2026 AFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2026 between Richmond and Essendon during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. In the absence of Toby Nankervis, vice-captain Tim Taranto captained the hosts. Andrew McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adem Yze and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Richmond (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Friday 22 May 2026
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,815

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 5 7 . 7 8 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 10 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin RICH by 15 RICH by 15 RICH by 12 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration 30:14 29:05 26:02 30:19 1:55:40

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 (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Tim Taranto (acting)
Coach: Adem Yze

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Tim Taranto RICH 14 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 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
29 Alger, Jasper INT 72% 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 1
21 Balta, Noah RU 81% 0 1 15 10 5 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 3
35 Broad, Nathan BPR 88% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
45 Burton, Tom INT 68% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
44 Campbell, Seth RO 72% 0 1 22 10 12 3 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2
22 Cumming, Sam CHF 78% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3
8 Faull, Jonty FPL 32% 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Green, Steely HFFL 83% 2 1 13 7 6 4 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 1
24 Grlj, Sam CHB 77% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1 5 1 2 0 3
47 Hayes-Brown, Oliver INT 49% 0 0 7 2 5 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 73% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 5 4 0 3 2 1
42 Lefau, Mykelti FPR 90% 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 1
19 Lynch, Tom FF 89% 2 2 10 8 2 6 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
12 Miller, Ben FB 100% 0 0 17 16 1 9 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 1
33 Retschko, Patrick WL 84% 0 0 27 15 12 8 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 5
27 Roberts-Thomson, Noah HFFR 78% 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
5 Ross, Jack RR 82% 1 2 24 8 16 3 0 5 1 4 4 2 1 2
15 Short, Jayden HBFL 80% 1 1 30 25 5 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 10 4
40 Sonsie, Tyler WR 86% 0 1 22 13 9 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
14 Taranto, Tim (ac) C 83% 0 1 30 14 16 8 0 7 8 3 3 1 2 4
11 Trainor, Luke BPL 88% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0
36 Trezise, James INT 79% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
1 Vlastuin, Nick HBFR 88% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 3 4 2 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 14 361 208 153 102 8 52 32 48 26 20 36 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan HFFL 84% 0 0 10 7 3 3 13 2 0 4 1 2 0 3
24 Bryan, Nick INT 71% 0 0 14 6 8 2 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 100% 2 3 7 7 0 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 74% 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
44 Day-Wicks, Archer INT 80% 0 1 8 3 5 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1
22 Durham, Sam RO 7% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 85% 0 0 14 6 8 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
45 Edwards, Thomas WR 91% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
2 Farrow, Jacob INT 88% 0 1 18 12 6 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Gresham, Jade HBFR 96% 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 3% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle FF 97% 0 0 27 17 10 9 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1
26 May, Archie FPL 96% 3 1 15 10 5 6 0 5 0 6 2 1 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) BPR 32% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 McKay, Ben BPL 96% 0 0 19 12 7 11 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach RR 88% 1 0 36 18 18 12 0 5 4 4 2 2 1 6
3 Parish, Darcy C 91% 0 2 41 22 19 7 0 4 9 9 1 5 2 6
16 Perkins, Archie FPR 90% 0 1 19 10 9 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
25 Prior, Jaxon RU 87% 0 1 22 16 6 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 7 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 89% 0 0 30 25 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 2
31 Reid, Zach FB 88% 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFL 83% 0 0 33 21 12 7 0 1 1 7 0 2 2 7
9 Robey, Sullivan HFFR 85% 0 1 23 9 14 6 0 2 4 5 2 3 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 7 14 392 231 161 125 35 44 26 59 20 26 31 45

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
32 B. McKay 31 Z. Reid 1 A. McGrath (c) 21 N. Balta 29 J. Alger
42 M. Lefau 19 T. Lynch 8 J. Faull 5 J. Ross 45 T. Burton
FORWARD 44 S. Campbell 47 O. Hayes-Brown
HALF-BACK

2 J. Hopper
21 A. Roberts 27 M. Redman 11 J. Gresham

36 J. Trezise
27 N. Roberts-Thomson 22 S. Cumming 48 S. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 X. Duursma 3 D. Parish 45 T. Edwards



40 T. Sonsie 14 T. Taranto (ac) 33 P. Retschko FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 J. Prior 24 N. Bryan
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 6 J. Caldwell
46 L. Blakiston 30 N. Caddy 9 S. Robey 22 S. Durham 44 A. Day-Wicks
1 N. Vlastuin 24 S. Grlj 15 J. Short

2 J. Farrow
HALF-BACK

35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD



26 A. May 4 K. Langford 16 A. Perkins



35 N. Broad 12 B. Miller 11 L. Trainor



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Tim Taranto behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:35
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:36
RICH Jayden Short behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 06:21
RICH Sam Cumming goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 08:24
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 10:06
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 11:36
RICH Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 12:21
ESSE Archie May goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 12:54
RICH Steely Green goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 16:14
RICH Jack Ross behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 18:38
RICH Jonty Faull goal 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 19:55
RICH Steely Green goal 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 26:10
RICH Seth Campbell behind 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 29:39
Q2 RICH Jack Ross goal 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 02:15
RICH Jack Ross behind 5.6.36 - 2.2.14 04:06
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.6.36 - 3.2.20 08:40
RICH Noah Balta behind 5.7.37 - 3.2.20 11:41
ESSE Sullivan Robey behind 5.7.37 - 3.3.21 14:26
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 5.7.37 - 4.3.27 17:03
RICH Tom Lynch goal 6.7.43 - 4.3.27 21:23
RICH Mykelti Lefau goal 7.7.49 - 4.3.27 23:33
ESSE Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 4.4.28 24:46
ESSE Archie May goal 7.7.49 - 5.4.34 27:12
Q3 RICH Jayden Short goal 8.7.55 - 5.4.34 01:05
RICH Tom Lynch behind 8.8.56 - 5.4.34 03:08
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.8.56 - 5.5.35 04:59
RICH Tom Lynch behind 8.9.57 - 5.5.35 06:48
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 8.9.57 - 5.6.36 08:26
ESSE Jacob Farrow behind 8.9.57 - 5.7.37 11:10
ESSE Archie May behind 8.9.57 - 5.8.38 13:07
RICH Rushed behind 8.10.58 - 5.8.38 14:38
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 8.10.58 - 5.9.39 17:54
ESSE Archie May goal 8.10.58 - 6.9.45 21:55
ESSE Jaxon Prior behind 8.10.58 - 6.10.46 25:59
Q4 RICH Jasper Alger behind 8.11.59 - 6.10.46 03:17
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 8.11.59 - 7.10.52 05:10
RICH Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 7.10.52 07:27
RICH Tom Lynch goal 9.12.66 - 7.10.52 10:16
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 9.12.66 - 7.11.53 13:05
RICH Steely Green behind 9.13.67 - 7.11.53 14:30
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 9.13.67 - 7.12.54 19:57
RICH Noah Roberts-Thomson goal 10.13.73 - 7.12.54 21:59
ESSE Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 7.13.55 23:46
RICH Tyler Sonsie behind 10.14.74 - 7.13.55 26:02
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 10.14.74 - 7.14.56 28:47