Tiges vs Port game articles

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Gallant Tigers fall short
10:15:54 PM Sat 23 July, 2005
Alan Shiell
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An excellent Richmond comeback has fallen short at AAMI Stadium as Port Adelaide kept its season alive, winning a desperate struggle by 13 points - 14.12 (96) to 12.11 (83) - on Saturday night.

The Power led by 43 points - 9.4 to 2.3 - five minutes into the second quarter before the Tigers recovered to add 9.6 to 2.4 for a one-point lead at three-quarter time.
 
But Port was able to regroup and had the better of the final term - 3.4 to 1.2 - to stretch its unbeaten home-ground record against Richmond to 8-0.

Josh Mahoney kicked four goals for Port and Matthew Richardson booted four for Richmond - one in each quarter.

Port made a flying start and led by 31 points - 6.1 to 1.0 - 15 minutes into the first quarter, and the result seemed to be almost beyond doubt when the margin was still the same at quarter-time - 7.4 to 2.3.

And it definitely looked to be all over five minutes into the second term when the Power stretched its lead to 43 points with goals from Mahoney (his third) and Warren Tredrea (his second).

Not surprisingly, given the score, Port had 16 inside-50s to Richmond's 10 in the first quarter, and Adam Kingsley dominated through the midfield with 12 disposals and Kane Cornes and Gavin Wanganeen were prominent, too, as were Mahoney and talls Brendon Lade and Damon White.

Rory Hilton's goal at the nine-minute mark of the second term signaled the start of the Tigers' revival and they fought back superbly to outscore the Power 5.3 to 1.2 to trail by 18 points at half-time - 7.6 to 10.6.

It was the Tigers' turn to win most of the centre clearances and the inside-50 count suddenly was only 27-23 Port's way.

Joel Bowden was strong in defence for Richmond, Mark Coughlan, Shane Tuck and Wayne Campbell worked hard on the ball and Richardson kicked the Tigers' first and fifth goals and always looked dangerous.

Darryl Wakelin and Matthew Bishop had taken it in turns to stand Richardson, whose third goal - just three minutes into the third quarter - left Richmond only 12 points behind and, mercifully for the Tigers, the rain, which arrived late in the second term, had stopped. But it returned midway through the quarter.

Troy Simmonds' first goal, after a behind-the-play infringement on him by Chad Cornes, cut the Tigers' deficit to six points at the 10-minute mark of the third term.

Simmonds had started at centre half-forward on Cornes before having a stint in ruck and Campbell had tried, often successfully, to lure Cornes into Richmond's goalmouth area rather than allow him to play across half-back.

Stuart Dew kicked a 50-metre goal - Port's 11th - but Greg Tivendale's comparable long bomb, after a pass from Richardson, again left Richmond six points in arrears.

The Tigers kept pressing and a behind to Greg Stafford and a goal to Brett Deledio at the 25-minute mark gave them a one-point lead to take into the final quarter.

Richardson failed to score with a gettable shot from within 50 metres, and Port responded with a goal on the run from Shaun Burgoyne, who had been pitched into the midfield after blanketing Andrew Krakouer at half-back.

The Power kept attacking but scored three successive behinds from Peter Walsh, rushed and a Matthew Primus shot that was touched on the line by a leaping Mark Graham.

Richardson speared a good goal from deep in the left pocket to leave Richmond two points behind, but goals to Mahoney and Michael Pettigrew either side of a Byron Pickett behind put Port 15 points clear at the 20-minute mark.

Then two rushed behinds to Richmond were the only scores in the last 12 minutes of the match.


PORT ADELAIDE: 7.4, 10.6, 11.8, 14.12 (96)
RICHMOND: 2.3, 7.6, 11.9, 12.11 (83)

GOALS – Port Adelaide: Mahoney 4, Lade 2, Tredrea 2, Ebert, Pickett, White, Dew, S.Burgoyne, Pettigrew
Richmond : Richardson 4, Deledio 2, Tuck, Hyde, Campbell, Pettifer, Symonds, Tivendale

BEST – Port Adelaide: K. Cornes, Kingsley, Mahoney, S. Burgoyne, P.Burgoyne, Dew, Tredrea
Richmond: Tuck, Bowden, Coughlan Richardson, Campbell, Hyde

INJURIES – Port Adelaide: tbc Richmond: tbc
CHANGES: Port Adelaide: Montgomery (flu) replaced in selected side by Pettigrew
UMPIRES - Vosso, James, Quigley
CROWD - 27,455 at AAMI Stadium

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=217223

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Glass half full for Wallace
12:10:16 PM Sun 24 July, 2005
Marcus Wilson
Exclusive to richmondfc.com.au

Richmond coach Terry Wallace says Tigers supporters can look forward to some 'exciting weeks ahead' despite their side dropping out of the eight after successive losses.

