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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on October 28, 2019, 02:13:43 PM
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JLT1 - Richmond vs GWS @ Wagga Wagga
According to SEN
JLT1 - Richmond vs Collingwood @ Wangaratta
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Troll them and don't play any of the GF 22.... :shh
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Sunday 8th March is apparently the date.
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JLT 1 is actually v Collingwood at Wangaratta
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2020 Marsh Community Series fixture
Match 1
Sunday, March 1
Richmond v Collingwood
Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta
4.00pm EDT
Match 2
Sunday, March 8
Greater Western Sydney v Richmond
Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga
12.40 pm EDT
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/2020MarshCSFixtureFAOcct28.jpg)
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-10-28/2020-marsh-community-series-fixture-announced
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Looks like we'll be going with a mostly young & inexperienced side in our first preseason game.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/374348/flag-tigers-target-return-in-pre-season-gf-rematch
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Here's the teams ....
Jack Higgins' recovery from brain surgery continues to pick up steam, with the third-year cult hero set to play for the Tigers, who also picked draftee Thomson Dow for the match at Wangaratta.
RICHMOND
B: N.Balta 21 D.Grimes - C 2 D.Astbury 12
HB: S.Stack 44 N.Vlastuin 1 J.Short 15
C: J.Caddy 22 D.Prestia 3 L.Baker 7
HF: D.Rioli 17 K.Lambert 23 J.Castagna 11
F: M.Chol 41 C.Coleman-Jones 40 O.Markov 31
Foll: I.Soldo 20 J.Ross 5 M.Pickett 50
I/C: P.Naish 6 J.Higgins 13 R.Collier-Dawkins 26 T.Dow 27 S.Bolton 29 N.Broad 35 J.Aarts 39 R.Garthwaite 42
Emerg: W.Martyn 36 B.Miller 46 D.Eggmolesse-Smith 43 L.English 32
Full squad: N.Balta, D.Grimes, D.Astbury, S.Stack, N.Vlastuin, J.Short, J.Caddy, D.Prestia, L.Baker, D.Rioli, K.Lambert, J.Castagna, M.Chol, C.Coleman-Jones, O.Markov, I.Soldo, J.Ross, M.Pickett, P.Naish, J.Higgins, R.Collier-Dawkins, T.Dow, N.Broad, S.Bolton, J.Aarts, R.Garthwaite
COLLINGWOOD
B: J.Crisp 25 J.Roughead 23 J.Madgen 44
HB: B.Maynard 37 M.Keane 47 C.Mayne 16
C: T.Brown 6 A.Treloar 7 W.Hoskin-Elliott 32
HF: J.Elliott 5 B.Reid 20 B.Mihocek 41
F: J.Stephenson 1 M.Cox 46 J.De Goey 2
Foll: D.Cameron 14 R.Wills 33 T.Adams - C 13
I/C: J.Noble 9 A.Bosenavulagi 40 C.Brown 17 T.Phillips 21 J.Thomas 24 J.Daicos 26 N.Murphy 28 T.Bianco 34
Emerg: B.Sier 36 J.Rantall 35 W.Kelly 27 T.Ruscoe 39
Full squad: J.Crisp, J.Roughead, J.Madgen, B.Maynard, M.Keane, C.Mayne, T.Brown, A.Treloar, W.Hoskin-Elliott, J.Elliott, B.Reid, B.Mihocek, J.Stephenson, M.Cox, J.De Goey, D.Cameron, R.Wills, T.Adams, J.Noble, A.Bosenavulagi, C.Brown, T.Phillips, J.Daicos, J.Thomas, N.Murphy, T.Bianco
https://www.afl.com.au/news/378599/marsh-teams-pies-big-surprise-gun-tiger-back-six-new-swans
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Don’t know how we will score goals from our talls?
Great test of depth!
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Don’t know how we will score goals from our talls?
Great test of depth!
They’ll probably just kick them?
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Great to see some of our depth out there!
Really keen to see how Balta goes in the backline. Clearly he's been marked as the Rance replacement long-term.
