2026 AFL Season Round 9: West Coast v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2026 between West Coast and Richmond during round nine of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Richmond at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. In the absence of Toby Nankervis, Jack Ross captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

West Coast (13.10.88) were defeated by Richmond (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: West Coast v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 May 2026
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 46,350

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Richmond
Score: 13.10.88 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Richmond 3 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 7 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 10 RICH by 4 RICH by 11 RICH by 11
Duration 29:38 32:23 30:11 33:16 2:05:28

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Richmond

Captain: Jack Ross (acting)
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harley Reid WCST 9 3
Jack Ross RICH 5 2
Noah Balta RICH 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Baker, Liam HFFR 79% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 3 1 3 4 1 3 7
37 Champion, Malakai FPL 76% 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2
28 Cole, Tom HBFL 71% 0 0 7 4 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Davis, Hamish WR 80% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
21 Duff-Tytler, Cooper INT 65% 0 0 11 4 7 1 4 7 2 3 1 1 1 3
14 Duggan, Liam BPL 80% 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0
1 Duursma, Willem WL 74% 1 1 18 9 9 1 0 5 3 3 0 0 1 4
7 Ginbey, Reuben FB 92% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 2
8 Hewett, Elijah HFFL 74% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2
19 Hough, Brady BPR 80% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
11 Kelly, Tim RO 81% 1 0 30 12 18 3 0 2 7 2 2 1 1 7
5 Lindsay, Josh INT 65% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1
23 Maric, Ryan HBFR 79% 1 0 18 12 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
18 McCarthy, Tom INT 82% 0 0 23 18 5 10 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 0
47 Murdock, Milan INT 77% 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 5
16 Owies, Matthew FPR 80% 1 2 12 9 3 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
9 Reid, Harley RR 82% 2 1 26 12 14 2 0 4 10 11 0 5 1 4
48 Schoenberg, Harry INT 68% 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 3
35 Shanahan, Jobe CHF 85% 1 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Waterman, Jake FF 93% 3 1 19 15 4 11 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 2
32 Williams, Bailey RU 76% 1 0 12 6 6 0 28 4 2 5 1 4 1 4
6 Yeo, Elliot C 69% 1 1 20 10 10 1 0 11 7 4 3 1 1 5
20 Young, Tylar CHB 90% 0 0 14 12 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 10 350 202 148 95 32 58 39 63 16 23 31 64

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Balta, Noah BPL 77% 3 0 20 14 6 6 20 2 6 3 4 1 2 3
35 Broad, Nathan BPR 82% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0
30 Brown, Tom HBFL 79% 0 0 23 18 5 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 1
45 Burton, Tom INT 80% 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
44 Campbell, Seth CHF 85% 3 2 17 10 7 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 4
22 Cumming, Sam RO 75% 0 0 23 11 12 1 0 6 2 5 2 0 1 6
8 Faull, Jonty FPL 88% 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
50 Gray, Campbell RU 91% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
48 Green, Steely HFFL 82% 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 3
24 Grlj, Sam CHB 74% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 1
47 Hayes-Brown, Oliver INT 49% 0 0 8 2 6 0 15 0 3 4 1 2 0 1
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 74% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 2 5 9 2 3 0 3
42 Lefau, Mykelti FPR 95% 1 2 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2
19 Lynch, Tom FF 85% 1 3 13 9 4 4 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 2
28 McAuliffe, Kane WR 71% 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 4 4 9 0 2 5 6
12 Miller, Ben FB 97% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0
3 Prestia, Dion C 5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Retschko, Patrick WL 93% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 3 2
5 Ross, Jack (ac) RR 86% 0 0 29 8 21 4 0 5 11 3 1 0 5 2
15 Short, Jayden INT 85% 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 2
40 Sonsie, Tyler HFFR 83% 1 1 16 9 7 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
36 Trezise, James INT 77% 0 0 18 11 7 8 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 1
1 Vlastuin, Nick HBFR 87% 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 9 348 210 138 90 35 49 38 59 23 16 50 48

