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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #30 on: June 17, 2018, 09:51:26 PM »
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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2018, 10:41:52 PM »
I have a good mate who is a die-hard Cats fan.  He goes to most games including interstate, he says the only game that worries him is playing us at the G!  He is worried by our team & their raw desire, but he is completely & utterly intimidated by our feral & bloodthirsty fans at the G!  He says its the worst trip in football to have to make & he fears our raw passion & the fact that we turn up in droves!  The ear shattering roar when we score sends shudders through his whole body & he can't wait to leave the ground.  We are by far the loudest, most rude, most unruly & the most intimidating fans in the country!   

He was at the final last year but just couldn't bring himself to go today ... too scared ... too scarred ...

Now THAT is music to my ears!
 
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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #32 on: June 17, 2018, 11:39:44 PM »
I have a good mate who is a die-hard Cats fan.  He goes to most games including interstate, he says the only game that worries him is playing us at the G!  He is worried by our team & their raw desire, but he is completely & utterly intimidated by our feral & bloodthirsty fans at the G!  He says its the worst trip in football to have to make & he fears our raw passion & the fact that we turn up in droves!  The ear shattering roar when we score sends shudders through his whole body & he can't wait to leave the ground.  We are by far the loudest, most rude, most unruly & the most intimidating fans in the country!   

He was at the final last year but just couldn't bring himself to go today ... too scared ... too scarred ...

Now THAT is music to my ears!
 
Keep up the good work fellas!    :clapping    :gotigers

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #33 on: July 06, 2018, 10:47:36 PM »
We've equaled the record of consecutive wins at the 'G :clapping.

Richmond  17 wins   2017-18
Melbourne 17 wins   1955-56  ..... went on to win back-to-back flags on the way to 5 in six years.

Next up is the Pies in round 19 to break the record.
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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #34 on: July 28, 2018, 04:27:44 PM »
And that's the league record!

18 straight wins on our turf!

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #35 on: July 28, 2018, 07:55:40 PM »
And that's the league record!

18 straight wins on our turf!

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The numbers behind Richmond’s MCG winning record (SEN)
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2018, 08:10:16 PM »
The numbers behind Richmond’s MCG winning record

By Andrew Slevison
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1 Aug 2018


On Saturday, Richmond broke the record for the most consecutive matches won at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

A hard-fought contest against traditional rivals Collingwood in Round 19 ended with a 28-point win to make it 18-straight at the MCG.

Since the last time the Tigers lost at the MCG – to Sydney on June 17, 2017 – they have strung together an unprecedented amount of victories on the hallowed turf to bypass the previous record set by Melbourne in 1955 and 1956.

Included in that winning streak, of course, was the small matter of breaking a 37-year premiership drought by toppling Adelaide at headquarters on that one day in September last year.

To give a little more insight into this remarkable feat, we’ve broken down the numbers to further highlight what the Tigers have achieved on top of the MCG turf over the past 12 or so months.

Consecutive wins: 18

Total for score: 1833

Average per game: 101.83
Scores of more than 100: 13
Scores of 80-100: 4
Average winning margin: 41.11

Total against score: 1093
Average per game: 60.72
Scores conceded of more than 100: 0
Scores conceded of more than 90: 1
Scores conceded of 50-70: 7
Scores conceded of less than 50: 5

First quarter performance: 415 points for v 271 points against (+144 differential)
Second quarter performance: 394 v 222 (+172)
Third quarter performance: 421 v 306 (+115)
Fourth quarter performance: 603 v 294 (+309)


Dispelling a myth that Richmond are afforded more games at the ‘G than their contemporaries, we’ve also put things into perspective.

Fellow MCG tenants Collingwood have played 18 matches at the ground since Richmond’s 18-match winning streak at the venue commenced.

Co-tenants Melbourne have played there 14 times (plus three home games in Darwin) and Hawthorn have had 11 matches at the home of Victorian footy (plus six home games in Tasmania).

Carlton have played there 12 times along with five games at their other home ground, Etihad Stadium.

Many have said it’s been easy for the Tigers at the MCG because they play ‘away’ games at the venue, but regardless of that opinion, they’ve been able to accomplish what no other side has in 62 years.

The Tigers will be looking to extend their MCG record to 19 wins when they face a Geelong side intent on exacting revenge this Friday night.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/08/01/the-numbers-behind-richmond's-mcg-winning-record/

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2018, 04:19:10 PM »
The next record to knock off is the all-time consecutive wins at any venue.

Our current streak is 8th which isn't our best ever either. We won 24 straight games back in the 1930s at Punt Rd.

