Match Summary

Best On Ground

Essendon

Darcy ParishD Parish44 disposals

Zach MerrettZ Merrett32 disposals

Brayden HamB Ham3 goals

Richmond

Dustin MartinD Martin27 disposals
3 goals

Dion PrestiaD Prestia26 disposals

Shai BoltonS Bolton3 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

Richmond

Disposals

348

380

Contested Possessions

121

134

Kicks

196

230

Handballs

152

150

Free Kicks

12

17

Clearances

32

34

Centre Clearances

15

18

Stoppages

17

16

Inside 50

53

52

Marks

91

112

Marks in 50

15

15

Contested Marks

7

12

Tackles

43

46

Hit-Outs

27

31

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Francis	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	0
Alec Waterman	4	3	7	3	0	0	0	2	2	1
Andrew McGrath	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Phillips	6	4	10	6	25	1	0	2	1	1
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	2	9	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Archie Perkins	6	7	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
Brayden Ham	6	7	13	2	0	0	0	1	3	0
Cale Hooker	6	11	17	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Darcy Parish	25	19	44	8	0	1	0	5	0	2
David Zaharakis	7	3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Dyson Heppell	14	8	22	5	0	0	2	1	0	0
Harrison Jones	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Stringer	9	4	13	2	0	0	1	3	1	0
James Stewart	9	3	12	5	0	1	4	1	0	0
Jayden Laverde	11	4	15	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jordan Ridley	12	5	17	7	0	1	1	2	0	0
Kyle Langford	18	10	28	10	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mason Redman	11	8	19	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Matt Guelfi	0	6	6	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
Nick Hind	15	6	21	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nikolas Cox	14	9	23	8	2	3	0	2	1	1
Patrick Ambrose	1	4	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	1
Zach Merrett	13	19	32	5	0	1	3	7	0	0

Richmond

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bachar Houli	10	8	18	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
Callum Coleman-Jones	3	8	11	2	10	3	0	3	2	1
Daniel Rioli	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dion Prestia	12	14	26	6	0	2	0	3	0	1
Dustin Martin	16	11	27	4	0	0	1	3	3	0
Dylan Grimes	10	4	14	9	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Graham	12	10	22	5	0	1	0	5	2	0
Jack Riewoldt	10	2	12	5	0	2	1	0	2	3
Jake Aarts	10	8	18	5	0	4	2	5	0	2
Jason Castagna	10	8	18	12	0	0	0	1	3	0
Jayden Short	20	3	23	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Josh Caddy	8	7	15	5	0	0	1	1	1	0
Kamdyn McIntosh	9	4	13	2	0	1	1	2	1	0
Liam Baker	13	6	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mabior Chol	13	6	19	6	19	0	0	2	0	1
Marlion Pickett	4	13	17	1	2	0	2	4	0	0
Nathan Broad	7	2	9	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Vlastuin	12	2	14	9	0	1	1	3	0	0
Noah Balta	13	3	16	4	0	0	0	2	1	0
Riley Collier-Dawkins	3	6	9	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shai Bolton	11	10	21	5	0	2	1	1	3	0
Shane Edwards	9	10	19	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Trent Cotchin	12	5	17	5	0	0	0	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

Richmond

IN Aaron Francis, Patrick Ambrose OUT B. Zerk-Thatcher (Omitted), Will Snelling (Injured)

IN Marlion Pickett, Shane Edwards OUT Hugo Ralphsmith, Toby Nankervis

FB 15 Jayden Laverde 27 Mason Redman 14 Jordan Ridley FF 21 Callum Coleman-Jones 4 Dustin Martin 8 Jack Riewoldt HB 21 Dyson Heppell 17 James Stewart 19 Nick Hind HF 16 Jake Aarts 10 Shane Edwards 34 Jack Graham C 1 Andrew McGrath 7 Zach Merrett 13 Nikolas Cox C 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 9 Trent Cotchin 50 Marlion Pickett HF 16 Archie Perkins 25 Jake Stringer 23 Harrison Jones HB 35 Nathan Broad 15 Jayden Short 14 Bachar Houli FF 11 David Zaharakis 26 Cale Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FB 1 Nick Vlastuin 21 Noah Balta 2 Dylan Grimes

FOLLOWERS
34	Andrew Phillips
3	Darcy Parish
33	Brayden Ham

INTERCHANGE
4	Kyle Langford
10	Aaron Francis
35	Matt Guelfi
45	Alec Waterman

EMERGENCIES
29	Patrick Ambrose

FOLLOWERS
1	Mabior Chol
29	Shai Bolton
3	Dion Prestia

INTERCHANGE
7	Liam Baker
11	Jason Castagna
22	Josh Caddy
26	R. Collier-Dawkins

EMERGENCIES
17	Daniel Rioli

Essendon
IN	A. Francis, P. Ambrose
OUT	B. Zerk-Thatcher, W. Snelling
B J. Laverde, M. Redman, J. Ridley HB D. Heppell, J. Stewart, N. Hind C A. McGrath, Z. Merrett, N. Cox HF A. Perkins, J. Stringer, H. Jones F D. Zaharakis, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL A. Phillips, D. Parish, B. Ham I/C K. Langford, A. Francis, M. Guelfi, A. Waterman EMG P. Ambrose, . , .
Richmond
IN	M. Pickett, S. Edwards
OUT	H. Ralphsmith (Omitted), T. Nankervis (Injured)
B N. Vlastuin, N. Balta, D. Grimes HB N. Broad, J. Short, B. Houli C K. McIntosh, T. Cotchin, M. Pickett HF J. Aarts, S. Edwards, J. Graham F C. Coleman-Jones, D. Martin, J. Riewoldt FOL M. Chol, S. Bolton, D. Prestia I/C L. Baker, J. Castagna, J. Caddy, R. Collier-Dawkins EMG D. Rioli, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
29/5/21	Eagles	W 71 - 87
23/5/21	Kangaroos	W 141 - 69
16/5/21	Dockers	W 68 - 61
8/5/21	Giants	L 107 - 105
2/5/21	Blues	L 107 - 123

Richmond

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/5/21	Crows	W 111 - 83
21/5/21	Lions	L 102 - 74
15/5/21	Giants	W 87 - 83
7/5/21	Cats	L 63 - 126
30/4/21	Bulldogs	W 77 - 55