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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 23, 2025, 06:35:28 PM
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VFL Round 9
RICHMOND (4-3, 10th) vs Essendon (3-3, 12th)
Saturday, 24th May @ Kinetic Stadium (Frankston Oval)
Start time: 7:10 pm
Broadcast:
* 7mate
* AFL website & AFL app.
https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343
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IN: Dion Prestia, Tylar Young, Sean Lai, Austin Johnson, Joel Garner.
OUT: Campbell Gray (AFL), Maurice Rioli (AFL), Tom McCarthy (managed), Sam Toner (omitted) Nick Guiney (omitted)
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RICHMOND VFL side
B: Tylar Young Jacob Blight Jacob Koschitzke
HB: Austin Johnson Mutaz El Nour Nicholas Collier
C: James Trezise Dion Prestia Judson Clarke
HF: Massimo Raso Mykelti Lefau Jasper Alger
F: Liam Fawcett Jacob Bauer Liam George
R: Oliver Hayes-Brown Tyler Sonsie Lachlan Street
Int: Mohammed Yassine Lachlan Wilson Joel Garner Sean Lai Harry Scott
Emg: Nick Guiney Sam Flockart Tom McKenzie Phillip Moimoi Sam Toner
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1787469/prestia-young-return-in-vfl-dreamtime
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McCarthy not taking any chances ahead of his move out west
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A bit concerning with the lack of youth in midfield playing in our VFL. Sonsie and Clarke is it. Feels like that is really light on. Who is injured not playing?
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Cold night tomorrow night at Franga.
I predict Meatball's hamstrings will ping in the second quarter.
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Why not play Balta?
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Same reason he’s not playing in the seniors. Gotta be in bed by 11pm
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Why not play Balta?
Curfew
Game starts just after 7pm, won't finish until just before 10pm
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Fair enough :lol
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First two goals to us via Alger and George.
But we just turned over the ball in D50 kicking across goal when there's a dicey breeze and gifted Essendon their first goal :facepalm.
14 - 7
22 min Q1
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1/4 qtr time
Rich: 2.4.16
Ess: 2.2.14
Essendon had the breeze which they reckon is worth at least 2 goals
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Clarke had a set shot about 30 out, started out looking Luke was going to go through the middle, breeze grabbed it and took it right and it went OOTF.
Reckon breeze took 15-20 metres right
Twice Bauer ked out and breeze held the ball up, Bombers in the hole got an easy mark
Considering the breeze we did well
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Stats to QT:
Sonsie 9 disposals
Blight 7
Clarke 7
Alger 4
Fawcett 4
Trezise 4
Young 4
Bauer 3
OHB 3
Lefau 3
Kosi 2
Prestia 2
Disposals 102 - 92
Marks 22 - 16
Tackles 13 - 18
Clearances 9 - 12
Inside 50s 16 - 10
Hitouts 11 - 13
Frees 5 - 4
https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343#team-stats
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Sonsie judges the breeze well from 50 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 3.4-22
Ess 2.2-14
5 min Q2
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Two Tigers get side-stepped by stupidly overcommitting :facepalm. Gift them a goal on the break :banghead.
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No defending by both sides in the last few minutes.
Prestia free all by himself inside F50 and waltzes into an open goal :gotigers.
Rich 4.4-28
Ess 3.3-21
12 min Q2
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Geez we're playing dumb with the breeze :facepalm.
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That's better. Alger marks 35 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 5.7-37
Ess 3.3-21
22 min Q2
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Butchered kick-in by the Dons. Clarke pounces and nice centering pass to Lefau 30 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 6.8-44
Ess 3.3-21
24 min Q2
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Half-time
Richmond 2.4 6.8-44
Essendon 2.2 3.4-22
Goals: Alger 2, Lefau, Sonsie, Prestia, George.
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Clarke looked great in that play. Showed pace and confidence in the knee 👍
Bring him in for green
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I’ve liked Juddy Clarke tonight. Is he ready for AFL yet? :whistle
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Stats to HT:
Sonsie 19 disposals
Blight 13
Clarke 11
Fawcett 9
Prestia 9
Trezise 9
Alger 8
OHB 5
Young 5
Bauer 4
Lefau 4
Kosi 2
Disposals 184 - 200
Marks 45 - 29
Tackles 25 - 39
Clearances 19 - 23
Inside 50s 30 - 24
Hitouts 21 - 21
Frees 7 - 12 .... ( 2 - 8 in that 2nd qtr ::) )
https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343#team-stats
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Alger & Clarke surely have to come in for Green & MRJ. :shh
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That would be the common sense swaps
Add sons for dow...
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Sonsie has brought his own footy again.
Blight a rock down back. Has saved us with some telling D50 marks.
Fawcett playing high forward and leading up the ground at the ball being that link player. Last 10 mins of that 2nd qtr was very good.