29 wins - Geelong @ Kardinia Park, R3 2008 to R20 2011
24 wins - Richmond @ Punt Rd, R11 1932 to R4 1935
            - Sth Melb @ Lake Oval, R8 1934 to R17 1936
21 wins - Carlton @ Princes Park, R22 1993 to R7 1996
20 wins - Coll'wood @ Victoria Park, R16 1969 to R17 1971
            - West Coast @ Subiaco Oval, R8 2004 to R20 2005
19 wins - Hawthorn @ York Park, R8 2012 to R19 2016
18 wins - Richmond @ M.C.G, R14 2017 onwards
            - Brisbane @ Gabba, R10 2001 to R13 2002
            - Essendon @ Windy Hill, R9 1984 to R8 1986
            - St Kilda @ Docklands, R13 2008 to R17 2009

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/list/the-afl-rovers-top-10-winning-streaks-at-afl-venues-mcg-richmond-gers-sydney-swans/2klja1drkvvb1qbtjesiq8tu5

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2018, 04:27:21 PM »
The next record to knock off is the all-time consecutive wins at any venue.

Our current streak is 8th which isn't our best ever either. We won 24 straight games back in the 1930s at Punt Rd.

29 wins - Geelong @ Kardinia Park, R3 2008 to R20 2011
24 wins - Richmond @ Punt Rd, R11 1932 to R4 1935
            - Sth Melb @ Lake Oval, R8 1934 to R17 1936
21 wins - Carlton @ Princes Park, R22 1993 to R7 1996
20 wins - Coll'wood @ Victoria Park, R16 1969 to R17 1971
            - West Coast @ Subiaco Oval, R8 2004 to R20 2005
19 wins - Hawthorn @ York Park, R8 2012 to R19 2016
18 wins - Richmond @ M.C.G, R14 2017 onwards
            - Brisbane @ Gabba, R10 2001 to R13 2002
            - Essendon @ Windy Hill, R9 1984 to R8 1996
            - St Kilda @ Docklands, R13 2008 to R17 2009

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/list/the-afl-rovers-top-10-winning-streaks-at-afl-venues-mcg-richmond-gers-sydney-swans/2klja1drkvvb1qbtjesiq8tu5

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2018, 04:02:52 PM »
Finalists record at the MCG this season

Richmond: 14 games, 14-0
West Coast: two games, 2-0
Collingwood: 14 games, 8-6
Hawthorn: nine games, 7-2
Melbourne: 11 games, 5-6
Sydney: two games, 2-0
GWS Giants: two games, 1-1
Geelong: nine games, 2-7



Good enough to win, but good enough to beat the MCG?

Peter Ryan
The Age
26 Aug 2018


By the end of his dual premiership career, West Coast premiership player Guy McKenna greeted the MCG like a long-lost brother.

But the first few times he played at the home of football, he trod warily around the home of football, treating the venue like it was the scary big kid who lived next door.

He remembered the crowd heaving and the relentless pressure that created for the visitors as the Eagles took time to build a team capable of winning at the MCG.

By 1992, the team was assembled and the Eagles won their five games at the venue that season on their way to a famous premiership.

Before that season they had won two of their 11 games at the place where the grand final will be decided for the next 40 years.

That's a similar record to the one the Giants hold now with just two wins in 13 attempts at the MCG.

"It's a foreign environment," McKenna told Fairfax Media.

"As a young fella when you first step out at the MCG it is just like another player. It's like your big brother is staring down at you.

"Even 30,000 Melbourne supporters could create a roar that could shake you to the bone.

"It's not until you get older that you learn to block it out and you get in the moment better."

Such is the mystique of the ground that it is looming once again as a huge factor in deciding which team wins the flag.

Richmond seem as unbeatable as Winx at the MCG, having now stretched their winning streak to 21 at the ground.

But the Tigers aren't the only team unbeaten at the MCG this season.

West Coast and Sydney will also enter this year's finals series without having lost at the grand final venue in 2018.

Admittedly those three non-Victorian teams have won just five out of five at the MCG in 2018, which, even though four of the wins have been against finals opponents, pales into insignificance when compared to the top-of-the-table Tigers' run.

But that trio of non-Victorian teams need to look to any positive they can find, because in 2018, with the four MCG co-tenants, Richmond, Collingwood, Hawthorn and Melbourne, part of the same finals series for the first time, the venue looms as a huge factor.

Recent history suggests the MCG – which was locked in as the grand final venue for the next 40 years earlier this year – should give those Victorian teams an advantage if they meet a non-Victorian team in a grand final.

The past five premiers have been Victorian-based and defeated non-Victorian teams on the big day.
Sydney's 2012 premiership team is the only non-Victorian team since 2003 to defeat a Victorian team on grand final day.

Such is the lack of exposure to the MCG in finals for some of those teams that the Swans of 2016 were the only non-Victorian team since 2006 to play at the MCG in the lead-up to the grand final.