Also really excited to see Chol + CCJ in the forward line as potential candidates to replace Riewoldt and play 2nd ruck.
Short and Stack HBF in anticipation of Houli retirement - tick from me.
Baker on the wing is interesting...prefer him as a small FWD/DEF. Definitely has more of a go than Short but his disposal isn't nearly as good. I can see him going back to release Stack for either wing/FWD duties.
Will also be great to see all of Pickett, Ross, Higgins, RCD and Dow having a go.
Plenty of blokes there I don't rate also - Naish (I could be wrong admittedly), Aarts and Garth. Make or break seasons for all of them.
The rest are staples or unknown/worth keeping.
RICHMOND
B: N.Balta 21 D.Grimes - C 2 D.Astbury 12
HB: S.Stack 44 N.Vlastuin 1 J.Short 15
C: J.Caddy 22 D.Prestia 3 L.Baker 7
HF: D.Rioli 17 K.Lambert 23 J.Castagna 11
F: M.Chol 41 C.Coleman-Jones 40 O.Markov 31
Foll: I.Soldo 20 J.Ross 5 M.Pickett 50
I/C: P.Naish 6 J.Higgins 13 R.Collier-Dawkins 26 T.Dow 27 S.Bolton 29 N.Broad 35 J.Aarts 39 R.Garthwaite 42
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Keen to see Dow so hope he plays.
As for the pre season games zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Aarts is just a fart in the wind. Reminds me of another fringe dweller in Biscuits.
I’m not expecting much.
Keen to see the emergence of Balta and Two-Mums and CCJ.
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Don’t know how we will score goals from our talls?
Great test of depth!
Interesting to see if we play a forward line with two talls a la 2019 or go back to 2017 with one tall given both Jack & Lynch are missing.
Main thing is no injuries :pray.
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I like the look of Markov but for some reason he doesn’t get a regular shot in the senior side even ahead of the likes of Brandon Ellis. Now that he’s gone there’s nothing stopping him the chance of cementing a his spot on a wing as a Grigg type.
I think for some reason they see him adding something up forward but I’m skeptical.
Caddy is an interesting one. Will he continue to flex his muscle as a wingman?
I think he’s too slow but he seemed to redefine the role in the latter part of last season so I guess that won’t change.
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Aarts is just a fart in the wind. Reminds me of another fringe dweller in Biscuits.
I’m not expecting much.
Keen to see the emergence of Balta and Two-Mums and CCJ.
I believe that Aarts will be gone at the end of the year, possibly to another team but your derogatory description of him is unnecessary.
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Richmond is anticipating an emotional affair when Jack Higgins makes his incredible comeback from multiple brain surgeries tomorrow afternoon. @coreynorris9 #9News
Watch here as well as some training vision in Wangaratta: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1233658327193837568
Grimesy is captain tomorrow and mentioned we're still hungry as Dimma is good about looking forward to the next challenge no matter what success or failure we have.
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Anyone here heading up to Wangaratta to watch the game today?
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I thought this started now? why is my stream some weird rugby game
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Pickett with the side step gets it out of our backline and forward.
Good team pressure. Higgins wins the HTB free. Goes to Short who goes the long bomb for a goal :gotigers
Rich 1.0-6
Coll 0.1-1
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I thought this started now? why is my stream some weird rugby game
Started at 4:10pm. So we're 10 mins in.
Apparently we're kicking with the slight breeze.
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Two quick goals to the Pies.
6 - 13
No one on Crisp.
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Chol has dropped a couple of marking chances so far.
Pies run it down the other end for another goal.
6 - 19
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Chol looks lazy. Second efforts lad.
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Disposals: 56 - 76
Falling down forward of centre so far.
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Broad everywhere
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We're playing like we haven't played in six months :P. Plenty of schoolboy mistakes and not getting numbers to the fall of the ball.
6 - 25
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I'm writing Chol off after 10mins of a pre season game
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Another defensive rebound goal to Collingwood.
6 - 31
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We just can't find a marking target inside 50 and the Pies and cleaning it up once it hits the deck.