Clarke's been good.
Alger has been active and taken his chances as a small forward with 2 goals.
Prestia started to get his hands on the footy that 2nd qtr. Had 2 clearances.
Trezise - this is his level.
Bauer needs to stop trying to mark of the year with this difficult breeze. It's not working.
OHB even with his opponent in the ruck.
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Liked Fawcett's game so far. Interesting to see him playing as 2nd ruck
Seriously it's a pity Ollie Hayes-Brown can't play AFL, has shown a fair bit not just in the ruck but around the ground
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Lachie Wilson missing that set shot is a stuffing joke
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Can certainly tell Tylar Young hasn't played for 12 months
Horribly off the pace of the game
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Incredibly selfish by Yassine
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Some low % selfish crap out there.
47 - 31
21 min Q3
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Incredibly selfish by Yassine
Thought algers run and positioning was poor. Yas wanted to give it off but Alger couldn't get space
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Keystone cops stuff :facepalm but we still put it through via Trezise into the breeze :gotigers.
Rich 7.11-53
Ess 4.7-31
26 min Q3
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Honestly I reckon Mutaz would be handy as a MSD
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3/4 time
Richmond 2.4 6.8 7.11-53
Essendon 2.2 3.4 4.8-32
Goals: Alger 2, Lefau, Sonsie, Prestia, Trezise, George.
Not pretty but we did what we had to do into the breeze.
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Stats to 3QT:
Sonsie 26 disposals
Blight 21
Prestia 17 .... playing half of each quarter.
Clarke 14
Trezise 14
Fawcett 11
Young 11
Alger 10
OHB 10
Lefau 7
Kosi 6
Bauer 5
Disposals 285 - 280
Marks 65 - 45
Tackles 38 - 60
Clearances 26 - 34
Inside 50s 45 - 32
Hitouts 32 - 28
Frees 13 - 17
https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343#team-stats
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Got the breeze and we're trying to save the game :facepalm.
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Force the forward turnover and Wilson finishes with the goal :gotigers
Rich 8.12-60
Ess 4.10-34
11 min Q4
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Alger dodges and weaves and kicks to the goalsquare. Free to Fawcett. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 9.12-66
Ess 4.10-34
15 min Q4
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Bauer long inside 50. Lefau gets goal side and soccers it through :gotigers
Rich 10.12-72
Ess 4.10-34
18 min Q4
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Blight has killed them all night.
Deserves a recall and block of games IMO.
Down back, no stuffing around with forward/ruck.
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Switched off in time on and allowed the Bombers a couple of junk time goals.
72 - 46
25 min Q4
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And we gift them another one in time on :scream. Clarke shank in D50.
72 - 52
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Junk time goals, clearly a Richmond thing
Bloody frustrating :banghead
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Siren!
Won by 22 pts :gotigers
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Final Score
Richmond 2.4 6.8 7.11 10.14-74
Essendon 2.2 3.4 4.8 7.10-52
Goals: Alger 2, Lefau 2, Sonsie, Prestia, Trezise, Fawcett, George, Wilson.
Blight was BOG. A wall tonight down back.
Sonsie next with 35 possies.
Prestia touchwood has got through the game. Played half of each quarter. Had 20 possies.
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Man that reporter was grilling Sonsie lol.
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Blight has killed them all night.
Deserves a recall and block of games IMO.
Down back, no stuffing around with forward/ruck.
Agree he's been good but his disposal at times has been really poor. Those short switch kicks have been costly at times. Thank goodness the Bumblings are so pathetic
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Individual Stats:
Sonsie 35 disp (22k, 13h, 10c, 25u, 57.7%), 7m, 7t, 4cl, 5in50, - , 5int, 1si, 1g.
Blight 25 disp (19k, 6h, 6c, 15u, 76.0%), 9m, - , - , 2in50, - , 11int.
Trezise 21 disp (10k, 11h, 6c, 14u, 85.7%), 1m, 1t, - , 4in50, - , 5int, 1si, 1g.
Prestia 20 disp (11k, 9h, 13c, 11u, 60.0%), 3m, 2t, 4cl, 4in50, - , 5int, 1si, 1g.
Clarke 17 disp (16k, 1h, 4c, 11u, 58.7%), 8m, 1t, 1cl, 2in50, - , 6int, 3si, - , 2b.
Hayes-Brown 17 disp ( 4k, 13h, 11c, 6u, 64.7%), 3m, 2t, 6cl, 3in50, 28ho, 1int, 2si.
Alger 13 disp ( 7k, 6h, 8c, 6u, 61.5%), 3m, - , 2cl, 2in50, - , 1int, 2si, 2g, 1b.
Fawcett 12 disp ( 9k, 3h, 9c, 4u, 75.0%), 5m, 2t, 1cl, 2in50, 10ho, 2int, 1si, 1g, 1b.
