VFL R14: Richmond vs Footscray @ Whitten Oval, Sat. July 6

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VFL Report:

Liam Baker

29 disposals, eight marks, six tackles, six rebound-50s & 12 handball receives

“Played three quarters down back in a different role and we feel like we certainly found something. He defended really well, he read and reacted really well to the ball and was able to use his clean disposal and rebound. A real find.”

Jack Higgins

22 disposals, six tackles, seven clearances & one goal

“Had a couple of nice aerial balls where he took some strong marks. Lively again, covered a lot of ground, found the ball and was able to hit the scoreboard.”

Jacob Townsend

20 disposals, six tackles & four clearances

“Was not able to hit the scoreboard this week but was instrumental with his leadership and direction.”

Patrick Naish

18 disposals, eight handball receives, three inside-50s & three rebound-50s

“Played predominantly down back but was not able to impact this week as he has in the past. He's still growing his game with the flexibility of being able to play and impact down back and on the wing.”

Callum Coleman-Jones

16 disposals, seven marks, seven tackles, 18 hit-outs, one goal & four clearances

“Probably looked more dangerous as a forward this week. He created contests, hit-up marks, gave us an avenue towards goal and brought others into the game.”

Oleg Markov

15 disposals, 11 marks, two goals & three inside-50s

“Played forward and added a new dimension to our forward line. Something for us to explore as his speed was hard to control. He took 11 marks and was able to create separation as a different attacking option. We think we’ve found something along the same line as ‘Bakes’ (Liam Baker).”

Dan Butler

15 disposals, eight tackles, two clearances, three inside-50s & three rebound-50s

“Played multiple roles, whether it be forward or through the midfield. He laid eight tackles, so his pressure was good. He wasn’t able to quite break free as he often does in offence but a solid performance.”

Ryan Garthwaite

Nine disposals, three marks, three tackles, five spoils & five rebound-50s

“Had patches again in the ruck where he was able to compete and we were able to free him up which was good. Down back, he was trying to lead a backline that had a lot of different players coming in this week.”

Riley Collier-Dawkins

Seven disposals, five tackles & one clearance

“It was a tough day, he didn’t impact as he usually does. Defensively, he was just a bit off and he wasn’t able to win the contested ball as he normally does and then spread and get involved in our uncontested game.”


Noah Balta

Two disposals, one spoil & two rebound-50s

“Unfortunately hurt himself late in the first quarter and didn’t take any further part in the game.”

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-07-10/-vfl-report-round-14


Markov up forward , Baker down back........I like....