The Pies are getting a nice run from the umps too ::).
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Aarts is just a fart in the wind. Reminds me of another fringe dweller in Biscuits.
Nasty unrequired comment
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Makes it hard when you kick it blindly long with no decent or let's say developing forwards. Not one decent hit up forward pass that quarter.
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#freekickcollingwood >:(
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#freekickcollingwood >:(
A lot of truth in that
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Quarter time
Richmond 1.0-6
Coll'wood 5.1-31
Goal: Short.
Well that was a quarter of slop :P. Forward line totally dysfunctional so far.
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Umpires are stuffen cheats and Chol is a lazy dud
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Quarter time
Richmond 1.0-6
Coll'wood 5.1-31
Goal: Short.
Well that was a quarter of slop :P. Forward line totally dysfunctional so far.
Bin Chol and things will improve
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Our top ballgetters are all defenders.
Baker 9
Broad 9
Short 8
Tackles: 11 - 19. So our pressure is non-existent given the Pies have had more of the ball.
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Good tackle Pickett. Goes long to F50 and Chol finally marks one playing in front. Chips to Lambert from 45. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 2.0-12
Coll 5.1-31
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Haven’t seen anything from RCD or Stack.
Pickett busy but not hitting the targets. Baker has been good.
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Overpossessing in the midfield leads to a turnover and Collingwood goal.
12 - 37
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RCD kicks long from the centre clearance but once again we can't mark inside F50. Pies eventually clear.
Groundhog day.
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Another goal to them.
12 - 43
When we're short chipping it around and allowing the opposition to get numbers behind the ball then it's not a Richmond game :P.
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Free kicks 6-12 Geez.
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We're playing like it's a preseason Sunday picnic. No team intensity and desperation.
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Then again we play Collingwood in only round 2. Perhaps we are deliberately not giving a stuff to not show our hand.
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Well that was better ball movement. Helps when you find leading up marking targets forward of the ball. Chol marks and it ends up with Prestia for the set shot. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 3.0-18
Coll 7.1-43
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Mark and goal to the Pies. Again started from their HB line.
18 - 49
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This is frustrating to watch. Continually going long inside 50 but the Pies clean up and rebound as soon as it hits the ground.
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Finally we get a mark to Soldo but he's on the 50. Sprays it. Stoppage. Broad to the hot spot but Chol can't mark it and it's a free to Collingwood and they clear.
#GroundhogDay.
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George long to CCJ. Finds Soldo to Higgo 55 out. Kicks towards Chol but it's cut off by the Pies :banghead.
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Ross long. Bolton at ground level to Chol to Caddy who gets one back :gotigers
Rich 4.0-24
Coll 8.1-49
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Both Ross & RCD just bomb it all the time. Need to tidy up inside 50 entries
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Half-time
Richmond 1.0 4.0-24
Coll'wood 5.1 8.1-49
Goals: Short, Lambert, Prestia, Caddy.
Well we stopped the bleeding and got the ball inside 50 more but still couldn't find a marking target or keep it trapped in there most times.
Broad top ballgetter with 16 disposals @ 90% eff.
We haven't used Markov or Dow yet.
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Enjoying CCJ's game
Not enjoying the chipping backwards
We're playing like how I feel about this game= don't care, just a praccy game
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I like Chol but he won't make it f he can't hold simple marks...taking one speccy but dropping five sitters won't cut it... :shh
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Both Ross & RCD just bomb it all the time. Need to tidy up inside 50 entries
Typical young & raw inside mids.... RCD just needs to get his hands on it more..:shh
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Tackles: 18 - 32 ( 7 - 13 that quarter ).
Pies' intensity has been higher than ours.
The Top six ballgetters for us are our backline.
Broad 16 @ 90%
Short 16 @ 82%
Baker 15
Next three are Floss, Astbury & Grimes.
Prestia 10
Caddy 10
Pickett 10
Lambert 8
Mids need to get their hands on the ball more and our forwards need to work, pressure and contest harder especially once the ball hits the ground.
