VFL R1: Richmond vs Geelong @ Kardinia Park, Friday April 5

[one-eyed]

Free to Soldo in the ruck. Bolton goes towards the goal. Ball-up. Geelong clear.

Silvestro gets it back. Ross to Fletcher who goes long. RCD punished for deliberate. Geelong clear again.

They go forward and kick another.

42 - 54


Cats have kicked 9 of the last 11 goals.

[one-eyed]

Soldo, Townsend and Caddy now in the centre.

Caddy is meant to play just 3/4ers.

All Geelong. We can't get our hands on it and when we do it's hack kicks under pressure. The rare forays forward are rebounded with ease by the Cats 

42 - 56

[one-eyed]

Thompson long down the line to Soldo. Baltas gets his first possie but turns it over.

Chol on the wing to Ballard but he's is run down. Another turnover.

42 - 57

[one-eyed]

Soldo strong mark from the kick-in. Kick lands in between players. Silvestro gathers but can't hit Moore and it's a throw-in on F50. Soldo against no one misses the tap  and Geelong clear again.

Goal to them.

42 - 63

[pmac21]

Seems like it's all over. 

[pmac21]

prick of a ground and tough to win at.

[one-eyed]

Menadue to English who is hot and tackled straight away. Ball-up.

We get it forward for a throw-in by the point post. Soldo receives a free. And he goals. Finally!

Rich  7.6-48
Geel  9.9-63

Q3 18 mins

[georgies31]

We can't run out games or unfit been a habit since last year.

[one-eyed]

Out of the centre and it's a ball-up on our F50. Punched out the back for a throw-in in the pocket. Geelong clear though.

We're playing with a plus 1 behind the ball.

Caddy kicks it forward. We smother Guthrie's disposal and English goals  .

Rich  8.6-54
Geel  9.9-63

29 mins Q3

[one-eyed]

Morris to Ross but he is cut off.

Goalsaving tackle and we clear. CCJ to Chol who marks. Kicks down the wing ... siren!


3/4 time

Rich   4.4    6.6    8.6-54
Geel   3.2    5.5    9.9-63

Goals: Chol 2, Moore, Townsend, Turner, English, Soldo, Silvestro.

Lucky to be this close.


nb. RFC twitter has the score 55-63. Geelong sources have 54-63.

[one-eyed]

We can't run out games or unfit been a habit since last year.

We're getting owned in the middle. Like the seniors last week, that qtr we allowed the opposition to rack up possessions both contested and uncontested. McCrae threw our senior players (Townsend, Caddy) in the centre in the last 5 mins and that enabled us to at least win some clearances.

[one-eyed]

Silvestro to Bolton to Menadue who nails a long bomb from 60 out .

Rich  9.6-60
Geel  9.9-63

Q4 1min

[one-eyed]

Go forward again. Ball-up 60 out. Soldo tap to Ross (quiet tonight) to Naish (quiet since half-time) to Chol who is tackled. Ball-up 15 out. Chol snaps but it's a point.

61 - 63

[one-eyed]

Winning the clearances this qtr.

Commentators praising Soldo for getting stronger as the game goes along.

RCD goes to HF. Bolton to the top of the square. Cat defender drops the mark and Chol puts us in front! 

Rich  10.7-67
Geel   9.9-63

[one-eyed]

Ball goes out of the back. Thompson goals! 

Rich  11.7-73
Geel   9.9-63

Q4 6 mins