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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on January 11, 2022, 02:12:05 PM
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14
AFLW Round 2
RICHMOND vs Melbourne
Friday, 14th January @ Swinburne Centre, Punt Rd.
Start time: 7:10pm (AEDT)
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Team news: New Tiger Poppy Kelly needs to overcome a leg injury, which is believed to be minor, from the season opener to be available for selection. Round 1 debutant Emelia Yassir suffered a late head knock in the fourth term and remains 50/50 to feature against the Demons.
ESPN tip: Demons by 23 points
https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/33037126/aflw-round-2-teams-lineups-fixtures-predictions-preview-results-selections-injuries-tips-odds-scores-news-everything-need-know-round-football#Game1
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General public ticket allocation exhausted according to Ticketek.
https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=WRICH0222
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Wonder how many tickets the general public allocation is
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Wonder how many tickets the general public allocation is
For memory capacity at Punt Road is around 3.5k (due to the Stand being condemned and unable to be used)
Club has somewhere between 1k and 2k AFLW members I believe
So I reckon General public is about 1k to 1.5k
Could be completely wrong of course ;D
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THE TIGER ARMY has flocked to support its side after a strong round one performance, with the Swinburne Centre already sold out for Friday night's clash between Richmond and Melbourne.
Tickets for Friday night have officially sold out, with no more to be released.
https://www.womens.afl/news/79640/friday-night-blockbuster-sold-out-double-header-hits-vic
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Is this on 7?
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Gabby Seymour on RSN:
Richmond's 2022 AFLW campaign is off to the perfect start and they'll look to make it two from two this Friday against flag fancy Melbourne on their home deck. One of the Tigers' best, Gabby Seymour joins the show!
LISTEN HERE: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=946436
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Looking good, Tigerland 😍 #IAmW
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FI4nlcjaQAAxPrG?format=jpg&name=large)
https://twitter.com/RichmondWomens/status/1481164858741915651
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At least two forced changes this week.
Emelia Yassir (concussion) and Poppy Kelly (knee) will be unavailable for selection this week.
https://twitter.com/RichmondWomens/status/1481118848862814209
Injury update
Unavailable
Sophie Molan – Lower Leg (Short Term)
Emelia Yassir – Concussion (Short Term)
Poppy Kelly – Knee (Medium Term)
Ellie McKenzie – Calf (Medium Term)
Iilish Ross (Lower Leg, Season)
Hannah McLaren (Illness, Season)
Updated - January 12, 2022
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/football/aflw/injury-list
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Is this on 7?
Yes Ramps for those in Melbourne.
https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide
It's also on the web at womens.afl
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Ill be watching the girls. They were terrific last week. Hopefully they can keep improving.
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CH 7 has the cricket. Our match is available on Foxtel or Kayo.
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Is this on 7?
Yes Ramps for those in Melbourne.
https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide
It's also on the web at womens.afl
Umm... no it's not on Ch7 or 7mate
It's on Fox, Kayo or the AFLW website or App
From the Richmond game Day Hub Page:
WHERE TO WATCH
The game will be broadcast on Fox Footy from 7.00pm. The game will also be streamed live on Kayo.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1045285/game-day-hub
And the AFL SiteMELBOURNE:
RICHMOND -v-
7:10pm
Swinburne Centre
SUBSCRIPTION TV
Fox Footy
7:00 pm
STREAMING/IPTV
Kayo
WEB
womens.afl
7:00 pm
MOBILE
AFLW App
6:55 pm
https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide
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Is this on 7?
Yes Ramps for those in Melbourne.
https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide
It's also on the web at womens.afl
Umm... no it's not on Ch7 or 7mate
It's on Fox, Kayo or the AFLW website or App
From the Richmond game Day Hub Page:
WHERE TO WATCH
The game will be broadcast on Fox Footy from 7.00pm. The game will also be streamed live on Kayo.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1045285/game-day-hub
And the AFL SiteMELBOURNE:
RICHMOND -v-
7:10pm
Swinburne Centre
SUBSCRIPTION TV
Fox Footy
7:00 pm
STREAMING/IPTV
Kayo
WEB
womens.afl
7:00 pm
MOBILE
AFLW App
6:55 pm
https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide
Damn!
ps. The link https://www.womens.afl/broadcastguide however still (wrongly) says it's on 7 for Melbourne. That's what I was going by :-[ :scream.
