2025 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2025 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 8 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, H. Petty
Half-back: J. McVee, T. McDonald, T. Rivers
Centre: C. Windsor, J. Viney (vice-capt.), X. Lindsay
Half-forward: T. Sparrow, K. Pickett, E. Langdon
Forward: K. Tholstrup, T. Fullarton, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, H. Langford
Int.: K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, C. Oliver, C. Salem
Sub.: H. Sharp

Richmond
Back: C. Gray, B. Miller, N. Vlastuin
Half-back: L. Trainor, J. Short, N. Broad
Centre: H. Ralphsmith, S. Lalor, J. Trezise
Half-forward: S. Green, K. McIntosh, S. Campbell
Forward: J. Faull, T. Lynch, R. Mansell
Follower: T. Nankervis (capt.), T. Taranto, J. Hopper
Int.: S. Banks, T. Dow, M. Rioli, J. Ross
Sub.: T. Brown

Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Chandler (2), B. Fritsch (2), C. Petracca (2), H. Petty (2), E. Langdon, K. Pickett, T. Sparrow, K. Tholstrup
Richmond: T. Lynch (3), T. Taranto (2), S. Green, S. Lalor, R. Mansell, T. Nankervis

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) and Richmond were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Thursday 24 April 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,635

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 12.11.83 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Richmond 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 4 MELB by 35 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration 30:52 30:16 33:01 32:57 2:07:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Adem Yze (Richmond)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Toby Nankervis (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Richmond)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jake Bowey MELB 17 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 84% 0 0 32 20 12 9 0 3 5 3 3 1 2 2
37 Chandler, Kade INT 87% 2 0 18 10 8 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 75% 2 2 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
33 Fullarton, Tom FF 70% 0 0 3 2 1 0 10 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 77% 0 1 25 11 14 9 34 4 6 1 2 1 3 1
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 81% 1 0 28 9 19 7 0 2 1 5 1 3 1 2
19 Langford, Harvey RO 78% 0 1 21 11 10 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 3
20 Lindsay, Xavier WR 70% 0 0 21 15 6 11 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
1 May, Steven FB 88% 0 0 20 13 7 10 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 83% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 76% 0 0 22 9 13 2 0 7 7 1 1 0 0 2
5 Petracca, Christian RR 82% 2 0 28 11 17 7 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 6
35 Petty, Harry BPR 78% 2 1 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah CHF 86% 1 2 18 12 6 2 0 3 2 4 0 3 0 5
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 84% 0 1 28 17 11 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2
3 Salem, Christian INT 87% 0 0 34 27 7 13 0 1 0 3 1 0 6 0
30 Sharp, Harry SUB↑ 24% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 78% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFL 88% 1 0 16 12 4 6 0 11 1 2 2 1 0 2
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn FPL↓ 63% 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) C 87% 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 15 2 8 2 1 1 4
6 Windsor, Caleb WL 82% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 2 1 5 1 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 11 423 245 178 126 44 72 38 56 26 19 33 46

H. Sharp replaced K. Tholstrup.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Banks, Sam INT 80% 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
35 Broad, Nathan HBFR 89% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
30 Brown, Tom SUB↑ 33% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
44 Campbell, Seth HFFR 75% 0 1 12 4 8 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0
27 Dow, Thomson INT 79% 0 0 28 10 18 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0
26 Faull, Jonty FPL 87% 0 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 3
50 Gray, Campbell BPL↓ 54% 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
48 Green, Steely HFFL 80% 1 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 84% 0 1 23 11 12 3 0 4 6 3 1 1 1 5
22 Lalor, Sam C 83% 1 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 1
19 Lynch, Tom FF 83% 3 3 13 13 0 7 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
7 Mansell, Rhyan FPR 64% 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 1
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn CHF 79% 0 1 12 7 5 1 5 6 6 4 1 2 1 2
12 Miller, Ben FB 95% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 3 0 3 2 2 3 1
25 Nankervis, Toby (c) RU 83% 1 0 15 11 4 3 31 2 8 2 2 1 2 4
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo WL 84% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1
17 Rioli, Maurice INT 61% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 2
5 Ross, Jack INT 79% 0 0 24 11 13 5 0 1 4 6 0 1 0 6
15 Short, Jayden CHB 84% 0 0 25 21 4 6 0 1 0 2 3 2 3 4
14 Taranto, Tim RR 89% 2 0 22 8 14 3 0 1 3 3 2 1 2 2
31 Trainor, Luke HBFL 83% 0 0 16 13 3 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1
36 Trezise, James WR 88% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1
1 Vlastuin, Nick BPR 83% 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 0 0 6 2 4 7 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 9 326 198 128 94 36 42 38 60 19 26 34 43

