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AFL Round 3
Greater Western Sydney vs RICHMOND
Giants Stadium, Saturday April 6, 4.35pm AEDT.
Odds:
GWS $1.70
Richmond $2.15
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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The AFL website is tipping us to lose by 6 goals.
Match preview: Greater Western Sydney v Richmond
AFL.com.au
Adam Curley
Apr 1, 2019 10:26AM
Where and when: Giants Stadium, Saturday April 6, 4.35pm AEDT
Last time they met: Giants Stadium, round 17, 2018: Giants 11.13 (79) defeated Richmond 10.17 (77)
The home side grabbed a crucial win after holding off the inaccurate Tigers in the final term. Richmond got within a kick with a minute to play but GWS won the centre clearance and controlled the footy until the siren went. Lachie Whitfield starred with 35 possessions at half-back for the Giants, but co-captain Callan Ward took the three Brownlow medal votes for his 32 touches and 10 clearances.
What it means for GWS: After their opening-round rout of Essendon, the Giants let themselves down last week against West Coast, and must stand up against quality opposition to show where they're really at.
What it means for Richmond: The Tigers must rebound from last week's poor showing against the Pies with Alex Rance and Jack Riewoldt missing, and it's a massive chance for the them to silence any doubters of the flag credentials.
How GWS wins: Jeremy Cameron and Harry Himmelberg will enjoy a Rance-free weekend, and the tall targets will be a handful for the Tigers if the Giants can get them enough quality ball.
How Richmond wins: Star Tigers Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Dion Prestia and Kane Lambert had a quiet night against Collingwood and rarely play two bad games in a row. Expect a response.
The stat: In last year's clash at Giants Stadium, Richmond small forward Jason Castagna couldn't buy a goal, and finished with 0.5 for the match in the two-point defeat.
The match-up: Phil Davis v Tom Lynch
The GWS co-captain, ranked 120th in the Official AFL Player Ratings, has always performed well on the former Sun (190th) and with Riewoldt gone and Lynch the main target, Davis will be primed to cut him out of the game. If he gets enough help up the ground, Davis could make it a tough clash for the big Tiger.
It’s a big week for: Toby Nankervis
The Richmond ruckman is likely to run head on into a fired up and fresh Shane Mumford, who returns from suspension, and the rampaging Giant is coming off the long run. The battle between the two big men for midfield supremacy will be intriguing.
Big call: With the Tigers backline depleted and missing leadership, GWS will take the chance to put 20 goals on the visitors, with Cameron and Himmelberg contributing half of them.
Prediction: GWS by 36 points
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-01/match-preview-greater-western-sydney-v-richmond
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I'm heading up
Is there a NRL game on at ANZ at the same time that I can detour too :rollin
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GWS not taking hurt Tigers lightly in AFL
Adrian Warren
ESPN
5 April 2019
The ins and outs surely favour them but GWS aren't convinced Richmond will be theirs for the taking at home on Saturday.
The Giants welcome back classy midfielder Josh Kelly from injury and ruckman Shane Mumford from retirement and suspension, and will hand ex-Docker Tommy Sheridan his club debut.
Although former Tiger Brett Deledio is the only addition to their AFL injury list, Richmond will meanwhile be without a number of key players at Giants Stadium.
It's an unfamiliar position for a club who have had a charmed run the past couple of years while GWS have suffered crippling injury tolls.
For the first time since 2009 bookends Jack Riewoldt and Alex Rance will both be missing, Bachar Houli and Shaun Grigg are injured and Dylan Grimes is suspended.
Wingman Sheridan, who played 81 games for Fremantle before being delisted, stressed the Giants weren't being lulled into complacency by the Tigers' woes.
"Not really because it's a team sport. Who brings the heat on Saturday will get the chocolates," he said.
"There are some big name outs but we don't really waver with our preparation, we're going to go out there and give it a good old crack."
Richmond promoted young talls Ryan Garthwaite and Noah Balta and have handed a senior debut to exciting forward Sydney Stack.
The Tigers have focused on improving their defence after a poor showing in last week's loss to Collingwood.
"I maintain that if we still come out and play to our strengths, our defensive part of our game, we will be OK," assistant coach Justin Leppitsch said.