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Both Ross & RCD just bomb it all the time. Need to tidy up inside 50 entries
Typical young & raw inside mids.... RCD just needs to get his hands on it more..:shh
I’d Swap him with Tom Green in a heartbeat.
Now that kid gets the footy.
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Gee ya don't say...Tom Green's a top 3 talent who only went at 10 because he was an academy player....RCD was pick 20..... :shh
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We get the centre clearance by hand but overuse it. From the loose ball Short goes long inside 50. We get the free but George snaps a point and it doesn't get called back. So much for advantage.
25 - 49
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Prestia long but Chol is spoiled. Throw-in. Pickett spun out of the pack and nice pass to CCJ. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 5.1-31
Coll 8.1-49
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Bolton spins and kicks a high ball inside 50 but the Pies mark. They clear.
Stack now with the free just outside 50. Pops it up. Comes off a Tiger boot and OOTF.
Garth to Caddy to Ross who is spun in the tackle and kicks long towards Chol who gives away the free.
CCJ down to Prestia. Goes long but Chol is outnumbered. Pies clear.
CCJ marks. Goes long but the Pies mark.
Still wasting our forward entries.
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Astbury to Caddy out of defence kick over Higgo's head but Bolton cleans up back to Higgo and finds Chol. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 6.1-37
Coll 8.2-50
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3/4 stats:
Disposals: 38 - 50
Inside 50s: 9 -5
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George towards HF. Aarts gathers and goes long inside 50. Markov now on and it's off a boot for a point.
38 - 50
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Baker steals the ball with a smother. 1-2 with Rioli. Goes long to the goalsquare but no mark. Stoppages. Pickett with the flying kick but CCJ can;t mark.
Prestia tumbles one insdie 50. Markov to Aarts but his snap misses.
39 - 50
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Game now looking like a Richmond one.
Baker to Short goes long and Rioli flies and marks 50 out. Hits the post.
40 - 50
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Inside 50s 3rd quarter: 13 - 6
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Baker free and 50. Pumps it from the middle. Free to Bolton for over the shoulder. Misses as well.
41 - 50
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Tackles 3rd qtr: 12 - 3
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Now a 50 for the Pies gifts them a shot ::).
Lucky they missed a sitter.
41 - 51
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This is like watching u12s. Look for a leading option you idiots. Put the long kick away. Wayne Carey's not out there.
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Castagna slung in the tackle but still gets it towards Rioli. Pies run it over deliberately. Free to us. It goes towards Rioli who gets the free. Siren goes before the set shot. Drifts away and misses.
3/4 time
Richmond 1.0 4.0 6.6-42
Coll'wood 5.1 8.1 8.4-52
Goals: Short, Lambert, Prestia, Caddy, Coleman-Jones, Chol.
2.6 to 0.3 that qtr. Should have been closer. Our last 5 shots have been points :P.
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Ross with centre clearance to start the last qtr towards to Chol but no mark and it's a stoppage. Pies clear.
Dow still yet to come on.
Breeze has picked up. Pies kicking with it.
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Dow now on.
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Goal to the Pies.
42 - 58
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The ball is now carrying further to the end the Pies are kicking.
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Into the breeze can our forwards play in front.
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Dow some nice early touches.
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Board to Ross long to HF but Caddy can't mark playing from behind.
Another 50 to the Pies ::). Gifts them a goal.
42 - 64
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Game over. The stronger breeze making this easy for the Pies.
42 - 70
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We've put the cue in the rack.
Pies now pinging them from outside 50 with the breeze.
42 - 76
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I know it's only pre season but our game style going forward has been disgraceful.
Scoreboard now reflects how bad we've been.
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Stack from HB to Soldo off to Pickett long inside 50 and Aarts outbodies his opponent and marks. Hits the post.
43 - 76
6 straight missed shots for us.
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Aarts to George but again our kick inside 50 can't find a Tiger and lands with the Pies.
Sums up our day.
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10 more free kicks. Umpires obviously in pre season also. Probably what we have to look forward too.
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I know it's only pre season but our game style going forward has been disgraceful.
Scoreboard now reflects how bad we've been.