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We've be forced to make 5 changes.
IN: Kodi Jacques, Laura McClelland, Meg Macdonald (debut), Sarah Sansonetti, Sarah Dargan
OUT: Maddie Shevlin (AFL Health and Safety Protocols), Sarah D’Arcy (AFL Health and Safety Protocols), Tayla Stahl (AFL Health and Safety Protocols), Emelia Yassir (concussion), Poppy Kelly (knee)
Richmond Round 2 AFLW Team v Melbourne:
B: Rebecca Miller, Harriet Cordner
HB: Laura McClelland, Jess Hosking, Bethany Lynch
C: Tessa Lavey, Sarah Hosking, Kate Dempsey
HF: Stella Reid, Christina Bernardi, Kodi Jacques
F: Katie Brennan, Courtney Wakefield
R: Gabby Seymour, Maddy Brancatisano, Monique Conti
I/C: Hannah Burchell, Meg Macdonald, Megan Kiely, Sarah Dargan, Sarah Sansonetti
EMG: Ingrid Houtsma, Akayla Peterson
NEW: Meg Macdonald (Casey VFLW)
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1046498/five-changes-for-demons-clash
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AFLW round 2 preview
Gemma Bastiani
womens.afl
14 January 2022
Richmond v Melbourne at the Swinburne Centre, 7.10pm AEDT
The Tigers unveiled improved skills across the ground as they moved the ball through the congestion with ease against St Kilda. Taking charge of the midfield battle after the first quarter, Richmond controlled possession and was able to regularly hit up key marking forwards. The Demons, however, are a different prospect. Dominating possession and using a clean kick-mark game around the ground, the Tigers need to be aware of players finding space on the open side of the ground.
Both sides showcased some really strong forward marking in their round one performances, with Courtney Wakefield, Katie Brennan and Tayla Harris all taking multiple marks inside 50. Separating defences is important for Melbourne, and preventing the defensive duo of Rebecca Miller and Harriet Cordner from coming in to support one another will be a priority for them.
Tip: While Richmond has grown yet again, and found tighter chemistry as a group, Melbourne's methodical game style should win out. Melbourne by 18 points.
https://www.womens.afl/news/79805?_ga=2.235760385.1482294730.1641899012-224749430.1603381344
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Conti first clearance. Lavey goal in the first 20 seconds :gotigers.
Rich 1.0-6
Melb 0.0-0
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Watch here on the web: https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/3740/rich-v-melb
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What a joke of a decision. That was a good plain old tackle that was HTB! :banghead
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Good mark and then kick by Bernardi who hits up Brennan 25 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 2.0-12
Melb 0.0-0
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Killing them in the clearances and with our pressure. Great rebound. Lavey bursts away and Brennan marks 35 out. Misses.
13 - 0
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Two poor decisions in defence ended up in turnovers. Goal to Melb.
13 - 6
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Quarter time
Richmond 2.1-13
Melbourne 1.0-6
Goals: Brennan, Lavey.
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Leading disposal getters:
Conti 7
Bernardi 5
Seymour 4
Miller 4
Team stats:
Disposals 46 - 67 .... ( contested 22 - 27 )
Clearances 5 - 5
Inside 50s 7 - 5
Marks in50 2 - 3
Tackles 17 - 10
Hitouts 4 - 5
Frees 6 - 6
https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/3740/rich-v-melb#teamstats
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Too loose so far this quarter.
13 - 13
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Could the umpires help Melbourne out a bit more? Nah … they couldn’t …. ::)
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13 - 20
We have two inside 50s to 1-on-1 and didn't kick it to Brennan's advantage. Melb run it down the other end for a goal via another free to them. Frees 6 - 10.
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Could the umpires help Melbourne out a bit more? Nah … they couldn’t …. ::)
Different HTB rule for each team. They drop the ball it's play on; we do the same and it's HTB ::).
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13 - 32
Pretty poor from us now. Ferguson will give them a blast at half-time for some soft efforts in the air and no pressure at ground level. Getting smashed in the clearances and across the park.
Dempsey hammy?
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How many more free kicks you reckon they’ll get this quarter?
Already 7 to 1 to the Dees. We get just one HTB :banghead
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Umps as bad as us. Daisy Pearce falls over and gets a free for it ::).
13 - 38
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Half-time
Richmond 2.1 2.1-13
Melbourne 1.0 6.3-39
Goals: Brennan, Lavey.