'We've done that for a couple of years now and been OK, so we just have to bring that intent."
http://www.espn.in/afl/story/_/id/26443920/gws-not-taking-hurt-tigers-lightly-afl
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No Rance, no Riewoldt - can the Giants take advantage?
Vince Rugari
The Age
5 April 2019
For the first time in Damien Hardwick's reign as coach, Richmond will line up at Giants Stadium without their two most important players, Alex Rance and Jack Riewoldt. The league will be watching to see how Greater Western Sydney take advantage.
The Tigers are 1-1 after two rounds but are about to step into uncharted territory. Rance is out for the rest of the year, having injured his ACL in their season-opening win over Carlton. And on the evidence of last weekend's 44-point defeat to Collingwood, he is irreplaceable.
In that same game, Jack Riewoldt hurt his wrist, sidelining the team's star forward for at least the next four weeks. Losing those two players will put significant strain on a side that appears to be in danger of losing its fearsome aura.
The absence of Rance, it seems, will be felt not just the longest but the hardest. Dual North Melbourne premiership player David King believes the 29-year-old is not just the key to Richmond's defensive system - rather, he is the system.
Giants forward Jeremy Cameron could be forgiven for breathing a huge sigh of relief at the prospect of lining up against the Tigers without the threat of Rance and his superhuman ability to get to almost every contest.
"I guess the way he approaches the footy, he's changed the way backmen think in a lot of ways," Cameron said.
"He reads the ball very quick - just as quick as the forwards. He'll leave his man and try and help others up the ground and turn it over."
Co-captain Phil Davis, a fellow tall defender, agrees. "Of the modern generation, there hasn't been many - if any - better defenders," he said.
"He's half-revolutionised how the backs play now. His ability to play on lots of different players and shut them down, intercept and do all that ... he's phenomenal."
So how do you replace Rance? According to Davis, you can't - but he also disagrees with King's view that things fall apart without him. "Their system remains intact," he said.
"In isolation, any team that loses a player of Alex Rance's capability is going to be worse off, but the one thing I do know about Richmond is they've got a method with how they play. People have always known what Richmond do, but they're just so good at it. The hardest thing is trying to stop it."
With Dylan Grimes suspended and Bachar Houli injured, the Tigers' back six will be further depleted against the Giants, meaning Davis' hypothesis will be put to the ultimate test.
At the other end of the ground, Riewoldt - arguably Richmond's spiritual leader - will also leave a big hole. "It's going to be a bit of a different look," Cameron said.
The bad news for GWS is that hole will be filled by Tom Lynch, another of the AFL's premier spearheads. "Tom probably relies on the contested mark a little bit more than what Jack does ... but when you get to this pointy end of the best forwards in the game, they're pretty good at everything," Davis said. "Last year they played one key forward ... that's the look they had in their premiership year."
The Giants, who welcome back Josh Kelly for his first game of the season and ruckman Shane Mumford for his first since retirement, go into the match as favourites and with a point of their own to prove after a disappointing defeat to premiers West Coast last weekend.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/no-rance-no-riewoldt-can-the-giants-take-advantage-20190405-p51bb7.html
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AFL website saying no late changes.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Gift first goal to them from the umps. That wasn't downfield ::).
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Dusty to Sheds to Short out wide to Kmac to Prestia. Prestia hits up Lynch just outside 50 who marks over Davis. To the goal line and it's rushed.
1 - 6
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Broad intercepts the Giants going up the middle. Finds Dusty. Goes long towards Lynch but it's cut off.
GWS go coast to coast but they thankfully miss.
1 - 7
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bad signs
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Short has a dislocated elbow. So another injury this year :P.
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Stack put out in front of Higgins. Goes towards goal but it's rushed again.
2 - 7
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Dusty has had two tackles already.
:thumbsup
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Another dodgy free to them (deliberate) sets up another goal chance for them.
Review says it's a point.
2 - 8
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Butler inside 50. Lynch wants a free but it's a ball-up. Nank to Lambert to Prestia but the snap is a point.
Good pressure. Nank to Prestia but he can't balance and it's another miss.
4 - 8
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Good tackle Garth stops the Giants.
However, Sydney turns it over in defence. Thankfully Cameron hits the post.
4 - 9
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The Giants have had 4 of the first 6 inside 50's and lead the uncontested possession count (19 to 6).