Our younger second string midfield and second string forward line have been outplayed today. The game has meant more to the Pies than us aside from the 3rd qtr. Our intensity for the other three quarters has been a like a Sunday preseason game.
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10 more free kicks. Umpires obviously in pre season also. Probably what we have to look forward too.
It's Collingwood. You are always playing against 25.
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Dow to Aarts to Caddy. Chips back to Dow who ran on.
Kick after the siren. Hits the post. That's 3 posters to us today and 7 straight behinds since midway through the 3rd qtr :P.
Final Score
Richmond 1.0 4.0 6.5 6.8-44
Coll'wood 5.1 8.1 8.4 13.6-84
Goals: Short, Lambert, Prestia, Caddy, Coleman-Jones, Chol.
Aside from getting some gametime run into our legs ............ Meh!
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I presume no injuries as opposed to the pies
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Whatever
:sleep
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No need to over analysis getting some run in the legs was important. Who out of the kids stood out and how was Balta. Chol biggest issues is his not consistent I hope he improves.
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Pies owned the disposal count by heaps.
Clearances: 26 - 38
Inside 50s: 51 - 58
Tackles: even despite us having less of the ball.
Most of the Pies' mids had 30+ possies.
Our best ballgetters were all defenders:
Baker 30
Short 25
Broad 21
Floss 18
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Early days but Dow looks the goods.... :shh
Balta, RCD & Chol all hugely disappointing.. :shh :shh
Markov gone even Aats looks better now.. :shh :shh :shh :shh
Naish won't make it.. :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
...and once again:
JAYDEN.SHORT.IS.NOT.AN.ELITE.KICK :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
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I presume no injuries as opposed to the pies
Fingers crossed. No mention of any injuries for us :pray.
Word is Treloar has done his hammy over at the Pies.
I'd take a injury-free preseason loss over a win that results in injuries.
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CCJ will be a gun....gonna be a shame when he asks for a trade back to SA at season's end...hopefully we don't let him go for unders like we usually do...first rounder/good player or GTFO... :shh.
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Balta and Garth got involved ?.
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Early days but Dow looks the goods.... :shh
Balta, RCD & Chol all hugely disappointing.. :shh :shh
Markov gone even Aats looks better now.. :shh :shh :shh :shh
Naish won't make it.. :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
...and once again:
JAYDEN.SHORT.IS.NOT.AN.ELITE.KICK :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
Another year means reading your dribble...me thinks i will pass thanks :shh
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Don't think we even turned up, game 2 against GWS will be a better hit out and i still don't believe we will be full throttle.
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Early days but Dow looks the goods.... :shh
Balta, RCD & Chol all hugely disappointing.. :shh :shh
Markov gone even Aats looks better now.. :shh :shh :shh :shh
Naish won't make it.. :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
...and once again:
JAYDEN.SHORT.IS.NOT.AN.ELITE.KICK :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
Balta needs a bit of work doesn't he
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Early days but Dow looks the goods.... :shh
Balta, RCD & Chol all hugely disappointing.. :shh :shh
Markov gone even Aats looks better now.. :shh :shh :shh :shh
Naish won't make it.. :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
...and once again:
JAYDEN.SHORT.IS.NOT.AN.ELITE.KICK :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
Another year means reading your dribble...me thinks i will pass thanks :shh
How's your boy Menadud goin' champ? :shh :shh
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Early days but Dow looks the goods.... :shh
Balta, RCD & Chol all hugely disappointing.. :shh :shh
Markov gone even Aats looks better now.. :shh :shh :shh :shh
Naish won't make it.. :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
...and once again:
JAYDEN.SHORT.IS.NOT.AN.ELITE.KICK :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh :shh
Balta needs a bit of work doesn't he
Looking very much a case of style over substance atm I'm afraid... :shh
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Most disappointed in RCD.
I mean I’ve heard a bit about the training and weight loss and disappointment with not being given an opportunity last year etc.
I saw nothing this game that makes me think he’s going to improve. Get your hands on the pill would be a start.
