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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 24, 2021, 06:19:14 PM
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Our last game for 2021.
Round Nine
Friday, March 26
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond
Venue: Victoria University Whitten Oval
Start time: 5:10pm
All gates will open from 4.10pm.
The match will be broadcast live on FOX FOOTY from 5.00pm.
Tickets to Friday's match will are now on-sale via Ticketmaster (https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005A6BE2A57E1C).
Tickets will not be available at the gate and must be purchased online prior to the game.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/880706/aflw-game-day-hub
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Star Richmond draftee Tessa Lavey will miss the Tigers' last game for the season due to Olympic training camp commitments with the Australian Opals.
Lavey – who had only one season of junior footy behind her before this year – has impressed with her athleticism and her booming kick, averaging 11 disposals in a hard-running role.
Fellow Tiger Alana Woodward will not play an AFLW game this year, with a calf injury having now sidelined her since January.
https://womens.afl/news/67893
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Two changes.
In: S.Sansonetti, S.Dargan
Out: A.Makur Chuot (omitted), T.Lavey (managed)
RICHMOND
B: R.Miller 15 H.Cordner 23
HB: S.D'Arcy 12 S.Sansonetti 18 I.Ross 21
C: H.Burchell 9 S.Hosking 7 K.Dempsey 19
HF: M.Brancatisano 5 C.Bernardi 6 E.McKenzie 22
F: T.Stahl 24 S.stuff 14
Foll: G.Seymour 28 K.Brennan - C 3 M.Conti 4
I/C: L.McClelland 16 S.Dargan 17 S.Molan 1 K.Jacques 10 C.Wakefield 8
Emerg: A.Makur Chuot 34 H.McLaren 29
https://womens.afl/news/67892/teams-tigers-lose-cross-code-star-tough-dog-ruled-out
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AFLW Tigers looking for consistent finish.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/887501/aflw-tigers-looking-for-consistent-finish
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Sarah Black's preview from AFLW site
* After winning four straight games, the young Bulldogs ran into some of the more experienced sides of the competition and have slid out of finals contention. The return of Kim Rennie to pair with Celine Moody should overwhelm the undersized Tiger ruck Gabby Seymour, while Izzy Huntington's still in the running for leading goalkicker.
* Friday night marks the first time these two sides have met, with stars Monique Conti and Katie Brennan set to renew acquaintances with the team they sensationally left at the end of 2019. Brennan is also in the hunt for leading goalkicker, while the Tigers are in good form, having won two games on the trot.
* Tip: This will be quite an intriguing battle with some of the young stars of the competition on show. The Tigers are in better form and could just scrape over the line. Richmond by five points.
https://womens.afl/news/67901/full-aflw-r9-preview-finals-on-the-line-in-epic-final-round
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Game about to start.
Bulldogs won the toss and will kick with the breeze.
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Here's the live vision link: https://womens.afl/match-centre/2021/3334/wb-v-rich
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Cordner mistake kicking back into the defensive corridor. Looked like she mistook a Bulldog's player for a Tiger as we had no one anywhere near where she kicked it to.
Dogs straight out of the centre for another.
0 - 12
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Good transition from the wing stoppage. stuff tap to Brennan and Bernardi. Ends up with Stahl goaling against the breeze :gotigers.
Rich 1.0-6
WB 2.0-12
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Great kick by Stahl to Bernardi 45 out. However she kicks into the woman on the mark and the Dogs just so happen to have a free player run off the bench and they rebound for a goal the other way.
6 - 18
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Bulldogs player lands right on Conti's back in the tackle yet the ump pays HTB :facepalm.
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Poor defensive play with just 30 secs to go when we had the kick-in by the point post. Goal to the Dogs right before 1/4 time.
We go forward from the centre clearance but there's a free to the Bulldogs and the siren goes.
Quarter time
Richmond 1.0-6
W.Bulldogs 4.0-24
Dogs dominated the first 10 minutes with all the inside 50s. We finally got a few F50s via the clearances & transition (foot skills were good 70% eff.). However unforced errors and not being awake defensively as a team cost us soft goals on the rebound the other way. 3 of the 4 Bulldog goals came off our turnovers.
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Wakefield to Brennan 50 out. Goes to the hot spot. Wakefield toes it for a point.
7 - 24
Been loose defensively allowing the Dogs to counter and exit out of the front of contests.
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These umpires :facepalm.
Anyway Seymour takes a good mark. We get it to the hot spot. Scrappy but Brennan gets a goal :gotigers.
