We're getting smashed in the clearances 

. We've also only had 20 tackles.
At the half, St Kilda leads clearances 20 to seven. Tom Hickey has a match-high six clearances and also has six hitouts-to-advantage, leading the Saints to a nine to four advantage in this area.
In an end-to-end contest, both sides are scoring heavily on the back of defensive half chains. Richmond has kicked 5.2.32 from defensive half chains and St Kilda has kicked 4.2.26 from defensive half chains, representing all bar one point of its score.
St Kilda has won the inside 50 count 15 to eight this quarter and clearances seven to one, yet have only managed 1.3.9 from this dominance, compared to Richmond's 2.1.13.Actually we're behind in all the stats  

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Disposals:   193 - 230   ( contested: 65 - 66 )
Clearances:     7 - 20   ( centre: 3 - 8; stoppages 4 - 12 )
Inside 50s:    27 - 31   ( marks in50: 6 - 9 )
Tackles:        20 - 30
Frees:             5 - 11  

Hitouts:          9 - 17
Short  16
Conca  14
Cotch  14
Dusty  13
Grigg   12
Ellis    12
Nank   11
Astbury 11
Floss    10
Butler  10
Caddy   9
Macca   8
Lambert 8
Menadue 7
Higgins  7
Broad   7
Moore  6
Sheds 6
Rance 6
Houli  4 ..... injured
Graham 2
Jack  0 ..... concussion
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/10/rich-v-stk#basic-stats