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

West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 N. Balta 12 B. Miller 35 N. Broad 32 B. Williams 21 C. Duff-Tytler
16 M. Owies 2 J. Waterman 37 M. Champion 9 H. Reid 5 J. Lindsay
FORWARD 11 T. Kelly 18 T. McCarthy
HALF-BACK

47 M. Murdock
30 T. Brown 24 S. Grlj 1 N. Vlastuin

48 H. Schoenberg
3 L. Baker 35 J. Shanahan 8 E. Hewett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 P. Retschko 3 D. Prestia 28 K. McAuliffe



38 H. Davis 6 E. Yeo 1 W. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 50 C. Gray 45 T. Burton
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Ross (ac) 47 O. Hayes-Brown
48 S. Green 44 S. Campbell 40 T. Sonsie 22 S. Cumming 2 J. Hopper
23 R. Maric 20 T. Young 28 T. Cole

15 J. Short
HALF-BACK

36 J. Trezise
FORWARD



8 J. Faull 19 T. Lynch 42 M. Lefau



19 B. Hough 7 R. Ginbey 14 L. Duggan



BACK



Richmond Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Matthew Owies behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:25
WCST Harley Reid goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:01
RICH Seth Campbell behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:09
RICH Seth Campbell goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 07:18
WCST Harry Schoenberg behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 13:36
RICH Jonty Faull goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 14:37
WCST Matthew Owies goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 18:17
RICH Tom Lynch behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 20:32
RICH Tyler Sonsie behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 23:42
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 27:20
Q2 WCST Harley Reid goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 00:16
WCST Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 01:25
WCST Malakai Champion goal 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 05:42
WCST Jake Waterman goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 10:46
RICH Jonty Faull goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 12:31
RICH Tom Lynch behind 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 15:26
RICH Jonty Faull goal 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 18:57
WCST Willem Duursma behind 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 21:36
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 5.5.35 - 5.4.34 22:44
RICH Tom Lynch goal 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 24:32
WCST Ryan Maric goal 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 26:03
WCST Harley Reid behind 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 28:09
RICH Noah Balta goal 6.6.42 - 7.4.46 30:10
RICH Noah Balta goal 6.6.42 - 8.4.52 32:18
Q3 WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 6.7.43 - 8.4.52 01:11
RICH Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 8.5.53 03:52
RICH Steely Green goal 6.7.43 - 9.5.59 04:49
WCST Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 9.5.59 08:46
RICH Kane McAuliffe goal 6.8.44 - 10.5.65 12:12
WCST Tim Kelly goal 7.8.50 - 10.5.65 13:31
WCST Matthew Owies behind 7.9.51 - 10.5.65 17:16
RICH Seth Campbell behind 7.9.51 - 10.6.66 18:54
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 8.9.57 - 10.6.66 20:21
RICH Mykelti Lefau behind 8.9.57 - 10.7.67 23:07
WCST Jake Waterman goal 9.9.63 - 10.7.67 27:43
Q4 WCST Elliot Yeo goal 10.9.69 - 10.7.67 00:28
RICH Noah Balta goal 10.9.69 - 11.7.73 03:28
RICH Seth Campbell goal 10.9.69 - 12.7.79 05:17
WCST Jake Waterman goal 11.9.75 - 12.7.79 10:01
WCST Bailey Williams goal 12.9.81 - 12.7.79 13:38
WCST Jake Waterman behind 12.10.82 - 12.7.79 18:25
RICH Tom Lynch behind 12.10.82 - 12.8.80 22:24
RICH Steely Green goal 12.10.82 - 13.8.86 24:16
RICH Tyler Sonsie goal 12.10.82 - 14.8.92 26:28
WCST Willem Duursma goal 13.10.88 - 14.8.92 29:33
RICH Seth Campbell goal 13.10.88 - 15.8.98 31:16
RICH Mykelti Lefau behind 13.10.88 - 15.9.99 33:13