AFL

North Melbourne
18.16.124
Richmond
7.12.54
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North Melbourne
Richmond
Q1
5.4.34
1.5.11

    North Melbourne Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, D.Wells
  • 3 mins - Behind, R.Nahas
  • 4 mins - Behind, R.Nahas
  • 5 mins - Goal, S.Atley
  • 11 mins - Goal, B.Harvey
  • 19 mins - Goal, L.Thomas
  • 22 mins - Goal, L.Thomas
  • 24 mins - Behind, J.Waite
  • 26 mins - Behind, B.Brown

    North Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 7 mins - Behind, T.Vickery
  • 10 mins - Behind, C.Ellis
  • 15 mins - Goal, J.Riewoldt
  • 21 mins - Behind, K.Lambert
  • 30 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 31 mins - Behind, S.Edwards
Q2
7.9.51
3.8.26

    North Melbourne Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, M.Wood
  • 12 mins - Goal, D.Petrie
  • 17 mins - Behind, M.Daw
  • 21 mins - Behind, S.Gibson
  • 23 mins - Behind, L.Thomas
  • 24 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 27 mins - Rushed Behind

    North Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 7 mins - Behind, K.Lambert
  • 10 mins - Goal, S.Lloyd
  • 14 mins - Behind, S.Lloyd
  • 15 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Goal, B.Deledio
Q3
13.13.91
4.10.34

    North Melbourne Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, N.Dal Santo
  • 4 mins - Goal, D.Wells
  • 5 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 6 mins - Behind, J.Waite
  • 7 mins - Goal, M.Wood
  • 9 mins - Goal, M.Daw
  • 10 mins - Goal, B.Harvey
  • 22 mins - Behind, J.Ziebell
  • 30 mins - Goal, B.Brown
  • 31 mins - Behind, L.McDonald

    North Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 16 mins - Goal, T.Vickery
  • 21 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 35 mins - Rushed Behind
Q4
18.16.124
7.12.54

    North Melbourne Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Macmillan
  • 8 mins - Goal, B.Harvey
  • 11 mins - Goal, B.Harvey
  • 13 mins - Goal, B.Cunnington
  • 16 mins - Behind, R.Nahas
  • 17 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 25 mins - Goal, D.Wells
  • 30 mins - Behind, L.Thomas

    North Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, T.Vickery
  • 7 mins - Goal, J.Riewoldt
  • 20 mins - Goal, A.Miles
  • 22 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 24 mins - Rushed Behind

Scorers

North Melbourne
Richmond
Goal Scorers North Melbourne Richmond
Goals and Behinds Harvey (4.0), Wells (3.0), Thomas (2.2), Wood (2.0), Brown (1.1), Daw (1.1), Atley (1.0), Cunnington (1.0), Dal Santo (1.0), Macmillan (1.0), Petrie (1.0), Nahas (0.3), Waite (0.2), Gibson (0.1), McDonald (0.1), Ziebell (0.1) Vickery (2.1), Riewoldt (2.0), Lloyd (1.1), Deledio (1.0), Miles (1.0), Lambert (0.2), Edwards (0.1), Ellis (0.1)

Team Statistics

North Melbourne
Richmond

Statistics

North Melbourne Richmond
Goals 18 7
Behinds 16 12
Scoring shots 37 15
Goals/scoring shots 49 47
Disposals 380 336
North MelbourneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
S.Atley 18 6 0 12 3 5 0 0 0 0
B.Brown 9 7 6 2 7 1 3 0 4 0
B.Cunnington 25 10 1 15 15 4 2 0 0 7
N.Dal Santo 33 12 2 21 10 8 1 0 2 4
M.Daw 10 8 3 2 8 5 1 0 19 4
M.Firrito 6 4 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
S.Gibson 20 9 4 11 5 6 0 0 0 0
B.Harvey 19 11 2 8 6 5 0 0 0 0
J.Macmillan 16 9 2 7 6 4 2 0 0 0
L.McDonald 18 10 3 8 5 4 0 0 0 0
B.McKenzie 13 9 2 4 3 4 0 1 0 0
R.Nahas 11 9 4 2 5 4 0 1 0 0
D.Petrie 15 10 9 5 4 2 0 0 1 0
A.Swallow 28 12 2 16 19 11 2 3 0 10
R.Tarrant 11 5 4 6 6 2 0 0 2 0
L.Thomas 11 9 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
S.Thompson 18 6 3 12 5 2 0 2 0 0
J.Waite 12 8 3 4 10 6 3 1 0 0
D.Wells 29 13 4 16 11 7 0 1 0 5
M.Wood 17 11 4 6 6 3 1 1 0 0
S.Wright 11 9 3 2 5 2 1 0 0 0
J.Ziebell 30 19 4 11 12 4 1 2 0 5
RichmondGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
D.Astbury 9 5 4 4 5 3 1 0 0 0
J.Batchelor 9 5 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
T.Chaplin 9 7 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
T.Cotchin 34 20 3 14 13 5 1 0 0 7
B.Deledio 24 11 7 13 10 4 0 0 0 2
S.Edwards 18 9 0 9 10 3 0 0 0 4
B.Ellis 7 5 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 3
C.Ellis 20 14 4 6 2 1 1 0 0 0
B.Griffiths 12 5 2 7 6 1 1 0 6 2
S.Grigg 38 12 3 26 15 4 0 0 3 9
S.Hampson 8 3 2 5 4 2 0 3 51 1
T.Hunt 19 12 5 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
K.Lambert 11 7 3 4 5 4 0 0 0 0
S.Lloyd 9 7 4 2 2 4 0 3 0 0
D.Martin 22 13 2 9 12 3 1 3 0 3
A.Miles 31 16 3 15 14 4 3 0 0 9
S.Morris 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
A.Rance 17 11 8 6 10 6 1 1 0 1
J.Riewoldt 14 11 6 3 6 3 2 1 1 0
D.Rioli 11 6 3 5 4 2 0 3 0 1
T.Vickery 8 6 4 2 5 3 0 1 1 1
N.Vlastuin 5 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Match Details