T. Brown replaced C. Gray.

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
50 C. Gray 12 B. Miller 1 N. Vlastuin 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
9 C. Spargo 33 T. Fullarton 12 K. Tholstrup 5 C. Petracca 31 B. Fritsch
FORWARD 19 H. Langford 13 C. Oliver
HALF-BACK

3 C. Salem
31 L. Trainor 15 J. Short 35 N. Broad

30 H. Sharp
15 E. Langdon 36 K. Pickett 32 T. Sparrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 H. Ralphsmith 22 S. Lalor 36 J. Trezise



20 X. Lindsay 7 J. Viney (vc) 6 C. Windsor FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 T. Nankervis (c) 41 S. Banks
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Taranto 27 T. Dow
48 S. Green 33 K. McIntosh 44 S. Campbell 2 J. Hopper 17 M. Rioli
24 T. Rivers 25 T. McDonald 4 J. McVee

5 J. Ross
HALF-BACK

30 T. Brown
FORWARD



26 J. Faull 19 T. Lynch 7 R. Mansell



35 H. Petty 1 S. May 17 J. Bowey



BACK



Richmond Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Trent Rivers behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:55
MELB Harvey Langford behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 04:01
MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 08:04
RICH Tom Lynch behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 10:42
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 17:09
RICH Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 22:28
MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 23:37
RICH Jacob Hopper behind 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 25:30
RICH Sam Lalor goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 27:11
RICH Tim Taranto goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 30:47
Q2 RICH Tom Lynch behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 01:16
MELB Harry Petty behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 03:23
RICH Steely Green goal 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 07:03
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 11:35
MELB Harry Petty goal 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 12:02
RICH Kamdyn McIntosh behind 4.4.28 - 3.5.23 17:05
RICH Seth Campbell behind 4.4.28 - 3.6.24 18:40
RICH Rhyan Mansell goal 4.4.28 - 4.6.30 21:37
MELB Harry Petty goal 5.4.34 - 4.6.30 23:48
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 00:59
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.4.46 - 4.6.30 07:55
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.4.52 - 4.6.30 09:27
RICH Tom Lynch goal 8.4.52 - 5.6.36 13:19
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 9.4.58 - 5.6.36 17:47
MELB Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 5.6.36 20:20
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 10.5.65 - 5.6.36 22:48
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 10.6.66 - 5.6.36 26:20
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.6.72 - 5.6.36 27:21
RICH Tom Lynch behind 11.6.72 - 5.7.37 29:03
MELB Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 5.7.37 31:02
RICH Jonty Faull behind 11.7.73 - 5.8.38 32:53
Q4 MELB Kade Chandler goal 12.7.79 - 5.8.38 02:23
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.8.80 - 5.8.38 05:22
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.9.81 - 5.8.38 09:59
MELB Max Gawn behind 12.10.82 - 5.8.38 14:30
RICH Tom Lynch goal 12.10.82 - 6.8.44 20:13
RICH Rushed behind 12.10.82 - 6.9.45 24:03
RICH Tom Lynch goal 12.10.82 - 7.9.51 25:05
RICH Tim Taranto goal 12.10.82 - 8.9.57 26:58
RICH Toby Nankervis goal 12.10.82 - 9.9.63 29:50
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.11.83 - 9.9.63 31:58