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Melbourne vs Richmond
| Brownlow Medal | 3 Shaun Grigg (RICH) | 2 Nathan Jones (MELB) | 1 Brett Deledio (RICH) |
Match Report
It wasn’t pretty, but Richmond came away with the four points against Melbourne after a tumultuous week for the club. The Tigers sacked Daniel Connors and suspended young star midfielder Dustin Martin after the pair were late to training after taking sleeping tablets the night before. The error-ridden contest definitely wasn’t memorable. Richmond should have sealed the four points long before the final quarter, but terrible kicking at goal prevented a blowout of similar proportions to the corresponding fixture in round three. There were several contentious umpiring decisions in this match; most notably two calls that were mistakenly given behinds instead of goals. Tiger Matt White kicked a clear goal in the third quarter, but the goal umpire disagreed and the video technology was not called upon. Demon James Magner was also wrongly given a behind in the second term. Melbourne battled hard, but without two of their most important players - big men Mitch Clark and Mark Jamar - they never looked like winning their third game of the season.
GOALS
Melbourne: Martin 2; Blease, Garland, Rivers, Jones, McKenzie, Bail, Tapscott, Bennell, Sylvia
Richmond: Nahas 4; Deledio, McGuane 2; Grigg, Riewoldt, White, Edwards, Tuck
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Melbourne: Jones, Watts, Sylvia, Frawley, Howe, Rivers
Richmond: Cotchin, Morris, Grigg, Deledio, Tuck, Riewoldt, Maric, Nahas
BEST - THE AGE
Richmond: Tuck, Grigg, Houli, Cotchin, Deledio, Conca, Nahas
Melbourne: Jones, Sylvia, McKenzie, Watts, Frawley, Martin
COACHES COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): Richmond's start was outstanding. They put us under a lot of heat with their ball movement and their defensive pressure. That's frustrating.
Damien Hardwick (Rich): It's not often you make seven changes to a footy side and probably get the result you were after, so we're just pleased to walk away with the four points. I think it just shows we've probably matured as a footy club. We spoke about it during the week, that it was a tough call to make but the right one.
Umpires: Wenn, Foot, Armstrong
Source
Match report by Oliver CaffreyMatch stats
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 44 | Bail, Rohan | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24y 11d | 28 | 10 |
| 6 | Bate, Matthew | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25y 44d | 100 | 97 |
| 7 | Bennell, Jamie | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 30d | 56 | 22 |
| 17 | Blease, Sam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21y 139d | 13 | 6 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 15 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25y 54d | 92 | 86 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | 15 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23y 291d | 94 | 3 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 70d | 72 | 11 |
| 16 | Grimes, Jack | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23y 57d | 45 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 12 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22y 8d | 27 | 30 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 11 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24y 169d | 127 | 64 |
| 28 | MacDonald, Joel | 10 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27y 271d | 115 | 6 |
| 49 | Magner, James | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 330d | 14 | 4 |
| 34 | Martin, Stefan | 13 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25y 233d | 54 | 19 |
| 13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 8 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22y 16d | 51 | 7 |
| 22 | Moloney, Brent | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 161d | 142 | 37 |
| 26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 16 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21y 248d | 15 | 2 |
| 27 | Rivers, Jared | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 263d | 142 | 11 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22y 272d | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Sylvia, Colin | 13 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26y 242d | 130 | 112 |
| 35 | Tapscott, Luke | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 9d | 24 | 3 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20y 309d | 51 | 26 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21y 103d | 52 | 37 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 196 | 96 | 122 | 318 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 76 | 19 | 22 | 23y 334d | 1454 | 596 | |
| Richmond | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 11 | Batchelor, Jake | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 145d | 27 | 0 |
| 30 | Conca, Reece | 12 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19y 330d | 30 | 5 |
| 9 | Cotchin, Trent | 13 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22y 91d | 78 | 47 |
| 7 | Dea, Matt | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 268d | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Deledio, Brett | 15 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25y 80d | 164 | 112 |
| 39 | Derickx, Tom | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24y 213d | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Edwards, Shane | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 256d | 101 | 55 |
| 42 | Ellis, Brandon | 9 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18y 339d | 14 | 2 |
| 24 | Griffiths, Ben | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20y 294d | 15 | 4 |
| 6 | Grigg, Shaun | 18 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 79d | 78 | 27 |
| 14 | Houli, Bachar | 17 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24y 56d | 62 | 15 |
| 47 | Maric, Addam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 80d | 28 | 15 |
| 20 | Maric, Ivan | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 26y 185d | 91 | 34 |
| 16 | McGuane, Luke | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25y 146d | 85 | 6 |
| 38 | Morris, Steven | 13 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 189d | 13 | 1 |
| 26 | Nahas, Robin | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24y 240d | 69 | 81 |
| 17 | Newman, Chris | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30y 50d | 206 | 30 |
| 45 | O'Hanlon, Brett | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18y 356d | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Rance, Alex | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 272d | 58 | 7 |
| 8 | Riewoldt, Jack | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23y 250d | 104 | 236 |
| 21 | Tuck, Shane | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30y 196d | 154 | 63 |
| 35 | White, Matthew | 9 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25y 83d | 85 | 41 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 201 | 83 | 178 | 379 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 73 | 22 | 18 | 23y 208d | 1482 | 781 | |
Match highlights
Jack Riewoldt kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)Matthew Bate played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R15)