Young 11 disp ( 8k, 3h, 1c, 8u, 54.5%), 3m, 1t, - , 1in50, - , 3int, 1si.
Bauer 9 disp ( 7k, 2h, 2c, 7u, 66.7%), 4m, 2t, - , 4in50, - , - , 2si, - , 1b.
Lefau 8 disp ( 6k, 2h, 3c, 4u, 75.0%), 4m, 2t, - , 3in50, - , 3int, 1si, 2g.
Kosi 7 disp ( 5k, 2h, 3c, 3u, 100% ), 1m, 3t, - , 1in50, - , 5int.
Disposals 356 - 377
Kicks 212 - 198
Hanbdalls 144 - 179
Marks 85 - 64
Tackles 49 - 74
Clearances 34 - 40
Inside 50s 58 - 41
Hitouts 38 - 36
Frees 19 - 24
https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343#team-stats
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25 disposals, 19 kicks, 11 intercept possessions, 9 marks 👀
Take a bow Jacob Blight, a deserved best on ground tonight! 👏
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Grt34TIWwAAO76y?format=jpg&name=900x900)
https://x.com/RichmondVFL/status/1926265081903362524
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VFL Tigers roar over Essendon in Dreamtime clash
By Connor Burns
Richmond Media
25 May 2025
In a tough contest, Richmond’s VFL side held strong to run out comfortable 22-point winners against Essendon in the annual Dreamtime game.
The Tigers started well with quick goals to small forwards Liam George and Jasper Alger in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Richmond had all the play against the wind in the first stanza of the game before Essendon turned the tide with goals to Alwyn Davey Jnr and Luamon Lual nearing the end of the first quarter, seeing the Tigers take just a two-point lead into quarter time.
Early in the second quarter, midfielder Tyler Sonsie launched a bomb from outside 50 to ignite the Tiger Army, but Xavier O’Neill responded minutes later for the Bombers, as the arm-wrestle continued. A wholesome moment ensued as star veteran Dion Prestia, in his first game of the season, got on the end of some fast ball movement to get on the scoreboard.
With a strong breeze, the Tigers were wasteful for the next 10 minutes, before Alger’s second goal of the game got them going. Minutes later forward Mykelti Lefau kicked truly from a set shot to help Richmond establish a 22-point lead at half-time.
Despite Essendon kicking to the scoring end, the Tigers were able to possess the ball and control the game coming out of half-time. But it was the Bombers who found the big sticks through Oskar Smartt to remain within touching distance.
After just one goal in the first 25 minutes of the quarter, James Trezise produced a crucial major to give the Tigers some much-needed breathing room. It gave them a 21-point lead with one quarter to play.
Richmond started the last quarter strongly with Lachlan Wilson and Liam Fawcett kicking early goals to push the Tigers' lead out to beyond five goals. When Lefau kicked his second goal, courtesy of a unique soccer goal, the game was all but over.
Essendon kicked late consolation goals through Smartt, who kicked his second and third goal late in the term, but it was the Tigers' night as they secured a 22-point victory to move into the VFL’s top eight teams.
Sonsie looked a class above once again, finishing the game with 35 disposals, seven tackles and a goal. Jacob Blight won the Sir Doug Nicholls Award for best on ground, as he had 25 disposals, 19 kicks, 11 intercept possessions, and nine marks.
Prestia finished with 20 disposals in a successful return, while Tylar Young also came back from an ACL injury and had 11 disposals.
Richmond 2.4 6.8 7.11 10.14 (74)
Essendon 2.2 3.4 4.8 7.10 (52)
Goals: Lefau 2, Alger 2, Wilson, Trezise, Sonsie, Prestia, George, Fawcett
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1790074/vfl-tigers-roar-over-essendon-in-dreamtime-clash
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Dare say Bauer won’t be finding himself on an afl list at the end of the season.
I had high hopes for him, all the athletic traits. Seems to sook it up a lot though
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Dare say Bauer won’t be finding himself on an afl list at the end of the season.
I had high hopes for him, all the athletic traits. Seems to sook it up a lot though
Think you're right.
Reckon it's worth playing him wing or backline for the rest of the year though.
Kicking is too poor to be a forward.
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Dare say Bauer won’t be finding himself on an afl list at the end of the season.
I had high hopes for him, all the athletic traits. Seems to sook it up a lot though
Think you're right.
Reckon it's worth playing him wing or backline for the rest of the year though.
Kicking is too poor to be a forward.
X3
Would rather put minutes into Fawcett, Faull, Armstrong, Simms.
Lynch there as the experienced head to lead them and Mykelti there as depth.
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Bauer is a selfish player. Always interrupting our other keys forwards trying to take hangers. Ridiculous player. I think he would be better off half back.
Doubt he gets another contract based on current output..