Richmond vs GWS @ the MCG --- Round 2, 2022

[Andyy]

Thrilled with our pressure.

Rucks were great.

Kids did well. Liked Ralph too.

[pmac21]

GWS tried to bore us to death the way they chipped the footy around today.  The had a plan, it didn't work and not much of a plan B.  They were horrendous to watch.  This is what you expect with the new rules. 

I hope Dusty was watching and it gets him fired up for a return.

I actually believe his absence forced others to rise up. 

The VFL boys were hard at it too. 

A great day.  Disappointing crowd I must say. 

[JP Tiger]

We weren't brilliant but considering our outs it was a pretty solid win in the end.  We were tough & nasty today & I loved that!  Ross & Dow may not be stars but they both competed hard, ran hard both ways & gave us plenty of supply from the middle.  Ralphy was good with his daring runs & good ball use.  Balta was brilliant today, should've bagged 6-7 today. 
All up we were hard nosed & deserved the win, but I have to have a ping at the Giants today - they were utterly pathetic!  They were the softest side I've watched for years.  So unprepared to take the game on, so many lateral kicks to loose men who only wanted to bail out when we brought the heat. 
All I can say to Leon is 'thanks for an unexpected 4 points, better luck at your next coaching job!'         

[Owl]

Lots of plusses today with young players and a new system emerging.

[Diocletian]

Yeah I'm gonna wait and see how we fair against a side that's actually trying before declaring we're back.....

[one-eyed]

Team Stats:

Disposals:     339 - 404 ..... ( contested: 133 - 115 ; uncontested: 203 - 287 )
Efficiency%:   76 - 79
Kicks:           208 - 236
Handballs:    131 - 168
Turnovers:     60 - 63
Marks:           91 - 127 ..... ( contested: 11 - 9 )
Tackles:         38 - 42
Clearances:    30 - 24 ...... ( centre: 14 - 15 ; stoppages: 16 - 9 )
Inside 50s:     53 - 55
In50 Eff%:     57 - 42
In50 Marks:   10 - 12
In50 Tackles:   4 - 5
Hitouts:         32 - 19
Bounces:       11 - 10
One %ers:     51 - 52
Free Kicks:     26 - 18 

Individual possies:

Short   33
Broad   22
Graham 22
D.Rioli   21
Ralphsmith 19
Cotchin  18
Pickett   18
Bolton   17
Edwards 17
Parker   16
Nankervis 15
Baker     14
Dow      14 .... ( subbed off last qtr )
Ross     12
Lynch   11
Balta    10
Gibcus  10
McIntosh 10
Castagna 9
Miller      9
Soldo     9
Tarrant  8
Aarts    5 .... ( subbed on last qtr )

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/3826#player-stats

[mightytiges]

I hope I'm wrong but if GWS come to play this could get ugly  . Even if Grimesy was playing, the problem is still our midfield especially with no two-way ballwinners in Prestia and Lambert plus no Dusty. The Giants' mids will eat us for breakfast if we are slow, soft and reactive like we were against Carlton.

In 2019-20 you would never right us off as we played with a spirit, hunger and intensity to pull off wins against the odds even with our cubs. Haven't seen that hunger and intensity as a team for 12 months irrespective of who was in the side. We're going to have to rediscover that edge in and at the contest across 4 quarters if we're going to pull off an unlikely win.

Glad to be wrong. Nank and Soldo exposed their one ruck Flynn and Green (what was Leon thinking?) allowing us to dominate the clearances. Apparently we kicked 9 goals from stoppages  .

The main thing was our hunger and intensity across 4 quarters was also back. Still things to improve on (we still butchered a few wide open F50 entries which burnt us the other way and kept GWS in the game) but if we play with that intensity most weeks then we'll play finals.

[Diocletian]

Nankoldo paid off yesterday...still don't think it's the way to go every week though ...

[one-eyed]

Richmond’s system still stacks up

With the likes of Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin, Nick Vlaustin, Dion Prestia and Dylan Grimes out, not many were confident in backing Richmond against GWS at the MCG on Sunday.

While they’ve dropped back from their dominant era from 2017 to 2020, the Tigers probably deserved a little more respect from the football community after their Round 1 loss and they proved why against the Giants.

Although they were missing those big names, the Tigers controlled proceedings against a GWS side that on paper had more star power.

Their defence looks set even without Grimes, and being able to swing Noah Balta forward with Jack Riewoldt out is a luxury teams would kill to have.

They’ve been such a well-coached and drilled team across the last half decade, and even without the big names, it’ll hold the Tigers in great stead for season 2022.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/03/27/the-six-things-we-learned-from-round-2/

[one-eyed]

AFL Report Card: Round 2

Max Laughton, Ben Waterworth, David Zita, Ben Cotton and Catherine Healey
Foxsports
28 March 2022

RICHMOND

It was a typical Tigers win, which is impressive given the calibre of stars they were missing against the Giants. They were firing on all cylinders, albeit against a side that was pretty lacklustre on the day. It’s rare for Richmond to lose to Carlton in round one so there were some queries on them heading into round two, but Sunday’s performance suggests we shouldn’t be too alarmed by a rare loss to the Blues.

In the votes

Noah Balta and Tom Lynch were great up forward in the absence of Jack Riewoldt, kicking seven goals between them, while Shai Bolton had a terrific period of play when he put two on the board. Toby Nankervis and Ivan Soldo combined beautifully and Jayden Short roamed the back-half at will along with Daniel Rioli. Trent Cotchin was hard at it along with Nathan Broad.

Room for improvement

Not too much. They did allow the Giants to get a small taste of it in the final term but ultimately it was a very composed and professional outing by a side that, given the outs, couldn’t have done much more.

Grade

A

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-report-card-round-2-analysis-every-club-graded-best-and-worst-players-votes-reaction/news-story/835eeb1e83a8c4a9e778acdc1e2c3e9b

[one-eyed]

Coaches votes (Hardwick & Cameron)

Richmond v Greater Western Sydney

9 Noah Balta (RICH)
7 Shai Bolton (RICH)
6 Jayden Short (RICH)
3 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
2 Tom Green (GWS)
2 Marlion Pickett (RICH)
1 Nathan Broad (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/729844/coaches-votes-r2-star-pair-bolt-out-of-the-blocks-with-two-perfect-games

[the claw]

Gotta ask the question if GWS  play like that for most games will Cameron be in the gun.

[Diocletian]

Coaches votes (Hardwick & Cameron)

Richmond v Greater Western Sydney

9 Noah Balta (RICH)
7 Shai Bolton (RICH)
6 Jayden Short (RICH)
3 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
2 Tom Green (GWS)
2 Marlion Pickett (RICH)
1 Nathan Broad (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/729844/coaches-votes-r2-star-pair-bolt-out-of-the-blocks-with-two-perfect-games

A clean sweep for Richmond men....

[Chuck17]

Gotta ask the question if GWS  play like that for most games will Cameron be in the gun.

Would have to think so, has a team choc full of talent and has consistently under delivered

[Rampsation]

Any news on Dow?