2026 AFL Season Round 21: Western Bulldogs v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Richmond at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors with Tim Taranto as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

The Western Bulldogs (15.15.105) defeated Richmond (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 July 2026
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 25,154

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Richmond
Score: 15.15.105 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	5	6	.	10	10	.	13	15	.	15	15	.	15	(105)
Richmond	2	.	3	2	.	3	5	.	5	7	.	6	7	.	6	(48)
Margin	WBUL by 2			WBUL by 31			WBUL by 38			WBUL by 57			WBUL by 57
Duration	28:35			29:21			30:50			30:50			1:59:36

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Vice-Captain: Tim Taranto
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ed Richards	WBUL	20	3
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2
Lachie Bramble	WBUL	29	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	C	84%	2	0	29	21	8	5	0	2	3	3	0	0	3	9
29	Bramble, Lachie	HBFL	78%	0	0	27	19	8	8	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	5
5	Busslinger, Jedd	CHB	93%	0	0	22	15	7	5	0	1	0	5	0	2	2	1
17	Coffield, Nick	INT	80%	0	0	18	15	3	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
16	Croft, Jordan	FPL	72%	1	1	11	4	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Davidson, Sam	INT	71%	1	1	12	11	1	2	0	3	1	4	1	1	0	1
26	Dolan, Josh	INT	72%	1	0	14	9	5	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	5
44	English, Tim	RU	78%	1	1	13	7	6	6	27	2	2	1	2	0	0	1
27	Freijah, Joel	INT	81%	0	1	23	14	9	9	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	5
6	Hynes, Cooper	WR	69%	1	0	10	4	6	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	2
32	Jones, Arthur	HFFR	72%	1	1	10	6	4	2	0	2	1	5	2	2	0	2
8	Kennedy, Matthew	WL	73%	0	1	18	10	8	4	0	5	3	3	0	0	1	3
24	Khamis, Buku	BPR	84%	0	0	17	14	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
21	Liberatore, Tom	HFFL	71%	0	0	23	7	16	3	0	3	7	2	2	1	1	0
7	Lobb, Rory	CHF	76%	0	3	13	8	5	9	8	2	0	3	1	1	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	FF	74%	1	3	11	6	5	5	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
18	O'Donnell, James	FB	100%	0	0	16	14	2	14	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1
20	Richards, Ed	RO	84%	2	0	32	19	13	4	0	5	6	1	1	0	1	11
9	Sanders, Ryley	RR	82%	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	6	4	1	0	1	1	2
37	Sellwood, Michael	BPL	83%	0	0	18	12	6	6	0	4	0	1	3	0	3	0
3	Weightman, Cody	FPR	77%	2	1	14	9	5	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4
14	West, Rhylee	INT	71%	2	0	12	5	7	4	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	1
34	Williams, Bailey	HBFR	76%	0	0	26	15	11	7	0	0	3	7	0	3	2	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	15	404	251	153	127	36	55	37	50	19	17	31	61

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
41	Annand, Kye	FB	90%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Banks, Sam	HBFR	90%	0	0	19	15	4	7	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0
35	Broad, Nathan	BPL	95%	0	0	20	15	5	12	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0
30	Brown, Tom	CHB	76%	0	0	23	18	5	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	4	5
44	Campbell, Seth	HFFL	76%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1
22	Cumming, Sam	INT	71%	0	0	19	8	11	7	0	2	5	2	0	1	1	1
24	Grlj, Sam	INT	63%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	3
10	Hotton, Taj	FPL	71%	0	1	13	7	6	5	0	4	3	1	1	1	1	1
4	Lalor, Sam	RO	77%	1	2	12	7	5	3	0	2	1	3	0	2	0	5
42	Lefau, Mykelti	FPR	79%	2	0	9	4	5	2	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	1
19	Lynch, Tom	FF	86%	2	0	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
7	Mansell, Rhyan	HFFR	71%	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	5	0	2	2	0	1	2
25	Nankervis, Toby (c)	RU	77%	0	0	17	2	15	2	34	1	5	2	0	2	0	0
26	Peucker, Zane	INT	58%	0	0	10	9	1	6	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	2
3	Prestia, Dion	CHF	81%	0	1	24	15	9	4	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	5
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	INT	71%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
33	Retschko, Patrick	WL	92%	0	0	17	13	4	7	0	1	2	2	1	0	6	2
5	Ross, Jack	RR	70%	0	0	26	12	14	5	1	4	2	3	1	1	2	3
15	Short, Jayden	INT	82%	0	0	26	22	4	15	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	2
40	Sonsie, Tyler	WR	78%	0	0	20	12	8	2	0	3	2	4	1	1	1	2
14	Taranto, Tim (vc)	C	78%	1	0	25	12	13	3	0	3	7	3	2	0	3	3
11	Trainor, Luke	BPR	79%	0	0	11	7	4	8	0	4	0	3	0	2	2	0
1	Vlastuin, Nick	HBFL	87%	0	0	27	19	8	11	0	3	1	4	2	2	9	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				7	6	372	228	144	122	40	55	35	50	17	19	43	39

