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AFL round 21 live updates: Richmond vs West Coast, Gold Coast vs Melbourne, Essendon vs Adelaide — blog, scores and stats
Richmond hosts West Coast at the MCG with both teams looking for a rare win in a match that could have big draft implications.
Later on Sunday, round 21 of the AFL season wraps up as Gold Coast hosts Melbourne at Carrara Stadium from 3:15pm before Essendon hosts Adelaide at Docklands Stadium from 4:40pm (all times AEST).
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Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 12:40pm
Richmond vs West Coast team news — No late changes
Both Richmond and West Coast are set to line up as originally selected this afternoon at the MCG.
The Tigers have made two changes to last week's side with Ben Miller and Samson Ryan coming in for Rhyan Mansell and Zane Peucker.
West Coast has also made two changes with Cooper Duff-Tytler and Jack Graham coming in for Oliver Francou and Hamish Davis.
A nice little MCG homecoming for Graham, the ex-Tiger.
I'm excited to watch Duff-Tytler as well. He's showed plenty of glimpses this season.
Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 12:31pm
Welcome!
Good afternoon and welcome to ABC Sport's live AFL coverage as round 21 wraps up!
We've got a triple-header on deck today, spread across a couple of states:
- 1:10pm -Richmond vs West Coast @ MCG
- 3:15pm -Gold Coast vs Melbourne @ Carrara Stadium
- 4:40pm -Essendon vs Adelaide @ Docklands Stadium
While all of these teams aren't exactly setting the world on fire this year, there are some big draft implications as well as finals implications in all of today's matches, so stay tuned as we bring you all the action!