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Getting killed out of the middle and dropped off our pressure in that early that quarter.
Conti Seymour and Lavey ok not many helpers though.
They Dees move the ball real well and had the umps on side with every tiggy touchwood free kick :banghead
We can’t let our pressure slip against this mob.
I wish McKenzie was playing.
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2nd quarter stats:
Clearances: 9 - 3
Inside 50s: 9 - 3
Frees: 7 - 1
That quarter was something out of first year and a half. Uncompetitive.
Our structures both offensively and defensively completely disappeared.
We look burnt out from the first quarter and from the 32 degree heat. Too many Tigers jogging on the spot. No run whatsoever supporting each other and getting numbers to the contest. Melbourne players left free everywhere able to do whatever they please.
ps. I did love how the commentators excused the one-sided umpiring because Melbourne was dominating that quarter. They ignored that we pretty much dominated the first quarter of general play yet Melbourne were kept in the game at quarter time because HTBs weren't being paid to us and Melb still got more frees than us.
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Weve got hammered by the umpires from 10 minutes into the first quarter. Blatant holding the ball calls not paid against Melbourne, all of ours we got pinged. Its pretty shameful really.
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Leading ball getters:
Conti 14
Seymour 8
Lavey 7
Everyone else 5 or less.
Melbourne have 9 players with more than 5 possies and 4 in double figures with another two with 9. They are working harder as a team. We have too many passengers.
Team stats:
Disposals: 92 - 136 ..... ( contested: 46 - 57 )
Clearances: 8 - 15
Inside 50s: 11 - 15
Marks in50: 3 - 7
Tackles: 30 - 20
Hitouts: 6 - 15
Frees: 9 - 14
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They are also playing with some umpires onboard.
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Brennan nice side step and puts the ball out in space for Lavey. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 3.1-19
Melb 6.3-39
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Three free kicks missed he a row and then they get one :banghead
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This is a joke.
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And the double standards in the umpiring once again. Lynch (rightly) pinged yet 15 secs earlier Paxman drops the ball and it's called play on.
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How about advantage you muppet? :banghead
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So you drive your opponent in the back?
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OMG we actually got a HTB free. Plus 50. Dargan goal! :gotigers
Rich 4.1-25
Melb 6.5-41
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They are very good team the Dees. Great skills and ball movement.
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Daisy Pearce is the AFLW Selwood..
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Need more from Brennan.
Conti and Seymour need help in the middle some girls need to step up.
Need to up the pressure too can’t let them get easy ball?
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3/4 time
Richmond 2.1 2.1 4.1-25
Melbourne 1.0 6.3 7.5-47
Goals: Lavey 2, Brennan, Dargan.
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They are very good team the Dees. Great skills and ball movement.
Pretty easy to do when you know the umps are with you.
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The bald Ump is the most trigger happy. Tosser! :banghead
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Effort was better that quarter but as Tigeritis said defensively we're allowing Melbourne too many easy possessions. When we go deep inside 50 we need to press up so the Dees don't have the easy switch and exit on the rebound.
Brennan going into the middle made a difference. We were able to win some clearances.
Conti 19
Lavey 13
Seymour 11
Cordner 9
Dargan 9
Kiely 8
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Conti! What a star!
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How was that HTB against us? The Melbourne player was holding the ball :facepalm.
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What a goal to Conti! :bow :gotigers
Rich 5.1-31
Melb 7.6-48
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No free kick there. I’m in shock. :banghead :help
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Some of our girls just can’t kick and it’s so bad when under pressure
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Brainfade. Beth it's not the 1990s where you put the ball down.
31 - 54
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Ball-up 10 out. Wakefield tap down to Brennan who snaps a goal :gotigers
Rich 6.1-37
Melb 8.6-54
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Clear HTB again not paid ::).
Bernardi gets the free for a throw though 40 out. Falls short and is rushed.
38 - 54
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Lost by 16 pts.
Final Score
Richmond 2.1 2.1 4.1 6.2-38
Melbourne 1.0 6.3 7.5 8.6-54
Goals: Lavey 2, Brennan 2, Dargan, Conti.
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Excellent fight from the girls.
Undermanned and not as skilled and not helped by baldy Ump but really fought it out till the end.
We need to work on the skills and hopefully McKenzie comes in soon.
Excellent game from Conti and Seymour battled super hard without any help and she was under the pump but she didn’t stop competing all game.