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
50 awarded to Stack. It goes all the way for his first goal :clapping :gotigers
Rich 1.4-10
GWS 1.3-9
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Davis ooTF. George has it 60 out. Back to Ellis and Dusty. Back to Ellis and Astbury. Dusty finally goes forward. Ellis further on. Rioli can't soccer it through but is paid a free. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 2.4-16
GWS 1.3-9
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Free to Dusty in the centre. Piercing low ball. Scramble and it's rushed.
17 - 9
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Both sides have been able to transition with ease from their defensive half. Richmond has launched an inside 50 from 50 per cent of defensive chains and the Giants from 66 per cent defensive 50 chains.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Nank free. We go deep again. Lynch sells the dummy. Off to George but his snap misses.
18 - 9
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Richmond have had the last 4 inside 50's and their kicking efficiency is 11 per cent higher. As a result, they have created a score from 75 per cent of inside 50 's.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Astbury in defence to Cotch 1-2 with Graham but it's spoiled. Loose ball. Ellis is run down. Free to them and Cameron goals.
18 - 15
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Richmond have won the first 4 center bounce clearances, creating 2 inside 50's and (0.2.2) from this source.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
Sheds to Cotch to HF but it's cut off. We get it back via Sheds. To George to Kmac. Goes towards Lynch but the Giants get the free and 50.
We get it back at HB and go forward via Butler. Rioli goals! :gotigers
Rich 3.6-24
GWS 2.3-15
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4.28 mark is the first = short step Ellis
REFUSES to go with the flight
GET RID OF HIM
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Richmond lead the hard ball gets (8 to 3) and contested possessions (34 to 23).
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Ellis scrubby kick in defence. Lambert gets the free though. To the wing but Balta pinged for a push. Ump closest didn't pay it but the ump 60m away did.
Set shot for the Giants. Touched called by the goal umpire but the field ump wants a review when it was his job to call the touched ball ::).
24 - 16
32 mins Q1
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Quarter time
Richmond 3.6-24
GWS 2.4-16
Goals: Rioli 2, Stack.
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The Giants have created 13 intercepts in their midfield, launching 8 inside 50's but just (1.1.7) from this source.
Richmond winning the clearances 11 - 5 and centre clearances 4 - 2.
Disposals down 92 - 105 but we're winning the contested footy 44 - 33.
Inside 50s: 12 - 17
Tackles: 14 - 17
Frees: 7 - 6
Top ballgetters:
Prestia 9
Castagna 7
Ellis 7
Dusty 5
Kmac 5
Nank 5
Floss 5
Broad 5
Cotch 5
Lambert 5
Sheds 5
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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We had a good patch in the middle of the quarter when we're keeping the ball in our forward half.However, when we cough it up they are easily getting it inside their F50. Thankfully they haven't made us pay.
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Higgins to Balta to Cotch goes long. Kmac to Graham but the kick is cut off 20 out. Giants clear.
And here's the prob. They go forward far too easily once we lose possession.
We get it back. Graham to Ellis in the middle but it's messy and it's a loose ball. Turnover. This time they goal.
24 - 22
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Grahams sloppy disposal hurting us this qtr.
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Cotch free in the centre. To Lambert. short kick to Dusty. Out into space. Kmac fumbles. Butler banana but it's intercepted. We get it back. Deep forward. Markov tackled. Ball-up. Cotch to lambert on 50. Long to Lynch who gets his hands to it. Called a chop of the arms. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 4.6-30
GWS 3.4-22
6 min Q2
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The difference this year to the past is we aren't getting the surge of numbers to clean up mistakes. Once it's turned over we are split open.
Dusty short to Higgins but he's tackled. Rioli ordinary kick to Lambert. Graham fumbles. Giants clear.
Good work Astbury. Behind to the Giants.
30 - 23
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Ump pulls a off the ball free against Dusty behind centre just as we were kicked in. So the Giants get a gift goal from the goalsquare :banghead.
30 - 29
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These umps have no idea. Whistle happy.
Nank free in the centre for an off the ball incident. However the Giants gain possession from their defence and once again easily slice through us for a goal.
30 - 35
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Ump pays them another free from the restart and no one knows why.
Cotch to Lynch but it's to the shoelaces. Kmac to Dusty but his curling kick is a point.
