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one-eyed:
Tenacious Tigers fall short
By Nathan Schmook
10:44PM Sun 04 Mar, 2012
FREMANTLE 0.2.4 0.6.6 1.8.10 1.14.12 (105)
RICHMOND 0.3.0 0.5.2 0.7.4 0.10.7 (67)
GOALS
Fremantle: Broughton (supergoal); Bradley (3), Pitt (3), Mellington (2), Fyfe, Broughton, Mayne, de Boer, Ballantyne, Mzungu
Richmond: Riewoldt (2), Nahas (2), Miller, Vickery, Elton, Derickx, Connors, A. Maric
BEST
Fremantle: Fyfe, Bradley, Mzungu, Broughton, Pearce, Ballantyne
Richmond: Martin, Ivan Maric, Riewoldt, Tuck, Addam Maric, Webberley
INJURIES
Fremantle: Nil
Richmond: Nil
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Margetts, Law, Ritchie and Bannister
Official crowd: 7,294 at Patersons Stadium
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A DOGGED Richmond fell short of a big NAB Cup upset against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium on Sunday afternoon, going down by 38 points.
For full match replays 12 hours after the game, go to AFL VIDEOS under the screen
Despite missing captain Matthew Pavlich and star ruckman Aaron Sandilands, who was a late withdrawal after pulling up sore in the warm-up, Fremantle kicked the last five goals of the game to win 1.14.12 (105) to 0.10.7 (67).
Young midfielder Nat Fyfe was brilliant for the home team, finishing with 25 disposals (14 contested) and one goal in a sign that he could join the AFL's elite this season.
The 20-year-old was instrumental in the third quarter when Fremantle built a 21-point lead, winning 10 possessions for the term before being subbed out of the game at the final change.
While Fremantle entered the match without its two best players, Richmond also made a point of protecting its top end talent, with midfielder Trent Cotchin and star half-back Brett Deledio rested for the trip west.
Coach Damien Hardwick also removed midfielder Dustin Martin at half-time after the gun youngster won 16 possessions (eight contested) in a brilliant start to the match.
The 20-year-old was still the Tigers' leading possession winner at three-quarter time - alongside Shane Tuck - and was arguably his side's best contributor.
Without its two best on-ballers, and with ruckman Ivan Maric also subbed out of the game at half-time after a strong start, the Tigers lost control of the midfield in the third quarter.
The visitors mounted a brief rally in the final quarter to pull the margin back to seven points, with Daniel Connors, Jeromey Webberley and Melbourne recruit Addam Maric all influential.
Fremantle entered the match without injured midfield trio David Mundy, Michael Barlow and Anthony Morabito, and coach Ross Lyon chose not to take any risks with Sandilands after he pulled up sore in the warm up.
Given opportunities, young forward Josh Mellington (17 disposals and two goals), Jayden Pitt (three goals) and Clancee Pearce (25 disposals) were solid contributors for the home team.
Richmond also subbed key forward Jack Riewoldt out of the match in the second half after he kicked two goals in a bright start.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/130005/default.aspx
one-eyed:
Team Stats
Disposals 269 - 376
Kicks 159 - 208
Handballs 110 - 168
Marks 60 - 93
Hitouts 26 - 30
Tackles 48 - 59
Frees 19 - 29
Inside 50s 33 - 49
Individual Stats
Player Name K H D M HO T FF FA SG G B DT
Brandon Ellis 12 7 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
Shane Tuck 10 9 19 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 63
Jeromey Webberley 13 4 17 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 71
Shane Edwards 10 6 16 1 0 9 1 3 0 0 0 73
Dustin Martin 11 5 16 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 58
Steven Morris 6 8 14 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 48
Jayden Post 8 6 14 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 54
Jake King 4 7 11 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 37
Brad J. Miller 8 3 11 6 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 57
Matthew Arnot 3 7 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23
Jake Batchelor 8 2 10 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 46
Addam Maric 8 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40
Jack Riewoldt 5 5 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 54
Luke McGuane 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17
Matt White 9 0 9 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 36
Daniel Connors 4 4 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 38
Brad Helbig 3 5 8 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 44
Bachar Houli 6 1 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31
Ivan Maric 5 2 7 2 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 39
Matt Dea 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Robin Nahas 4 2 6 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 49
Chris Newman 4 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26
Alex Rance 4 2 6 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 29
Tom Derickx 3 2 5 1 10 1 2 4 0 1 0 26
Tyrone Vickery 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28
Steven Verrier 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Todd Elton 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
Piva Wright 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Brett O'Hanlon 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/18551/Default.aspx#fixtureid=7884&tab=Stats
Coach:
fair dinkum
dwaino:
--- Quote from: one-eyed on March 04, 2012, 11:32:33 PM ---
Tackles 48 - 59
Frees 19 - 29
--- End quote ---
First one, the difference is too great. As the losing side by 38 we should of had a few more.
Second one shows how stupid Nob cup is. Just have to crash a player when the footy is on the ground and you get pinged.
Willy:
I thought we were very stiff with the umps agaisnt the roos last week, but i think we were just clumsy and reckless around the contests tonight. Most of the frees were there.
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