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	35	N. Broad	41	K. Annand	11	L. Trainor	44	T. English	17	N. Coffield
	3	C. Weightman	33	A. Naughton	16	J. Croft	9	R. Sanders	42	S. Davidson
FORWARD							20	E. Richards	26	J. Dolan
HALF-BACK									27	J. Freijah
	1	N. Vlastuin	30	T. Brown	6	S. Banks			14	R. West
	32	A. Jones	7	R. Lobb	21	T. Liberatore
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	P. Retschko	14	T. Taranto (vc)	40	T. Sonsie
	6	C. Hynes	4	M. Bontempelli (c)	8	M. Kennedy	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	T. Nankervis (c)	22	S. Cumming
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Ross	24	S. Grlj
	44	S. Campbell	3	D. Prestia	7	R. Mansell	4	S. Lalor	26	Z. Peucker
	34	B. Williams	5	J. Busslinger	29	L. Bramble			13	H. Ralphsmith
HALF-BACK									15	J. Short
FORWARD
	10	T. Hotton	19	T. Lynch	42	M. Lefau
	24	B. Khamis	18	J. O'Donnell	37	M. Sellwood
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:55
	RICH	Mykelti Lefau goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	04:32
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:44
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	11:27
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	12:59
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	15:49
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	16:53
	WBUL	Arthur Jones behind	2.3.15	-	2.1.13	19:45
	WBUL	Jordan Croft behind	2.4.16	-	2.1.13	21:29
	RICH	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	2.2.14	23:07
	RICH	Dion Prestia behind	2.4.16	-	2.3.15	26:25
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	2.5.17	-	2.3.15	28:34
Q2	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	2.3.15	01:02
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	2.7.19	-	2.3.15	03:26
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	3.7.25	-	2.3.15	04:21
	WBUL	Sam Davidson behind	3.8.26	-	2.3.15	07:20
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	4.8.32	-	2.3.15	14:26
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	4.9.33	-	2.3.15	16:09
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	4.10.34	-	2.3.15	19:00
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	5.10.40	-	2.3.15	20:17
	WBUL	Jordan Croft goal	6.10.46	-	2.3.15	25:29
Q3	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	6.11.47	-	2.3.15	02:03
	WBUL	Rory Lobb behind	6.12.48	-	2.3.15	03:13
	RICH	Sam Lalor goal	6.12.48	-	3.3.21	03:46
	WBUL	Josh Dolan goal	7.12.54	-	3.3.21	06:19
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	8.12.60	-	3.3.21	07:25
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.13.61	-	3.3.21	09:56
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	9.13.67	-	3.3.21	13:38
	RICH	Sam Lalor behind	9.13.67	-	3.4.22	14:47
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	10.13.73	-	3.4.22	18:45
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	10.13.73	-	4.4.28	22:18
	RICH	Taj Hotton behind	10.13.73	-	4.5.29	25:51
	RICH	Rhyan Mansell goal	10.13.73	-	5.5.35	27:45
Q4	RICH	Mykelti Lefau goal	10.13.73	-	6.5.41	01:25
	WBUL	Arthur Jones goal	11.13.79	-	6.5.41	05:45
	WBUL	Cody Weightman behind	11.14.80	-	6.5.41	07:28
	WBUL	Cooper Hynes goal	12.14.86	-	6.5.41	08:45
	RICH	Sam Lalor behind	12.14.86	-	6.6.42	09:53
	WBUL	Tim English goal	13.14.92	-	6.6.42	12:31
	RICH	Tim Taranto goal	13.14.92	-	7.6.48	18:05
	WBUL	Tim English behind	13.15.93	-	7.6.48	20:34
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	14.15.99	-	7.6.48	24:17
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	15.15.105	-	7.6.48	29:42

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