They go coast to coast for a point.
31 - 36
SEN saying Dusty apparently gave the middle finger to someone.
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Another to them. Danger time.
31 - 42
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A bit of hard footy. Rioli full tilt at Davis causes the spill. Prestia finds George. But he misses. That's 7 straight point to George at this ground :scream.
32 - 42
Rioli helped off the ground.
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The Giants have launched 5 inside 50's from 12 defensive chains, which has been converted into (3.2.20) from this source.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
Stack nice composure to Nank. Chip to Lambert. Back to Astbury. Stack to broad to Kmac across the ground. Keeping possession across half-back. We had an overlap but Markov steps over the mark and holds us up. Kick them results in a throw-in.
GWS go forward but Stack saves the day. Passes to Graham who drops it and gifts the Giants a goal :facepalm.
32 - 48
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Changes for next week:
Out: Jack Graham
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Sydney Stack has been fantastic
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The Tigers have converted just 33 per cent of shots on goal this quarter, compared to 80 per cent for the Giants.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
Markov out of the centre to Prestia 55 out. Goes to Nank but it's spoiled for a throw-in. Giants scrub it to the 50. Kmac gathers but it's over the line. Nank gets the free from the throw-in. Rushed.
33 - 48
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Jack graham and squib can get stuffed
3 goals now to GWS because of these 2
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Giants now doing a Collingwood and chipping it up the ground to keep the ball off us.
Floss at HB. Gets to Broad. Ordinary kick to Kmac and it's turned over.
Broad intercepts thanks to balta's pressure. In board to Markov across to Ellis who then kicks it straight OOTF :facepalm.
That sums up this qtr for us. Geez we've butchered it :banghead.
Point to them.
33 - 49
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Jack graham and squib can get stuffed
3 goals now to GWS because of these 2
That dropped mark before is pretty unforgivable - tigers of old sort of stuff.
Grahams disposal into the 50 has also cost us at least 1 or 2 our way this qtr.
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Sheds to George to Dusty to Lambert. Around the body. Dusty toe poke only can go for another point.
34 - 49
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Floss good play to Sheds who goes long. Lynch cops a free for front on contact. Goal! :gotigers
Boy did we need that one!
Rich 5.10-40
GWS 7.7-49
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Richmond have won 17 of 28 clearances and launched 6 scores from this source. But, they have only converted one of these opportunities (1.5.11).
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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15 secs to go. Nank tackle in the centre is called high. Giants go forward, mark and goal on the siren :banghead.
Pathetic Tigers! :banghead
Half-time
Richmond 3.6 5.10-40
GWS 2.4 8.7-55
Goals: Lynch 2, Rioli 2, Stack
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Jack graham and squib can get stuffed
3 goals now to GWS because of these 2
That dropped mark before is pretty unforgivable - tigers of old sort of stuff.
Grahams disposal into the 50 has also cost us at least 1 or 2 our way this qtr.
graham 2 goals
squib 1 goal.
thats the difference between the 2 teams, those 2 fools
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Lots of fumbling by us.
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Francois- agree Graham has had an absolute shocker
But at least he’s tough
Squib is a disgrace
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A dropped mark is a dropped mark, happens to the best of them. But he hasn’t picked a ball up cleanly or hit a target for 2 weeks now. Back to the 2s to find his touch.
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Pardon my ignorance but who’s squib?
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Not sure what weird arse system of defence we are playing but it doesn't work. Zoning and coralling players aka 2016 and its exposing us every time. When we actually through sheer luck we take 5 passes to go zero metres across the ground.
No movement, transition way too slow and our forward line becomes congested. Even when players have been in the clear going forward there is an obvious reluctance to go through the corridor.
All this exaggerated due to some of the worst skill errors I have seen from us in a number of years.....and BEllis needs to be dropped....forever. Stack showed more courage in his first half of AFL than BEllis has in his whole career.
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Pardon my ignorance but who’s squib?
Brandon “sleep with the light on” Ellis
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Butler should have been dropped 2 weeks ago. Just 3 disposals and NO tackles in a whole half of footy.
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There are some things you just cannot defend.
Refusing to make a marking contest after kicking iut on the full is one of those.
Keep the contract tslks on hold Tigers
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The difference between the two sides has been their efficiency.
