Richmond AFLW team [merged]

[Willy]

Someone needs to tell Mon Conti to run straight not sideways.

Mate I don’t think I’d be telling her anything.

She’s a gun and she is dominating again.

[one-eyed]

Miller is such an improved key defender.

[one-eyed]

Lavey long and Frederick marks on the lead 30 out. Poster.

47 - 6

[one-eyed]

Burchell to Frederick (free) to the hot spot where Brennan takes the contested mark 20 out. Goal! 

Rich  8.5-53
Geel  1.0-6

[one-eyed]

That's a soft 50 .

[one-eyed]

Doh! Wakefield falls over running into an open goal.

54 - 6

[one-eyed]

Junk time.

54 - 7

2 mins to go.

[one-eyed]

Brennan snaps her 3rd 

Rich  9.6-60
Geel  2.1-13

[one-eyed]

Our first ever win 

Final Score

Richmond    2.1     6.3     7.4      9.6-60
Geelong      0.0      0.0     1.0      2.1-13

Goals: Brennan 3, Wakefield 2, Frederick, McKenzie, Seymour, Jacques.


Well done girls 

[Willy]

I’m deadset emotional here. They are so pumped. Onya girls!

[one-eyed]

The girls sure pumped out the theme song  .

Geelong supporters have been traumatised again  .

[Loui Tufga]

  well done!!!

[WilliamPowell]

Well done Tiger girls 

[Tigeritis™©®]

I’ve gotta say I shed a tear watching the girls joy of winning their first game.

We only played Geelong but you still have to beat what’s in front of you and the girls did that very very convincingly.

Conti was absolutely amazing again, Brennan building from last week and returning to her best footy she’s really leading by example now.
McKenzie is going to be a freak, if you haven’t watched the girls play as yet, just watch a game to see her play because she will be one of the best players in the league for many years to come and she’s doing some really exiting things on the field already.

Seymour in the ruck is excellent she rarely gets beaten and just feeds Conti time after time.
Cordner in defence was excellent again as was Miller and Darcy

Hosking starting to string some solid performances together her last two games have been very good her tackling and pressure is a feature.

Wakefield unstoppable in the first half. Lavey continues to impress me and Jacques had her best game that I’ve seen her play her forward pressure was excellent.
Definitely Brancatisano had her best game also that I’ve seen.
Dempsey was good too.

Overall the girls played a dominant game and showed that they are improving each week.
The pressure they bring each week is getting better each game too.

I think with confidence belief and more consistency they could win a few more games this year. 

[one-eyed]

Tiger time: Richmond records first-ever win after crushing Cats

AAP
27 February 2021

AFTER 386 days and 11 matches, Richmond has emphatically broken through for its first-ever NAB AFLW victory, smashing a woeful Geelong by 47 points at GMHBA Stadium.

Led brilliantly by star duo Monique Conti and Katie Brennan, the Tigers blitzed the Cats with a devastating first half which saw the visitors boot the opening six goals, while keeping Geelong scoreless, to put the result beyond doubt well before half-time.

Adding insult to injury for the Cats, star player Olivia Purcell (right knee) limped off the ground in the second quarter amid fears she may have ruptured her ACL.

The 9.6 (60) to 2.1 (13) result in the battle of the cellar-dwellers ensured the Cats remain winless from five matches so far this season, still searching for their own drought-breaking win, having not tasted victory in 358 days.

Geelong has already recorded 13 goalless quarters and eight scoreless quarters in what has been a trainwreck of a season.

Conti continued her outstanding year with 17 of her 26 disposals coming in the game-busting first half, while captain Brennan bettered her outstanding performance from last week with 17 touches, five marks and three goals.

Ellie McKenzie, Courtney Wakefield and Sarah Hosking were also instrumental in ending the contest early.

Brennan hadn't featured in a victory since playing for the Western Bulldogs back in round two, 2019, and she said it was an "amazing feeling".

"We're so incredibly proud, it's been a long road from last year to this year, I'm just ecstatic for our group, our coaching staff, our support staff, our Tiger Army," Brennan told Fox Footy post-match.

"This one's pretty sweet, but it's just been one hell of a journey. I think you just learn to embrace the ups and downs and times like these just feel so much sweeter. I love this group, I love our club."

Coach Ryan Ferguson enjoyed seeing his players sing the club song for the first time.

"They've worked so hard, this season in particular but way back in time (too), but all the hard work to pay off on one night, for it all to come together, we've done it in patches for a lot of weeks against good teams, but ... to watch them enjoy that moment was pretty special for a coach," he said.

The Tigers pounced early, ambushing the Cats with exceptional pressure in the first quarter to register 10 of the first 12 inside 50s and take a 13-point lead at quarter-time.

Richmond maintained its manic intensity in the second period and Geelong simply could not cope, with a raft of defensive errors, three of which handed Richmond goals, leading to a total capitulation.

The visitors dominated the first half with a whopping 47 more disposals (128-81), 14 more inside 50s (19-5) and 25 more handball-receives as the Tigers opened up a commanding 39-point lead at the major break, before outscoring the hosts by eight points in a far less eventful second half.

GEELONG        0.0     0.0     1.0     2.1     (13)
RICHMOND     2.1     6.3     7.4     9.6     (60)         

GOALS
Geelong: Cranston, A.McDonald
Richmond: Brennan 3, Wakefield 2, Seymour, McKenzie, Frederick, Jacques

BEST
Geelong: A.McDonald, Higgins, M.McDonald, Van De Heuvel
Richmond: Conti, Brennan, McKenzie, Hosking, Wakefield, Cordner

INJURIES
Geelong: Purcell (knee)
Richmond: Nil

Reports: Nil

https://womens.afl/news/63091