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AFL Round 18
St Kilda vs RICHMOND
Friday night, 20th July @ Etihad Stadium
Start time: 7:50 pm
Odds: (Crownbet)
Richmond $1.10
St Kilda $7.00
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/18/stk-v-rich
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8 point game
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Road rumblings see Tigers take 'away' attitude to Etihad clash with Saints
Anthony Colangelo
The Age
16 July 2018
The issue of Richmond's away form won't go away after Tigers stars were forced to defend their side's interstate record again on Monday.
Richmond lost to GWS at Spotless Stadium on Saturday night, their fourth loss on the road in 2018.
At their MCG home the Tigers have won 17 consecutive games and if they win at the famous ground in round 19 against Collingwood they will set a new record for a winning streak at the ground.
However, first they must win another "away" game at Etihad Stadium against St Kilda on Friday. Sure, it isn't being played interstate, but Tigers forward Jack Riewoldt was happy to address it as an "away" clash given how infrequently they play at Docklands.
"They [St Kilda] are a form side of the competition,"Riewoldt told supporters on Monday. "We are playing at a ground that we don't play a lot at here at Etihad Stadium and we are looking forward to the challenge.
"I think we are excited about playing here. It's good to play away from home. A lot will be made of the fact we haven't won away this year but we have played some pretty handy sides and pretty strong venues ... we know that we are playing a pretty good brand of footy. We are excited about where we are at but we know we have got so much room for improvement.
His teammate David Astbury was asked about his club's away form too.
"That wasn't a predictable question," Astbury joked. "It's just a fair bit of hype that we try to shut out. As Jack mentioned we have played quality sides interstate and we really respect them but you look at our group we take on any challenge, if you ask a lot of guys in the playing group they probably want to play interstate more to prove a point at the end of the year. We are happy with our record, it sits with the best in the AFL."
The Tigers have played at Etihad Stadium twice in 2018 and have won both matches. The first, against North Melbourne, they probably should have lost but Kangaroos forward Ben Brown wasted late opportunities on goal. The second was a typical Tigers' win against Sydney where they steam-rolled the Swans in a final quarter burst.
Friday night's round 18 game against a resurgent Saints will be the third annual "Maddie's Match" which raises funds for Maddie Riewoldt's Vision. Nick Riewoldt's sister and Jack Riewoldt's cousin Maddie died in early 2015 due to aplastic anaemia, a disorder that impacts bone marrow and blood cell production.
The Riewoldt family established the foundation to raise funds for a cure, and they are hoping to generate $300,000 in donations from Friday's game.
"The first two instalments of Maddie's Match were actually the largest attended games at Etihad for the year," Nick Riewoldt said on Monday, "It's well set up for a great game of footy and a great platform to make a significant difference for bone marrow failures in Australia."
St Kilda have won three of their past four games and smashed Richmond by 67-points in the 2017 editon of Maddie's Match, despite the Tigers going onto win the premiership that year.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/road-rumblings-see-tigers-take-away-attitude-to-etihad-clash-with-saints-20180716-p4zrs6.html
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The AFL website is tipping us to win by around 6 goals.
Match preview: St Kilda v Richmond
Dinny Navaratnam
afl.com.au
Jul 16, 2018 5:09PM
SUMMARY
This Richmond side isn't accustomed to losing and after a tight contest with Greater Western Sydney last week, it will be confident about beating St Kilda. That's fair, considering the Saints' struggles this season, but they have looked better in recent weeks. Jack Steven is in impressive form, Seb Ross will return from gastro while Jade Gresham will be hoping to repeat his feats from last time he faced the Tigers, when he bagged six goals. Richmond is a proud team though and its ultra-impressive backline will be determined to ensure that Gresham doesn’t get loose again. The midfield battle should give Damien Hardwick's outfit an edge. Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin and Shane Edwards headline the onball division, with plenty of other reinforcements running through there. Meanwhile, St Kilda big man Tom Hickey will face a tough challenge when he comes up against Toby Nankervis. The Saints have chopped and changed their ruckmen this year, so Hickey will want to make the spot his own.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Friday, July 20, 7.50PM AEST
LAST FIVE TIMES
R10, 2018, Richmond 15.15 (105) d St Kilda 12.5 (77) at the MCG
R23, 2017, Richmond 19.8 (122) d St Kilda 12.9 (81) at the MCG
R16, 2017, St Kilda 21.12 (138) d Richmond 10.11 (71) at Etihad Stadium
R22, 2016, St Kilda 7.13 (55) d Richmond 6.10 (46) at the MCG
R16, 2015, Richmond 13.11 (89) d St Kilda 10.13 (73) at Etihad Stadium
THE SIX POINTS
1. The Saints led by 12 points midway through the third term earlier this season before Richmond kicked nine of the last 13 goals. Josh Caddy booted six for the Tigers.
