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Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM


COLLINGWOOD  3.3   3.10   6.13   7.14   (56)
RICHMOND         7.3   10.6   14.9  23.9   (147)

GOALS
Collingwood: Swan 2, Greenwood, Pendlebury, Elliott, Blair, Cloke
Richmond: Vickery 6, Lloyd 3, Deledio 3, Riewoldt 2, Houli 2, Lambert, Grigg, Martin, Lennon, Newman, Maric, Ellis

BEST
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Swan, Sidebottom, Greenwood
Richmond: Vickery, Ellis, Rance, Batchelor, Morris, Hunt, Grigg, Martin

INJURIES
Collingwood: Nil
Richmond: Maric (nose)

SUBSTITUTES
Collingwood: Alex Fasolo replaced by Jordan De Goey at half-time
Richmond: Shane Edwards replaced by Ben Lennon in the fourth quarter

Reports: Jarryd Blair (Collingwood) reported in the first quarter for rough conduct against Anthony Miles (Richmond)

Umpires: Donlon, Stephens, Ryan

Official crowd: 63,178 at the MCG

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RICHMOND has kept its top-four hopes alive with a 91-point thrashing of Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday that was highlighted by a six-goal haul from spearhead Tyrone Vickery.

The Tigers flew out of the gates, kicking the game's opening four goals in a sign they were switched-on for the must-win clash.

The Magpies hit back with the next three goals, but Richmond then broke their will with seven straight goals from the 26-minute mark of the first term to the opening minute of the third quarter to set up a 23.9 (147) to 7.14 (56) win.

The Tigers led by 44 points at that stage, a margin they maintained to three-quarter time, but they turned a comfortable win into a rout with a nine-goal-to-one final term.

The win was the Tigers' 13th for 2015 and, more importantly, keeps them within striking distance of their chief challengers for the finals double chance, the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans.

The Swans held a comfortable lead over Greater Western Sydney late in their clash on Saturday, so look set to maintain a one-game break on Richmond with two rounds to go, but the Bulldogs must beat second-placed West Coast at Domain Stadium on Sunday to maintain the same buffer.

Vickery took 10 marks (three contested) in an imposing performance and finished with a precision in front of goal that the misfiring Pies could only dream of.

With captain Trent Cotchin well held by Levi Greenwood, Brandon Ellis (31 possessions and one goal), Dustin Martin (32 and one) and Bachar Houli (29 and two) gave the Tigers much of their drive around the ground.

Alex Rance was outstanding on Travis Cloke, keeping the Magpie spearhead to one goal, while fellow Tiger defenders Jake Batchelor, Steven Morris and Nick Vlastuin combined well to keep dangerous Pies smalls Jamie Elliott, Alex Fasolo and Jarryd Blair quiet.

Well done Ty, now back it up: Hardwick

Ruckman Ivan Maric spent some time off the ground in the first quarter after copping an accidental boot to the nose when he tried to smother young Magpie Darcy Moore, but he returned to play out the game strongly.

Despite the magnitude of the win, Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said the Tigers still needed to improve elements of their game after an up-and-down past five weeks.

"We're starting to get some consistency in our performance,” Hardwick said.

"We still feel we've got some areas we'd like to get better in, so we've got some work to do still.

"We got penned in a little bit in defensive 50 today, which we were probably a little bit disappointed in, so we'll just have to look at that and work through it.

"There are some areas of our game we're not quite doing at the level we'd like, which is a little bit frustrating."

Although Collingwood won the inside 50 count 58-48, Richmond controlled the game with its speedy and precise ball movement, and was regularly able to hit unattended forward 50 targets with long kicks over the back of the Pies' zones.

Collingwood's loss was its eighth from its past 10 games and put a full stop on its finals hopes, sending it plummeting to 12th on the ladder.

For the second successive year, the Magpies have missed the top eight after winning eight of their first 11 games, and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said his players had stopped working in the final quarter after not getting reward for their efforts in the first three terms.

"We were clearly not happy with the last 20 minutes and I think that was a culmination of solid effort without results," Buckley said.

"We went inside 50 quite a bit in that first half but just didn't score and then couldn't stop it coming back the other way.

"We were disappointed with that last 20, we loosened the grip, we let go.