Granted it’s only a practice match but what else are these games for except getting some skill work into our regulars and a good look at some of what the youngsters and second tier fringe dwellers can do to prove their worth.
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Saving himself for the VFL GF.... :shh
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Tigers go down to Pies
By Ben Collins
AFL Media
1 March 2020
RICHMOND 1.0 4.0 6.6 6.8 (44)
COLLINGWOOD 5.1 8.1 8.4 13.6 (84)
GOALS
Richmond: Short, Lambert, Prestia, Caddy, Coleman-Jones, Chol
Collingwood: De Goey 3, Daicos 2, Cameron 2, Elliott, Reid, Mihocek, Cox, Crisp, Phillips
BEST
Richmond: Baker, Short, Broad, Caddy, Grimes
Collingwood: Treloar, Mayne, Adams, De Goey, Noble, Daicos, Maynard
INJURIES
Richmond: Nil
Collingwood: TBC
Reports: Nil
Official crowd: 7164 at Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta
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Richmond has fallen to Collingwood in its opening Marsh Community Series clash, going down 6.8 (44) to 13.6 (84) in Wangaratta.
Just four months after fearing his AFL career could be over as he prepared for brain surgery, Jack Higgins made a heart-warming return to senior football for Richmond.
In his first official game since Round 13 last year, the 20-year-old small forward will have gained enormous confidence he can reassert himself in the Richmond line-up.
Popular Tiger Higgins set up the first goal of the afternoon after being rewarded for a tackle, and handballing off to Jayden Short who bombed a long goal.
Shortly before quarter-time the pocket rocket went off with a bloodied nose after copping a high tackle, and when he returned in the second term he won a free kick after bravely committing to an aerial ball against two Magpies.
Higgins, who spent some time in the midfield, also had a hand in another goal to Mabior Chol in the third term as the Tigers fought back.
The slick Pies started into a two-goal breeze but dominated the first term with five goals to one to lead by 25 points at the first change – a lead they maintained to half-time.
Richmond fought back to within nine points in the third quarter, but kicked 2.6 to Collingwood’s three behinds for the term before the Pies kicked away again.
Both teams were severely depleted given Friday night's State of Origin for Bushfire Relief game, which featured 11 Tigers and Magpies combined – Richmond stars Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Tom Lynch, Jack Riewoldt, Bachar Houli and Shane Edwards and Collingwood guns Scott Pendlebury, Brodie Grundy, Steele Sidebottom, Darcy Moore and Jeremy Howe.
However, this provided opportunities for others to step up. Richmond, which featured 14 members of last year's premiership side, was perhaps best served by diminutive runners Liam Baker (30) and Short (25).
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/570460/tigers-go-down-to-pies
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Higgins return lifts depleted Tigers’ spirits
Jon Ralph
Herald Sun
2 March 2020
Jack Higgins’ most glorious football moment against Collingwood came with that round-the-goalpost kick that won him the 2018 Goal of the Year.
Little did he know the most nondescript football contributions two years on could fill him with such joy.
Sunday’s venue was Wangaratta’s picturesque Norm Minns Oval instead of a heaving MCG.
And his first contribution minutes after he bounced off the interchange bench would barely make the highlights reel in any of his 33 AFL games.
Yet the successful holding-the-ball tackle and simple wraparound handball for a 50m Jayden Short goal meant so much more than that.
Higgins was back, after a pair of brain surgeries that threatened his career and livelihood.
As usual his game was built on small but telling moments – a back-with-the-flight mark sandwiched between Ben Reid and Josh Daicos as well as a nice assist for a third-term Mabior Chol major.
But while he doesn’t have the premiership medal that dangles around Marlion Pickett’s neck, a career he feared was over now lives on.
WHO PLAYS ROUND 1?
Don’t get the feeling the Pies are sleepwalking through the pre-season stacked with extra practice matches and game simulation.
As the Pies dominated the first half then surged again late the star turns and cameos came from a host of players not content to play VFL in 2020.
Sons-of-guns Josh Daicos and Tyler Brown sparkled, with the son of legend Peter Daicos having a first-half blinder.
