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Media articles and stats: Pies tame Tigers in fierce clash
« on: April 07, 2012, 11:48:53 PM »
Pies tame Tigers in fierce clash
By Peter Ryan
10:00 PM Sat 07 Apr, 2012



COLLINGWOOD       2.8   5.10   11.12   12.13   (85)
RICHMOND              1.6   2.10   4.13     8.16   (64)   

GOALS
Collingwood: Cloke 3, Thomas 3, Blair 2, Fasolo 2, Paine, Jolly
Richmond: Miller 4, Deledio 2, Edwards, Conca

BEST
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Reid, Sidebottom, Cloke, Thomas, Swan
Richmond: Rance, Deledio, Grigg, Miller, Tuck, Cotchin

INJURIES
Collingwood: Tarrant (calf)
Richmond: Foley (broken nose), King (knee)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Dalgleish, Stewart, Meredith

Official crowd: 57,268 at the MCG

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THE MAGPIES have comfortably defeated Richmond by 21 points on Saturday night at the MCG.
 
Dale Thomas cut loose at the start of the second half to inspire an unanswered five-goal burst in the first eight minutes that put the result beyond doubt.
 
When Richmond finally stabilised the Magpies were eight goals in front and the game was over.
 
A melee on the half-time siren involving every player seemed to spark Collingwood from its lethargy after the break.
 
Within 30 seconds of the second half resuming Thomas had burst out of the centre and kicked a long goal. At the next bounce Thomas cleared it again and Travis Cloke kicked his third.
 
Thomas kicked another two minutes later. Alex Fasolo then kicked two goals and the lead was eight goals after just eight minutes.
 
Collingwood controlled the ball and began to play with a confidence that had not been seen since the mid stages of 2011.
 
During the quarter the Magpies collected 41 contested possessions to Richmond's 30 and had 19 inside 50s compared to the Tigers 11.
 
It was in stark contrast to the first half. During that period there were more missed opportunities than chocolate eggs at an Easter egg hunt.
 
Goals were missed, balls were fumbled and players either slipped through tackles or slid into them before being dispossessed.
 
Trent Cotchin worked his heart out but had little support. By contrast Collingwood had numerous midfielders sharing the load.
 
Collingwood also had the powerful Cloke up forward to contest and convert.
 
The Magpies' Ben Reid quelled the Tigers key forward Jack Riewoldt.
 
Reid's effort was critical after the Magpies lost Chris Tarrant to a suspected calf injury during the first quarter. He was subbed off the ground at quarter-time.
 
It meant Richmond had plenty of running at the end of the game but after drawing to within 23 points at the 12-minute mark, the Magpies stabilised.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/132482/default.aspx

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Stats: Tigers vs Magpies
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 09:04:57 AM »
Team Stats

Disposals            427 - 349
Efficiency%            76 - 72
Kicks                  234    - 207
Handballs            193    - 142
Con. Possies        124 - 142    
Uncon. Possies     303 - 207
Marks                  133 - 100   
Con. Marks            10 - 11
Uncon. Marks       123 - 89
Tackles                  47 - 51    
Clearances             27 - 40    
Clangers               39 - 44
Frees                    20 - 18    
Hitouts                 33 - 27 ..... ( Maric 18, Vickery 8, Grigg 3, Deledio 2 // Jolly 25, Dawes 2 )
Inside 50s             50 - 53
Marks In50              7 - 11   
Rebound 50s         40 - 40    
Assists                   5 - 11    
1%ers                   31 - 31
Supercoach        1680 - 1623
Dreamteam        1735 - 1476


