Richmond -v- Melbourne @ MCG, Round 20. Saturday Aug 3rd

[mightytiges]

Ellis short pass to Butler just inside F50. Goes to the top of the square and it's rushed.

77 - 46

[mightytiges]

Gift goal to Melbourne  . Ump claimed a jumper punch by Astbury in the goalsquare.

77 - 52


Edit: Talk about a soft free  .

[georgies31]

Keeping them in it went dumb footy.Few blokes Short and Caddy,Butler letting us down.

[mightytiges]

Jack point. That's 3 behinds tonight.

78 - 52

[mightytiges]

Another set shot miss  . Rioli misses from 35 out and a great run down tackle.

79 - 52

[mightytiges]

We couldn't decide who wanted to take the shot as we had about 5 Tigers running in a wave through the middle. Rioli long to the square and Jack can;t mark. Point.

We get it back and Dusty drives it home  .

Rich  12.14-86
Melb   8.4-52

[mightytiges]

That wasn't high  . Grimes got him in the side. Dunkley threw his head back after contact to con the ump.

The only way they are getting goals is from the umps  .

86 - 58

[Buddysucks]

We’ve pulled up stumps a bit earlier than usual by the look of it.

[mightytiges]

Burnt them on transition again moving in a wave. Butler finds Bolts 20 out. Goal! 

Rich  13.14-92
Melb   9.6-60

[mightytiges]

We’ve pulled up stumps a bit earlier than usual by the look of it.

Just doing what we have to do. We rarely seem to smash teams even if we can.

[mightytiges]

Won by 33 pts .

Take the win and move on to Carlton next week.

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond    3.2    6.5    11.9    13.15-93
Melbourne   3.1    6.2      7.4      9.6-60

Goals: Lynch 3, Graham 2, Castagna, Chol, Caddy, Soldo, Rioli, Lambert, Martin, Bolton.

[georgies31]

Yep had to slug it out today can't  win pretty all the time.Overuse of handball at times and some silly play.Short for me is not best 22 can't defend and Butler not the same player since injuries . Caddy needs to go up a gear or find himself out of our best 22 again.

[Slipper]

In the conditions, we really did give them a pasting. Only our inaccuracy, their accuracy kept the margin to under 10 goals. Basically twice as many scoring shots.

The key for us is apparently no injuries from the match.

[one-eyed]

Match highlights: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-08-03/highlights-round-20-

Team Song: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-08-03/team-song-richmond

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Richmond has recorded a 33-point victory to mark its sixth in a row, and fourth successive win against Melbourne. After half time the Tigers gained 679 more metres than the Demons from just four extra disposals, while committing eight fewer turnovers.

Six individual Richmond players have recorded more than 400 metres gained.
Only one Melbourne player has recorded more than 400 metres gained.

Since half time, Richmond has taken 11 marks inside forward 50 in comparison to just four by Melbourne. The Tigers have kicked 6.2 (38) from set shots in the second half, of their total 7.9 (51).

Team Stats:

Disposals:   380 - 366  ( contested: 124 - 126 )
Clearances:   33 - 34    ( centre: 10 - 14 )
Inside 50s:    70 - 37    ( marks F50: 19 - 9 )
Tackles:        45 - 39
Hitouts:        20 - 43
Frees:           21 - 16

Individual possessions:

Dusty  34
Houli   32
Prestia 31
Sheds  31
Floss   24
Short   24
Ellis      21
Graham 18
George  17
Astbury 16
Lambert 16
Jack      14
Caddy   13
Soldo    13
Broad   12
Rioli     12
Bolton  11
Lynch   11
Baker   10
Grimes  9
Butler   8
Chol    3

https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/20/melb-v-rich