It included two goals and countless clever touches, Daicos saving a Tigers goal with a last-line mark only moments after finding the goalscorers list at the other end.
Darcy Cameron’s worth as a key forward is still to be determined but he slotted two goals and his influence in the ruck was important, including a perfect on-a-platter hitout to a surging Taylor Adams that resulted in a Pies goal.
Irishman Mark Keane continues to look more than comfortable as a 194cm defender and while Darcy Moore and Jeremy Howe will return, don’t count him out for senior games this year.
And NGA recruit Atu Bosenavulagi started as a pressuring small forward after an exciting pre-season, low on touches but full of energy.
In between Jack Crisp, newly re-signed Chris Mayne and Adam Treloar were all superb.
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley admitted he had a selection quanadry.
“I think so,” Buckley said.
“We felt like the boys were pretty even coming into this game so he and Mason really stood up. We love the way Brody goes about it and Darcy showed what we recruited him for. A strong aerial player who took some plucks inside 50 and his ruck work was probably even better than we hoped for.”
TOUGH INITIATION
Jordan De Goey wasn’t able to waltz off the back of the square for easy touches in his return to footy, instead handed the game’s best stopper in Dylan Grimes as his first opponent.
He didn’t get a sniff from the All-Australian as Jamie Elliott instead got the favourable match-up and early small forward touches.
Then De Goey waltzed into the centre square for the start of the second term and after an early midfield touch found space 45m out and slotted the set shot.
De Goey clearly looked underdone after a poor pre-season and while Grimes didn’t give him a sniff he scrounged two last-term goals from the midfield to finish as a three-goal performer.
“He is coming along OK. He got some really good work in during the last two or three weeks and he built into the game,” Buckley said.
“He did a fair bit of damage out of stoppage in that last quarter. Grimes and Nick Vlastuin are as good as there are as defenders going around so that was a bit of a rude introduction.”
PICKETT POWER
Of course Marlion Pickett started in the centre bounce and had the first clean touch of the game, racking up five touches in the opening minute.
One jinking, surging run from defence was breathtaking but the man whose blind turn was an iconic Grand Final moment did get run down trying something similar.
With Richmond’s best six out for Friday’s Bushfire relief game, Riley Collier-Dawkins was quiet and Sydney Stack solid but far from eye-catching.
Josh Caddy playing wing and half-back for a Tigers side which must replace Brandon Ellis, while Callum Coleman-Jones’ potential was highlighted by a commanding pack mark.
SCOREBOARD
RICHMOND 1.0 4.0 6.6 6.8 (44)
COLLINGWOOD 5.1 8.1 8.4 13.6 (84)
BEST
Tigers: Liam Baker, Short, Astbury, Broad,
Magpies: Crisp, Mayne, Treloar, Adams, Noble, Daicos
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/marsh-series-jack-higgins-makes-successful-comeback-in-richmonds-loss-to-collingwood/news-story/90970d9c3965ccea6902e7c1fc829e54
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Pies prevail over Tigers in battle of undermanned heavyweights
Daniel Cherny
The Age
2 March 2020
COLLINGWOOD 13.6 (84) def. RICHMOND 6.8 (44)
Wangaratta: Jordan De Goey issued a reminder of his brilliance while Jack Higgins got through his comeback game as Collingwood held Richmond at bay in the battle of the undermanned heavyweights.
But the Pies had a late scare as star midfielder Adam Treloar sat out the latter stages of the match with a hamstring concern.
Less than eight months after his world was rocked by a brain bleed, Higgins was back at it on Sunday, with the Richmond cult figure getting through Sunday’s pre-season match against the Magpies at Wangaratta’s Norm Minns Oval.
Meanwhile after a pre-season in which his application has come into question and he was involved in a high-profile split with his manager, De Goey made telling contributions to help Collingwood to a 40-point win after the Tigers wound back a 31-point second deficit to draw within a couple of goals at three-quarter time.
Playing largely as a deep forward while also pinch-hitting in the midfield, De Goey floated in and out of the game before kicking two long-range goals in the final term to end the match with three majors.