The Tigers' 13-point loss to Port Adelaide sees the team fall to ninth on the ladder. Brisbane replaces them in the top half of the competition because of a superior percentage.
 
While disappointed with the result - and the Tigers' continuing slide down the ladder - Wallace says supporters must remember the club is exceeding its pre-season goals.

"We're desperate to make it (the eight) like everyone else but we also understand we are a developing club and a developing team and we're really pleased how the development is coming along," Wallace said.

"Our expectations haven’t changed since the start of the season, it was getting back to being competitive, developing some young players for the future and having a crack at the eight and see what happens.

"I would think our supporters should be ecstatic that our season is alive deep into the season and we've got some really exciting weeks ahead of us."

The Tigers left AAMI Stadium without the four points but Wallace says there was a lot to like about his side's performance.

The team took an unlikely one-point lead into the final change after trailing by as much as 43 points early in the second term.

"I was really pleased with our ability to fight back, you would have thought in past years a nine-goal-to-two start to a match could have ended up being a really awful event," he said.

"The endeavour of both sides was fine in the last quarter I just thought their use of the footy in the last quarter and just their smarts around some of the stoppages, to use it a little bit better was the difference between the two teams.

"They had more possession in the last quarter which was clean, we just really just hacked it."

Wallace praised the efforts of Ray Hall (who kept Warren Tredrea to two goals), Brett Deledio (two goals and 15 possessions) and Chris Hyde (21 touches).

"I thought he (Hyde) was one of the players in the second quarter that actually started to get his hands on the ball that helped us turn things around."

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=217260

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Tigers must ignore latest setback: Johnson
By Ashley Porter
Adelaide
The Age
July 25, 2005

A familiar story emerged on Saturday night when, after another great start to the season, Richmond was tipped out of the eight. Some might suggest it was as predictable as Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams saying post-match he was grateful for the 13-point win and the premiership points.

However, by his own admission Williams said at three-quarter-time he thought it looked like the season was waltzing away from the Power at AAMI Stadium.

Across the wing at that point Terry Wallace told his guys not to forget they were playing the premier.

"You are playing the champion in his own stadium, and you've got him on the ropes," Wallace said.

"But you are going to have to knock him out to beat him because he is the champion."

Of course, Port showed those champion qualities. In the second quarter it led by 43 points, trailed by a point at three-quarter-time, and stood up remarkably well for the rest of the fight.

As Williams breathes a sigh of relief, and Wallace pays respect to both his team and the opposition, it is easy to forget that few thought Richmond would be in the ring right now. This was, after all, bottom versus top from last year, and while the Tigers are out of the eight on percentage, there are still five interesting rounds to go.

The difference from last year is not only the Tigers standing on the premiership ladder, but their attitude. Rather than feeling sorry or proud of itself, Richmond is moving on.

Kane Johnson, who has proved himself an outstanding leader this season, and was one of Richmond's best, said that football was about learning and making the most of any situation.

He said when Nathan Brown sustained his terrible leg injury, the players had to learn how to cope and move forward, and the experience was helping the young players now.

"Sure, this loss (to Port) is difficult to take," Johnson said. "Coming back from seven goals down was a sensational effort, but to be down like that is the thing we have to rectify.

"But we can't dwell on this loss; we have to move on. We still have plenty of opportunities to make the finals this year. It's how we respond that counts.

"We had five players with fewer than 20 games' experience, and tonight was another learning process."

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2005/07/24/1122143726939.html

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Kane Johnson, who has proved himself an outstanding leader this season, and was one of Richmond's best, said ...

  

They love him in Adelaide .