Richmond this year bottom 4 for tackling efficiency (afl media)

[one-eyed]

AFL CLUBS' TACKLING EFFICIENCY IN 2021

Club                   Tackle Eff    Tackles
Geelong                65.2         1048
Melbourne             64.6         1190
Western Bulldogs   63.4         1113
Port Adelaide         63.2         1154
GWS Giants           63.1         1111
Sydney Swans       61.1         1178
St Kilda                 61.1         1175
Hawthorn              61.0         1173
Essendon              60.8         1112
Brisbane Lions       60.6         1084
Gold Coast Suns    60.0         1214
North Melbourne    59.9         1014
Carlton                 59.2         1012
Adelaide Crows      59.1         1060
Richmond              58.7         1081
Collingwood           58.6         1051
Fremantle              57.3           925
West Coast Eagles  56.2           893


n.b. Freo lifted their tackling efficiency from a season low 46.2% against the Swans the week before up to a season high 70.5% against us (2nd best for round 20).

https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/993936/the-stat-that-won-the-game

[Diocletian]

Yeah no shyte....

We've never been a clean team...new rules have exposed our surplus of unskilled players......having said that if I had to single out just one issue above all others that's cost us this year....it's the absolutely embarrassingly peeweak tackling, really is that simple imo...improve on that and we at least win the close ones we've lost and we'd be safely ensconced in the eight.... 

 

[Andyy]

True Dio, and ain't it frustrating when you've been the hardest tackling team for 4 years straight.

It was always something that made me lose my sh*t in the earlier 2000's and it's half the reason I actually liked guys like Tuck, Jackson and King - at least they could stick a effing tackle.

[lamington]

Remember 2015-2016 we’re a low tackling team?

[Lozza]

Parker and Baker probably our best tacklers but otherwise we have tackled like wet paper bags.