4 6 1 2 1 5
16 Perkins, Archie INT 64% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 85% 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 2 1 3 0 0 6 6
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 77% 1 0 31 24 7 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 3
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 78% 4 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 2 6 1 3 0 4
5 Tsatas, Elijah SUB↑ 66% 0 0 16 7 9 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 79% 0 1 19 8 11 3 8 4 2 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 12 14 400 237 163 102 24 49 31 55 17 14 45 68

E. Tsatas replaced N. Cox.

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
14 J. Ridley 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 25 T. Nankervis (c) 28 K. McAuliffe
4 D. Martin 42 M. Lefau 21 N. Balta 3 D. Prestia 32 S. Ryan
FORWARD 27 T. Dow 15 J. Short
HALF-BACK

40 T. Sonsie
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

48 S. Green
38 N. Cumberland 29 S. Bolton 44 S. Campbell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 N. Cox 22 S. Durham 33 A. Davey



50 M. Pickett 7 L. Baker 33 K. McIntosh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 21 D. Heppell
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 19 N. Hind
11 J. Gresham 30 N. Caddy 35 M. Guelfi 7 Z. Merrett (c) 29 J. Kelly
17 D. Rioli 1 N. Vlastuin 13 H. Ralphsmith

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

5 E. Tsatas
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford



35 N. Broad 46 B. Miller 30 T. Brown



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Marlion Pickett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:28
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:33
ESSE Peter Wright behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:09
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 06:31
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 11:14
RICH Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:32
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:34
RICH Dustin Martin goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 18:05
RICH Marlion Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 20:51
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 24:32
ESSE Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 26:28
RICH Shai Bolton goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 27:48
Q2 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 02:21
RICH Dustin Martin goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 02:50
RICH Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 04:44
RICH Marlion Pickett behind 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 08:33
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 09:29
RICH Noah Cumberland behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 11:34
RICH Seth Campbell behind 4.7.31 - 4.4.28 12:39
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 4.7.31 - 4.5.29 13:58
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 4.7.31 - 4.6.30 16:04
ESSE Nick Hind goal 4.7.31 - 5.6.36 17:55
ESSE Jordan Ridley goal 4.7.31 - 6.6.42 21:02
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 4.7.31 - 6.7.43 22:54
ESSE Nick Hind goal 4.7.31 - 7.7.49 24:33
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 5.7.37 - 7.7.49 26:33
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 6.7.43 - 7.7.49 28:12
Q3 RICH Liam Baker behind 6.8.44 - 7.7.49 00:44
RICH Marlion Pickett goal 7.8.50 - 7.7.49 01:49
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 7.8.50 - 7.8.50 04:16
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.8.50 - 8.8.56 04:35
ESSE Sam Durham behind 7.8.50 - 8.9.57 07:04
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.8.50 - 9.9.63 09:41
RICH Tyler Sonsie behind 7.9.51 - 9.9.63 12:17
ESSE Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 9.10.64 14:28
ESSE Nic Martin behind 7.9.51 - 9.11.65 19:27
RICH Shai Bolton goal 8.9.57 - 9.11.65 22:52
RICH Dustin Martin goal 9.9.63 - 9.11.65 25:06
RICH Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 9.11.65 26:30
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 9.10.64 - 9.12.66 27:10
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.10.64 - 10.12.72 31:39
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 10.13.73 03:34
RICH Dustin Martin behind 9.11.65 - 10.13.73 04:46
RICH Noah Cumberland behind 9.12.66 - 10.13.73 08:34
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh behind 9.13.67 - 10.13.73 09:06
RICH Dustin Martin behind 9.14.68 - 10.13.73 10:34
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 9.14.68 - 11.13.79 18:13
ESSE Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 11.14.80 19:31
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.14.68 - 12.14.86 20:58
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith goal 10.14.74 - 12.14.86 24:40