Lavey was really good also as was Cordner and Burchell looked lively at times.
Pressure was good last quarter tackling by Kiely and the Hosking twins a feature.
Dempsey did some good things but not often enough.
Unlike last week, Wakefield couldn’t buy a mark tonight but her tackling and pressure off the ball was elite which is great to see considering her age showed the youngsters how it’s done off the ball.
Unfortunately too much left to too few. Some girls aren’t up to the level, Sansonetti comes to mind.
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Good effort under difficult circumstances. The umpiring was disgraceful.
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Have to add the Dees look impressive. Excellent skills and ball movement and their girls know how to present well in space.
From the looks of it, besides one or two players, they were nearly full strength.
Our second quarter was bad when our pressure dropped off they cut us to pieces.
Considering our outs the loss could’ve been alot worse but the girls stepped up the pressure in the last.
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Overall out-classed by the premiership favourites. A good lesson for our younger players against the more experienced Dees. We're clearly improving but we still off the level or two off the top sides and need to add more class to our team in the next year or two. Just too many passengers tonight.
Our first quarter was excellent and after half-time we did fight it out until the end and we won 3 quarters on the scoreboard. So we at least avoided any % damage. However, that very poor second quarter where we badly dropped away our workrate while the Dees put the foot down ended up deciding the game by half-time. Those type of uncompetitive quarters cannot be tolerated and need to become a thing of the past.
I would also say our outs hurt us more than it did Melbourne. Seymour had to ruck alone undersized without Poppy Kelly. No Stahl nor Yassir meant no speed at ground level in our forward line to pressure Melbourne's defenders.
Finally, as others have said, the umpiring was up to its usual dreadful inconsistent standard :facepalm. The HTB rule was a joke tonight. Two different rules for us and the Dees :scream.
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Team Stats:
Disposals: 179 - 228 ..... ( contested: 93 - 99 )
Kicks: 100 - 138
Handballs: 79 - 90
Clearances: 20 - 25
Inside 50s: 27 - 27
Marks in50: 3 - 10
Tackles: 61 - 40
Hitouts: 11 - 28
Frees: 22 - 24
Individual possies:
Conti 25
Seymour 17
Burchell 12
Cordner 12
Kiely 12
Lavey 12
S.Hosking 11
Brennan 9
Dargan 9
Bernardi 8
Brancatisano 8
Dempsey 8
Miller 8
Lynch 5
Reid 5
J.Hosking 4
Jacques 4
McClelland 4
Wakefield 4
MacDonald 1
Sansonetti 1
https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/3740/rich-v-melb#playerstats
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Demons survive early scare to tame Tigers
Gemma Bastiani
womens.afl
14 January 2022 10pm
RICHMOND 2.1 2.1 4.1 6.2 (38)
MELBOURNE 1.0 6.3 7.6 8.6 (54)
GOALS
Richmond: Lavey 2, Brennan 2, Dargan, Conti
Melbourne: Harris 2, Hore 2, Bannan 2, D. Pearce, Paxman,
BEST
Richmond: Lavey, Brennan, Conti, Seymour
Melbourne: Zanker, Paxman, Birch, Hanks, West
INJURIES
Richmond: Nil
Melbourne: Nil
Reports: Nil
Crowd: 1,517 at the Swinburne Centre
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A FIVE-GOAL second term has put Melbourne up 2-0 to start the season, with a much-improved Richmond unable to slow the Demons' run as they cruised to a 16-point victory at the Swinburne Centre on Friday night.
The Demons have now won seven out of their past eight games, despite the Tigers showing some newfound bite in the 8.6 (54) to 6.2 (38) contest.
Second year player Alyssa Bannan put in her bid for goal of the year, as she received a handball near the centre circle and turned on the jets. Bannan kicked a second just moments later, while Kate Hore also registered two for the quarter.
The second-quarter onslaught came despite a fast start for the Tigers, with a quick clearance leading to Tessa Lavey's first goal in the game's opening minute, with another Richmond goal coming just moments later courtesy of captain Katie Brennan.
Richmond was conscious not to allow Melbourne find runners through the corridor, with the Tigers sure to keep a forward deep to prevent any easy turnovers, as Monique Conti continued her impressive start to the season, running through stoppages and finding the footy with ease.
