VFL R19: Richmond vs Northern Blues @ the M.C.G., Sun. Aug. 11 [curtain-raiser]

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Naish bursts through the contest in the guts. Gets to Butler but his kick inside 50 is poor.

Scramble inside 50. Towner standing up in the tackle gets it to RCD on his right but his snap is high and wide and misses everything.

We get it back and Moore on return gets his first  .

Rich  8.4-52
NB    3.3-21

10 min Q2

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Beasley long inside 50. Menadue runs out of bounds before he can centre his kick.

Good tap by CCJ. Ballard hands to English who snaps a banana goal on his right  .

Rich  9.4-58
NB    3.3-21

13 min Q2

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CCJ to Turner to English on the wing. Poor scrubber kick inside 50 but Moore nails the Blues defender and win the HTB free. Set shot ... Goal! 

Rich  10.4-64
NB      3.3-21

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Silvestro to RCD out of the centre inside 50. Contest. Blues clear.

Pickett to Balta on the wing. Goes short back to Pickett. Inside 50 kick short and is cut off.

Naish with the intercept on the wing. Towner on the run goes inside 50 and Miller wins the free. Goal! 

Rich  11.4-70
NB      3.3-21

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Scores from turnovers.

Rich  8.2 (50)
Blues 2.0 (12)

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Silvestro to RCD on the wing. Finds Ballard who gets it to Aarts 55 out. Goes deep. Blues clear.

Blues get it forward. Pickett with a good defensive tackle initially saves a certain goal but it slips high at the last minute. Blues miss anyway.

70 - 22

22 min Q2

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Coffield 1-2 with Aarts finds Butler at 50 on the boundary. Goes deep but CCJ's snap misses.

71 - 22

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Soldo's snap grazes the post (hit the flags).

72 - 23

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A lot of taps and quick handballs forward. Aarts quick kick out the pack lands in Butler's lap 30 out. Chips to Turner all by himself in the goalsquare. Somehow misses from 10m out  .

73 - 23

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Half-time

Richmond    7.3    11.7-73
Nth Blues    1.2      3.5-23

Goals: Townsend 2, Aarts 2, Miller 2, Moore 2, Menadue, English, Ballard

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Stats to half-time:




Source: VFL app.

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Team stats:

Disposals:     192 - 133
Contested:      76 - 56
Uncontested: 116 - 77
Inside 50s:     34 - 16
Clearances:    15 - 16
Tackles:         16 - 21

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Towner kicked our first of the 3rd qtr to kick his 3rd so far for the day  .

Menadue running and bouncing through the middle goes long. Moore keeps his feet in the contest and kicks his 3rd 

Rich  13.8-86
NB      4.6-30

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Pickett won't be getting a seniors promotion based on today.

Goal to the Blues.

86 - 36

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Pickett long to HF. Free to Silvestro. Goes to the hot spot and CCJ marks in the pack directly in front. Misses from 15m out.

That's two absolute sitters we've missed today  .

87 - 36