"We stopped working, we didn't trust, and that was a really poor aspect of the game."

Captain Scott Pendlebury (a game-high 33 possessions and one goal) led the way for Collingwood, with Dane Swan (28 and two) and Steele Sidebottom (32) his best support acts.

Greenwood could also hold his head high after holding Cotchin to 13 possessions.

The Pies' day could yet be soured further with Blair reported late in the first quarter after appearing to catch Anthony Miles high with his hip as he charged in off the square to contest a loose ball.

The Richmond midfielder had his head over the ball at the time of impact, but Blair also appeared to be making a genuine attempt to win the ball.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-22/tys-six-keeps-four-alive

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Five talking points: Collingwood v Richmond

Jennifer Phelan 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:20 PM

1. Top four Tigers?
Hawthorn's surprise loss to Port Adelaide on Friday night has opened up the top four, and means the Tigers are just one game behind the premiers with two rounds to play. Losses to Fremantle and Adelaide in the last four weeks had made it tough for the Tigers to contend for the double chance, but now with consecutive wins over Gold Coast and Collingwood, they're right back in the mix. With a winnable clash against Essendon and a final round encounter with North Melbourne – who are in a similar place to the Tigers - to come, there's plenty to play for in the run to September.

2. Tyrone time
Jack Riewoldt leads Richmond's goal-kicking but it was another enigmatic Tiger that took control of Saturday's game and made life hell for the Collingwood backmen. The often-maligned Tyrone Vickery excelled where the Pies struggled and was cool, calm and collected in front of goal to boot a personal best bag of six majors. He marked strongly, kicked truly and played with the confidence of a player who is determined to appear in this year's finals campaign after he was left out 12 months ago.

3. Forward follies
The Magpies' forward line woes continued with a variety of mistakes thwarting their ability to put on any form of scoreboard pressure. They took the ball inside 50 enough – the final tally was 58 to 48 their way - but time and time again they bombed it in without any real intent to isolate a target with Travis Cloke taking his first mark inside 50 in the fourth term, Darcy Moore trying hard but going goalless and Ben Reid having two touches in the first half before moving to defence. When they applied pressure, they got shots on goal but their accuracy was awful, particularly in close. It's definitely an area that needs attention over summer as they work through just where their season fell apart.

4. Crouching Tigers ready to pounce
In comparison, the Tigers set their sights on improving some key areas they were deficient in last week against Gold Coast and would have pleased their coach with their application. Last week, they registered just 30 tackles – this week, they'd surpassed that by half time and ended with 56. They were also better defensively and narrowly won the contested possession count, which was where they fell down two weeks ago against Adelaide. One element at a time, it's starting to come together for the Tigers after an up and down five weeks.

5. Newman's swansong
Hearts were in mouths late in the third quarter when Chris Newman hobbled off clutching his right hamstring. The former Richmond captain announced his retirement at the end of the season this week, which has given the Tigers an additional reason to finish the year on a high. The initial look on Newman's face when he limped off indicated a known injury, but a few rub downs and a jog along the boundary was enough to get him back up and out there, where he joined in the final-quarter party and kicked one of the Tigers' nine goals.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-22/five-talking-points-collingwood-v-richmond

[Smokey]

Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM

and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

 

Yeah, that was part of the reason they lost.  Knobnuts journalism at its best.

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM

and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

 

Yeah, that was part of the reason they lost.  Knobnuts journalism at its best.

He did qualify by stating "partially". Sorry to get technical 

[Smokey]

Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM

and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

 

Yeah, that was part of the reason they lost.  Knobnuts journalism at its best.

He did qualify by stating "partially". Sorry to get technical 

Fill your technical boots, it had f-all to do with the loss today.  Nothing, zilch, nada, nil.   

[Hellenic Tiger]

Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM

and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

 

Yeah, that was part of the reason they lost.  Knobnuts journalism at its best.

He did qualify by stating "partially". Sorry to get technical 

Fill your technical boots, it had f-all to do with the loss today.  Nothing, zilch, nada, nil.   

Yep in 119 years of AFL football today 63178 fans were privileged to see the unluckiest 91 point loss.

