Essendon vs Richmond AFLW 2026 Round 3

Sun 30 Aug 2026 · 19:20 AEST

Final AFLW 2026 · Round 3

Essendon Coach: Natalie Wood

33 4.9

38 5.8

Richmond Coach: Jarrad Donders

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

12 Olivia Wolmarans FF 9 Caitlin Greiser FPR

Half forwards

33 Mackenzie Ford HFFL 28 Gabby Seymour CHF 3 Katie Brennan HFFR

Followers

14 Poppy Kelly RK 4 Monique Conti RR 2 Emelia Yassir ROV

Centre

18 Libby Graham WL 6 Sierra Grieves C 21 Dana East WR

Half backs

11 Isabel Bacon HBFL 8 Montana Beruldsen CHB 30 Ally Dallaway HBFR

Backs

16 Laura McClelland BPL 37 Fina Dethlefsen FB

Interchange 5

13 Aoibhin Cleary INT 15 Rebecca Miller INT 20 Beth Lynch INT 24 Charli Wicksteed INT 27 Georgia Stubs INT

Emergencies 3

26 Ana Mulholland EMG 34 Baia Pugh EMG 35 Maddie Shevlin EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Caitlin Greiser1Q - 7:59 - Behind - 0–1 Olivia Wolmarans1Q - 10:16 - Behind - 0–2 Madison Prespakis1Q - 13:17 - Goal - 6–2 Sophie Alexander1Q - 16:18 - Behind - 7–2 Madison Prespakis1Q - 17:27 - Goal - 13–2 Bonnie Toogood2Q - 2:19 - Behind - 14–2 Caitlin Greiser2Q - 4:14 - Goal - 14–8 Olivia Wolmarans2Q - 5:33 - Behind - 14–9 Emily Gough2Q - 7:00 - Behind - 15–9 Mia Busch2Q - 9:16 - Behind - 16–9 Bonnie Toogood2Q - 11:22 - Behind - 17–9 Bonnie Toogood2Q - 12:25 - Goal - 23–9 Maggie MacLachlan2Q - 17:31 - Behind - 24–9 Katie Brennan2Q - 18:52 - Behind - 24–10

Rushed behind3Q - 0:57 - Rushed behind - 24–11

Caitlin Greiser3Q - 2:40 - Goal - 24–17 Charli Wicksteed3Q - 4:11 - Behind - 24–18 Amy Gaylor3Q - 6:36 - Behind - 25–18 Bonnie Toogood3Q - 7:15 - Goal - 31–18 Monique Conti3Q - 10:14 - Goal - 31–24 Olivia Wolmarans3Q - 14:22 - Behind - 31–25 Sierra Grieves3Q - 16:49 - Goal - 31–31 Nalu Brothwell3Q - 19:07 - Behind - 32–31 Georgia Gee4Q - 11:29 - Behind - 33–31 Katie Brennan4Q - 13:42 - Behind - 33–32 Caitlin Greiser4Q - 15:50 - Goal - 33–38

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Caitlin GreiserGoal
4Q 15:5033–38
Katie BrennanBehind
4Q 13:4233–32
Georgia GeeBehind
4Q 11:2933–31
Nalu BrothwellBehind
3Q 19:0732–31
Sierra GrievesGoal
3Q 16:4931–31
Olivia WolmaransBehind
3Q 14:2231–25
Monique ContiGoal
3Q 10:1431–24
Bonnie ToogoodGoal
3Q 7:1531–18
Amy GaylorBehind
3Q 6:3625–18
Charli WicksteedBehind
3Q 4:1124–18
Caitlin GreiserGoal
3Q 2:4024–17
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 0:5724–11
Katie BrennanBehind
2Q 18:5224–10
Maggie MacLachlanBehind
2Q 17:3124–9
Bonnie ToogoodGoal
2Q 12:2523–9
Bonnie ToogoodBehind
2Q 11:2217–9
Mia BuschBehind
2Q 9:1616–9
Emily GoughBehind
2Q 7:0015–9
Olivia WolmaransBehind
2Q 5:3314–9
Caitlin GreiserGoal
2Q 4:1414–8
Bonnie ToogoodBehind
2Q 2:1914–2
Madison PrespakisGoal
1Q 17:2713–2
Sophie AlexanderBehind
1Q 16:187–2
Madison PrespakisGoal
1Q 13:176–2
Olivia WolmaransBehind
1Q 10:160–2
Caitlin GreiserBehind
1Q 7:590–1

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	13	24	32	33	33
RIC	2	10	31	38	38

Match Leaders

Goals

Behinds

Disposals

Tackles

Team Stats

ESSRIC

Scoring / Attack

4Goals5

9Behinds8

16Shots at goal14

25Goal accuracy %35.7

26Inside 50s40

3Goal assists3

8Marks inside 507

Possession

285Disposals224

162Kicks145

123Handballs79

117Contested possessions97

159Uncontested possessions125

Clearance / Contest

20Total clearances19

4Centre clearances8

16Stoppage clearances11

58Tackles54

17Hitouts22

5Contested marks4

Other

61Marks48

62.5Disposal efficiency %63.4

0Bounces7

59Turnovers59

50Clangers50

276Total possessions222

59Intercepts59

35Rebound 50s21

16Tackles inside 508

18One-percenters16

22Frees for16

16Frees against22

1,171AFL Fantasy962

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: ESS 15 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: ESS 14 pts
Lead Changes: 2
Score Ties: 1

How the match finished

Richmond beat Essendon by 5 points, 38–33.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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