Richmond completely dominated the second quarter winning the inside 50 count (20-9) recording kicking efficiency of 78 percent compared to Sydney 65 percent and winning the quarter by 25 points.
A strong contested mark and goal by Josh Caddy on the half time siren gives the Tigers leads in contested marks (6-2), forward 50 marks (7-3) and one-on-one contest wins (5-1).
Richmond recorded 18 forward 50 tackles in the first half (Sydney applied two). The Tigers had only applied eight such tackles per game in their first four rounds this season.
Team stats:Disposals: 213 - 224 ( contested: 74 - 74 )
Clearances: 12 - 18 ( centre: 8 - 5 )
Inside 50s: 32 - 20 ( marks in50: 7 - 3 )
Tackles: 44 - 27
Hitouts: 8 - 17
Frees: 6 - 9 .... it's the ones not being paid to us
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Individual possies:Prestia 18
Sheds 15
Higgo 15
Ellis 13
Stack 13
Ross 12
Dusty 12
Rioli 11
Houli 11
Caddy 10
Broad 10
Baker 10
Astbury 9
Lambert 9
Nank 8
Kmac 8
Floss 8
Grimes 7
Bolton 6
George 6
Lynch 3
Balta 2
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/5/rich-v-syd
