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Tigers fall to Bulldogs
richmondfc.com.au
April 11, 2015 4:25 PM
Final scores:
Richmond - 2.3 3.6 6.8 9.12. 66
Western Bulldogs - 3.5 5.8 10.13 12.13. 85
Goals:
Richmond – Riewoldt 2, Grimes, Martin, Petterd, Lloyd, Griffiths, Newman, Gordon
Western Bulldogs – Dickson 4, Crameri 2, Stringer 2, Honeychurch, Wallis, Grant, Wood
Best:
Richmond - Rance, Martin, Cotchin, Miles, McIntosh
Western Bulldogs - Dickson, Wallis, Bontempelli, Macrae, Talia, M.Boyd
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Richmond has suffered a disappointing 19-point loss to the Western Bulldogs in Round 2, in front of 49,945 fans at the MCG.
The Bulldogs led from start to finish, answering every challenge the Tigers could muster.
Richmond finished on top in disposals, contested possessions, clearances and inside 50s, but
Defender Alex Rance was a strong contributor in a losing cause, picking up 28 disposals, continually repelling attacking threats and trying to creating attacking moves.
Midfielders Trent Cotchin (34 possessions), Dustin Martin (31 and six tackles), Anthony Miles (27 and six clearances) toiled hard throughout.
Spearhead Jack Riewoldt was the Tigers’ leading goalkicker with two, while Tory Dickson booted four goals for the Bulldogs.
Shane Edwards was a late withdrawal for Richmond with a calf injury, joining the suspended Brett Deledio on the sidelines.
After the Bulldogs controlled the early exchanges, the game’s first goal came from Mitch Honeychurch.
Five minutes later, an unlikely source kicked things off for the Tigers, with Dylan Grimes sneaking forward to fire home from long range.
Back-to-back Bulldog goals had the lead out to 14 points, before a team-lifting goal from Martin ended the quarter on a high for the Tigers.
The Tiger midfielder was busy in the early stages, collecting 11 disposals in the opening term.
Richmond dominated for large parts of the second quarter, enjoying a lopsided territorial advantage, however they found themselves 14 points in arrears at the main break.
Ricky Petterd was the sole goalkicker of the term, from a strong mark and set shot.
Richmond started the second half brightly, with Sam Lloyd kicking truly from a long-range set shot.
The Bulldogs then dominated the next phase of play, kicking three-straight goals to blow the margin out to over four goals.
Goals to Tiger key targets Jack Riewoldt and Ben Griffiths turned the tide briefly, but the Bulldogs kicked the final two goals of the term through Jake Stringer and Jarrad Grant to make it a tough ask for the home side.
Riewoldt and Chris Newman added goals to start the final term to bring the margin back to 16 points, however the Bulldogs held firm in the final stages.
The Tigers take on the Brisbane Lions on the road in Round 3 next weekend.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-04-11/tigers-fall-to-bulldogs
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Western Bulldogs' bite too tough for Richmond
Rohan Connolly
The Age
April 11, 2015 - 6:39PM
WESTERN BULLDOGS 3.5 5.8 10.13 12.13 (85)
RICHMOND 2.3 3.6 6.8 9.12 (66)
Goals:
Western Bulldogs: T Dickson 4, J Stringer 2, S Crameri 2, E Wood, J Grant, M Honeychurch, M Wallis.
Richmond: J Riewoldt 2, B Griffiths, C Newman, D Grimes, D Martin, N Gordon, R Petterd, S Lloyd.
Best:
Western Bulldogs: M Bontempelli, M Wallis, J Macrae, T Dickson, M Talia, M Boyd, B Murphy.
Richmond: A Rance, D Martin, T Cotchin, A Miles, J Batchelor, B Ellis.
Umpires: Shane McInerney, Jordan Bannister, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 49,945 at MCG.
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It is already clear that Luke Beveridge intends having his Western Bulldogs play a quicker, more attacking game than they had previously. But that doesn't mean the less glamorous aspects of the game are going to be overlooked, either.
The Dogs had already shown under Brendan McCartney that they could hold their own in a contested situation. And in Saturday's 19-point win over Richmond, there was a notable streak of mental toughness, too.
The Bulldogs led this game from start to finish. But it didn't mean there weren't several occasions on which their opposition threatened. And each time Beveridge's side responded in the perfect manner, nipping any potential comeback by the Tigers in the bud.
It happened midway through the third term, when the Doggies had built a 27-point lead, only for Richmond key forwards Ben Griffiths then Jack Riewoldt to escape the shackles applied by Jordan Roughead and Michael Talia long enough to kick two quick goals.