 

[Smokey]

Been reading all the media articles and Collingwood interviews and not once has it been mentioned that they were beaten by a better team.  All excuses and no credit.  There's a side that's a product of FIGJAM.

[Penelope]

Pies embarrassed as six-goal Ty keeps Tigers' top-four hopes alive

Nick Bowen 
afl.com.au
August 22, 2015 4:19 PM

and for their latest defeat they could partially blame their inaccuracy in front of goal that, at its worst, saw them kick 0.7 in the second quarter.

 

Yeah, that was part of the reason they lost.  Knobnuts journalism at its best.

He did qualify by stating "partially". Sorry to get technical 

Fill your technical boots, it had f-all to do with the loss today.  Nothing, zilch, nada, nil.   

lmao

only a certain type of person thinks you can qualify stupidity with carefully selected words

[(•))(©™]

21 scoring shots to 32.

That's all.

[one-eyed]

Ty Vickery boots six as Tigers demolish Collingwood by 91 points

  Rohan Connolly
     The Age
    August 23, 2015


RICHMOND        7.3  10.6  14.9  23.9 (147)
COLLINGWOOD 3.3  3.10  6.13  7.14 (56)

Goals:
Richmond: T Vickery 6 B Deledio 3 S Lloyd 3 B Houli 2 J Riewoldt 2 B Ellis B Lennon C Newman D Martin I Maric K Lambert S Grigg.
Collingwood: D Swan 2 J Blair J Elliott L Greenwood S Pendlebury T Cloke.

Best:
Richmond: Vickery, Martin, Rance, Ellis, Houli, Hunt, Miles.
Collingwood: Swan, Pendlebury, Greenwood, Moore, Varcoe, Adams.

Injuries: Richmond: I Maric (nose).

Reports: Collingwood: J Blair (Collingwood) for rough conduct.

Umpires: Chris Donlon, Shaun Ryan, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 63,178 at MCG

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Sometimes statistics shed little light on a game of football, merely a bunch of numbers without much context.

The second quarter at the MCG on Saturday was such an example. First there was the time in the forward half, of which Collingwood occupied about 75 per cent. Then were was the inside 50 count, in which the Magpies more than doubled Richmond, a whopping 21 forward entries to just 10.

Collingwood, from those 21 entries, managed the grand total of seven behinds. Richmond, from those paltry 10 forays, kicked 3.3. It was the rebound 50s that  told the true story – just six for the Pies, 21 for the Tigers.

That would have been bad enough news for Collingwood had the quarter begun on equal terms. But it didn't. Richmond had already slammed on seven goals in the first term and went into the second stanza with a 24-point lead.

And so a team that had in real terms little to play for missed its small window of opportunity to make its mark on the afternoon. And its opponent, aspiring to far more than merely finishing off the season on a better note, wreaked havoc.

Second-half comebacks aren't that uncommon these days. The Tigers' 38-point half-time break was, superficially, gettable enough. But you never really had any sense the Pies were going to turn this one around.

Worse, you sensed at three-quarter-time that the crumbling dam wall was about to collapse altogether. And did it what.

For all the undoubted promise of some of Collingwood's younger faces, this was a major embarrassment for the Pies and coach Nathan Buckley, Richmond's last-term avalanche of nine goals to just one blowing the final margin out to 91 points.

This was undoubtedly party time for the Tigers. But more seriously, it was a great confidence-builder for a team that  in many of its victories this season, has won more by virtue of its strangling of the opposition than by blasting them off the park.

Richmond have now managed to rack up 45 goals in their past two games. Significantly, Jack Riewoldt, playing a high forward role, contributed only two of Saturday's 23-goal tally.

It was Ty Vickery who instead was the goal-scoring hero, a career-best six goals only the icing on the cake of a tremendous performance that netted 21 disposals and 10 marks.

But even Vickery was only one of a dozen individual goalkickers for Richmond, key forwards, small sharpshooters, even the odd defender jumping on board, Bachar Houli doubling his goal tally for the season in just a half.

Richmond had wasted no time stamping their authority on this game, their first two goals coming in under five minutes. Indeed, by the 12-minute mark it was four goals to zip, the opportunistic Sam Lloyd boasting three of them.