But once the Demons found a little more composure around the ball, their quick, direct attack put a Tigers defence - missing the important Sarah D'Arcy - under the pump.
Tayla Harris put her body on the line, as she is wont to do, while Eliza West's pressure around the ball played a big part in Melbourne getting on top.
Brennan worked hard in the second half to give her side opportunities to score, moving freely around the forward 50 arc to spot up teammates closer to goal, but the Demons' ability to read the ball proved too much.
A star continues to rise
Monique Conti's 29 disposal performance last week had the footy world talking, and she's backed it up this week. Registering a game-high 25 disposals and kicking her first goal in the yellow and black, Conti proved hard to stop. Using her speed to split packs and clean hands to gather the ball with ease, no Demon was able to go with her.
Bannan's got wheels
As the Demons found their groove in the second quarter, Alyssa Bannan got on her bike. Receiving a quick handball from Lily Mithen near the centre circle, Bannan engaged the speed she's known for, evaded a few Tigers and settled for a clean shot at goal directly in front. It's one that will be hard to beat for goal of the year votes this year.
A forward line that is hard to stop
Even without Shelley Scott up forward, Melbourne's marking targets plucked the ball out of the air with ease. Taking 10 marks inside 50 compared to the Tigers' three, they were able to find their forwards in space, or back them in to beat direct opponents. Without Sarah D'Arcy in the side, Harriet Cordner and Rebecca Miller were stuck one-out more often than they would have liked.
Say what?
"We're pleased we kept our nerve, we were under the pump a little and their tackle and pressure game was excellent, they were finishing their work in front of goal. I thought the end of that first quarter we just started to wrestle it back on our terms, and I think that gave the group a little bit of confidence." - Melbourne coach Mick Stinear
"I thought the first quarter we could have been more up at quarter time, we were playing a really good brand of footy - hard and tough and getting some run into the game. The territory game was our way. The third and fourth quarters were a real arm wrestle, with momentum swings. I don't know what it looked like from the stands or on the telly, but from my vantage point it was a real quality game of footy. I do feel like we're a better team tonight than when we rocked up at the start of the game." - Richmond coach Ryan Ferguson
What's next?
Richmond will be back at the Swinburne Centre to take on the hubbed Fremantle Dockers, while Melbourne will head home to Casey Fields for the first time to play St Kilda.
https://www.womens.afl/news/79993?_ga=2.199478446.1482294730.1641899012-224749430.1603381344
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Good effort under difficult circumstances. The umpiring was disgraceful.
Umpiring was stuffen pathetic. Umpire picks out the softest possible frees for the Shemons and yet Brennan gets mauled in the goal square and its play on.
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Excellent fight from the girls.
Undermanned and not as skilled and not helped by baldy Ump but really fought it out till the end.
We need to work on the skills and hopefully McKenzie comes in soon.
Excellent game from Conti and Seymour battled super hard without any help and she was under the pump but she didn’t stop competing all game.
Lavey was really good also as was Cordner and Burchell looked lively at times.
Pressure was good last quarter tackling by Kiely and the Hosking twins a feature.
Dempsey did some good things but not often enough.
Unlike last week, Wakefield couldn’t buy a mark tonight but her tackling and pressure off the ball was elite which is great to see considering her age showed the youngsters how it’s done off the ball.
Unfortunately too much left to too few. Some girls aren’t up to the level, Sansonetti comes to mind.
Ellie McKenzie won't be playing any time soon. I doubt we will see her in the 1st half of the season
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Media match reports ...
Demons spoil Richmond’s first AFLW outing at Punt Road
By Sarah Burt
The Age
January 15, 2022
Melbourne have defeated Richmond by 16 points in a hot contest at the Swinburne Centre under the Friday night lights.
Both teams keen to keep up momentum from round one wins, it was a physical contest seeing neither team leaving with anything left in the tank.
As what will likely become the norm this season, both teams each made five changes to their winning round one sides, the Demons’ all due to the AFL’s health and safety protocols, Richmond’s a combination of the COVID-19 rules and injury. Both sides were forced to dip into train on players as emergencies due to limited player availability.
Richmond set the tone early, Olympic basketballer Tessa Lavey booting her first AFLW goal moments after the first bounce, reigning all-Australian centre half forward Katie Brennan following up with a set shot major.
Richmond’s pressure dictated play, 17 tackles to 10 in the first term while star midfielder Monique Conti continued momentum from last week’s clinical performance, with three handballs and seven disposals.