The Giants kicking efficiency was 67 per cent and they converted 50 per cent of shot on goal.
Whilst, Richmond's kicking efficiency was 63 per cent and they converted just 36 per cent of shots.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Pardon my ignorance but who’s squib?
Brandon “sleep with the light on” Ellis
lol - totally agree
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Graham has been putrid! Worst game I have seen him play.
Bellis has been Bellis- hard to believe anyone can stick up for him.
McIntosh 💩
Astbury a shadow of his past- lost without Rance’s help
Garthwaite a poor mans Astbury.
Cotchin returned to his 2016 form of dinky rushed kicking.
Prestia horribly out of form
Dusty worse than Prestia.
We will lose today.
Stack been great.
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Stats:
Disposals: 179 - 208 ( contested: 75 - 63 )
Clearances: 19 - 13 ( centre: 7 - 4 )
Inside 50s: 27 - 31 ( marks: 4 - 5 )
Tackles: 25 - 34 ..... low tackle count again!
Hitouts: 16 - 15
Frees: 14 - 11
Prestia 16
Cotch 14
Lambert 13
Sheds 11
Nank 11
Ellis 10
George 10
Floss 10
Stack 9
Kmac 9
Dusty 9
Astbury 8
Graham 8
Broad 8
Markov 8
Rioli 5 .... off injured (2nd qtr)
Lynch 4
Balta 4
Garth 4
Higgins 4
Butler 3
Short 1 ... off injured (first 5 mins)
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich
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Our small forwards need to lift bigtime.
Stack good tackle on Daniels. Out to nank at HB. To Higgins on the wing. Further on to markov who chips to Lambert. Goes long to 2-v-2. Quick kick to the goalsquare is gathered by the Giants but Stack cuts it off on 50 and finds Kmac. Hits the post. Another miss :banghead.
41 - 55
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Prestia tries to burst through. Markov to Sheds clever to Rioli who runs in and goals! :gotigers
Rich 6.11-47
GWS 8.7-55
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Cotch to Dusty couple of bounces to Kmac. Goes long .. Rioli flies ... but the Giants clear.
Once again they waltz forward so easily :banghead. Thankfully this miss.
47 - 56
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That's schoolboy defending :facepalm. To allow a goal like that from the goalsquare :banghead.
47 - 62
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Higgins 1-2 with Rioli and Lynch marks. Goal! :gotigers
Lynch has 3.
Rich 7.11-53
GWS 9.8-62
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Cotch needs to tell Dusty to pull his head and the defence to pull their fingers out
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They are getting their goals far too easily.
It's either a transition under no pressure or a centre clearance for a mark and goal :banghead.
53 - 68
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Mumford slam-dumps Prestia into the ground.
Prestia's kick towards Ellis is intercepted.
Another goal to them on the transition turnover :banghead.
53 - 74
If it game keeps going on like this we won't win.
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Who’s on Whitfield’s?
Astbury is lost without Rance
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One man team we are
No rance no Richmond
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Ellis kick-in goes to Davis :facepalm.
It's going to be a long year if this is what we will be dishing up :P.
53 - 81
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They get their goals so easily and we stuff up our chances :banghead.
54 - 81
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Over the back and Lynch goals.
Rich 8.12-60
GWS 12.9-81
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Sorry but how are the following players still in team
Butler
Ellis
Castagna
Time for change RFC
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One man team we are
No rance no Richmond
Problem is upfield. No sustained pressure due to too many passengers and butchers of the ball.
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Stack intercepts. Finds Lambert to Ellis under pressure to Kmac who fumbles. Back to Ellis. George drops it but gets to lambert. The kick is cut-off.
Another transition on the turnover goal to them :banghead.
60 - 87
We are a bottom 6 side at the minute.
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Kmac to Dusty to Graham back to Kmac. Kicks it low. Butler tackled. George and Rioli fights on and Lambert goals :gotigers
Rich 9.12-66
GWS 13.10-88
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Sheds to prestia. Lands with Cotch. But the Giants gain possession.
We get it back. Butler to Lambert in the centre. To Kmac to Higgins. Around the body kick forward. Lynch and Rioli can't get it. Floss forces a ball-up 20 out. Giants clear.