So was there much similarity about the way the Tigers scored. Collingwood played a spare man in defence to little avail early on, Richmond continually winning the ball out of defence and catching the Pies big time on the break.

Collingwood wasn't done with. The Magpies, weren't having trouble winning the ball, and for the briefest of periods managed to do something useful with it.

With Scott Pendlebury and Dane Swan their usual busy selves, Collingwood whittled that early deficit back, the highlight Jamie Elliott's threading of the needle from near the boundary line on the run, having baulked Nick Vlastuin, Travis Varcoe having done the grunt work preceding it.

That made the difference just eight points shortly before quarter-time. And that's probably about where Magpie fans should stop watching the replay.

From there, it was 19 goals to four. But even when Collingwood was managing to win enough possession, their forward line was a shambles, the delivery poor, and Darcy Moore the only one of the Pies' key forwards who looked anything like dangerous, Travis Cloke beaten pointless by Alex Rance.

At the other end, any single Richmond attack appeared likely to net some sort of result, 32 scores from 48 inside 50s (10 less than the Pies) the proof.

Tigers the likes of Dustin Martin, Brandon Ellis and Taylor Hunt hit targets left, right and centre. It was an afternoon the sort of which key forwards dream.

And one which for Collingwood, dysfunctional where it mattered even when they were competitive, and destroyed thereafter, bore much closer resemblance to a nightmare.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-match-report/collingwood-v-richmond-ty-vickery-boots-six-as-tigers-demolish-collingwood-by-91-points-20150822-gj5dqi.html

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Ty-gers dare to dream of finals glory
Herald-Sun
August 22, 2015 4:53PM

THE way Richmond went about dismantling Collingwood at the MCG should give Tigers fans heart that they are capable of winning their first final since 2001.

This was not a win predominantly driven by the usual suspects. Sure, Dustin Martin was influential, but skipper Trent Cotchin struggled to shake the hard tag of Levi Greenwood and the talismanic Jack Riewoldt and Alex Rance were essentially team-orientated and solid.

What was most encouraging about the Tigers was the even spread of contribution from every member of the 22.

And nowhere was that more evident than in the way the Tigers worked for each other to create scoring opportunities. Richmond’s forwards led tirelessly to ensure that Collingwood’s inexperienced backline was spread thin, creating space. That good work was invariably rewarded with

Early on the chief beneficiary was 18-gamer Sam Lloyd, who had three goals to his name by the 12-minute mark of the opening quarter.

But across the course of the match the forward who cashed in most was the often-maligned Tyrone Vickery.

He was up and about from the opening bounce, setting up the opening goal with a handball over the top.

Vickery’s career-best six goals showcased not only Richmond’s, but his versatility up forward. His first came from a contested mark, the next after he buttered up for a second effort and won a free kick for a tackle on Marley Williams.

He goaled after a mark on the lead, a free kick and after crumbing at Riewoldt’s feet. His most impressive goal was his last: having won the tap at a centre bounce he pushed forward and moments later was pulling in a contested grab in the goalsquare. The Magpies cheersquad got a bit of lip for his trouble.

Vickery showed that he is also a reliable shot for goal, and his six straight ensured that he has now kicked 13 in a row without registering a behind.

In the last quarter the floodgates opened, with Richmond ending up with 11 different goalkickers and another half dozen who looked capable of getting forward and scoring.

Richmond has shown this season that it has the speed and skill suited to both the MCG and finals football.

But what is also becoming clear is that several players, such as Vickery, are stepping up to carry the load around its core group.

Others who were instrumental in this destruction of the Magpies included Anthony Miles, Taylor Hunt, Jake Batchelor and Kamdyn McIntosh.

If Tigers such as these can continue to raise their game to another level, maybe so too can Richmond come September.

http://www.news.com.au/national/tyrone-vickery-leads-richmond-to-victory-with-six-goals-against-collingwood/story-e6frfkp9-1227494440326

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Vickery stars as Tigers thump Pies

Herald-Sun
August 23, 2015


NATHAN Buckley must know exactly how Bill Murray felt in Groundhog Day.

The Collingwood coach was helpless on Saturday, forced to again watch his hapless Magpies kick themselves out of another game, this time against Richmond at the MCG.