The strangely silent Tiger hordes began to find their voice. But within five minutes, the Bulldogs led by even more than previously, thanks to goals to Jake Stringer and Jarrad Grant.
Again in the final term, Richmond threatened with early goals to Chris Newman and Riewoldt, the gap again back to just 16 points. And again, the Bulldogs managed to steady things long enough not to let a trickle become a flood, Tory Dickson's fourth goal of the game and one to Easton Wood effectively settling the result a good 10 minutes before the end.
They'd deserved the points well before that in a very even effort across the board. Not that there weren't standouts.
Like – and we'll be saying this often enough over the next decade or so – the sublime Marcus Bontempelli, who began slowly but sure made up for lost time with a game in equal parts prolific, strong and creative – 27 touches, 10 tackles and three score assists making that pretty obvious.
Mitch Wallis and Jack Macrae weren't as spectacular as "The Bont", but not a lot less effective around the ball, and in defence, Talia particularly was a standout, the influence of Riewoldt and Griffiths, despite that third-quarter cameo, negligible.
Their efforts were able to fill the breach left by the underperforming Bulldogs tall forwards, Dickson and the likes of Stewart Crameri and Stringer able to bob up where the key-position likes of Tom Boyd and Ayce Cordy couldn't.
Richmond had two standout performers in Alex Rance, who not only pulled the shutters down on Boyd, but became one of his side's most prolific possession winners besides, and the always-creative Dustin Martin.
But Martin's brilliance by foot only served to highlight how many of his teammates were butchering the ball. Martin must have been tearing his hair out after setting up first Ben Griffiths then Ricky Petterd with superb passes early in the game, only for both to spray their shots.
The Bulldogs' issue was more their key forwards not getting a sniff. Boyd took his first mark of the match a couple of minutes before half-time and in the defensive 50. He and Cordy had the grand total of four disposals and that same mark between them at the long break.
Their opponents, meanwhile, were doing all sorts of damage. If any key defender has a better first half this year than Rance did in this game, it will be worth watching.
Not content with denying Boyd a sniff, Rance became a constant source of rebound, going to the half-time break with 15 disposals and six marks. You wondered by half-time whether Boyd might be reduced to a quasi tagging role.
It was the Dogs' smaller forwards and midfielders who had to put the runs on the board. Honeychurch, very busy early, kicked things off, and Tory Dickson and Mitch Wallis gave their side a minor edge by quarter-time.
That became 14 points after Jake Batchelor, trying to switch play, kicked across ground to two teammates, only to see Matthew Boyd sweep in between them and set up Crameri for the easiest of goals.
Petterd got the Tigers back in it, before Stringer strolled into another open goal just before the siren. The margin could have been even greater, too, Macrae missing a very gettable shot from the restart from only 40 metres.
It would have been in keeping with the Dogs of old that missed opportunities like that left open the gate just wide enough for their opponent to charge through.
But a strangely flat Richmond seemed not to have enough strength nor, to be stuff, the will to do so this time. And they were up against a team which just two rounds into the new football year, already appears to be made of much sterner stuff.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-report/western-bulldogs-bite-too-tough-for-richmond-20150411-1mj0rc.html
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2015 AFL season: Western Bulldogs defeat Richmond by 19 points at MCG in Round 2
Sam Edmund
Herald Sun
April 11, 2015 5:59PM
A LIVE showing of Beauty and the Beast was staged at the MCG on Saturday.
But the fact the Western Bulldogs were the pretty winners and Richmond the ugliest of losers spoke volumes for both.
The Tigers have turned losing games they should win into an art form over the years. This time they were comprehensively beaten by a Dogs side who brought unyielding pressure and wouldn’t take losing for an answer.
Richmond, a side with finals aspirations and more, trailed at every change against a club who not long ago sacked its coach and saw its captain walk out. But this appears to be a Bulldogs side reborn; one that tackles relentlessly and rebounds off half-back with speed and assurity.
The Dogs led by eight points at quarter-time, 14 at half time and 29 at three-quarter time before running out 19 point winners, 12.13 (85) to 9.12 (66).
This was a contest marred by sloppy disposal and dominated by both defences, causing a midfield dogfight that the Western Bulldogs had a bigger appetite for.
The season is only two weeks old, but new coach Luke Beveridge has transformed this side.
“I think the approval rating is pretty high,” new captain Robert Murphy remarked after the final siren. “It must be as high as Bob Hawke in the 80s, but there’s a long way to go.”
The Dogs won the tackle-count 73-50 in a game they won by three goals. Certainly, there is a new-found steel to the silk.
The youth on show at the kennel has been much-hyped for some time now, but they are more than justifying that.
