VFL R7: Richmond vs Box Hill @ Punt Rd, Sun. May 19 [curtain-raiser]

[one-eyed]

Butler has lifted. Wins the HTB free at on the wing. Morris goes long. BH quick kick is OOTF. Thompson centres it and Weller over the top over the pack marks it 20m out. Goal! 

Rich  7.8-50
BH    8.2-50

27 min Q3

[one-eyed]

Townsend out of the middle. Hawks get it out wide but Naish's snap floats for a point.

51 - 50

[one-eyed]

Rioli with the shot from the boundary on the siren just misses.

3/4 time

Richmond  2.2    2.4    7.10-52
Box Hill     0.0    6.2     8.2-50

Goals: Butler 3, Weller, Miller, Silvestro, Thompson.

[one-eyed]

Box Hill will have the breeze in the last. So the odds are still against us.

If we lose we can blame not making the most of the breeze in the first, undiscipline gifting Box Hill two goals in the second, and allowing them to kick two goals against the breeze in the third.

Anyway, hopefully Box Hill kicking those goals into the breeze means we can too. We need to be smarter and cleaner with ball use into the breeze. Not just bomb it high. Our talls need to lift too as they have been well beaten all day.

[one-eyed]

Leading ballgetters:
Naish 19
Morris 13
Eggy  13

Team Stats:
Disposals:  216 - 265
Contested: 119 -111
Clearances:  36 - 31
Inside 50s:  35 - 26

[one-eyed]

Markov off HB grubs it to HF. Grewar inside 50 is marked by Aarts. Tough kick into the breeze bends away and it's rushed off hands.

53 - 50

[one-eyed]

We get the turnover. Good hands gets to Grewar who snaps the goal against the breeze  .

Rich  8.11-59
BH    8.2-50

3 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Phew! Open Box Hill forward 50 and fortunately it rolls into the post.

51 - 59

6 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Another point to them. Desperate hand bu Markov saves the day.

59 - 52

[one-eyed]

Goal to them from the pressured turnover.

59 - 58

9 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Chol tripped in the centre and then gets 50 for the second player coming in high. Set shot into the breeze from 35. Good kick. Goal! 

Rich  9.11-65
BH    9.4-58

11 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Morris diving mark. Floater lands in Townsend hands at HB. Goes to the wing for a throw-in. Turner to HF. Butler at ground level attacks it and his pass is marked by Thompson. Another Goal into the breeze! 

Rich  10.11-71
BH      9.4-58

14 min Q4

[one-eyed]

We get the centre clearance but Box Hill clear.

We get it back by hand in the middle but cough it up. Box Hill go forward.

Goal to them.

71 - 64

17 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Another centre clearance gets it forward. Ball-up. Aarts over to Chol who runs in and goals 

Rich  11.11-77
BH    10.4-64

19 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Butler to Fletcher out of the middle. Goes long and Street marks. Misses from 30.

78 - 64

21 min Q4