2. St Kilda is ranked third for disposals per game with 389.4. In contrast, Richmond is ranked 14th, averaging 367.9.
3. The Tigers have dominated St Kilda recently, winning eight of the past 10 contests. That came after the Saints had 10 wins from 11 games in 2005-11.
4. Richmond is one of the best defensive teams this season, conceding only 71 points per match, and have given up 100 in a game only twice. St Kilda has given up 94 points per match.
5. Richmond hasn't lost consecutive games since rounds eight and nine last season, while St Kilda will be looking for successive wins for just the second time this year.
6. Shane Edwards has been a big riser for the Tigers in the Schick AFL Player Ratings, going up from No.57 at the start of the season to No.27 ahead of the clash with the Saints.
IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR… Jack Steele.
He's been playing the run-with role in recent weeks and an assignment on Dustin Martin could be coming his way.
PREDICTION: Richmond by 37 points.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-16/match-preview-st-kilda-v-richmond
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Crunch ball game
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I think we should come out all guns blazing and put them away early. Tackle hard and they will drop their heads. Give them a sniff and they are dangerous. Swans beat them by 70 points at Etihad 6 weeks ago.
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Bad memories: Tigers revisit Saints' horror show
Michael Ramsey,
AAP
Jul 16, 2018 7:47PM
RICHMOND has revisited last year's nightmare loss to St Kilda in a bid to avoid being jumped by the Saints in the annual Maddie's Match.
The Tigers were powerless to stop the rampant Saints in a stunning 67-point upset at Etihad Stadium in round 17 last season.
Richmond went on to win nine of its next 10 games on the way to the flag while St Kilda faded to an 11th-placed finish.
The Tigers nonetheless need no reminding of the threat posed by the Saints ahead of Friday night's third annual Maddie's Match to raise awareness of bone marrow failure syndrome.
Maddie Riewoldt, the younger sister of Saints great Nick and cousin of Richmond forward Jack, died in 2015 aged 26.
Tigers backmen Alex Rance, Dylan Grimes and David Astbury lowered their colours during last year's game with Riewoldt, Tim Membrey and Josh Bruce, who will miss the remainder of the season with a broken leg, running riot for the Saints.
Astbury appeared alongside Bruce and the Riewoldts at a promotional event on Monday and admitted the Tigers had been powerless to stop the onslaught.
"I'm sort of happy to see Joshie on crutches to be honest," Astbury joked.
"Nick gave us absolute nightmares in that game as well - we thought he was going to play for another five years after that.
"I think they were 90-something points at half-time and we felt like we'd just been chucked in a hurricane.
"We did review the game and we were just out-muscled at the contest. I think if you ask anyone at St Kilda, that's probably the best game of footy they've played for a while.
"We're hoping we don't come up against the same thing but we'll be prepared for it and we hope that we give the fans a better showing than we did last time."
The Tigers have remained a force to be reckoned with this season and sit top of the ladder with six rounds remaining.
St Kilda is stuck in the bottom four but has looked much-improved over the past month, winning three of its past four games.
"I think it's probably more of an attitudinal type of thing," Bruce said of the Saints' turnaround.
"I think we went away from our one-wood which is our pressure and our ferocious tackling intensity. We've been really focusing on that and reviewing that really strongly at training and at games so I think that'll be the main difference."
(http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/Samples/611826-tlslargelandscape.jpg)
Josh Bruce, Jack Riewoldt, Nick Riewoldt and David Astbury pose for a photograph with Maddie's Vision hero Elliot Vanderland.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-16/tigers-revisit-saints-horror-show
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Danger game for mine. Saints are a different side to earlier in the season and have found a bit of
Confidence.