Free to George for too high. Scramble inside 50. Throw-in. GWS kick is paid deliberate. Garth towards Lynch and it's another F50 throw-in. Cotch to Lynch but his kick is smothered. Point.
We get it back. Butler to Prestia who misses a sitter :banghead.
68 - 88
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Richmond has launched an inside 50 from 3 of their 9 kick-ins, resulting in (2.0.12) from this source.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
3/4 time
Richmond 3.6 5.10 9.14-68
GWS 2.4 8.7 13.10-88
Lynch 4, Rioli 3, Stack, Lambert.
If you can't kick straight then you don't deserve to win. Bad kicking is bad footy.
Our field disposal has been slop again too. Every score of ours isn't pretty and hard won while GWS are getting their goals easily.
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Too many players totally out of form, Stack probably the cleanest and most confident player we have. Can someone.tell me why we don't try Higgins in the middle?
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Clearance and contested footy numbers has evened up and the GWS is now ahead in the centre clearances.
We've been able to even up inside 50 numbers (had 5 more that qtr) but our entries are slop compared to theirs.
Possies:
Prestia 24
Lambert 24
Cotch 19
Sheds 17
Kmac 16
Markov 16
Nank 15
Stack 15
Dusty with only 12 disposals.
3 active Tigers didn't touch the ball that qtr. Passengers!
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
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Game over. Goal to them in the first 30 secs.
68 - 94
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Too many players totally out of form, Stack probably the cleanest and most confident player we have. Can someone.tell me why we don't try Higgins in the middle?
Yep to the bold.
We've got Floss up the ground. Throwing the magnets around.
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Sheds to Presita to Rioli. Lambert back to Prestia to Butler back to Rioli. Goes to Lynch with the sit but he drops it :-\.
69 - 94
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The Tigers had 12 of the last 15 inside 50's, but were only able to gain a 2 goal to 1 advantage in this time. This is largely due to their goal kicking accuracy, which has been 41 per cent through the match.
From snap shots in play, the Giants have converted 7 of 11 opportunities. Whilst, the Tigers have converted 2 of 7 shots on goal.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
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Another goal to them.
69 - 100
Cameron 5 goals
Finlayson 4 goals
Easy for their tall forwards when the ball is entering their F50 with ease and space.
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No one helped Edwards. Players just standing there.
As Garthwaite really done much?
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This really feels like the Tigers of old. Were in for a long year I believe.
So many poor decisions and bad skills. Our skills are as poor.
Time for changes next week
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This really feels like the Tigers of old. Were in for a long year I believe.
So many poor decisions and bad skills. Our skills are as poor.
Time for changes next week
yep
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Graham to Higgins to Floss at HF. Out to the right pocket. Lynch keeps it alive and Higgins gets the goal from a tight angle :gotigers
Rich 10.15-75
GWS 15.10-100
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Floss to Stack to Sheds to Higgo to George but his kick is woeful with Lynch 1-on-1.
Another forward foray butchered.
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Kmac to Broad to Butler who fumbles. Turnover and it's another goal :banghead.
Why is Butler still in the side? :scream
75 - 106
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I'm telling you if dan Butler plays next week I'm burning my membership.
Pathetic skills. Absolute disgrace he's in the side.
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This really feels like the Tigers of old. Were in for a long year I believe.
So many poor decisions and bad skills. Our skills are as poor.
Time for changes next week
Yep. Feels like a few Tigers are contented with their past efforts and the premiership medal. Intensity just isn't there anymore.
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Add Ellis as well.
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Higgins front and square. To Ellis but his kick is to GWS defenders. We get another half-chance but the Giants clear.
No surprise but we're the 3rd lowest team for pressure applied this year (source: SEN).
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Butler, George, Ellis should not be in the side full stop. Like watching the under 7's at the moment
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Another goal to them on transition.
76 - 112
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They can't miss now.
76 - 118
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The Giants have now outscored the Tigers (10.3.63) to (5.6.36) since half-time. This has been due to a combination of their tackling pressure (58 tackles to 45) and their kicking efficiency of 73 per cent.
Kane Lambert has had a team high 17 disposals, 5 score involvements and 3 inside 50's since half time.
The Giants have won 3 of 4 center bounce clearances and lead the inside 50's (10 to 6) for the quarter.
Lachie Whitfield now has 40 possessions (a career high), 8 inside 50's and 9 score involvements.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
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Where is Cotchin?
