Every AFL club’s biggest statistical change for 2022 — and how it explains the ladder: Champion IndexBen Waterworth
Fox Sports
April 27th, 2022 12:44 pmThe first six rounds of an AFL season often make or break teams.
Now the footy world has enough sample size to assess where every team is flying — or falling — on the field.
With the help of Champion Data, foxfooty.com.au analyses every AFL club’s biggest statistical change from 2021 to 2022.
RICHMONDMetric: Time in forward-half differential
2021: +3:12 (#4)
2022: -4:34 (#14)
During their premiership era, the Tigers were the best forward-half team in the competition. Their ability to trap the ball close to their goals and force turnovers to create easier scoring opportunities was outstanding. Even last season when the Tigers missed the finals, they were still a top-four team for time in forward-half. But Damien Hardwick’s men haven’t got their forward-half game going in 2022. It’s why they’ve also slipped from eighth to 15th for inside 50 differential. Of more pressing concern, though, for Richmond is the fact it’s become easier to score against, ranking 17th for opponent scores per inside 50, 16th for defending ball movement and 14th for points against this season.
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