2025 AFL Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 2025 between Essendon and Richmond during round 12 of the 2025 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. In the absence of Toby Nankervis, Nathan Broad captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), B. McKay, A. Roberts
Half-back: M. Redman, Z. Reid, J. Prior
Centre: J. Gresham, Z. Merrett (capt.), A. Clarke
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, N. Caddy, N. Martin
Forward: K. Langford, P. Wright, I. Kako
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, S. Durham
Int.: X. Duursma, J. Laverde, A. Perkins, W. Setterfield
Sub.: B. Hobbs

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

Essendon (11.15.81) defeated Richmond (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Clarke (3), N. Martin (2), P. Wright (2), N. Caddy, S. Durham, M. Guelfi, A. Perkins
Richmond: S. Lalor (2), H. Ralphsmith (2), T. Taranto (2), J. Faull, R. Mansell

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Richmond remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Friday 23 May 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 76,051

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 11.15.81 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration 28:07 34:14 31:48 28:36 2:02:45

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Sam Durham ESSE 22 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 86% 1 2 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 74% 0 0 29 9 20 3 0 11 6 4 0 0 2 3
36 Clarke, Angus WR 84% 3 1 16 14 2 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6
22 Durham, Sam RO 78% 1 1 26 12 14 4 0 5 6 3 0 1 1 2
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 91% 0 2 27 17 10 9 0 2 0 5 1 1 4 4
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 79% 0 0 11 2 9 0 38 2 8 5 4 4 0 0
11 Gresham, Jade WL 80% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 75% 1 0 9 2 7 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben SUB↑ 45% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 76% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPL↓ 37% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
15 Laverde, Jayden INT 91% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 0
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 86% 2 0 35 26 9 9 0 8 6 4 2 1 1 8
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 81% 0 0 31 14 17 5 0 2 1 4 0 0 5 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 98% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 91% 0 1 37 22 15 8 0 7 3 1 0 0 2 6
16 Perkins, Archie INT 81% 1 0 24 13 11 2 0 4 6 5 0 0 1 1
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFR 88% 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 7 3
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 76% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
31 Reid, Zach CHB 58% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 0
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 81% 0 1 34 20 14 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 5 6
12 Setterfield, Will INT 73% 0 0 19 8 11 6 0 8 3 0 2 0 2 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 89% 2 3 18 14 4 5 18 4 2 3 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 15 442 249 193 102 56 74 45 63 15 16 39 55

B. Hobbs replaced K. Langford.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Banks, Sam CHB 82% 0 0 29 23 6 8 0 2 0 4 0 1 7 2
35 Broad, Nathan (ac) BPL 94% 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2
30 Brown, Tom INT 83% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 2
44 Campbell, Seth HFFL 85% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 2
27 Dow, Thomson WL↓ 42% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
26 Faull, Jonty FPL 89% 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3
50 Gray, Campbell BPR 84% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
48 Green, Steely INT 83% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 85% 0 1 23 15 8 3 0 5 9 3 3 1 1 5
22 Lalor, Sam FF 64% 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mansell, Rhyan HFFR 74% 1 2 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 4
28 McAuliffe, Kane INT 75% 0 1 21 9 12 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 2
33 McIntosh, Kamdyn C 82% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 1
12 Miller, Ben FB 91% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 1
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo WR 86% 2 1 17 11 6 4 0 4 0 3 2 2 2 5
17 Rioli, Maurice SUB↑ 46% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Ross, Jack CHF 85% 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 5
32 Ryan, Samson RU 75% 0 0 11 4 7 2 27 1 3 5 2 4 0 3
38 Sims, Tom FPR 73% 0 0 9 2 7 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 1
49 Smith, Kaleb HBFL 77% 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1
14 Taranto, Tim RR 83% 2 0 23 12 11 5 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 3
31 Trainor, Luke INT 75% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1
1 Vlastuin, Nick HBFR 85% 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 2 1 4 2 0 7 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 10 342 201 141 94 30 54 23 57 16 15 44 48