Individual Stats

PLAYER              D      K      H    CP    DE%     M  CM   T   CL   FF  FA  I50 R50  G   B   GA    SC

B.Deledio           35    17    18    13    77%      5    2    5    2    3    0    9    3    2    1    0    145
A.Rance             34    21    13    11    82%    17    1    0    0    4    2    3    6    0    0    1    127
S.Grigg             30    12    18    10    87%      8    0    1    5    1    1    4    2    0    1    0    103
B.Houli              26    16    10      4    81%      9    0    6    0    1    0    3    6    0    1    0    115
T.Cotchin           26    14    12      9    69%      4    0    2    2    2    0    2    1    0    0    1    101
S.Tuck               25    11    14    13    92%      5    0    6    6    1    2    5    0    0    0    0    114
C.Newman          25    18      7      4    84%    15    1    2    0    1    1    1    2    0    0    0      99
J.Batchelor         23    13    10    14    74%      9    2    2    1    0    1    3    5    0    0    0    106
S.Morris             21    10    11      4    90%      5    1    2    0    2    0    1    2    0    0    0      75
D.Martin             21    13      8      6    81%      4    0    3    3    1    2    0    1    0    1    0      68
R.Conca             21    14      7      5    76%      9    0    0    1    0    2    2    3    1    1    0      87
D.Grimes            20    14      6      1    85%    12    0    2    0    0    0    0    2    0    0    0      92
D.Jackson           18    11      7      3    67%      4    0    1    1    0    2    5    0    0    0    0      31
B.Ellis                 18    10      8      2    72%      5    0    0    1    0    0    0    3    0    0    0      53
S.Edwards          17      8      9      7    65%      2    0    0    1    0    2    4    0    1    1    1      61
N.Foley               14      7      7      4    86%      3    0    7    2    0    0    2    1    0    0    0      70
J.Riewoldt           12      8      4      3    33%      2    0    0    0    1    3    4    0    0    3    2      29
R.Nahas             12      3      9      1    67%      3    0    3    0    0    0    1    1    0    0    0      23
I.Maric                11      4      7      5    82%      4    2    2    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    0      68
T.Vickery              7      3      4      2    71%      2    0    3    1    1    0    0    0    0    2    0      44
B.Miller                 7      5      2      2    86%      5    0    0    0    1    0    0    0    4    1    0      56
J.King                  4      2      2      1    75%      1    1    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    0    0      13

http://live-footy.heraldsun.com.au/StatsCentre/Index/20120220120140205

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Collingwood pressure gets to Richmond (Herald-Sun)
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 09:09:36 AM »
Collingwood pressure gets to Richmond

    Warwick Green
    From: Sunday Herald Sun
    April 08, 2012


YOU can only hope that any Richmond fans who gave up their Easter Saturday night and paid money to be at the MCG also own a few Spiderbait CDs.

Because the Australian band's performance on the outer wing was arguably the high point for Tigers supporters during the first hour last night.

And the worst part was, it got worse for Richmond after halftime.

The Tigers began by producing an opening quarter in which their kicking was simply atrocious, particularly coming off half back.

Panicked by the Collingwood press, they blazed away aimlessly. They kicked to a black and white jumper so often that seeing them lob it to a contest started to look passable.

Skipper Chris Newman shanked one kick out of bounds under no pressure at all, while Trent Cotchin and Bachar Houli dribbled kicks along the ground.

Shane Edwards produced two comical efforts: one where he barely made contact with a wild swing of the left-foot, another where he tumbled a snap into the post from five metres.

Before the match Richmond presented a jumper to English singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.

You began to wonder whether he should have immediately pulled it on and run down the race, because it is arguable that he could have butchered the ball as badly as some of Richmond's defenders in the first 30 minutes.

The second quarter was notable for two things.

Edwards kicked the opening goal to get the Tiges within two points (before Collingwood kicked the next eight to make the margin 47) and the attempt by Cotchin to almost single-handedly drag Richmond back into the contest by winning every contested ball in his path. He looks destined to become a superstar.

Despite Travis Cloke's three goals, his opponent, Alex Rance, was one of the few Tigers who could hold his head high, for the second week in a row.

He showed an appetite for the contest and put his body on the line. At the other end of the field, Richmond's forwards were completely outplayed.

Dustin Martin, Reece Conca, Brett Deledio, Jake Batchelor, Ivan Maric and Shaun Grigg all contributed in patches, but Richmond simply went missing for periods of the game.

The contest was effectively killed when the Pies kicked five goals in the opening six minutes of the second half.

The most predictable aspects of the game were that Jake King was involved in a melee at halftime - he is surely the first AFL player to have been roundly cheered when his name appeared on the scoreboard as being subbed off - and that Richmond would reduce the margin in the last quarter when the horse had bolted.

Round 2 is too early to draw parallels between Richmond's season and the Titanic, except to say that both have a hell of a lot of passengers.

Nevertheless, Melbourne looms on the horizon next Saturday like a hulking iceberg. Lose that and it might be time to start shuffling the deckchairs.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/collingwood-pressure-gets-to-richmond/story-e6frf9jf-1226321266119

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Collingwood does enough to beat Richmond (Herald-Sun)
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 09:11:35 AM »
Collingwood does enough to beat Richmond

    Mark Stevens
    From: Herald Sun
    April 08, 2012


NO disrespect to Spiderbait, but it is an indictment when a singer called Kram is the high point of the night.