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Danger game for mine. Saints are a different side to earlier in the season and have found a bit of
Confidence.
They nearly beat us earlier in the year.
Definite danger game.
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Danger game for mine. Saints are a different side to earlier in the season and have found a bit of
Confidence.
They nearly beat us earlier in the year.
Definite danger game.
Not so sure they nearly beat us, 30 scoring shots to 17 suggested that we should have won by 8 or 9 instead of 5
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Real powerhouse teams win these games by 8 goals plus. Be interesting to see what attitude we take into this game.
To be honest they should get nowhere near us.
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Danger game for mine. Saints are a different side to earlier in the season and have found a bit of
Confidence.
They nearly beat us earlier in the year.
Definite danger game.
Not so sure they nearly beat us, 30 scoring shots to 17 suggested that we should have won by 8 or 9 instead of 5
regardless of the scoring shots, when they hit the lead by 13 points it really looked like theyd beat us, thankfully we clicked into gear and ran all over them.
We really need to do something about our easy misses at goal, its keeping sides in the contest a lot longer than they should be
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Danger game for mine. Saints are a different side to earlier in the season and have found a bit of
Confidence.
They nearly beat us earlier in the year.
Definite danger game.
My feelings as well.
Although, I didn't think they were that great against Carlton. The scum are just that bad IMO. Might even help us, they may as well have had a week off.
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$7.00 for the Saints.
Crazy!
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100+ win
Just like last year we are going to up the ante on our run home
Bookmark it
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Can't see us losing 2 weeks in a row . Saints would have had a better chance had we stolen the game last week .
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'Hunting' Tigers still wary of the threat from St Kilda
Scott Spits
The Age
20 July 2018
Fresh off a narrow defeat to GWS that left premiership favourites Richmond holding down top spot by percentage only, Damien Hardwick had a clear message about the target on the Tigers’ back: we might be the hunted, but we’re still hunting.
Hardwick was largely unfazed by last week’s two-point loss to the Giants - a result that left the Tigers with a 0-4 record outside Victoria in 2018. Instead, he was conscious of the danger an improved St Kilda represents at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
‘‘They’ve played some really good footy, they’ve beaten a really quality side in Melbourne (in round 15),’’ said Hardwick of the Saints, who famously inflicted an incomprehensible 11-goal victory over Richmond a year ago.
‘‘We run into a side that’s in really good form.’’
Richmond have been hurt by the loss of Bachar Houli (groin soreness), but his omission was partly offset by the return of Nathan Broad, who had a rapid recovery from a fractured cheekbone suffered in round 16.
St Kilda have made two changes, bringing in Josh Battle and Seb Ross for injured duo Jimmy Webster and Jack Lonie.
The Saints' big win over the Tigers in early July last year was an anomaly, but it’s also now irrelevant given that the Saints have twice since been on the end of defeat to the yellow and black brigade.
Hardwick says the Tigers are focused on maintaining the style of play that drove them to last year’s premiership - a drought-breaking triumph that has been followed with a 12-4 start to this season.
‘‘I know you say we’re the hunted, but the way we play we hunt,’’ Hardwick said.
‘‘That’s how we play. Defensively we’re very good, we try and manufacture the turnover and then try and score off turnovers.
‘‘What the opposition bring is irrelevant to us. They’ll bring their best game like most sides will every week.
‘‘We know if we control that (our intensity) for the vast majority of games, we’re going to win more games than we don’t.’’
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hunting-tigers-still-wary-of-the-threat-from-st-kilda-20180719-p4zsf3.html
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Expecting a good responsefrom the team and senior players to who were down last week.Need a good start.Pressure and tackling and kick straight and not give the saints a sniff.Simple footy and cut out the cute stuff we win this.
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Could the Tigers drop two in a row?
ESPN
20 July 2018
The ladder leaders are coming off a heart-breaking loss to GWS in Sydney, but could this week bring Richmond two consecutive losses for the first time since Rounds 8 and 9 last year?