Rich 2.1-13
WB 4.0-24
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Speckie by McKenzie :clapping.
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Ordinary footy by us keeping it in our backline but no excuse for that joke of free to the Dogs. Gifts them a goal. These umps are totally clueless :facepalm.
13 - 30
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Frees: 3 - 15 ::)
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Half-time
Richmond 2.1-13
W.Bulldogs 5.0-30
Goals: Brennan, Stahl
Too much panicky footy and we completely lost our shape and structure as the quarter went along. Too many Tigers sucked into the honeypot and we played too narrowly. Didn't use the breeze at all.
Did I mention the umpiring has been pathetic?! ::)
Loose ball by the boundary which comes off hands and the ump pays it as a last possession against us and the Dogs get the kick.
Conti has a Bulldog's player land straight into her back in the tackle and she gets pinged.
stuff cops front on contact and the ump pays the free to the Dogs gifting them their goal for that qtr.
Ump points the wrong way. Our players run forward gifting the Dogs the advantage of an open forward line for them.
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Team stats to half-time:
Disposals: 111 - 133 .... ( cont. 51 - 57 )
Clearances: 10 - 9
Inside 50s: 10 - 18
Marks in50: 3 - 8
Tackles: 23 - 38
Hitouts: 15 - 11
Frees: 3 - 15 ::)
Leading ballgetters:
Dempsey 13
McKenzie 8
Ross 8
Brancatisano 7
Brennan 7
D'Arcy 7
Molan 7
Conti has been held to just 6 posses.
https://womens.afl/match-centre/2021/3334/wb-v-rich#playerstats
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McKenzie's huge speckie :thumbsup:
Watch here: https://twitter.com/RichmondWomens/status/1375342404539011074
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OMG we actually got a free.
Wakefield misses the set shot into the breeze from 30 out.
14 - 30
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Conti to Hosking who low passes to 20m out. Loose ball. Brennan busts through for a goal :gotigers.
Rich 3.2-20
WB 5.0-30
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Ball-up 35 out. Jacques feeds Hosking who kicks quickly forward and Brennan marks 15 out. Just but it's goal :gotigers.
Rich 4.2-26
WB 5.0-30
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Bernardi had an arm right around her head 30 out and no free ::).
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Been very lucky in the last couple of mins. Gifting the Dogs possession in our backline with skill errors.
26 - 32
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3/4 time
Richmond 1.0 2.1 4.2-26
W.Bulldogs 4.0 5.0 5.3-33
Goals: Brennan 3, Stahl
Good quarter into the breeze. Lifted our workrate in the first 15 mins of that qtr. Conti broke her tag, Jacques won the footy on the inside and Brennan lead from the front kicking 2 that qtr. Last 5 mins though we got trapped in our D50 and panicked. Missed easy targets by hand and foot. Lucky the Doggies on kicked 3 points with the breeze.
We now have the breeze in the last. Need to use it this time and keep up the workrate.
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Leading ballwinners to 3/4 time:
Brennan 14
Dempsey 14
Hosking 12
Miller 12
Conti 11
Cordner 10
D'Arcy 10
McKenzie has 9.
https://womens.afl/match-centre/2021/3334/wb-v-rich#playerstats
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Asleep in defence.
26 - 39
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LOL these umps are clueless.
Frees: 9 - 22
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Wakefield off the pack. Goal.
Rich 5.2-32
WB 6.3-39
2.40 to go.
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Dogs goal straight out of the centre. That's it.
32 - 45
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That should have been 50 to McKenzie. Not paid ::).
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Lost by 13 pts.
Final Score
Richmond 1.0 2.1 4.2 5.2-32
W.Bulldogs 4.0 5.0 5.3 7.3-45
Goals: Brennan 3, Stahl, Wakefield.
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Team stats:
Disposals: 211 - 239 .... ( cont. 99 - 109 )
Clearances: 23 - 21
Inside 50s: 24 - 32
Marks in50: 6 - 13
Tackles: 47 - 57
Hitouts: 26 - 28
Frees: 11 - 24 ::)
Individual possies:
Cordner 15
Dempsey 15
Miller 15
Brennan 14 plus 3 goals
Hosking 14 plus 7 tackles
Molan 14
McKenzie 13
Conti 12
Brancatisano 11
Burchell 11
D'Arcy 11
Ross 10
Seymour 9
Stahl 9
Wakefield 8
Bernardi 6
stuff 6
McClelland 5
Sansonetti 5
Dargan 4
Jacques 4
https://womens.afl/match-centre/2021/3334/wb-v-rich#playerstats
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That had to be the worst display of umpiring for a long long time. Not only biased with 13 more free kicks to the Dogs :thumbsdown but the decision making by the umps was utterly clueless :facepalm.