North Melbourne
Richmond
START TIME
7:50PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
Blundstone Arena
Umpires
Brendan Hosking, Robert Findlay, Ray Chamberlain

North Melbourne v Richmond: Tasmania no place for crumbling Tigers

NORTH MELBOURNE 5.4  7.9  13.13  18.16 (124)
RICHMOND
1.5  3.8  4.10  7.12 (54)
Goals: North Melbourne:
B Harvey 4 D Wells 3 L Thomas 2 M Wood 2 B Brown B Cunnington D Petrie J MacMillan M Daw N Dal Santo S Atley. Richmond: J Riewoldt 2 T Vickery 2 A Miles B Deledio S Lloyd.
Best: North Melbourne: D Wells B Cunnington D Petrie N Dal Santo B Harvey A Swallow. Richmond: T Cotchin A Miles S Hampson S Grigg.
Umpires: Robert Findlay, Ray Chamberlain, Brendan Hosking.
Official Crowd: 17,844 at Blundstone Arena.

This was a worst-case scenario for Richmond – a thrashing that left at least three players with serious injury concerns and hopes of playing finals football looking remote.

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Roos thrash injury-plagued Tigers

North Melbourne has beaten Richmond by 70 points in Hobart to improve their season to 10 and 1, and continue their dominance of the Tigers.

After losing their first match this season to Sydney, it was a return to business-as-usual for ladder leaders North Melbourne, who cleaned up the Tigers by 70 points in Hobart on Friday night. 

The Kangas had concerns before the game, with Majak Daw replacing star ruckman Todd Goldstein (knee) in the selected team and coach Brad Scott having to stay in Melbourne because of a virus.

Roo Sam Wright joined a host of Tigers on the injury list when he slipped in the final term and had to be helped off the ground.

But Daw stood up well in just his 18th senior game, while Richmond were dealt blow after injury blow.

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Just two minutes before the starting siren defender Dylan Grimes withdrew with a hamstring injury, leaving Troy Chaplin scrambling to change and warm-up in the rooms on his own.

He was needed – minutes into the game brave small Steven Morris went into a marking contest and landed awkwardly, with Richmond staff carrying him off on a stretcher with a suspected knee injury.

A pushover: Ben Cunnington shapes for another 'don't argue'.
A pushover: Ben Cunnington shapes for another 'don't argue'. Photo: Getty Images

Nick Vlastuin was forced off with concussion and to add to the Tiger misery, Ben Griffiths was carted away in the third quarter with what appeared to be ankle injury.

The Roos looked dangerous from the first bounce – Daniel Wells, Shaun Atley and Brent Harvey kicked quick goals before Jack Riewoldt managed the Tigers' first, their only major score for the quarter.

North veteran Daniel Wells.
North veteran Daniel Wells. Photo: Getty Images

Whether it was the cold Hobart night or the injuries, Richmond seemed in shock, too often allowing their opponents to find room where they should have been applying pressure and coach Damien Hardwick appeared to be letting them have it at quarter-time.

They played with more intensity in the second, boosted by a timely goal from Sam Lloyd, then another from Brett Deledio.

But any momentum they could muster was stifled by skill errors, particularly poor kicking, which meant they struggled to string possessions together.

Evergreen Kangaroo Brent Harvey, still uncannily quick and crafty at 38, kicked goal number 500 for his career in the final quarter, then minutes later strolled into the goal square unchallenged for 501.