Sure, it's a far cry from dropping three, four or five in a row, but for a team many had pencilled in as winning back-to-back flags, dropping a second straight game could end up costing them a vital top two spot - and home ground advantage through the finals
The Saints are an interesting and somewhat tricky opponent for the Tigers; earlier this year, St Kilda had Richmond on the ropes midway through the third term at the MCG, while everyone remembers last year's clash at Etihad, which the Saints led 98-10 at half time.
Will the Tigers run into trouble against the Saints at Etihad Stadium? Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images
The Saints themselves have won three of their last four and seem to have found some semblance of a game plan. Richmond -- not to the same extent as playing interstate -- haven't been as strong at Etihad as they have at the 'G, boasting an average winning margin of just 19 points at the Docklands compared to a staggering 46 at the home of football.
Richmond's strong form at the MCG has led many to hint that the premiership is all but a formality for a side which is (still) likely to swan through September at their home ground, but should they be forced to play a final outside of Victoria, then the pressure might rise.
If the Saints can get the job done, the chasing pack gets a little closer and some at Tigerland might start getting a little warm under the collar.
http://kwese.espn.com/afl/story/_/id/24140690/tigers-afl-depth-headache-hardwick
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We’ve won 8 of our last 10 against the Saints
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FINAL INTERCHANGES
St Kilda: Luke Dunstan, Hunter Clark, Josh Battle, Ed Phillips
Richmond: Dion Prestia, Shaun Grigg, Jason Castagna, Connor Menadue
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-20/final-teams-st-kilda-v-richmond
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Expecting an easy 10 goal thrashing. Riewoldt to kick a bag min 6. Caddy to kick another bag. Moore to chip in too. Martin to start warming up for finals hopefully his kicking accuracy improves.
Will we kick straight with the roof shut? No excuses tonight hopefully we kick more goals than points.
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Stoppage. Dusty held 30 out = Goal! :gotigers
Rich 1.0-6
StK 0.0-0
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Georgie didn't do any goalkicking practice this week :P. 35 out running at goal and butchers it.
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Pressure good early. Another goal from a forward stoppage. Jack! :gotigers
12 - 0
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Good kick by menadue to Lambert but he drops the simple mark 35 out. Play continues and Menadue gets the free. Misses.
14 - 1
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Lambert :gotigers.
We're on so far tonight.
Rich 3.2-20
StK 0.1-1
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Great transition. Awesome vision by Jack to Lambert at HF. Finds Dusty 25 out. Chips back to Cotch. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 4.2-26
StK 1.1-7
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Great goalkeeping save by Rance :clapping.
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Sliced and diced them again on transition. Dusty to Jack to Rioli 35 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 5.2-32
StK 1.2-8
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Short is having a blinder. Was able to get the kick away in the tackle. Courageous mark by Lambert 35 out running back with the flight. The St Kilda defender came off second best. Lambo hits the post.
33 - 8
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Grimes marks the kick-in 60 out. Gives to short who goes long to the square. Higgins front and square crumbs a goal :gotigers.
Rich 6.3-39
StK 1.2-8
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Good mark Astbury on the wing. Off to Short who goes deep. Lambo front and square offloads to Ellis but his snap hits the post.
40 - 8
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Quarter time
Richmond 6.4-40
St Kilda 1.2-8
Goals: Riewoldt, Martin, Lambert, Cotchin, Rioli, Higgins.
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No messing about tonight based on that first quarter. Came to play and want to put the Saints to the sword. Short b.o.g. so far while Dusty has woken from his slumber.
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:banghead Only up by 32 points! :lol :rollin
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Rioli on the wing nice pass to Nank who ran into space 60 out. Moore acts as a decoy run dragging Saint defenders away and Jack marks 35 out on the lead. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 7.4-46
StK 1.2-8
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Brilliant Tiges.
Prestia kicks another :gotigers.
Rich 8.4-52
StK 1.2-8
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Where was Nank's tackle on Stevens high?
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Sheesh Rioli is clean :bow.
Floss marks 60 out. Goes long and it's rushed.
53 - 9
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Dominating yet 5 - 9 down in the free kicks ::).
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Dominating yet 5 - 9 down in the free kicks ::).
If the umps are giving us a hard time with the whistle we're usually in front, I'm fine with it ;)
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These umpires are kidding tonight. Inventing free kicks to stop momentum and not paying the obvious ones.
