Richmond vs Sydney @ Marvel Stadium - Round 5, 2019

[Owl]

Very unsatisfying.  Putrid umpiring.

[georgies31]

The afl love child Buddy does as he pleases free after free pathetic.

[pmac21]

We won but we've got a lot of work to do. 
Effort was there can't fault that.  If we could hit a target inside 50 were all good

[mightytiges]

Siren.

Final Score

Richmond    3.3    9.5    11.9    13.11-89
Sydney        2.1    4.2     6.3     10.7-67

Goals: Martin 3, Lambert 2, Caddy 2, Balta 2, Rioli, Ellis, Baker, Castagna.

Crowd: 40k

[Tigeritis™©®]

Could’ve and should’ve been a ten goal win minimum.

..... but we won so can’t really complain.

Dusty was better. Thought Nank was good early as was Ross. 

Shed off half back was very good. Prestia was better. Ellis was ok only squibbed once I saw out on the wing.

Scrappy win in the end but a real wasted opportunity. Pressure was good especially first half.

My new favourite player is Stack.

[mightytiges]

A game of two halves.

First half was extremely good. Best we've played in the first 5 rounds. High pressure, hard running and good skills and by half-time we had converted our dominance on the scoreboard.

Second half was utter slop. As pmac said we couldn't find nor hit a target inside 50 to save ourselves. We did enough to hold the Swans at bay but that won't cut it against the top sides.

Having 22 more inside 50s should result in a percentage boosting win. Not just a 22 point win in which we lost the 2nd half. That's only one point more per extra inside 50.

Pmac, you're right. We'll take the win but there's plenty of work to do.

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Good crowd,

[one-eyed]

A comfortable win for the Tigers who punished the Swans turnovers, finishing with a 81-35 advantage in points scored from turnovers. Richmond led 42-16 in forward half tackles and 32-12 in forward half intercepts.

Richmond 22-2 in forward 50 tackles with its trademark forward half pressure on display tonight.

The Tigers lead centre bounce clearances 17-8 and 8-0 in points scored from these clearances.


Team stats

Disposals    388 - 464  ( contested: 146 - 140 )
Clearances:  29 - 32   ( centre: 17 - 8 )
Inside 50s:   64 - 42   ( marks in50: 12 - 10 )
Tackles:       71 - 56
Hitouts:       25 - 32
Frees:          15 - 17

Individual possies:

Prestia   32
Sheds    28
Higgo    25
Dusty    25
Houli    23
Stack   22
Baker   21
Ellis      21
Floss    20
Ross    17
Nank   16
Grimes 15
Astbury 15
Caddy  15
George 14
Kmac    14
Rioli     13
Broad   13
Lambert 13
Bolton   10
Balta     9
Lynch    7

https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/5/rich-v-syd

[Slipper]

Take the win and move on.

We still have a hell of a lot of improving to do, although very pleased with our number of forward half tackles tonight.

Dusty's third goal roving across the front of the pack shows he is starting to find some serious form.

[one-eyed]

VIDEOS:

Match highlights: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-04-20/round-5-match-highlights

Team song: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-04-20/team-song-richmond

[mat073]

It's all starting to come together. Brilliant first half.

We'll be too good for Melbourne.

[Rampsation]

I dont think we can win the flag without rance but if we can make the finals then it becomes a 4 week competition and weve shown in the past that we can put  4 weeks together at a really high level. Rance should prepare just in case.

[Damo]

Shat himself with the flight
Got laughed at by the swans opponent for it

[Slipper]

I dont think we can win the flag without rance

I am actually starting to think more positively about the situation and that we can win without Rance.

Amazing what a couple of wins can do I guess, but the form of some of our younger players, and the obvious room for improvement in some of our more established players form, makes me feel quite positive.

[Chuck17]

I dont think we can win the flag without rance

I am actually starting to think more positively about the situation and that we can win without Rance.

Amazing what a couple of wins can do I guess, but the form of some of our younger players, and the obvious room for improvement in some of our more established players form, makes me feel quite positive.

Also Dimma has something other coaches don’t have: a great plan B and a pretty good plan C