Round 7, 1998
Richmond vs Melbourne
Sunday 10 May
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,217
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Richmond | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 13.13.91 |
| Melbourne | 1.1 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 7.7.49 |
Richmond win by 42 points
Goalkickers: Jeff Farmer 1, Steven Febey 1, Travis Johnstone 1, Garry Lyon 1, James McDonald 1, David Schwarz 1, Adem Yze 1
Brownlow Votes:
Nil
Best and Fairest
29 - Jamie Shanahan
24 - Adem Yze
13 - Andrew Leoncelli
9 - Guy Rigoni
9 - Anthony McDonald
Milestones:
200 games
Todd Viney
After a five match winning streak, Melbourne celebrated Todd Viney's 200th game but their bubble finally burst. After three interstate trips in the first six weeks of the season, the Demons were flat and kickef their lowest score against the Tigers since Round 1, 1965. Melbourne's forward line was flat, and not one of the key positions players managed to take a mark for the day. Richmond did their best to keep the game interesting, only kicking one goal in the middle quarters. Melbourne recovered to lead by four points at three quarter time before Richmond piled on 8.4 to 1.0 and won easily.
Best were Viney, Shanahan and Ingerson. Matthew Febey was replaced in the selected side by Travis Johnstone due to a hamstring injury, Jeff Farmer suffered a corked calf, and Steven Febey was concussed.
Neale Daniher said "We were four points up (at three-quarter-time) and we had a lot to play for with Toddy's 200th, so it was very disappointing to fade out. The boys were flat from the start. We had a tough game against Sydney and we probably spent too much time on the track now, in retrospect. If we had our time over again we would have probably worked a bit harder in freshening the boys up."
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Reserves
Richmond 20.15.135 d. Melbourne 12.6.78
Goals - Ward 2, Nicholson 1, Collins 1, Bruce 1, Bradly 1, Gaspar 1, Walsh 1, Williams 1, Anderson 1, Longmuir 1, Blake 1
Best - Ward, Bruce, Lamaro
Media
Age - 08/05/1998, 11/05/1998
Football Record - R8 1998