Big name recruit Tayla Harris got the Demons on the board before the siren, cutting the margin to seven points the margin at quarter time.
Melbourne turned the tables after the first break, All-Australian Demon Kate Hore tied the scores, then slotted a second to edge them ahead.
At that stage it was six clearances to one, Melbourne managing to protect the ball in their forward 50, seeing two goals in a row from Alyssa Bannan.
Demons skipper Daisy Pearce earnt a free kick and gave them their sixth major in a row, five time All-Australian Karen Paxman’s had a slower game last week but had notched 16 disposals and eight handballs by halftime.
Then, at the main break, the clearances were nine to three and a similar difference with inside 50’s saw the Demons ahead by 26 point.
The ladies in yellow and black saw Brennan feed Tessa Lavey her second for the night, Sarah Dargan got them back within 16-points but not before experienced Demons Pearce and Karen Paxman bit back.
A spectacular goal soaring off the boot of Mon Conti gave the Tigers a flicker of hope in the final term but
Demon Harris wouldn’t have it, soccering one through.
Brennan snapped a goal with four minutes to go but they couldn’t beat the clock, Melbourne showing why they remain the premiership favourites.
HISTORY MADE AT THE SWINBURNE CENTRE
Richmond’s first-ever game was against Melbourne at the same oval. On Saturday, May 2, 1908, Richmond ran out onto Punt Road Oval for its first league game, up against neighbouring team Melbourne. Now, more than a century later, the club’s AFLW side got their chance early in January, 2022, at what is now called the Swinburne Centre.
MACDONALD’S MANIC MONTH
Debutant Tiger Meg Macdonald has had a whirlwind month after recently being elevated to the main list with Ilish Ross ruled inactive for the season. Macdonald was playing for the Casey Demons before receiving the call from Punt Road just prior to Christmas, to a delighted Macdonald family who have been one-eyed Richmond supporters all their lives.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-spoil-richmond-s-first-aflw-outing-at-punt-road-20220114-p59oep.html
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AFLW 2022: Keep up to date with all the results and news from Round 2
A ferocious Tigers unit had Melbourne scrambling for answers, until Kate Hore entered - the star Dee put on a masterclass to make it back-to-back wins.
HeraldSun
January 15, 2022
Melbourne fought off a ferocious Richmond by 16-points on the back of Kate Hore masterclass, winning back-to-back games to start the season.
In the first game for points between the Tigers and Dees at Punt Road Oval in 59-years, Richmond jumped out of the blocks to kick the first goal just 20-seconds into the game courtesy of a Tessa Lavey snap.
The Tigers’ pressure and attack on the ball caught the Dees off guard, and when Katie Brennan added Richmond’s second goal they looked set to push Melbourne all the way.
But an eight-minute onslaught at the start of the second term from Hore dragged the Dees back into the game and ignited her side.
A five goal to zero quarter, which included one of the goals of the young season kicked by Alyssa Bannan, took the game away from Richmond.
A mini-stuff in the third quarter cut the margin to 16-points, but Richmond was never able to get closer as the Dees answered every punch the Tigers were able to throw.
Monique Conti did her best to get her side over the line and finished with a game-high 25-disposals, seven clearances, six tackles and a goal.
Eliza McNamara made a successful return to the Dees’ side (17-disposals and five tackles), while Karen Paxman (23-disposals, two clearances and a goal) was back to her best and Tyla Hanks (20-disposals, four tackles and four clearances) was more than serviceable.
Best-on-ground Hore kicked 2.3 and had 14 touches, three tackles and three clearances.
Kate’s quarter
Trailing by a goal at quarter-time after being stunned by Richmond’s ferocity, the Dees needed someone to step up in the second term.
Enter Hore.
The first four scoring shots of the quarter came from the 26-year-old’s boot, kicking 2.2 inside eight-minutes to kickstart Melbourne and give her side the ascendancy.
Richmond’s defenders couldn’t get near Hore as she attacked the scoreboard in all manners, reading the ball off packs, winning a brave stuff, and finding space to mark and convert from a set shot.
Bannan’s Beauty
Bannan kicked one of the best running goals AFLW has seen when she was released by Lily Mithen in the middle of the ground.
At the 11-minute mark of the second quarter Bannan received a handball from Mithen between centre-wing and the centre-circle, before harnessing her background in athletics and taking off.