On us, we showed our inexperience. Failed to make the most of the breeze on both occasions (unfamiliar with the Western Oval) and we got punished every time for our defensive lapses in concentration. We allowed the Dogs too many easy exits out the front from stoppages and rebounds. You always need to protect the defensive side.
In the future we need to be beating middle of the road side like the Bulldogs.
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That had to be the worst display of umpiring for a long long time. Not only biased with 13 more free kicks to the Dogs :thumbsdown but the decision making by the umps was utterly clueless :facepalm.
No, tonight's umpiring "effort" was stock standard for the AFLW this season.
Have said every week the standard is deplorable.. tonight's was no exception
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Dogs end season on a high after edging Tigers
Ronny Lerner
AAP/AFLW site
26 March 2021
WESTERN BULLDOGS 4.0 5.0 5.3 7.3 (45)
RICHMOND 1.0 2.1 4.2 5.2 (32)
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: McLeod 2, Lochland, Morris-Dalton, Huntington, Lamb, Toogood
Richmond: Brennan 3, Stahl, Wakefield
BEST
Western Bulldogs: Lamb, Blackburn, Lochland, Brown, Morris-Dalton, Ferres
Richmond: Hosking, Seymour, Brennan, Dempsey, Stahl
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Nil
Richmond: Nil
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THE WESTERN Bulldogs have finished their 2021 NAB AFLW campaign on a positive note with a 13-point victory over Richmond in their final-round clash at VU Whitten Oval.
After opening up a three-goal lead at half-time, the Dogs were tormented by their former captain Katie Brennan who kicked two of her three goals for the Tigers in the third quarter to trim the deficit to just four points.
But despite being held goalless in the third term, the Bulldogs reasserted themselves in the final stanza, booting two of the last three goals to seal the deal.
Making the 7.3 (45) to 5.2 (32) result even sweeter for the hosts was that it came against Brennan and star midfielder Monique Conti who were both playing their old side for the first time.
Kirsty Lamb was the Bulldogs' best player with 23 disposals, seven tackles, four clearances and a goal, while Elisabeth Georgostathis (10 touches) did a magnificent tagging job on the usually prolific Conti (12).
Brooke Lochland (23 and a goal) and Ellie Blackburn (20) were also instrumental to the victory.
Brennan (14 disposals) stood out for the Tigers, and she was well supported by Harriet Cordner - who shut down star Dogs forward Izzy Huntington - Kate Dempsey and Rebecca Miller.
The Bulldogs made the most of the strong breeze in the first quarter, doubling Richmond for inside 50s (10-5) and tripling them for marks inside 50 (6-2), to kick four of the first five goals.
Two of those were booted by Kirsten McLeod, one of which was a magnificent running effort from 52 metres out after taking the intercept mark on the wing and taking two bounces.
Kicking into the wind in the second term, the Dogs set up cleverly defensively, making it hard for Richmond to get it out of their backline, and not even a mark-of-the-year contender from Ellie McKenzie over Lochland could inspire the Tigers to cut the three-goal deficit by half-time.
Richmond dominated the third period but despite Brennan's best efforts in the second half, she was not able to drag her side over the line as the Doggies held firm.
https://womens.afl/match-centre/2021/3334/wb-v-rich
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Bulldogs squash Tigers, but miss AFLW finals
By Sarah Burt
The Age
March 26, 2021 — 7.37pm
WESTERN BULLDOGS 4.0 5.0 5.3 7.3 (45)
RICHMOND 1.0 2.1 4.2 5.2 (32)
GOALS:
Western Bulldogs: Lochland, McLeod (2), Morris-Dalton, Huntington, Lamb, Toogood.
Richmond: Stahl, Brennan (3), Wakefield
BEST:
Western Bulldogs: McLeod, Lochland, Lamb, Blackburn, Rennie, Moody, Toogood.
Richmond: Brennan, Stahl, McKenzie, stuff, Seymour, Miller, Dempsey
The Western Bulldogs have ended their season with a 13-point win over Richmond at Whitten Oval on Friday night, but couldn’t make up the percentage deficit needed to launch a finals campaign.
The game was the first between the two teams for AFLW premiership points, having only clashed in practice matches.
