AFL

Melbourne
20.9.129
Richmond
14.12.96
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Melbourne
Richmond
Q1
5.1.31
2.3.15

    Melbourne Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, A.Brayshaw
  • 7 mins - Goal, B.Vince
  • 13 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 22 mins - Behind, J.Hogan
  • 28 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 30 mins - Goal, M.Gawn

    Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 5 mins - Behind, K.Lambert
  • 10 mins - Goal, S.Edwards
  • 12 mins - Goal, T.Chaplin
  • 14 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 20 mins - Behind, T.Vickery
Q2
11.3.69
7.5.47

    Melbourne Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 16 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 19 mins - Behind, D.Kent
  • 21 mins - Goal, T.Bugg
  • 22 mins - Goal, C.Salem
  • 27 mins - Goal, M.Gawn
  • 30 mins - Behind, J.Garlett
  • 34 mins - Goal, B.Vince

    Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 4 mins - Goal, D.Martin
  • 7 mins - Goal, T.Vickery
  • 11 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 13 mins - Goal, J.Riewoldt
  • 17 mins - Goal, S.Lloyd
  • 23 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 25 mins - Goal, S.Lloyd
Q3
14.7.91
11.9.75

    Melbourne Events

  • 10 mins - Goal, J.Harmes
  • 11 mins - Goal, J.Garlett
  • 16 mins - Behind, J.Hogan
  • 18 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 21 mins - Behind, S.Frost
  • 31 mins - Goal, D.Tyson
  • 32 mins - Rushed Behind

    Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Riewoldt
  • 3 mins - Behind, S.Edwards
  • 6 mins - Goal, T.Vickery
  • 8 mins - Behind, T.Cotchin
  • 9 mins - Behind, J.Riewoldt
  • 18 mins - Behind, J.Riewoldt
  • 22 mins - Goal, J.Riewoldt
  • 25 mins - Goal, B.Ellis
Q4
20.9.129
14.12.96

    Melbourne Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, D.Tyson
  • 7 mins - Goal, S.Frost
  • 11 mins - Goal, B.Vince
  • 14 mins - Behind, C.Pedersen
  • 16 mins - Behind, B.Vince
  • 22 mins - Goal, D.Kent
  • 26 mins - Goal, J.Watts
  • 31 mins - Goal, J.Garlett

    Melbourne and Richmond Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, S.Lloyd
  • 5 mins - Behind, D.Astbury
  • 8 mins - Goal, A.Miles
  • 9 mins - Goal, S.Lloyd
  • 30 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 34 mins - Goal, T.Vickery

Scorers

Melbourne
Richmond
Goal Scorers Melbourne Richmond
Goals and Behinds Garlett (4.1), Vince (3.1), Watts (3.0), Gawn (2.0), Tyson (2.0), Frost (1.1), Kent (1.1), Brayshaw (1.0), Bugg (1.0), Harmes (1.0), Salem (1.0), Hogan (0.2), Pedersen (0.1) Riewoldt (3.2), Lloyd (3.1), Vickery (3.1), Edwards (1.1), Chaplin (1.0), Ellis (1.0), Martin (1.0), Miles (1.0), Astbury (0.1), Cotchin (0.1), Lambert (0.1)

Team Statistics

Melbourne
Richmond

Statistics

Melbourne Richmond
Goals 20 14
Behinds 9 12
Scoring shots 31 25
Goals/scoring shots 65 56
Disposals 412 328
MelbourneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
A.Brayshaw 9 3 0 6 7 5 1 3 0 0
T.Bugg 15 8 3 7 7 8 3 2 0 3
L.Dunn 18 11 6 7 4 2 1 2 1 1
S.Frost 10 6 4 4 5 2 1 3 0 1
J.Garlett 17 10 2 7 6 3 1 0 0 0
M.Gawn 18 12 7 6 12 4 1 1 47 4
J.Harmes 11 6 0 5 3 4 0 0 0 0
J.Hogan 16 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 0 0
J.Hunt 14 8 3 6 6 1 1 1 0 1
N.Jetta 15 9 5 6 4 3 1 0 0 0
N.Jones 26 9 1 17 11 2 1 2 0 7
B.Kennedy 14 4 3 10 7 2 0 0 0 0
D.Kent 25 15 5 10 8 4 0 0 0 0
H.Lumumba 17 11 7 6 4 3 1 2 0 3
T.McDonald 23 15 8 8 11 2 1 0 0 0
C.Pedersen 13 7 3 6 8 1 1 1 4 2
C.Salem 23 14 2 9 3 4 0 0 0 2
D.Tyson 31 13 4 18 15 4 1 3 0 5
B.Vince 24 16 3 8 9 3 1 1 0 4
J.Viney 37 14 3 23 23 9 4 1 0 9
J.Wagner 19 11 4 8 5 5 2 0 0 1
J.Watts 17 7 4 10 10 3 2 0 0 0
RichmondGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
D.Astbury 12 9 5 3 10 1 3 1 0 0
J.Batchelor 6 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
T.Chaplin 8 7 3 1 4 2 1 1 3 1
T.Cotchin 32 17 1 15 20 6 0 0 1 10
S.Edwards 23 13 3 10 8 3 0 0 0 6
B.Ellis 19 11 2 8 3 4 0 2 0 1
C.Ellis 11 4 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 2
S.Grigg 22 9 4 13 12 2 0 0 3 3
B.Houli 14 12 3 2 4 3 1 2 0 1
K.Lambert 12 8 3 4 2 4 0 2 0 1
S.Lloyd 14 8 1 6 8 7 1 0 0 1
I.Maric 13 6 3 7 6 2 1 1 26 2
D.Martin 18 11 3 7 9 5 0 0 0 3
K.McIntosh 13 9 3 4 7 4 2 1 0 0
C.Menadue 11 4 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 0
A.Miles 25 13 3 12 14 7 3 1 0 6
S.Morris 6 2 0 4 4 4 0 2 0 0
A.Rance 16 11 3 5 10 1 2 2 0 0
J.Riewoldt 24 16 7 8 15 0 2 2 0 0
D.Rioli 10 2 0 8 8 3 3 1 0 0
J.Townsend 12 4 2 8 6 8 1 4 0 3
T.Vickery 7 5 3 2 6 2 1 1 7 0

