Richmond vs Port Adelaide @ the MCG - Round 18, 2019

[mightytiges]

Stack to Sheds around the body kick is poor and straight to Port.

We get it back, Lambert 1-2 with Baker but it's a poor kick to Port.

Defensive stoppage, good tackle by Grimes wins the HTB on Gray.

From Port's turnover, Prestia out in front of Bolton but he can;t gather. Bolton gets it back and has a long ping but it's touched through.

53 - 29

[mightytiges]

Point to them on the coast to coast rebound.

53 - 30

[pmac21]

Finding new ways to miss easy goals

[mightytiges]

Jack marks on wing but his left foot kick is poor.

Floss cleans up to Broad to Houli to Astbury back to Houli. Scramble on the wing. George paddles it to Rioli to Lambert inside 50. Port drop it and it's a ball-up 40 out. Bolton and Stack both tackled. Port clear. Siren!

Half-time

Richmond    5.4    8.5-53
Port Adel.    2.4    4.6-30

Goals: Riewoldt 3, Lynch, Martin, Prestia, Graham, Chol.

[one-eyed]

130 handballs and just 100 kicks  .


Team Stats:

Disposals:  230 - 197  ( contested: 75 - 61 )
Kicks:        100 - 110
Handballs:  130 - 87
Efficiency%: 81 - 80
Turnovers:   41 - 46
Intercepts:   46 - 41
Marks:         45 - 57  ( contested: 9 - 8; marks F50: 3 - 4 )
Clearances:  11 - 16  ( centre: 6 - 6 )
Inside 50s:   31 - 21
Tackles:       24 - 23 ( tackles F50: 6 - 3 )
Hitouts:        15 - 12
Bounces:        6 - 1
One %ers:    16 - 27
Frees:            8 - 13


Individual disposals:

Dusty  18
Houli   18
Prestia 17
Ellis     16
Bolton  16
Baker   13
Lambert 12
Graham  11
Cotch    11
Rioli      11
Floss     10
George  10
Broad    10
Lynch     9
Stack     9
Sheds    9
Astbury  8
Grimes  6
Chol      5
Jack      5
Short    4
Soldo    2

https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/18/rich-v-port#/player-stats

[one-eyed]

Any news on Short

Spent the lasr 20 mins on the bench

He came back on so he must be okay. Could have been anything - no obviously match-up or even a concussion test? 

[Francois Jackson]

23 tackles is poor. Some really bad second efforts by some of our players.

[mightytiges]

Dusty out of the centre inside 50 but Port clear.

Razor Ray pays a free to Port from 60m away  .

[mightytiges]

Grimes takes the defensive marks.

More overpossessing by hand coughs up the ball  .

We've got the end the ball is carrying, Tiges. Kick the freaking thing  .

[mightytiges]

Goal to them.

53 - 36

[mightytiges]

Dusty to Cotch in the middle but it's smothered. Port with the clearance.

Razor Ray pays another free to Port  .

Misses.

53 - 37

[mightytiges]

We're half asleep.

[pmac21]

We look flat

[Buddysucks]

We are sitting ducks... terrible execution and skill level today. Plus the Umpires are just sweating on an opportunity to decide this one for Port!

[mightytiges]

Finally we are able to find a teammate by foot.

Broad good spoil down to Sheds who kicks to Lynch who is too strong and marks. 25 out. Goal! 

We needed that.

Rich  9.5-59
Port  5.7-37

9 min Q3