The good stats: Where your club excelled in 2017afl.com.au
Feb 3, 2018 9:00AMTHERE are good statistics and there are bad statistics.
No matter how disappointing your club's year was in 2017, we have decided to focus on the positives.
Thanks to Champion Data, AFL.com.au has assessed three key areas your club held its own in last season.
RICHMOND
KEY STAT RESULT LEAGUE RANKInside 50 differential +5.3 #3
Forward half intercepts 29.2 #1
Forward 50 tackles 14.3 #1
SUMMARYRichmond based its game on defensive pressure, but it was a style that had significant offensive benefits. Ranked No.3 in the AFL for inside 50 differential, the Tigers weren't fussy about how they got the ball in their forward zone, surging forward any way they could. It's a game style that worked because they had the best midfielder in the game, Dustin Martin (150 inside 50s, No.1 in the AFL), and a small forward line that could survive on unpredictable forward entries. If Daniel Rioli, Dan Butler and Jason Castagna didn't win the ball they scrapped for it, leading the AFL for forward 50 tackles (competition average 12.0). The team's ability to lead the AFL in forward half intercepts (competition average 24.2) is as much a product of their pressure forwards as their tall defenders, who regularly pressed high up the ground and positioned well to intercept their opponents' rushed rebounding attempts. - Nathan Schmook
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-02-03/the-good-stats-where-your-club-excelled-in-2017