No wonder clubs from outside Victorian were a little concerned at the decision to lock the MCG in as the home of the grand final for the next generation and beyond.

The interesting point McKenna made, however, was that it wasn't so much the ground's dimensions that caused the issue but the overwhelming sense he had early in his career that he was intruding on someone else's space.

"I have no doubt there is an advantage for the Melbourne sides that play there a lot who understand the nuances of the oval, but it's probably the other side of the fence that matters more," McKenna said.

"The green grass is all well and good but it is just atmosphere that the crowd brings that can unnerve a young player."

The other possibility is that the presence of the MCG co-tenants this season may mitigate the Tigers' MCG advantage to some extent.

Somehow, until now, the quartet of Victorian clubs with 51 premierships between them have rarely crossed paths September for most of their storied history.

But now they have all arrived at the same time with the same intent.

Collingwood and Hawthorn both have positive win-loss records at their home venue this season while Melbourne's sits at just under 50 per cent.

Geelong, who play home games at GMHBA Stadium, struggle to win at the MCG having won two of their seven starts on the track in 2018 and six of their 12 finals there under Chris Scott but they pushed the Tigers to three points in round 20 and Scott says the venue holds no fears.

However, it's worth noting no premier in the past decade has won the premiership having a worse record at the MCG in their flag-winning season than both Geelong and Melbourne have this season.

Most of all, no team has beaten Richmond, who face the prospect of meeting Hawthorn for the first time in their history in a final and the Demons for the first time in a final since 1940.

That's the reality facing the seven remaining teams. Can they defeat the Tigers in their own backyard when it matters most?

By the time McKenna went back to his second grand final in 1994, the MCG held no fears.

"It is a not a habit but you are comfortable once you have won," McKenna said.

"When you step back out there it is like a long-lost brother you can go up and hug, whereas when you haven't played there it's like the big brother from next door where you go, 'hang on'."

That sentiment hasn't changed much. In 2018, the MCG is a factor that can't be denied.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/good-enough-to-win-but-good-enough-to-beat-the-mcg-20180825-p4zzox.html

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #40 on: September 03, 2018, 10:40:04 PM »
Playing at the MCG during September should hold little fears for this year's three interstate finalists based upon their collective form at the venue during the home-and-away season.

It's a small sample size, but only Greater Western Sydney has been beaten at the home of football, with both West Coast and Sydney finishing the premiership season with an unblemished record at the venue.

West Coast

Played: 2
Won: 2
Lost: 0

Wins: Defeated Carlton by 10 points in round five; defeated Collingwood by 35 points in round 17

Greater Western Sydney

Played: 2
Won: 1
Lost: 1

Win: Defeated Collingwood by 16 points in round two
Loss: Defeated by Melbourne by 45 points in round 23

Sydney

Played: 2
Won: 2
Lost: 0

Wins: Defeated Hawthorn by eight points in round eight; defeated Melbourne by nine points in round 21.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-03/away-at-the-g-is-like-home-for-nonvictorian-sides


Only have those records because they didn't have to play us at the 'G  :yep.

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #41 on: September 06, 2018, 10:20:43 PM »
22 in a row  :clapping
Two more to go! :yep  :pray.
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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #42 on: September 22, 2018, 03:12:22 AM »
Well the fortress was breached  :P. Anyway, our 22 wins in a row at the 'G will stand as the fourth best in history at any venue.

29 wins - Geelong @ Kardinia Park, R3 2008 to R20 2011
24 wins - Richmond @ Punt Rd, R11 1932 to R4 1935
            - Sth Melb @ Lake Oval, R8 1934 to R17 1936
22 wins - Richmond @ M.C.G, R14 2017 to QF 2018
21 wins - Carlton @ Princes Park, R22 1993 to R7 1996
20 wins - Coll'wood @ Victoria Park, R16 1969 to R17 1971
            - West Coast @ Subiaco Oval, R8 2004 to R20 2005
19 wins - Hawthorn @ York Park, R8 2012 to R19 2016
            - Brisbane @ Gabba, R10 2001 to R13 2002
            - Essendon @ Windy Hill, R9 1984 to R8 1986
            - St Kilda @ Docklands, R13 2008 to R17 2009

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #43 on: August 12, 2019, 03:56:44 PM »
The win over Carlton was our 400th at the 'G.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-12/tigers-achieve-mcg-milestone


We've won 42 out of our past 50 games at the home of football (84%).

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/richmond/last20.html#v3

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Re: MCG fortress
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2019, 12:24:29 PM »
Over 2017-19, we've won 40 out of 45 games at the 'G. Which is an 89% winning record.

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/richmond/allgames_vn.html#5


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