Why can't the Tigers win clearances? ... (Herald-Sun)

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Richmond clearance stats, 17th in AFL, what your what your club needs to fix to win the flag, statistics

Michael Randall,
Herald Sun
4 Sept. 2018

JUST eight teams remain with premiership dreams and while the Tigers are everyone’s pick to go back-to-back, every finalist has the same goal.

We took a look at each of the eight finalists to find out the one major facet of their game they need to clean up in order to be bolster their premiership claims, thanks to Champion Data.

Let’s start with the top-of-the-table Tigers.

Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Dion Prestia, Kane Lambert are all guns, but why can't the Tigers win the footy at stoppages?

RICHMOND: CLEARANCES

With midfield dynamos like Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin and Dion Prestia, you’d think the Tigers would be mauling teams at stoppages. Not so. Remarkably, they are a clear last in clearances this season. Yep, 18th in the competition, behind the likes of Carlton and Gold Coast. If they can up the ante at stoppages, they are almost certainties to win the flag. To be fair, their defensive work when an opponent wins the clearance is A-grade, the Tigers’ having conceded the fourth-fewest points from clearances.

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