The 19-year-old took two bounces, ran to 30m from goal before steading and slotting the goal.
And for good measure Bannan kicked her second goal two-minutes later.
The Richmond Way
It was a passage of play that wouldn’t have looked out of place in a highlights package from Richmond’s three AFL premierships.
Ryan Ferguson has the Tigers playing the Richmond way and it couldn’t have been more evident than eight minutes into the first term when Richmond broke through the middle of the ground, shooting out of a stoppage with a chain of handballs before Lavey pumped the ball inside 50 to Brennan.
Brennan was able to turn her opponent and come back to the ball, marking strongly 40m out from goal. Her shot missed, but it was the ease at which the Tigers progressed the ball that caught the eye.
TIGERS 2.1 2.1 4.1 6.2 38
DEES 1.0 6.3 7.5 8.6 54
MOTTERSHEAD’S BEST
Tigers: Conti, Seymour, Lavey, Brennan, Cordner.
Dees: Hore, Paxman, McNamara, Hanks, Mithen.
GOALS
Tigers: Lavey 2, Brennan 2, Dargan, Conti.
Dees: Hore 2, Bannan 2, Harris 2, D. Pearce, Paxman.
INJURIES
Tigers: nil.
Dees: nil.
Swinburne Centre
Crowd: 1517
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JAMES MOTTERSHEAD’S VOTES
3 K. Hore (MELB)
2 K. Paxman (MELB)
1 E. McNamara (MELB)
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/aflw-2022-keep-up-to-date-with-all-the-results-and-news-from-round-2/news-story/84d2faffb92906d0258b5e9dbbcc1f3a
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More match stats:
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Won 3 of the 4 quarters so something there to be worked on
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Match highlights: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1047249/aflw-r2-match-highlights
Coach Ryan Ferguson's post-match presser: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1047292/aflw-r2-ferguson-post-match
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More match stats:
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What was the free kick count - 25 to 5?
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What was the free kick count - 25 to 5?
Rich 22 to Melb 24
https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/3740/rich-v-melb#teamstats
:gobdrop
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Excellent fight from the girls.
Undermanned and not as skilled and not helped by baldy Ump but really fought it out till the end.
We need to work on the skills and hopefully McKenzie comes in soon.
Excellent game from Conti and Seymour battled super hard without any help and she was under the pump but she didn’t stop competing all game.
Lavey was really good also as was Cordner and Burchell looked lively at times.
Pressure was good last quarter tackling by Kiely and the Hosking twins a feature.
Dempsey did some good things but not often enough.
Unlike last week, Wakefield couldn’t buy a mark tonight but her tackling and pressure off the ball was elite which is great to see considering her age showed the youngsters how it’s done off the ball.
Unfortunately too much left to too few. Some girls aren’t up to the level, Sansonetti comes to mind.
Ellie McKenzie won't be playing any time soon. I doubt we will see her in the 1st half of the season
Really disappointing news.
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What was the free kick count - 25 to 5?
Rich 22 to Melb 24
https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/3740/rich-v-melb#teamstats
:gobdrop
Yep, the umps evened it up in the last.
It was Rich 1 to Melb 7 in that second quarter :help.
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Just the number for 4 for Richmond, doing number 4 kind of things. (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f60d.png) #gotiges
https://twitter.com/ExiledVictorian/status/1481936111455051780
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The club needs to do something about how that game was umpired. We got pinged for everything melbournes girls got away with everything in terms of holding the ball.
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We're sitting 5th at the end of Round 2.
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/ladder/AFLWLadderR22022.png)
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Can’t afford to lose players as good as McKenzie
We still need more quality mids as we don’t have enough ball winners as yet. The girls are improving but we still have too many passengers in our team.
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Coaches votes - Round 2
Richmond v Melbourne
8 Monique Conti (RICH)
8 Kate Hore (MELB)
5 Tyla Hanks (MELB)
5 Karen Paxman (MELB)
2 Gabby Seymour (RICH)
2 Eliza McNamara (MELB)
Leaderboard
20 Anne Hatchard ADEL
18 Monique Conti RICH
18 Alicia Eva GWS
16 Jaimee Lambert COLL
15 Ashleigh Riddell NMFC
15 Ashleigh Woodland ADEL
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8 Tessa Lavey RICH
https://www.womens.afl/news/81052?_ga=2.136602800.1482294730.1641899012-224749430.1603381344