Marcus Bontempelli was immense, combining 27 possessions with 10 tackles. Best of all, he has ice in his veins at critical moments, of which there were plenty yesterday as both sides butchered the ball going inside 50m for long periods.
Mitch Wallis divided his time between Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin and Anthony Miles and was better than all of them, winning 15 contested possessions and eight clearances.
Jackson Macrae makes the right decisions, Luke Dahlhaus works just as hard defensively as offensively and Lin Jong has something special. And on it goes.
Their enthusiasm is rubbing off on the old stagers. Murphy was composed and clinical in the defensive 50m, while Matthew Boyd has a new role but doesn’t appear to have lost any of the qualities that have made him such a consistent performer.
Tory Dickson kicked two pivotal goals to halt a Richmond charge in the third quarter and kicked another vital one after the Tigers had kicked the first two of the last quarter to get within 16 points. He finished with 4.2 from 17 possessions in a real jack-in-the-box performance.
It’s the excitement that makes it hard not to think about the what-ifs. What if Ryan Griffen and Adam Cooney had stayed? What if Tom Liberatore hadn’t done his knee? What if Tom Williams and Daniel Giansiracusa had a little more juice in the legs?
They will undoubtedly have their moments, but this young group will grow together, get better together and if yesterday is a real sign of things to come, win lots of games together. If there was disharmony at Whitten Oval last year, they’re making sweet music now.
For Richmond, it was the sort of loss it knows all too well — exasperating and frustrating.
The Tigers won contested ball and uncontested ball and had six more inside 50s. Yet they kept finding new ways to stuff up attacking forays, and when they did, the ball rebounded out of their forward 50m with venom.
Incidentally, Richmond also won the stuff count 30-13.
If the Tiges didn’t have Alex Rance they might have lost by 10 goals. The out-of-contract defender gave Tom Boyd the sort of hiding that shatters the confidence of young players.
Rance not only annihilated Boyd, but he wreaked havoc charging off half-back. Twenty-eight possessions and 10 marks, he couldn’t have do anymore, except name his price, perhaps.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 12.13 (85)
RICHMOND 9.12 (66)
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: T Dickson 4 J Stringer 2 S Crameri 2 E Wood J Grant M Honeychurch M Wallis.
Richmond: J Riewoldt 2 B Griffiths C Newman D Grimes D Martin N Gordon R Petterd S Lloyd.
BEST
Western Bulldogs: M Bontempelli M Wallis M Boyd R Murphy J Macrae T Dickson E Wood L Dahlhaus.
Richmond: A Rance T Cotchin D Martin A Miles C Newman I Maric.
Umpires: Shane McInerney, Jordan Bannister, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 49,945 at MCG.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-season-western-bulldogs-defeat-richmond-by-19-points-at-mcg-in-round-2/story-fni5f22o-1227299782442
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Western Bulldogs' bite too tough for Richmond
Rohan Connolly
The Age
April 11, 2015 - 6:39PM
WESTERN BULLDOGS 3.5 5.8 10.13 12.13 (85)
RICHMOND 2.3 3.6 6.8 9.12 (66)
Goals:
Western Bulldogs: T Dickson 4, J Stringer 2, S Crameri 2, E Wood, J Grant, M Honeychurch, M Wallis.
Richmond: J Riewoldt 2, B Griffiths, C Newman, D Grimes, D Martin, N Gordon, R Petterd, S Lloyd.
Best:
Western Bulldogs: M Bontempelli, M Wallis, J Macrae, T Dickson, M Talia, M Boyd, B Murphy.
Richmond: A Rance, D Martin, T Cotchin, A Miles, J Batchelor, B Ellis.
Umpires: Shane McInerney, Jordan Bannister, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 49,945 at MCG.
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It is already clear that Luke Beveridge intends having his Western Bulldogs play a quicker, more attacking game than they had previously. But that doesn't mean the less glamorous aspects of the game are going to be overlooked, either.
The Dogs had already shown under Brendan McCartney that they could hold their own in a contested situation. And in Saturday's 19-point win over Richmond, there was a notable streak of mental toughness, too.
The Bulldogs led this game from start to finish. But it didn't mean there weren't several occasions on which their opposition threatened. And each time Beveridge's side responded in the perfect manner, nipping any potential comeback by the Tigers in the bud.
It happened midway through the third term, when the Doggies had built a 27-point lead, only for Richmond key forwards Ben Griffiths then Jack Riewoldt to escape the shackles applied by Jordan Roughead and Michael Talia long enough to kick two quick goals.
The strangely silent Tiger hordes began to find their voice. But within five minutes, the Bulldogs led by even more than previously, thanks to goals to Jake Stringer and Jarrad Grant.
