Richmond vs Geelong @ the 'Gabba --- 2020 Grand Final

[Hard Roar Tiger]

It’s an old saying but tonight it was so clear A CHAMPION TEAM BEATS A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS!

[Tiger Khosh]

Still can’t believe it. They looked all over us in that second quarter and could have been up by more really, we just had nothing going for us forward of centre.

That second half though was almost perfect. Killed their lead within 5 minutes of the restart and never looked back.

After going 25 years of my life seeing no success we’ve now won 3 over the course of 4 years.

What a time to be alive!!!!!!

[one-eyed]

EVERY 2020 AFL GRAND FINAL PLAYER RANKED (via AFL Player Ratings)

1. Dustin Martin (RIC)

2. Sam Menegola (GEE)

3. Toby Nankervis (RIC)

4. Jayden Short (RIC) [best game of 2020]

5. Shai Bolton (RIC)

6. Shane Edwards (RIC)

7. Dion Prestia (RIC)

8. Kamdyn McIntosh (RIC)

9. Trent Cotchin (RIC)

10. Sam Simpson (GEE)

11. Joel Selwood (GEE)

12. Patrick Dangerfield (GEE)

13. Mitch Duncan (GEE)

14. Gryan Miers (GEE)

15. Cam Guthrie (GEE)

16. Rhys Stanley (GEE)

17. Liam Baker (RIC)

18. Jack Graham (RIC)

19. Kane Lambert (RIC)

20. Gary Ablett (GEE)

21. Tom Stewart (GEE)

22. Luke Dahlhaus (GEE)

23. Bachar Houli (RIC)

24. Mark Blicavs (GEE)

25. Jack Riewoldt (RIC)

26. Harry Taylor (GEE)

27. Zach Tuohy (GEE)

28. Brandan Parfitt (GEE)

29. Jack Henry (GEE)

30. Mark O’Connor (GEE)

31. Dylan Grimes (RIC)

32. Jason Castagna (RIC)

33. Noah Balta (RIC)

34. Nathan Broad (RIC)

35. Daniel Rioli (RIC)

36. David Astbury (RIC)

37. Gary Rohan (GEE)

38. Marlion Pickett (RIC)

39. Lachie Henderson (GEE)

40. Jed Bews (GEE)

41. Tom Hawkins (GEE)

42. Nick Vlastuin (RIC)

43. Jake Kolodjashnij (GEE)

44. Tom Lynch (RIC)

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-grand-final-2020-every-player-rated-144-afl-player-ratings-richmond-geelong-best-and-worst-players-on-the-ground/news-story/7c8ad1097ca0191da747a0a848d5537d

[one-eyed]

Team Stats:

Disposals:      278 - 274 .... ( contested: 124 - 124 ; uncontested: 128 - 145 )
Efficiency%:  62.6 - 61.7
Turnovers:       69 - 72
Marks:            36 - 51 .... ( contested: 5 - 4 )
Tackles:          73 - 51
Clearances:     40 - 36 .... ( centre: 13 - 7 ; stoppages: 27 - 29 )
Inside 50s:     49 - 40
Eff% in50:      51 - 40
Marks in50:      8 - 9
Tackles in50:    8 - 14
Hitouts:         27 - 43 .... ( Nankervis 25, Balta 2 )
Bounces:         2 - 1
One-%ers:     52 - 56
Frees:            11 - 16

Individuals disposals:

Edwards  27
Short      25
Martin     21
Cotchin   19
Graham   17
Bolton     16
Baker     14
Pickett   14
Prestia   14
Lambert  13
McIntosh 13
Balta      12
Castagna 11
Houli      11
Riewoldt  9
Broad      8
Lynch      8
Nankervis 8
Astbury   7
Rioli        6
Grimes    4
Vlastuin  1 ... ( out with concussion after the first 5 minutes )

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/2904

[georgies31]

Good morning tiger army we sticked it all up them including the media and those clowns at afl house.

[Tigeritis™©®]

YOU BLOODY BEAUTY

 

[Fluffy Tiger]

Should

YOU BLOODY BEAUTY

 

Would shout the same but voice is a little shakey this morning.

What a awesome game. It's fun reading the game thread back. Some very premature statements 

 

[Andyy]

Tackling pressure was awesome

[Owl]

Geelong will argue that they were playing with a torn heart muscle in the last 10 minutes

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Should

YOU BLOODY BEAUTY

 

Would shout the same but voice is a little shakey this morning.

What a awesome game. It's fun reading the game thread back. Some very premature statements 

 

That’s why I don’t post during the game.
At half time, my mate and I were saying “Can we do this to the Cats again?”
And it was almost like clockwork, that first couple of minutes where we stepped up our game, got the early goal and then another soon after.
It was clear that at ht Dimma implored the players to take their game up a notch and the Cats would fold under the pressure.

[1965]

It’s an old saying but tonight it was so clear A CHAMPION TEAM BEATS A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS!

Thought that when the teams lined up at the start of the game. Richmond arm in arm and Geelong standing apart.

[WilliamPowell]

What a awesome game. It's fun reading the game thread back. Some very premature statements 

 

I will put my hand up and say, yep I thought we were gone at half time.

 Playing poorly, no Vlastuin, back line looking very shaky, our mid field struggling and our forward line almost MIA

And even happier to say I was wrong, so wrong

As i said straight after the game it was our greatest GF win and that one I won't back away from that either

Just love this Club SO very much

 

[mat073]

The system won the game .

When you think how many non contributors we had.

It's really quite amazing.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Should

YOU BLOODY BEAUTY

 

Would shout the same but voice is a little shakey this morning.

What a awesome game. It's fun reading the game thread back. Some very premature statements 

 

 

I thought we were dead and buried. Exactly like the preliminary last season.
I thought we were gone for all money.
Stupidly lost the faith even though we have proved time and time again that we are never beating till that final sirens gone.   
Anyway what can I say Hardwick is a genius and our team is incredible
Dusty is a superstar.

 

[eliminator]

I thank the players the most for this win. They never gave up when they easily could have. I now think that Dustin Martin is the greatest player I have seen play at Richmond. Their tackling and their courage kept them in the game. When you think they were against a team that had so much motivation going for them and still won it is incredible.  Plus we were a man down almost the entire game. Hats off to Hardwick as well. Apart from Martin liked the games of Short, Nank, Bolta, Baker and Bolton.