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Cotch brilliant handball to Grigg to Dusty gets the free. Back to Cotch who turns 360 and hits up Jack 60 out. To the hot spot and Prestia crumbs a goal :gotigers.
Rich 9.5-59
St K 1.3-9
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Good tackle by Caddy on Stevens in the forward pocket. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 10.5-65
StK 1.3-9
Pay back time for round 16 last year.
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Bad Saints turnover. Higgins to Dusty but he went the long option and it's rushed.
66 - 9
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Botched one there. Saints in disarray in defence.
67 - 9
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Saint player throws the ball and yet we get pinged for a high tackle ::).
The only way St Kilda is able to go forward is via umpire charity ::).
67 - 15
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Throw-in and Jack cops a high tackle 25 out. Goal! :gotigers
Rich 11.7-73
StK 2.3-15
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Keep it up pressure and tackling and running hard no letting them in or cheap goals.Kick straight to :gotigers.No sleeping in 3 rd qtr like sometimes.
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Half-time
Richmond 6.4 11.7-73
St Kilda 1.2 2.3-15
Goals: Riewoldt 3, Prestia 2, Martin, Lambert, Cotchin, Rioli, Higgins, Caddy.
One way traffic :clapping.
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Just what we needed to do. Now's the Time to put them to the sword...
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:banghead :banghead we couldn’t even double our lead that quarter! :shh :rollin
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Watching Cotchin tonight has been a total pleasure! He does everything & does it so well! I was singing Cotch's praises for a brilliantly hard & skillful piece of play in a serious contest until I realized it was Jack Higgins! Oh well, its great being wrong sometimes! :clapping
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A very good first half from the Tigers, leading every statistic and being very efficient inside 50. From 28 inside 50 entries, the Tigers have had 21 shots on goal. Only eight Richmond players on the ground are yet to record on a shot on goal.
Richmond have scored 4.4 (28) from turnovers so far tonight, taking advantage of 33 first-half intercept possessions. The Saints in comparison, have recorded just 0.1 (1) from turnovers tonight.
Dion Prestia is having a big impact in this second quarter for Richmond. He has a game-high seven disposals, a game-high 150 metres gained, three score involvements and two goals of his own.
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/18/stk-v-rich
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Eat em alive tigers let's blitz this 3rd qtr :gotigers.
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Team stats:
Disposals: 203 - 176 ( contested: 76 - 55 )
Clearances: 21 - 15 ( centre: 8 - 3 ; stoppages: 13 - 12 )
Inside 50s: 28 - 17 ( marks in50: 7 - 3 )
Tackles: 21 - 28
Hitouts: 16 - 20
Frees: 9 - 11
Individual possies:
Lambert 17
Martin 16
Prestia 16
Short 15
Edwards 13
Higgins 12
Cotch 11
Nank 10
Macca 9
Caddy 9
Riewoldt 9
Ellis 8
Rioli 8
Rance 8
Broad 7
Grimes 6
Menadue 5
Astbury 5
Castagna 4
Floss 3
Moore 3
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/18/stk-v-rich
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This is the thing that shites me about us. Terrible start to 3rd quarter. Should win by 100 will win by 40
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Another one to them. 44 points the difference.
Haven't got near it this quarter
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Jack with a free and set shot 40 out. Sprays it wide and short of the line but Caddy saves the day marking on the line. Goal :gotigers.
Rich 12.9-81
StK 4.5-29
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Dusty out of the centre and Jack marks with the flight of the ball (almost cleaned up georgie). Goal! His 4th :gotigers.
Back to the half-time margin.
Rich 13.9-87
StK 4.5-29
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Floss cops an over the shoulder and jumper pull = no free :huh.
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Why when Grigg is in the centre square for a ruck contest don’t our on ballers at least stand next to an opponent? Not only isn’t he going to win the tap, he barely even goes for it!
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Got to love how the HTB decisions are all one way (St Kilda) tonight ::).
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Prestia free 30 out. Goal :gotigers
First time he's kick 3 in a game apparently.
Rich 14.9-93
StK 4.7-31
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Steele drops the ball in the tackle after taking 3 tigers on = no free ::).