Experienced quartet Treloar, Taylor Adams, Jack Crisp and Chris Mayne all found a stack of the ball, as the Pies coped better in the absence of a host of top talent, with both sides having been heavily represented in Friday night’s bushfire relief state of origin match at Marvel Stadium.
Josh Daicos toiled hard and kicked a couple of goals, while off-season recruit Darcy Cameron was impressive in the ruck for the Pies, producing a showing which should ease fears about Collingwood’s reliance on Brodie Grundy. Collingwood were without Jaidyn Stephenson who was a late withdrawal because of personal reasons.
A POPULAR ENTRANCE
It was hard to overstate the significance of Higgins’ return to the game given the extremely serious nature of his condition. The small forward started on the bench but received a solid smattering of applause when he made his way onto the ground at the five-minute mark of the opening term.
Higgins was involved early too, dishing off a handball to Jayden Short who unloaded a trademark long bomb to kick the game’s first goal. Ultimately Higgins’ impact was limited, and he gave away a handful of free kicks, but such minutiae shouldn’t overshadow the broader story.
PICKIN' HIS MOMENTS
When you poll in the Norm Smith Medal in front of a six-digit crowd at the MCG on your AFL debut, there is always the risk of a let down when you rock up on a Sunday afternoon on the first day of March in Wangaratta.
So it proved for Marlion Pickett, who couldn’t quite replicate his grand final form in Sunday’s much lower stakes encounter. It wasn’t through lack of trying, but the types of tricks pulled off by the West Australian on the last Saturday in September didn’t land this time around. Pickett’s blind turn around Greater Western Sydney star Lachie Whitfield was arguably the grand final’s signature moment. Late in the second quarter on Sunday, Pickett tried to escape the clutches of unheralded Collingwood Irishman Mark Keane, only to be run down. It was one of four free kicks conceded by Pickett in the first half.
HEART OF A TIGER
It’s the Punt Road romance which has had tongues wagging: emerging star Sydney Stack’s relationship with Richmond AFLW jet Monique Conti. A day after racking up 28 disposals in her side’s loss to Geelong in Bendigo, Conti made the trip to Wangaratta to watch her beau, sitting amongst other Tigers families and friends in the main grandstand.
COLLINGWOOD
5.1 8.1 8.4 13.6 (84)
RICHMOND
1.0 4.0 6.6 6.8 (44)
GOALS
Collingwood: De Goey 3, Cameron 2, Daicos 2, Mihocek, Reid, Crisp, Elliott, Cox, Phillips.
Richmond: Coleman-Jones, Prestia, Caddy, Short, Lambert, Chol.
BEST
Collingwood: Crisp, Adams, Treloar, Mayne, Cameron, Madgen, Noble, Maynard, De Goey.
Richmond: Baker, Short, Vlastuin, Stack
INJURIES
Collingwood: Treloar (leg).
CROWD: 7164 at Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/pies-prevail-over-tigers-in-battle-of-undermanned-heavyweights-20200301-p545u2.html
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We apparently didn't get through unscathed as such.
SEN reporting that Vlastuin was concussed by a bump from Adams while Floss was standing the mark.
Watch here: https://twitter.com/1116sen/status/1234309848365355008
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Dimma's post-match media conference:
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/570515/marsh-1-hardwick-post-match?videoId=570515&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1583072042001 (https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/570515/marsh-1-hardwick-post-match?videoId=570515&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1583072042001)
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Collingwood midfielder Taylor Adams has been charged over a late bump on Tiger Nick Vlastuin in Wangaratta.
Adams was charged with rough conduct after collecting Vlastuin in the final quarter of the Magpies' Marsh Series win.
The bump was assessed as careless, low impact and high contact. Adams can accept a $2000 fine with an early guilty plea.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-daily-live-rolling-footy-news-from-around-australia-for-monday-march-2-2020/live-coverage/5ec5764fe05f36cafe77b30c1435dfc3
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If Vlastuin was concussed then Adams needs to be rubbed out. No other way about it. Late bump...