M. Rioli replaced T. Dow.

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

Essendon Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 N. Broad (ac) 12 B. Miller 50 C. Gray 17 T. Goldstein 28 X. Duursma
10 I. Kako 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford 6 J. Caldwell 15 J. Laverde
FORWARD 22 S. Durham 16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

12 W. Setterfield
49 K. Smith 41 S. Banks 1 N. Vlastuin

8 B. Hobbs
37 N. Martin 30 N. Caddy 35 M. Guelfi



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 T. Dow 33 K. McIntosh 13 H. Ralphsmith



36 A. Clarke 7 Z. Merrett (c) 11 J. Gresham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 S. Ryan 30 T. Brown
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Taranto 48 S. Green
44 S. Campbell 5 J. Ross 7 R. Mansell 2 J. Hopper 28 K. McAuliffe
25 J. Prior 31 Z. Reid 27 M. Redman

31 L. Trainor
HALF-BACK

17 M. Rioli
FORWARD



26 J. Faull 22 S. Lalor 38 T. Sims



21 A. Roberts 32 B. McKay 1 A. McGrath (vc)



BACK



Richmond Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Nic Martin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:17
RICH Tim Taranto goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 12:29
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 16:00
RICH Jacob Hopper behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 22:00
RICH Rhyan Mansell behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 24:17
ESSE Angus Clarke goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 25:31
Q2 RICH Sam Lalor goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 00:57
RICH Steely Green behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 03:00
RICH Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 03:33
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith behind 2.1.13 - 2.5.17 04:20
ESSE Archie Roberts behind 2.2.14 - 2.5.17 06:15
ESSE Angus Clarke goal 3.2.20 - 2.5.17 07:33
ESSE Nic Martin goal 4.2.26 - 2.5.17 10:14
RICH Jonty Faull behind 4.2.26 - 2.6.18 11:52
RICH Jonty Faull goal 4.2.26 - 3.6.24 13:00
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 4.3.27 - 3.6.24 19:15
RICH Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.7.25 20:17
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith goal 4.3.27 - 4.7.31 21:54
ESSE Angus Clarke goal 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 24:44
ESSE Peter Wright behind 5.4.34 - 4.7.31 30:30
ESSE Sam Durham goal 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 32:08
Q3 ESSE Nate Caddy goal 7.4.46 - 4.7.31 02:23
RICH Rhyan Mansell goal 7.4.46 - 5.7.37 03:46
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 7.5.47 - 5.7.37 07:34
RICH Tim Taranto goal 7.5.47 - 6.7.43 09:00
RICH Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 6.8.44 12:36
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 7.6.48 - 6.8.44 16:05
RICH Sam Lalor goal 7.6.48 - 7.8.50 17:07
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.6.54 - 7.8.50 19:58
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 7.8.50 22:23
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 9.7.61 - 7.8.50 27:45
ESSE Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.8.50 31:14
Q4 ESSE Xavier Duursma behind 9.9.63 - 7.8.50 00:53
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 10.9.69 - 7.8.50 04:18
ESSE Peter Wright behind 10.10.70 - 7.8.50 08:15
ESSE Sam Durham behind 10.11.71 - 7.8.50 09:29
ESSE Angus Clarke behind 10.12.72 - 7.8.50 10:29
ESSE Ben Hobbs behind 10.13.73 - 7.8.50 13:46
RICH Kane McAuliffe behind 10.13.73 - 7.9.51 16:09
ESSE Peter Wright goal 11.13.79 - 7.9.51 18:51
ESSE Xavier Duursma behind 11.14.80 - 7.9.51 21:58
ESSE Peter Wright behind 11.15.81 - 7.9.51 22:57
RICH Rhyan Mansell behind 11.15.81 - 7.10.52 24:59
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith goal 11.15.81 - 8.10.58 28:33