2026 AFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 2026 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Toby Nankervis, Jack Ross captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Richmond (11.6.72) were defeated by Melbourne (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Friday 24 April 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,364

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.6.72 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 1 7 . 2 10 . 5 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Melbourne 4 . 4 10 . 5 13 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 21 MELB by 22 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration 30:08 34:56 29:53 30:35 2:05:32

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: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Adem Yze

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Tom Sparrow MELB 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Balta, Noah BPR 63% 0 0 9 1 8 3 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 1
35 Broad, Nathan HBFR 82% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0
30 Brown, Tom INT 83% 0 0 24 18 6 7 0 3 0 2 1 2 7 2
45 Burton, Tom INT 78% 0 1 12 4 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
44 Campbell, Seth HFFR 83% 2 1 13 11 2 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3
22 Cumming, Sam CHF 72% 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 5
8 Faull, Jonty FF 91% 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
50 Gray, Campbell FPL 84% 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
48 Green, Steely HFFL 84% 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 1 5 0 2 2 3
24 Grlj, Sam CHB 81% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 67% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 4
4 Lalor, Sam RO 74% 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 3 7 4 0 1 2 4
42 Lefau, Mykelti RU 87% 2 0 8 5 3 4 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 2
19 Lynch, Tom FPR 77% 1 1 10 7 3 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
28 McAuliffe, Kane INT 78% 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 2 1 2 4 0 2 1
12 Miller, Ben BPL 94% 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 1
3 Prestia, Dion C 69% 0 0 28 13 15 3 0 6 5 2 0 1 1 4
13 Ralphsmith, Hugo WL 87% 1 0 17 8 9 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 1
33 Retschko, Patrick WR 80% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 4
5 Ross, Jack (ac) RR 80% 0 0 27 4 23 3 0 2 4 7 0 2 0 4
32 Ryan, Samson INT 44% 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
36 Trezise, James HBFL 79% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2
1 Vlastuin, Nick FB 82% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 6 344 182 162 71 18 46 32 55 13 22 40 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Chandler, Kade WL 79% 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 2 3
13 Culley, Jai INT 36% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 81% 2 1 15 11 4 2 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 77% 1 2 20 8 12 5 21 1 5 4 2 2 2 3
27 Heath, Max INT 50% 0 1 8 3 5 1 26 0 2 0 1 0 1 1
22 Howes, Blake BPR 88% 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2
21 Jefferson, Matthew HFFR 83% 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
14 Jiath, Changkuoth INT 72% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 91% 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1
4 Langford, Harvey RR 84% 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 62% 1 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5
8 Lever, Jake FB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 0
28 Mihocek, Brody CHF 86% 3 1 9 6 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 80% 4 0 29 27 2 4 0 2 6 2 2 0 3 6
33 Pickett, Latrelle HFFL 81% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 3 4 1 3 0 1
30 Sharp, Harry HBFR 90% 1 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 72% 1 0 28 16 12 3 0 8 9 5 3 1 2 7
9 Steele, Jack C 77% 0 0 25 14 11 5 0 4 3 5 2 1 2 8
19 Taylor, Xavier HBFL 79% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn CHB 75% 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 Turner, Daniel BPL 96% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FPL 86% 0 2 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb RO 75% 2 0 25 15 10 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 6
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 19 12 362 212 150 78 47 44 38 48 22 13 35 61

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
10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 22 B. Howes 42 M. Lefau 30 T. Brown
19 T. Lynch 8 J. Faull 50 C. Gray 5 J. Ross (ac) 45 T. Burton
FORWARD 4 S. Lalor 2 J. Hopper
HALF-BACK

28 K. McAuliffe
19 X. Taylor 12 K. Tholstrup 30 H. Sharp

32 S. Ryan
44 S. Campbell 22 S. Cumming 48 S. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 K. Chandler 9 J. Steele 15 E. Langdon



33 P. Retschko 3 D. Prestia 13 H. Ralphsmith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 13 J. Culley
HALF-FORWARD 4 H. Langford 27 M. Heath
33 L. Pickett 28 B. Mihocek 21 M. Jefferson 6 C. Windsor 14 C. Jiath
35 N. Broad 24 S. Grlj 36 J. Trezise

16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
FORWARD



2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch 36 K. Pickett



21 N. Balta 1 N. Vlastuin 12 B. Miller



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Jonty Faull goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:26
RICH Steely Green behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:40
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 03:44
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 05:38
RICH Steely Green goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 06:27
MELB Kade Chandler goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 13:20
MELB Max Heath behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:45
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 18:11
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 22:13
MELB Harry Sharp behind 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 23:49
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 25:17
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 27:00
Q2 RICH Sam Cumming goal 4.1.25 - 4.4.28 01:27
RICH Seth Campbell goal 5.1.31 - 4.4.28 04:48
MELB Harry Sharp goal 5.1.31 - 5.4.34 07:10
RICH Hugo Ralphsmith goal 6.1.37 - 5.4.34 13:52
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 6.1.37 - 6.4.40 15:28
RICH Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 6.4.40 20:48
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.2.38 - 7.4.46 24:37
MELB Harvey Langford goal 6.2.38 - 8.4.52 26:40
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 6.2.38 - 8.5.53 28:12
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.2.38 - 9.5.59 30:41
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 6.2.38 - 10.5.65 32:29
RICH Kane McAuliffe goal 7.2.44 - 10.5.65 34:54
Q3 RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 8.2.50 - 10.5.65 00:52
MELB Brody Mihocek behind 8.2.50 - 10.6.66 02:26
MELB Rushed behind 8.2.50 - 10.7.67 04:42
RICH Sam Cumming behind 8.3.51 - 10.7.67 07:01
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.3.51 - 10.8.68 07:44
RICH Tom Lynch goal 9.3.57 - 10.8.68 09:13
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 9.3.57 - 11.8.74 12:53
RICH Seth Campbell goal 10.3.63 - 11.8.74 14:49
MELB Rushed behind 10.3.63 - 11.9.75 16:08
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 10.3.63 - 12.9.81 17:59
RICH Tom Lynch behind 10.4.64 - 12.9.81 20:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.4.64 - 13.9.87 20:45
RICH Tom Burton behind 10.5.65 - 13.9.87 24:37
Q4 MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 10.5.65 - 13.10.88 02:26
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.5.65 - 14.10.94 03:47
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 10.5.65 - 15.10.100 05:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.5.65 - 16.10.106 10:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.5.65 - 17.10.112 13:09
MELB Max Gawn behind 10.5.65 - 17.11.113 18:21
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 10.5.65 - 18.11.119 19:17
RICH Sam Lalor goal 11.5.71 - 18.11.119 21:41
MELB Max Gawn behind 11.5.71 - 18.12.120 23:10
MELB Max Gawn goal 11.5.71 - 19.12.126 25:26
RICH Seth Campbell behind 11.6.72 - 19.12.126 28:35