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2 6 6 6 infringements today. Were the only team who can't work it out.
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Where is Cotchin?
SEN mentioned Cotch went off the ground a while back. Seemed to go to the bench once the game was effectively over.
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The Giants have now outscored the Tigers (10.3.63) to (5.6.36) since half-time. This has been due to a combination of their tackling pressure (58 tackles to 45) and their kicking efficiency of 73 per cent.
Kane Lambert has had a team high 17 disposals, 5 score involvements and 3 inside 50's since half time.
The Giants have won 3 of 4 center bounce clearances and lead the inside 50's (10 to 6) for the quarter.
Lachie Whitfield now has 40 possessions (a career high), 8 inside 50's and 9 score involvements.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
Remember the good old days when Towner played on these half backs and made them accountable. Apparently we just let these players just do whatever now
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We'll probably drop Balta even though he is a sitting duck at FB with the way the ball is easily coming down.
Oleg now in the ruck :huh.
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The Giants have now outscored the Tigers (10.3.63) to (5.6.36) since half-time. This has been due to a combination of their tackling pressure (58 tackles to 45) and their kicking efficiency of 73 per cent.
Kane Lambert has had a team high 17 disposals, 5 score involvements and 3 inside 50's since half time.
The Giants have won 3 of 4 center bounce clearances and lead the inside 50's (10 to 6) for the quarter.
Lachie Whitfield now has 40 possessions (a career high), 8 inside 50's and 9 score involvements.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
Remember the good old days when Towner played on these half backs and made them accountable. Apparently we just let these players just do whatever now
towner is no good apparently. Butler a far much better prospect
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The Giants have now outscored the Tigers (10.3.63) to (5.6.36) since half-time. This has been due to a combination of their tackling pressure (58 tackles to 45) and their kicking efficiency of 73 per cent.
Kane Lambert has had a team high 17 disposals, 5 score involvements and 3 inside 50's since half time.
The Giants have won 3 of 4 center bounce clearances and lead the inside 50's (10 to 6) for the quarter.
Lachie Whitfield now has 40 possessions (a career high), 8 inside 50's and 9 score involvements.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
Remember the good old days when Towner played on these half backs and made them accountable. Apparently we just let these players just do whatever now
Our team selections this year are odd. Chase Lynch to play 2 tall forwards together and then when Jack gets injured we go back to 1 tall forward rather than bring in another tall.
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higgins 1 tackle
squib 1 tackle
markov 2 tackle
lynch 1 tackle
cotch 2 tackles
butler 1 tackle
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Serious questions need asking this next week, it's understood we are undermanned but I question the efforts of a number of players who were out there tonight, token, very token.
Special mention to young Mr Stack, great debut and well and truly showed up some very seasoned professional tonight
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Final Score
Richmond 3.6 5.10 9.14 10.16-76
GWS 2.4 8.7 13.10 19.11-125
Goals: Lynch 4, Rioli 3, Stack, Lambert, Higgins.
The Giants continue to be more efficient in this quarter, launching a goal 36 per cent of inside 50 entries, compared to the Tigers scoring a goal from just 9 per cent of their inside F50.
It was Jeremy Cameron's day today with a career high 16 score involvements, 30 disposals and 7 goals.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/3/gws-v-rich#basic-stats
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We are the only football team that run into an open goal and kick it to a 50/50 contest.
Our skills are horrible.
horrible! horrible!
why on earth do we still play a zone?
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I question the system!
How can we have 10 goals scored with more opponents in their 50? How does that happen?
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It's the senior players letting our team down premiership players not good enough just coasting around and again I say it to comfortable in the side.Agree with other people why we fail to tag players and they always hurt us.Dimma needs to get a plan B cause it's not working haven't like what I have seen from the first preseason game from coaching setup.
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I never advocate mass changes. Downgrading to even more few game players is not the answer but the following players need to be looked at.
Butler
Containa
Graham
Ellis
McIntosh
Markov
And even Martin.
Anybody that says Short is soft has to take a good look at his effort even after getting injured.
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I never advocate mass changes. Downgrading to even more few game players is not the answer but the following players need to be looked at.
Butler
Containa
Graham
Ellis
McIntosh
Markov
And even Martin.