Again in the final term, Richmond threatened with early goals to Chris Newman and Riewoldt, the gap again back to just 16 points. And again, the Bulldogs managed to steady things long enough not to let a trickle become a flood, Tory Dickson's fourth goal of the game and one to Easton Wood effectively settling the result a good 10 minutes before the end.
They'd deserved the points well before that in a very even effort across the board. Not that there weren't standouts.
Like – and we'll be saying this often enough over the next decade or so – the sublime Marcus Bontempelli, who began slowly but sure made up for lost time with a game in equal parts prolific, strong and creative – 27 touches, 10 tackles and three score assists making that pretty obvious.
Mitch Wallis and Jack Macrae weren't as spectacular as "The Bont", but not a lot less effective around the ball, and in defence, Talia particularly was a standout, the influence of Riewoldt and Griffiths, despite that third-quarter cameo, negligible.
Their efforts were able to fill the breach left by the underperforming Bulldogs tall forwards, Dickson and the likes of Stewart Crameri and Stringer able to bob up where the key-position likes of Tom Boyd and Ayce Cordy couldn't.
Richmond had two standout performers in Alex Rance, who not only pulled the shutters down on Boyd, but became one of his side's most prolific possession winners besides, and the always-creative Dustin Martin.
But Martin's brilliance by foot only served to highlight how many of his teammates were butchering the ball. Martin must have been tearing his hair out after setting up first Ben Griffiths then Ricky Petterd with superb passes early in the game, only for both to spray their shots.
The Bulldogs' issue was more their key forwards not getting a sniff. Boyd took his first mark of the match a couple of minutes before half-time and in the defensive 50. He and Cordy had the grand total of four disposals and that same mark between them at the long break.
Their opponents, meanwhile, were doing all sorts of damage. If any key defender has a better first half this year than Rance did in this game, it will be worth watching.
Not content with denying Boyd a sniff, Rance became a constant source of rebound, going to the half-time break with 15 disposals and six marks. You wondered by half-time whether Boyd might be reduced to a quasi tagging role.
It was the Dogs' smaller forwards and midfielders who had to put the runs on the board. Honeychurch, very busy early, kicked things off, and Tory Dickson and Mitch Wallis gave their side a minor edge by quarter-time.
That became 14 points after Jake Batchelor, trying to switch play, kicked across ground to two teammates, only to see Matthew Boyd sweep in between them and set up Crameri for the easiest of goals.
Petterd got the Tigers back in it, before Stringer strolled into another open goal just before the siren. The margin could have been even greater, too, Macrae missing a very gettable shot from the restart from only 40 metres.
It would have been in keeping with the Dogs of old that missed opportunities like that left open the gate just wide enough for their opponent to charge through.
But a strangely flat Richmond seemed not to have enough strength nor, to be stuff, the will to do so this time. And they were up against a team which just two rounds into the new football year, already appears to be made of much sterner stuff.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-report/western-bulldogs-bite-too-tough-for-richmond-20150411-1mj0rc.html
If the doggies are playing a faster game then they must have been damn slow ladt year. The first 3/4 of the game they zoned back into defense and scored on the rebound. Thats not an Eade style running game in my book. Its a swans defensive grind.
Connoly sometimes sees games from orbit me thinks.
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TEAM STATS:
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Wonder what those Richmond supporting morons who like to claim the umpires are biased against us made of the 30 - 13 free kick count.
stuff me Richmond supporters are dumb.
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stuffing disgusting, just discussing!
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Yeah we had a very easy ride from the umps yesterday. Should have lost by more.
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If the doggies are playing a faster game then they must have been damn slow ladt year. The first 3/4 of the game they zoned back into defense and scored on the rebound. Thats not an Eade style running game in my book. Its a swans defensive grind.
Said the same thing during the game tdy - had the Swan's trademark flood written all over it.
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If the doggies are playing a faster game then they must have been damn slow ladt year. The first 3/4 of the game they zoned back into defense and scored on the rebound. Thats not an Eade style running game in my book. Its a swans defensive grind.
Said the same thing during the game tdy - had the Swan's trademark flood written all over it.
Their game style mightn't have been faster but their players clearly were.
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still havent watched the game but the stats suggest the following.
to use an alan jeans analogy we have it they hve it the ball is in contest. seems we did okay when it was contested, seems we had it enough , but when they had it we did little.
most go and watch it i suppose.
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Basically Claw for me it looked like we had the upper hand for the first half but it was pretty much chip around and bang it into the forward line to an overcrowded forward line due to taking to long with the ball. If we were lucky to mark it we'd miss the shot anyway but more often than not they just burnt us going the other way until our back line stood up marvelously especially Rance in the 2Q.
Second half was much the same but without us even looking like we were the better team