Richmond vs Port Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval --- Round 2, 2025

[Buddysucks]

A fit Prestia will help both Taranto and Hopper. But Ross and Dow aren’t AFL standard mids so just have to wear it until Smillie, Hotton and Lalor are ready for that role.
Thought Sonsie was stiff to get dropped on the back of being the sub week 1.
With Rioli gone, we’ve lost all our run and attackoff half back. Aside from Short we have zero small defenders (and Short is hardly as defender). If, like today, when our mids don’t run hard to defend we have no-one to mop up when the ball hits the ground.

[Diocletian]

Lmao Ross from BOG to "not AFL standard" within a week.

[georgies31]

Happy with the kids all showed something  , the big worry how many senior players went missing and killed us with brain fades that's not acceptable and it's not on coaches either.

[georgies31]

There was nothing wrong with the effort of cubs, absolutely nothing. Not sure what people are expecting? Our season is going to be like this. Good weeks, poor weeks and the odd great week.

Said it earlier our senior players let us down.

Lots of greenshoots today. I walked out of the ground enthused by the cubs. They didn't drop their heads, made mistakes but buttered up and tried to make amends. I'll take that every week over non effort

💯 cubs showing green shoots the senior players were missing in action or played like bush league footballers even the basics  pressure and tackling.

[Simonator]

There was nothing wrong with the effort of cubs, absolutely nothing. Not sure what people are expecting? Our season is going to be like this. Good weeks, poor weeks and the odd great week.

Said it earlier our senior players let us down.

Lots of greenshoots today. I walked out of the ground enthused by the cubs. They didn't drop their heads, made mistakes but buttered up and tried to make amends. I'll take that every week over non effort

💯 cubs showing green shoots the senior players were missing in action or played like bush league footballers even the basics  pressure and tackling.

Same old story as last year

edited to correct quote

[Simonator]

Hopper was our biggest disposal getter with 24 but our 12th ranked player… crazy.

Watched a replay of the 3rd quarter this morning, one centre bounce stands out where he is under no pressure and tried to handball, misses the ball and throws it straight to a port player. Heaps of other horrible plays. I’m so sick of watching him stink it up… not a great leader for our young guys. I’d be paying a team to take him and trying to get a better mid in who can actually set good examples for our kids. McRae would’ve been so much more effective 

[TigerLand]

Had a free pass after the Blues win, and sorta played like it.

No issues from the kids, loved Trainor aggression. Armstrong signs. Lalor kept cracking in. Just play the kids. McAullife over Dow, Kmac and even Hopper if I'm honest.

[Francois Jackson]

Hopper well what did you expect? He offers nothing and we should have dumped his sorry arse a long time ago.

Now we have no chance as no one will offer anything reasonable for him.

we are stuck with him unforunately.

[mat073]

Positives …
* looked for all money like it was going to be a 100 point belting - Richmond won the last quarter.
* Armstrong gets his first 2 goals.
* Blight pitch hitting in the ruck
* Fawcett did a few nice things
* Another game into the kids .

Negatives….
* Another really poor start - game over at halftime.
* TT and Hopper just look like they’re collecting pay cheques.
* gifting opposition easy goals with 50 m penalties.
* Mansell injury
* Senior players were embarrassed by the endeavour of the kids .
* looked like witches hats again .

[one-eyed]

Floss, Miller and Trainor fined $1000 each by the MRP for that melee.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1285321/match-review-geelong-cats-captain-patrick-dangerfield-learns-fate-for-high-elbow-against-st-kilda

[one-eyed]

Richmond

King: Outgunned, out-hunted and got smacked. A week is a long time in footy.

Cornes:  a side still mentally stuck in the MCG change rooms from Round 1 — where they were too busy soaking up Gatorade showers and sooking about someone who questioned the coach's aura.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/03/24/cornes-and-kings-snapshot-thoughts-on-each-clubs-round-2-performance

[one-eyed]

Coaches votes (Yze & Hinkley)

Port Adelaide v Richmond

10 Connor Rozee (PORT)
7 Jase Burgoyne (PORT)
4 Joe Richards (PORT)
3 Kane Farrell (PORT)
2 Lachie Jones (PORT)
2 Mitchell Georgiades (PORT)
2 Ollie Wines (PORT)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1286425/coaches-votes-r2-adelaide-crows-skipper-jordan-dawson-perfect-again-three-10-vote-games

[one-eyed]

AFL Report Card: Round 2

Catherine Healey, Jack Jovanovski and Ben Cotton
Foxsports
24 March 2025

RICHMOND

Nine days after notching one of its best home-and-away wins in recent memory, the Tigers dished up a stinker against a fuelled Port Adelaide outfit. Adem Yze’s side was blitzed at stoppage from the get-go, outhunted by their hungrier counterparts. The absence of key focal point Tom Lynch was understandably costly as Liam Fawcett made his AFL debut, but the visitors didn’t have the same desperation — from both ball-winning and pressure perspectives — on Saturday as they did in Round 1 against Carlton.

In the votes

Skipper Toby Nankervis was typically scrappy at the coalface, winning a match-high eight clearances to go with 39 hit-outs and 13 disposals. Jacob Hopper led the way ball-winning with 24 possessions and six clearances. Seth Campbell (two goals from five scoring shots and seven score involvements) and Harry Armstrong (2.2 and five marks from 12 disposals) were among the bright spots in Yze’s attack.

Room for improvement

In the first half alone, the Power kicked 8.7 (55) from stoppages, encapsulating the home side’s dominance around the Sherrin. And while Richmond was slightly better with its effort and intent in the second half, Port Adelaide still finished the match +180 for disposals — the highest disposal differential on record. “Adem Yze will be disappointed, but he knows where he is in this stage of the development,” Jonathan Brown said post-game on Fox Footy. “Saw some good things (from them) in the second half.”

Grade

F

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-2-report-card-highlights-every-club-graded-and-reviewed-adelaide-crows-essendon-bombers-collingwood-magpies-best-and-worst-players-analysis-latest-news/news-story/ca78f6d1f0e22729cee30a0a2c0cf7da

[pmac21]

Being a young list should not excuse the poor performances of senior players.  Should still expect to see effort but I didn't from a few.  Namely TT.  His performance should be called out.  Unless injured or ill, not acceptable