Richmond vs Port Adelaide - Round 6, 2016

[one-eyed]

AFL Round 6

Richmond vs Port Adelaide

Saturday night, April 30, 7.25pm @ the M.C.G.

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Port could be without both Trengove (suspended) and Wingard.


PORT Adelaide star Chad Wingard is in doubt for Saturday's crunch clash against Richmond after suffering a delayed concussion from Saturday night's loss to Geelong.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-25/port-star-chad-wingard-in-doubt-for-tigers-clash

[Chuck17]

Will smash port by about a hundred

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Will smash port by about a hundred

Would you say it's a must win game Chucky?

[cub]

Second home game of the season, must be my influence from the boundary....were home 

[Diocletian]

Port  2-3 ....coach & list starting be questioned.....forward with attitude problems...expected to going a lot better after going backwards the previous year which had followed a couple of years of finals where they looked like they might be building to a serious premiership challenge...


...sounds awfully familiar to a set of circumstances a certain team found itself in leading up to a certain round 6 match against Richmond in Melbourne about 9 seasons ago...


...although this time we'll also be missing a defender who saves about 10 goals a game....

[cub]

Rance is a massive loss, has saved some hidings - Been saying he is our most important player at the moment.
Port could quite easily have a massive field day the way our backs have been going 
Hows that for a flip flop, think i may just spin now 

[georgies31]

Does anyone care anymore honestly same crap week after week from the club will be ready blah blah sames names dropped and same rejects in.

[mat073]

Couldn't care less at the minute . Club is broken . I think its obvious for all to see that Hardwick has lost the playing group.

[WA Tiger]

Couldn't care less at the minute . Club is broken . I think its obvious for all to see that Hardwick has lost the playing group.

No, no, no, Hardwick is in great form, blame him for nothing at all!!!! He is having a brain fade every game....

[Chuck17]

Hardwick is in great form

[🏅Dooks]

Couldn't care less at the minute . Club is broken . I think its obvious for all to see that Hardwick has lost the playing group.

Why try to depress the rest of us? Not a real supporter.

[one-eyed]

Match preview: Richmond v Port Adelaide

AFL.com.au
27 April 2016

SUMMARY

The good news is at least one of these two besieged teams will walk away with a win in round six (draws aside). The Power (2-3) and Tigers (1-4) are off the pace and quickly being dismissed as finalists, but both maintain they have time to turn their fortunes around. Injuries have played a role in each team's fortunes and the Tigers appear worse off this week, with All-Australian defender Alex Rance also unavailable because of suspension. It presents an opportunity for Power recruit Charlie Dixon to hit form against an under-manned Tigers defence.

WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, Saturday, April 30, 7.25pm AEST

LAST FIVE TIMES
R8, 2015, Richmond 11.10 (76) d Port Adelaide 5.13 (43) at Adelaide Oval
1EF, 2014, Port Adelaide 20.12 (132) d Richmond 11.9 (75) at Adelaide Oval
R17, 2014, Richmond 19.12 (126) d Port Adelaide 16.10 (106) at Etihad Stadium
R7, 2013, Richmond 18.6 (114) d Port Adelaide 10.13 (73) at AAMI Stadium
R23, 2012, Richmond 16.10 (106) drew Port Adelaide 16.10 (106) at the MCG

THE SIX POINTS

1. Jack Riewoldt kicked four of his team’s 11 goals the last time these sides met. Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak was his team's star with 35 possessions, but the Power kicked their second lowest ever score against Richmond.

2. Port Adelaide is ranked 17th for uncontested possessions (205.2 a game) after five weeks. The Power are also ranked 17th for kicks (184.8 ) and last for marks (66.4).

3. No team has taken less marks inside 50 than the Power in 2016, ranked 18th with an average of only eight a game. Richmond is equal sixth at 12.4 a game.

4. These teams haven’t played each other at the MCG since round 23, 2012 when the game finished in a draw. The Tigers have won three of the four matches played since.

5. Richmond is one of the worst tackling sides in 2016, ranked 16th with 60.4 a game. Port Adelaide has been impressive, ranked third with 74.4 a game.

6. Bachar Houli and Brandon Ellis are two prominent Tigers who have dropped in the Official AFL Player Ratings, brought to you by Schick. Houli has dropped from 179 to 190 overall this season, while Ellis has fallen from 196 to 210 overall.

IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR … Alex Rance.
Perhaps no Tiger will be more anxious this week after letting his team down with an undisciplined strike that has ruled him out for two matches. Rance is the Tigers' most important defender – arguably their most important player – and his absence makes the task of beating Port Adelaide all the more challenging. He could have been out there if not for a brain fade that could leave the Tigers 1-5 and with their finals prospects gone.

PREDICTION: Port Adelaide by 15 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-26/match-preview-richmond-v-port-adelaide

[one-eyed]

Double trouble the right treatment for Jack

Adelaide Advertiser
28 April 2016

PORT Adelaide is planning for a team defence on dual Coleman Medallist Jack Riewoldt and expect the Tigers to be ferocious in the opening moments of their MCG clash on Saturday night.

Riewoldt is still considered no better than a 50-50 chance to play against the Power, but shapes as a game breaker if his intensive icing treatment helps to overcome a rolled ankle.

Key defender Tom Jonas tipped the Power would use more than one backman to look after Riewoldt, who has the ability to rip apart games.

“We talk about team defence a lot these days and that will definitely come into it,” Jonas said. “If our midfielders are winning the footy that will make our job on Jack a lot easier but we’ve got a few guys down back who will probably rotate through him and take turns because he’s got a good engine and he’s a good footballer.”

Jonas spoke highly of Richmond, which was closely scrutinised in team meetings at Alberton Wednesday.

“Their good is elite, as we saw last year,” Jonas said. “They’re very similar in that they had a slow start to the year but really got rolling to the end. But they’ve got a lot of quality players in their team.

“But we know our good is really good as well.

“There’s a lot of pressure on both clubs and we expect Richmond to come out breathing fire.

“There’s a lot on the line.

“We put a little bit of good footy together on the weekend and we’re going to go out and try to play four quarters of it this week.”

Port has singled out contested ball as a key issue but has also been burnt by turnovers this season.

Jonas said work had already been underway in both departments in recent weeks and suggested the Power was just about ripe to be improve.

“As a team we’ve just let ourselves down in contested ball and easy turnovers by hand and foot,” Jonas said. “We’ve had a focus on that for the past couple of weeks and we’re starting to see the improvement in that.

“We can see in the review and the statistics work it out.

“But the things we do at training often take a couple of weeks to pay off so this week or next week it’s going to start happening.”

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/port-adelaide-is-preparing-to-rotate-defenders-on-richmond-star-jack-riewoldt/news-story/f809b447f8999428dc86fa39367da7a1

[eliminator]

If Jack is out I do not see us winning this one particularly when our best defender is out. I hope I am badly wrong.

[Ruanaidh]

If they are seriously trying (and after witnessing Freo that is anyone's guess) we will lose by 50 plus.