The rockband, and maybe a bit of biffo on the half-time siren, were the major talking points as Collingwood and Richmond trotted out for the second half.

Collingwood led by three goals yet, with a scoreline of 5.10 to 2.10, no one deserved to be content.

Magpie superstar Dale Thomas was one of those having a nothing game on a nothing night, winning just eight disposals in the first two quarters.

And he came out in the third term like a bloke muttering "I've had enough of this rubbish" under his breath.

Inside the first 20 seconds he won the ball in the middle, charged through traffic and slotted a goal from 40m, celebrating and slapping teammates to convey the message it was time to wake up.

At the very next centre bounce, Thomas won a key clearance, pumped the ball on to his boot and found Ben Sinclair on the 50m line.

Sinclair went to the top of the square and Travis Cloke did the rest, with a trademark grab and goal.

Two minutes later, Thomas marked at the top of the square to slot another one after Alan Toovey kicked it to advantage.

Suddenly, after an hour of scrapping round, the Pies had three goals in four minutes. Richmond still had two in total.

If the game was not already over, Alex Fasolo made sure of it a minute later with another goal.

Richmond did not go inside 50m for the first time until nine minutes into the term and proceeded to fluff another opportunity.

And, when Thomas exploded again 18 minutes into the term with a 40m goal on the run, the Pies led by 46 points.

For all the concerns about Collingwood's bottom four, particularly with so many seasoned players out, its stars - headed by Thomas - were good enough to get the job done.

Dane Swan was sloppy at times, Scott Pendlebury even committed a carefree turnover and Cloke drifted in and out, but the Pies just had too much polish.

Richmond kicked its first goal of the third term right on the siren and slotted the first three of the final term, via Brad Miller and Brett Deledio, to mount a mini-challenge, however, sanity prevailed when Darren Jolly waltzed in to goal to stop the rot.

The Tigers could be praised for effort, but their kicking efficiency was at times comical.

To halftime, Richmond's kicking efficiency inside forward 50 was 19 per cent. Collingwood's was 38. Therein lies the difference.

Simple misses in the second term when the momentum was theirs were costly, with Tyrone Vickery, Brad Miller and Dustin Martin wasting key chances.

And it was puzzling that livewire forward, and natural goalkicker Robin Nahas was not subbed on until midway through the third, when Thomas and company had already wreaked havoc.

With Ben Reid locking down Jack Riewoldt, who not surprisingly did not have the luxury of first-class service, Richmond's forward line never threatened.

Miller finished with three, but they were junk-time specials.

Even with Chris Tarrant off the ground after quarter time with a calf injury, the Tigers could not take advantage.

The Tigers had a whopping 77 more disposals than Collingwood - a smashing rarely suffered by the Pies - yet had three fewer forward-50 entries.

The Pies won the stat that really counted - contested possessions - and the Tigers over-did the short stuff.

Deledio, with 34 disposals, was clearly Richmond's best. He won the ball and he used it, whereas so many of his mates committed costly turnovers.

The Pies would have been thrilled with the forward work of Fasolo, who was pivotal when the game was decided.

Harry O'Brien had 10 rebound 50s and played with his customary bounce, Swan and Pendlebury finished with a lazy 61 disposals between them and Cloke worked up the ground, pumping it inside the arc nine times despite the best efforts of Alex Rance.

Thomas drifted out of the game after the final change, as if he had made his point.

Perhaps he was already thinking about Carlton on Friday night.

But he should be applauded for giving us something to savour.

This might have been Nathan Buckley's first win as coach, but even he will surely not file a copy away for future viewing.

FOUR POINTS - with Glenn McFarlane

1. IT says something about the state of the contest when the highlight of the opening half was a dust-up between the two teams at half-time. Ivan Maric and Darren Jolly had words first, then the rest of the players joined into the push and shove. The collective score at that stage was 7.20.

2. CHRIS Tarrant didn't even last a quarter in his return, suffering an injury and being subbed out of the game for Paul Seedsman at quarter-time. And Jake King was subbed out of the game midway through the third term, to the cheers of Collingwood supporters after being involved in the half-time dust-up.

3. DALE Thomas (pictured) dragged this game out of the mess that it had been in the first half, kicking three goals and setting up another in a great term. He had only had four touches in the first half, but turned it on in the third.