Match Details

Melbourne
Richmond
START TIME
5:10PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
MCG
Umpires
Matt Stevic, Andrew Stephens, Ray Chamberlain

AFL season 2016: Mature Melbourne withstand Richmond pressure to waltz home winners

MELBOURNE 5.1 11.3 14.7 20.9 (129) RICHMOND 2.3 7.5 11.9 14.12 (96)
Goals: Melbourne: J Garlett 4, B Vince 3, J Watts 3, D Tyson 2, M Gawn 2, A Brayshaw, C Salem, D Kent, J Harmes, S Frost, T Bugg. Richmond: J Riewoldt 3, S Lloyd 3, T Vickery 3, A Miles, B Ellis, D Martin, S Edwards, T Chaplin.
BEST: Melbourne: Viney, Gawn, Tyson, McDonald, Jones, Garlett, Watts, Vince. Richmond: Riewoldt, Edwards, Cotchin, B Ellis, Houli, Lloyd.
Umpires: Matt Stevic, Ray Chamberlain, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 59,968 at MCG.

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Demons tame lacklustre Tigers

Melbourne defeat Richmond by 33 points at the MCG, cruising to a 129-96 victory on Sunday night.

Melbourne is breaking new ground. Richmond still in worrying old ground.

The Demons' new territory was not the fact they beat Richmond – they did that last year. Not even the fact they won two games in a row – they hadn't done that in five years – but this was new ground because Melbourne played with maturity and like they expected to win.

Jacob Townsend of the Tigers is tackled by Demons' captain Nathan Jones.
Jacob Townsend of the Tigers is tackled by Demons' captain Nathan Jones. Photo: Getty Images

Twice Richmond came back at them. Twice Melbourne withstood the surge. And then they partied into the last quarter.

And Richmond? Oh dear. One win and four losses now. They were better than last week, but then that is not a big statement. They played well in periods against Melbourne but could not sustain it. Again their tail was — and is — too long.

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Jack Riewoldt kept them in the contest in the second and third quarters and was their best player on the night. Trent Cotchin and Shane Edwards were good, Dustin Martin muscled the ball about, Brandon Ellis played well and Bachar Houli gave run from half-back and Sam Lloyd gave them some bite near goal. Alex Rance was beaten by Jesse Hogan last year but not this time. Hogan was okay, but Rance had more impact, even if he might have issues with the match review panel this week for a knock to the back of Jack Watts' head in the last quarter that saw him reported.

But the Richmond load was again carried by too few. Again.

Neville Jetta of the Demons handballs as he is tackled by Daniel Rioli of the Tigers.
Neville Jetta of the Demons handballs as he is tackled by Daniel Rioli of the Tigers. Photo: Getty Images

Richmond were never completely out of the game until midway through the last quarter but also never looked as though they were going to overrun Melbourne, which was as much a comment on Melbourne's new maturity as on Richmond.

The game began after a minute's silence and a moving tribute to the Anzacs. We mention this not to remind you it is Anzac Day on Monday, but because if you were watching at home Channel Seven chose to go to an ad break during the minute's silence. Odd decision.

When the game began the Demons had the better of a scrappy first term, Angus Brayshaw stood up in a tackle for the first goal and Vince crumbed for the next. The Tigers got in front for the only time of the night when Troy Chaplin goaled after Shane Edwards. But goals to Watts, Garlett and Gawn set up the break that Richmond battled to bridge all night.

The quarter-time siren didn't so much as end the quarter as start the fight. A melee rolled on for minutes, clocking dollar signs over at the AFL.

In the past, Melbourne might have spent themselves with the hairy-chested bravura of push and shove but then been pushed around when the football resumed. This time they were the ones to respond better, even after Richmond came at them with three quick goals early in the second term.

Tom Bugg ran towards goal, pointing where the ball was about to be sent, then put his fingers to his lips to taunt the silenced Richmond crowd. He does not lack confidence. Christian Salem goaled again, two minutes later, after a superb Max Gawn tap and Melbourne had reasserted themselves.

Richmond again came at them in the third term and again Melbourne was able to absorb the parry without being flustered. They have calm heads around the ball in the clean Dom Tyson and the man-child Jack Viney. Bernie Vince's return reintroduced more class in ball movement while Tom McDonald is playing as well as any defender at the moment.

Gawn again controlled the match from the middle; he booted two goals to the half and had seen off the clearly labouring and un-match ready Ivan Maric by quarter-time. Maric could not cover the ground and Gawn is an opponent who would have challenged a fit Maric. In the first term, Maric could not make the small amount of ground to spoil Hogan from marking a high ball.

Brett Deledio was a not totally surprising, yet still very damaging, late withdrawal. They need him back sharply. They have done for five weeks.

The Demons ran through the last term celebrating in rare air. Dom Tyson goaled and Sam Frost got the goal he deserved after celebrating early and heartily for one that teased him by hitting the post.