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Nank out of the centre and Higgins marks 30 out. Misses.
94 - 37
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3/4 time
Richmond 6.4 11.7 14.10-94
St Kilda 1.2 2.3 5.7-37
Goals: Riewoldt 4, Prestia 3, Caddy 2, Martin, Lambert, Cotchin, Rioli, Higgins.
Just went through the motions that quarter.
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Maybe we were trying to not score that quarter as a training drill, not sure what we were trying to do but it was a frustrating quarter to watch. Two things for sure, Moore was an experiment but just dont think it works and Georgie has lost all kicking confidence.
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Excellent poise by Prestia and passes it across to Grigg rather tha blasting away. Goal to griggy :gotigers.
Hit the ton.
Rich 15.10-100
StK 5.7-37
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:lol
St Kilda players have thrown the ball in tackle after tackle = no free. We get tackled and it's HTB ::).
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No cheap goals percentage :gotigers.
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St Kilda player all alone in the 10m protected zone right next to nank = no free.
Awesome pass by Dusty by the way.
We get it forward to Jack anyway. Misses from 50.
101 - 38
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Geez we're good :thumbsup.
Kept the ball alive and clean chain of handballs gets to Sheds who snaps the goal :gotigers.
10 separate goalkickers.
Rich 16.11-107
StK 5.8-38
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We should be 100 + in front of this rabble
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Macca nice weighted pass to Floss on the wing. Gets 50. Set shot from 35 out. Misses.
108 - 45
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We should be 100 + in front of this rabble
Put the cue in the rack at half-time. Bigger fish to fry to come.
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We seriously can't get a HTB decision our way tonight.
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Floss to Rioli in the pocket. Misses.
109 - 51
5 mins to go.
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:gotigers
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We've definitely put the cue in the rack.
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How do you win a game by 50+ points and the opposition has almost double the free kicks...???
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Prestia nice step through traffic out to Macca 45 out. Chips to Georgie 35 out. Misses to the right. He's goalkicking confidence is shot at the moment.
We get it back from the kick-in. Short long bomb is touched.
That's it. Siren! Won by 54 pts :gotigers.
Final Score
Richmond 6.4 11.7 14.10 16.15-111
St Kilda 1.2 2.3 5.7 8.9-57
Goals: Riewoldt 4, Prestia 3, Caddy 2, Martin, Lambert, Cotchin, Rioli, Higgins, Grigg, Edwards.
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Would be asking for a 50% refund if i paid for tickets for that game. Get disappointed watching us smash a team for a couple of quarters but then just stroll around waiting for the final siren.
Would like to be in the after game meeting because i would hope that Dimma would tell the players a few home truths.
Play a second half like that against the pies and we will be punished. Sound like a misery guts after a win but have seen this same scenario all too often.
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Would be asking for a 50% refund if i paid for tickets for that game. Get disappointed watching us smash a team for a couple of quarters but then just stroll around waiting for the final siren.
Would like to be in the after game meeting because i would hope that Dimma would tell the players a few home truths.
Play a second half like that against the pies and we will be punished. Sound like a misery guts after a win but have seen this same scenario all too often.
54 point win kept them under 60 points to much complaints.Second half we were always in control work was done in 1 st half.Don't forget guys we a managing players from burn out and niggles.Bit of perpective needed.
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Would be asking for a 50% refund if i paid for tickets for that game. Get disappointed watching us smash a team for a couple of quarters but then just stroll around waiting for the final siren.
Would like to be in the after game meeting because i would hope that Dimma would tell the players a few home truths.
Play a second half like that against the pies and we will be punished. Sound like a misery guts after a win but have seen this same scenario all too often.
Yeah, I understand what your saying.
I think we’re a team that really craves a challenge and the competitiveness of the game, so once the contest is done and dusted we would just cruise through to the end.
Woulda been nice to pump them, especially after last year and years gone by when they embarrassed us.
I reckon we’re at least a 10 goal better side than them, so the score line was almost flattering.
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Geez they put the brakes on in the 2nd half.
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Just watching BT walking around, what a fs embarrassment, Toby gave him the cold shoulder...beautiful
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A solid win from the Tigers, despite the Saints winning the second half. The Tigers were very efficient up forward, recording 35 shots at goal from 50 inside 50 entries, and a plus-14 contested possession count, led by 13 contested from Dustin Martin.