Anybody that says Short is soft has to take a good look at his effort even after getting injured.
Ellis
George
OUT!!
Nank has been belted the past 2 weeks...Soldo should be given an opportunity soon.
Butler and Graham need gripo and loads of it.
We need to grind it out to be 3/3 but changes of players is required.
Stack - :clapping
Lynch - :clapping
Markov wasn't bad i thought and should retain his position.
Baker for George and Houli for Ellis...a few others required but need the dust to settle.
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We conceded 90 points from our turnovers :help.
https://twitter.com/kane_elias/status/1114442862077169665
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Half of them just from Graham.... :shh
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Always believed we'd learn alot about some of our players when Rance went down.
And we certainly are and the results aren't good
We have far too many of our good players so badly out of form that they are currently "ordinary" players which makes our ordinary players poor players
And finally we have players that have always been poor aroundthe comtest who are now simply putrid.
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Always believed we'd learn alot about some of our players when Rance went down.
And we certainly are and the results aren't good
We have far too many of our good players so badly out of form that they are currently "ordinary" players which makes our ordinary players poor players
And finally we have players that have always been poor aroundthe comtest who are now simply putrid.
just sums it all up WP. Rance being out is showing what the rest of them are made of and its not great.
He clearly made everyone walk tall and now they cant even walk
Putrid sums it up
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Let’s face it. This year we look cooked already
Rance our for the year hurts, Riewoldt out doesn’t help.
Cotchin is kicking at 50% and dusty has lost his mojo.
Our second tier isn’t that good. Our game plan has been worked out.
Players aren’t prepared to work as hard as they’ve been working the last two years.
Maybe easing them into the season went too far the wrong way.
........ but we won a premiership. :gotigers
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Stack goes alright. Umps are stuffing clowns. Probably need some good draft picks now they have moved the goal posts on us and changed the rules so much. I am actually so sick of the changes that I have lost interest, it is just not football anymore, they need to keep their ball scratchers off of the friggen game for five minutes.
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Let’s face it. This year we look cooked already
Rance our for the year hurts, Riewoldt out doesn’t help.
Cotchin is kicking at 50% and dusty has lost his mojo.
Our second tier isn’t that good. Our game plan has been worked out.
Players aren’t prepared to work as hard as they’ve been working the last two years.
Maybe easing them into the season went too far the wrong way.
........ but we won a premiership. :gotigers
I disagree
The fight was there yesterday unlike last week, can’t question effort.
It was our under 10s skill errors and execution that let us down.
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Hate to break it you but 5-10 mins in to the final quarter there was no fight
And for a 10 minute period in the 3rd there wasnt much either
I was there at the game and it stood out :'(
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Something stinks.
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Hate to break it you but 5-10 mins in to the final quarter there was no fight
And for a 10 minute period in the 3rd there wasnt much either
I was there at the game and it stood out :'(
I don’t disagree but I think that was because they knew the game was lost (not that that’s an excuse)
But for most of the game, the pressure and intensity was a huge improvement on last week.
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Something stinks.
Sorry, I have bad BO
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How bad was the commentary yesterday? Was worse than our performance. They were very obviously barracking for gws.
Huddos “cop that Astbury” was the most unprofessional mal bit of commentary I’ve heard.
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It wasn't commentary as much as it was flat-out barracking for GWS.... :shh
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With Finlayson's performance kicking 5 goals (4 career goals before this game) did anyone hark back to the good old days when this used to happen to us all the time. For example a player horribly out of form turns it on against us ala Ben Graham kicking 5 goals against us after never playing forward in his life!!
I also add in the good old days players out injured used to always come back against us think Mumford & Kelly this week. Ollie Wines next week for sure likely to kick the sealer against us.
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With Cameron being injured, did anyone bother to test it out?
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Stack was the only Tiger to get votes from the coaches.
Coaches votes (Hardwick & Cameron)
Votes Player (Club)
10 Jeremy Cameron (GWS)
8 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
4 Jeremy Finlayson (GWS)
3 Jacob Hopper (GWS)
2 Tim Taranto (GWS)
2 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
1 Sydney Stack (RICH)
https://www.aflcoaches.com.au/awards/the-aflca-champion-player-of-the-year-award/leaderboard
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https://twitter.com/sirswampthing/status/1115138295967637504
:shh