The Bulldogs sat in eighth spot on the ladder after a 56-point loss to Adelaide last round, and whilst mathematically there was a slim chance for a finals appearance, the young team needed a near miracle.
The Tigers weren’t a chance for finals but after three wins following a winless season last year, they were hungry for another victory to wrap up their season.
The Bulldogs were kicking with the breeze and Brooke Lochland got them on the board early with her first for the season. In the same minute, Bulldog Kirsten McLeod booted her first of two for the quarter.
Despite leading the clearance count and with 70 per cent kicking efficiency, the Tigers managed just one major from Tayla Stahl. Bulldogs key forward Nell Morris-Dalton slotted her first AFLW goal to give them an 18-point advantage at the first break.
Skipper Katie Brennan opened the Tigers’ second term with a goal, but Bulldog Izzy Huntington responded for the Dogs before half-time.
Brennan wasn’t done, slotting two in a row for the Tigers early in the second half, equalling Carlton’s Darcy Vescio at the top of the goalkicking table.
The Bulldogs led inside 50s but couldn’t convert, one controversially called touched off the boot of Morris-Dalton meant the home side notched just three behinds.
An unexpected mark gave Kirsty Lamb a clear passage to snap a goal, breaking the Bulldogs’ drought. Richmond held strong in defence, Tiger Courtney Wakefield getting her first for the night to shave the margin. Bulldogs skipper Ellie Blackburn assisted Bonnie Toogood, the beneficiary of the final goal to seal the win for the young side.
BRENNAN AND CONTI FACE FORMER SIDE
Tiger stars Monique Conti and Brennan went head-to-head with the team they left at the end of 2019.
Conti had 12 disposals and a mark, while Brennan had a career night, finishing with three goals, 14 disposals and two marks.
CO-CAPTAINS BECOME RIVALS
Picks one and two of the 2020 draft, Richmond’s Ellie McKenzie and Bulldog Jess Fitzgerald were on opposing sides for the first time, having co-captained the NAB League side Northern Knights together in 2020 and going to school together.
McKenzie shone, taking a spectacular hanger in the second quarter and ending with 13 disposals and four marks. Fitzgerald had a quieter night with nine disposals and a mark.
Both have impressed in their maiden year, each debuting in round one and playing every game for their respective teams, as well as both earning a NAB AFLW Rising star nomination.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bulldogs-squash-tigers-but-miss-aflw-finals-20210326-p57ecd.html
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We've gone from being non-competitive last year to competitive this season. Still a long way off the top sides. Need to go to draft well again and recruit well. Especially need more quality mids to help out Conti and McKenzie.
Miller has been the biggest improver this year IMV. Another good game today in key defence alongside Cordner.
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I don’t follow this too closely but try to catch games when I’m home and I know the girls are playing. Looks to me there’s a good core group of 6-8 girls to build around and we just need to keep hitting the draft to pick up gems like McKenzie and improve our bottom 6.
Conti
McKenzie
Brennan
Wakefield
Seymour
Cordner
There’s prob a few more but those are the ones that have stood out to me.
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McKenzie's speckie :thumbsup:
(https://womens.afl/aflw/photo/2021/03/26/72b28f2f-0046-498d-96d4-5190cf85a1e6/EBNDJp94.jpg) (https://www.afl.com.au/video/569965/is-this-mark-of-year-star-tiger-flies-high)
https://www.afl.com.au/video/569965/is-this-mark-of-year-star-tiger-flies-high
Top corner of this pic below shows another still angle of it:
(https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/94069e777ce04b33c23cd94e62d40969)
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That had to be the worst display of umpiring for a long long time. Not only biased with 13 more free kicks to the Dogs :thumbsdown but the decision making by the umps was utterly clueless :facepalm.
On us, we showed our inexperience. Failed to make the most of the breeze on both occasions (unfamiliar with the Western Oval) and we got punished every time for our defensive lapses in concentration. We allowed the Dogs too many easy exits out the front from stoppages and rebounds. You always need to protect the defensive side.
In the future we need to be beating middle of the road side like the Bulldogs.
The bald umpire 15 i I think deadset hates us, I remember his efforts against our VFL team in 2019 on several occasions
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McKenzie is an absolute star in the making. My prediction is she will be the best player in the league in the not too distant future.
First year and we are seeing glimpses of what will be a dominant player for many many years.
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McKenzie is an absolute star in the making. My prediction is she will be the best player in the league in the not too distant future.
First year and we are seeing glimpses of what will be a dominant player for many many years.
Agree within 2 years we will have the best 2 players in the AFLW