4. LAST night's loss was Richmond's fifth straight loss to Collingwood, the first time that has happened since 1977-79. The Tigers haven't beaten the Magpies since Round 19, 2007.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/collingwood-does-enough-to-beat-richmond/story-e6frf9jf-1226321113618

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One spark fires Magpies (Age)
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 09:14:16 AM »
One spark fires Magpies
The Age
April 8, 2012


COLLINGWOOD 2.8 5.10 11.12 12.13 (85)
RICHMOND        1.6 2.10  4.13   8.16 (64)

GOALS Collingwood: Thomas 3, Cloke 3, Fasolo 2, Blair 2, Jolly, Paine. Richmond: Miller 4, Deledio 2, Conca, Edwards.

BEST Collingwood: Pendlebury, Reid, Thomas, Goldsack, Cloke, O'Brien Richmond: Deledio, Rance, Cotchin, Bachelor, Grimes, Grigg

INJURIES Collingwood: Tarrant (calf). Richmond: King (knee).

UMPIRES S Meredith, J Dalgleish, S Stewart.
CROWD 57,268 at MCG.

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SEVEN minutes. Six inside 50s. Five goals. That's pretty much all you needed to know about Collingwood's 21-point win over Richmond at the MCG last night. A burst of brilliance by the Magpies so emphatic that it rendered the other 106 minutes all but irrelevant.

Collingwood was already in the box seat at half-time, leading by three goals, its opponent kicking a costly 2.10 at the long break. Barely had the two teams re-entered the arena when it was all over.

Dale Thomas hadn't done a lot in the first half, but his opening to the third term made up for the previous hour. The Magpie star won the first centre-bounce clearance, burst into space, took a bounce, and dobbed one from 50 metres. That took all of 13 seconds. Then he won the next clearance, his quick kick finding Ben Sinclair, who in turn found Travis Cloke. Suddenly Collingwood led by five goals.

At a tick under four minutes, Thomas bobbed up again in the goal square to gleefully accept from Alan Toovey and banged through another. A fair old cameo, which the talented Alex Fasolo would now reprise over the next couple of minutes. The skillful Sandgroper, off one step, had no problem goaling from right on 50 metres. Ninety seconds later, he marked 15 metres out. Now it was 48 points. Game, set and match.

Richmond kept plugging away, to its credit, managing five of the next six goals and reducing the gap to a tick under four goals, with just over 10 minutes to go. But Darren Jolly's immediate reply doused any hopes of the Punt Road faithful.

The game started as it remained when it adjourned for half-time, error and inaccuracy ruling the roost.

The first scoring shot of the night was a ''poster'' from Collingwood midfield workhorse Luke Ball after only a couple of minutes. Richmond followed suit when Jack Riewoldt rattled the woodwork after four minutes. The Tigers, in fact, went one ''poster'' ahead when Shane Edwards, believing he was feeling more heat than he actually was, dribbled one from close range straight into the goalpost.

But the Magpies had actually managed to thread one in the meantime, thanks to second-gamer Jackson Paine, who ran into an open goal and couldn't miss. The Pies' next came courtesy of a classic bit of ruckwork from Jolly, a hitout from a stoppage 30 metres out guided perfectly into the arms of Jarryd Blair, for whom the seas parted, the little man also running all the way home.

By now it was 2.5 to three behinds, and experienced Tigers such as skipper Chris Newman and Daniel Jackson had made fundamental errors. Even the Tigers' first goal came courtesy of a Collingwood error rather than Richmond's initiative, Scott Pendlebury unusually generous in a pass across his defensive goal that was intercepted by Tiger big man Brad Miller.

That was about the only blunder the seamless midfielder made, sharing best-on-ground honours with Reid, who shut down the Tigers' key target with style as well as determination. Collingwood's defence was in a stingier mood than last week, too, with Tyson Goldsack impressive and Harry O'Brien vastly improved.

Richmond had great triers in Alex Rance, who might have shaded Cloke, and whose 34 disposals underlined he proved more than mere negating value and midfield stars Brett Deledio and Trent Cotchin. But the Tigers have a way to go to match Collingwood's depth of talent or consistency. Not to mention its capacity to deliver a killer punch in barely the blink of an eye.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-report/one-spark-fires-magpies-20120407-1wir6.html#ixzz1rOoXoxK2

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Re: Media articles and stats: Pies tame Tigers in fierce clash
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 09:18:19 AM »
stats mean nothing. Richmond over-used the ball & played sideways football all night