2025 AFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2025 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the 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 (12.11.83) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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

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