It is hard to blame a 91-point loss on goal-kicking woes alone, and it was the hardly the only reason why Collingwood suffered such a humiliating loss.

But it had plenty of the football early and a stack of misses in the first term and then a miserable 0.7 second quarter all but consigned them to yet another defeat.

While that is frustrating for Buckley and the Magpie Army, the way in which his side hoisted the white flag late in the game was of far greater concern.

Richmond did what we would expect of a team that is about to play finals football and possibly still finish in the top four.

It was billed as a danger game, but the business-like Tigers dominated from the opening bounce and were never headed with Ty Vickery kicking a career-high six goals.

It was a mature performance and the Tigers had a great number of contributors across the board, much to the delight of coach Damien Hardwick.

The Tigers coach would have also loved the way his side went for the throat in the final term to blow out the margin and embarrass the Magpies.

Spring was in the air at the MCG with the match played in mild and sunny conditions.

It was finals weather and Richmond performed like a side that cannot wait for September to come.

It had four goals on the board in no time, with three of those going to to Sam Lloyd, before Collingwood could register a score.

That took a whole 14 minutes.

The Magpies soon settled with quick goals to Levi Greenwood and skipper Scott Pendlebury, who was Collingwood’s best yesterday.

When Jamie Elliott then produced a piece of individual to kick his first goal, the Magpies were well and truly in the contest.

But late goals to Brett Deledio and two to Vickery meant Richmond still led by 24 points at quarter-time after a high scoring opening term.

Perhaps the most pleasing aspect for Richmond was that it was achieved with Trent Cotchin, Anthony Miles and Deledio having just nine disposals between them for the term.

The only sour point for Richmond was big man Ivan Maric leaving the field with a broken nose, but he soon returned after receiving treatment.

The margin would have been closer if not for two bad misses by Travis Cloke and Jarryd Blair late in the quarter.

It would continue to prove costly, as it has the past month or two.

The lead continued to balloon during the second term as Collingwood again failed to convert.

Richmond thanked them for it, kicking three goals to lead by 38 points at the main change.

Remarkably, the Magpies trailed by six goals despite going inside 50 14 more times than Richmond did.

It was a staggering statistic that summed up the Magpies’ forward line dysfunction in the opening half.

Vickery kicked his third goal one minutes into the third, the match was all but over.

Not contented to merely go through the motions, Richmond went into overdrive in the final term.

The Tigers booted nine goals to Collingwood’s one to fall just short of the 100-point margin.

COLLINGWOOD 3.3 3.10 6.13 7.14 (56)

RICHMOND 7.3 10.6 14.9 23.9 (147)

GOALS

Collingwood: Swan 2, Greenwood, Pendlebury, Elliott, Blair, Cloke

Richmond: Vickery 6, Lloyd 3, Deledio 3, Riewoldt 2, Houli 2, Lambert, Grigg, Martin, Lennon, Newman, Maric, Ellis

INJURIES

Collingwood: Nil

Richmond: Maric (nose)

SUBSTITUTES

Collingwood: Alex Fasolo replaced by Jordan De Goey at half-time

Richmond: Shane Edwards replaced by Ben Lennon in the fourth quarter

Reports: Jarryd Blair (Collingwood) reported in the first quarter for rough conduct against Anthony Miles (Richmond)

Umpires: Donlon, Stephens, Ryan

Official crowd: 63,178 at the MCG

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2015-richmond-defeats-collingwood-by-91-points-at-mcg-in-round-21/story-fndv7pj3-1227494400664

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Been reading all the media articles and Collingwood interviews and not once has it been mentioned that they were beaten by a better team.  All excuses and no credit.  There's a side that's a product of FIGJAM.

They are living in fantasy land.
We did to them what Norf do - conceded the inside 50 and sling shot back inside our 50. I'd like to know our scores from turnovers.
They did hem us in a little at times but that really only happened when we were 7 goals up.
Rance was epic in that 2nd quarter.
Travis Cloke looked cooked.
My only beef was we got a little cute and over possessed at times, the last qtr could've easily happened in the 2nd or 3rd.
Nathan Buckley conceded at last weeks presser that the season was done and that was their GF.
How did he expect his players to respond?