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/18/stk-v-rich
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Gees Castagna has the yips. Always kicking short and right. Tell him to kick long and left a little.
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Thinking about last week and at times tonight and how many relatively easy shots we miss. From a set shot take scenario take out Jack from the equation and we have a pretty motley crew of marksmen.
George as we know is shocking, Moore is a matter of luck if it hits his boot in the right postion. Higgins is terrible with his setshots, Rioli has improved but still misses some easy ones. Who would be the next best kicking forward, Towno was clearly the best late last season?
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Gees Castagna has the yips. Always kicking short and right. Tell him to kick long and left a little.
Like me with my 9 iron. Start aiming furthing and further to the left but it always ends up in th same place.
Totally mental I reckon. Just aim for dead centre, it’ll come back.
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Thinking about last week and at times tonight and how many relatively easy shots we miss. From a set shot take scenario take out Jack from the equation and we have a pretty motley crew of marksmen.
George as we know is shocking, Moore is a matter of luck if it hits his boot in the right postion. Higgins is terrible with his setshots, Rioli has improved but still misses some easy ones. Who would be the next best kicking forward, Towno was clearly the best late last season?
Caddy is a dead eye dick with set shots.
Castagna is woeful but we were promised he’d be better this week. I thought he practises more than anyone. What’s he practicing? How to miss?
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VIDEOS:
Match highlights: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-07-20/round-18-highlights
Team Song: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2018-07-20/team-song-richmond
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Thinking about last week and at times tonight and how many relatively easy shots we miss. From a set shot take scenario take out Jack from the equation and we have a pretty motley crew of marksmen.
George as we know is shocking, Moore is a matter of luck if it hits his boot in the right postion. Higgins is terrible with his setshots, Rioli has improved but still misses some easy ones. Who would be the next best kicking forward, Towno was clearly the best late last season?
Caddy is a dead eye dick with set shots.
Castagna is woeful but we were promised he’d be better this week. I thought he practises more than anyone. What’s he practicing? How to miss?
I thought George did a lot of chasing, pressure acts and apart from goal shots was good.probably a confidence issue. Hopefully turns corner soon.
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Thinking about last week and at times tonight and how many relatively easy shots we miss. From a set shot take scenario take out Jack from the equation and we have a pretty motley crew of marksmen.
George as we know is shocking, Moore is a matter of luck if it hits his boot in the right postion. Higgins is terrible with his setshots, Rioli has improved but still misses some easy ones. Who would be the next best kicking forward, Towno was clearly the best late last season?
Caddy is a dead eye dick with set shots.
Castagna is woeful but we were promised he’d be better this week. I thought he practises more than anyone. What’s he practicing? How to miss?
I thought George did a lot of chasing, pressure acts and apart from goal shots was good.probably a confidence issue. Hopefully turns corner soon.
The law of probability will mean some will have to go in soon
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Thinking about last week and at times tonight and how many relatively easy shots we miss. From a set shot take scenario take out Jack from the equation and we have a pretty motley crew of marksmen.
George as we know is shocking, Moore is a matter of luck if it hits his boot in the right postion. Higgins is terrible with his setshots, Rioli has improved but still misses some easy ones. Who would be the next best kicking forward, Towno was clearly the best late last season?
Caddy is a dead eye dick with set shots.
Castagna is woeful but we were promised he’d be better this week. I thought he practises more than anyone. What’s he practicing? How to miss?
I thought George did a lot of chasing, pressure acts and apart from goal shots was good.probably a confidence issue. Hopefully turns corner soon.
The law of probability will mean some will have to go in soon
He'll probably kick 5 straight in the GF and win the Norm Smith :laugh:.
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Coaches votes (Hardwick & Richardson)
ST KILDA v RICHMOND
10 Dion Prestia (RICH)
8 Dustin Martin (RICH)
5 Kane Lambert (RICH)
3 Dylan Grimes (RICH)
2 Jack Riewoldt (RICH)
1 Toby Nankervis (RICH)
1 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-23/aflca-votes-round-18-ten-for-toms-exciting-bomber