Richmond vs Geelong @ Kardinia Park --- Round 17, 2025

[Andyy]

It's just so slow.

You can get away with a slow player here and there if they're a bigger mid but one of Taranto + Hopper is probably ideal, or both at best if there's a jet in there - like Bolton was the last 1-2 years.

Ross just not good enough nor quick. Prestia good enough but old and slow now.

We need pace.

McAuliffe has some - when's he going to be fit again?

[one-eyed]

Team Stats:

Disposals     359 - 386 ..... ( contested: 111 - 127 ; uncontested: 238 - 251 )
Efficiency%    75 - 77
Kicks           204 - 235
Handballs    155 - 151
Turnovers      58 - 52
Marks           92 - 115 .... ( contested marks: 6 - 12 )
Tackles         56 - 61
Clearances    33 - 42 ..... ( centre: 6 - 15 ; stoppages: 27 - 27 )
Inside 50s     45 - 66
In50 eff.%     36 - 58
In50 marks    11 - 20
In50 tackles     1 - 12
Hitouts          41 - 41
Bounces          7 - 17
One %ers      40 - 25
Frees            12 - 17

Individual possies:

Hopper  27
Banks    26
Taranto  25
Mansell  22
Vlastuin 21
Prestia   20
Campbell 19
Rioli       19 ..... subbed on 1st qtr
Nankervis 18
Blight       17
Broad       17
McIntosh  17
Sonsie    17
Ross       16
Trainor   16
Brown    15
Miller     13
Faull        9
Ralphsmith 8
Balta       7
Sims       7
Alger      3
Lalor      0 .... subbed off 1st qtr

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7112#player-stats

[one-eyed]

"You can disregard Richmond's ladder position when it comes to the midfield. You're talking (Dion) Prestia, (Tim) Taranto, (Jacob) Hopper, (Toby) Nankervis in there. They're an experienced, high-quality group of players."

- Chris Scott post-game.

Source: AFL website

[one-eyed]

Unfortunately for Richmond, they were the ones on the other end of their rampant performance to register their lowest score at Kardinia Park since Round 3, 1983 — a 42-year first.

It was a tough night all around for the Tigers, who registered their seventh loss of the season of more than 10 goals — and third in as many weeks.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-2025-geelong-cats-vs-richmond-tigers-round-17-live-scores-and-updates-bailey-smith-late-out-blog-stats-start-time-aest-and-how-to-stream/news-story/7aee2b492953b7786899ffbd3970415e

[MintOnLamb]

It's just so slow.

You can get away with a slow player here and there if they're a bigger mid but one of Taranto + Hopper is probably ideal, or both at best if there's a jet in there - like Bolton was the last 1-2 years.

Ross just not good enough nor quick. Prestia good enough but old and slow now.

We need pace.

McAuliffe has some - when's he going to be fit again?

Hamstring alley??

[Hard Roar Tiger]

His is a quad

[Andyy]

His is a quad

Yeah I thought he was close

[one-eyed]

Report Card - Round 17

Dylan Bolch, Will Faulkner, Catherine Healey and Ben Cotton
Fox Sports
July 7th, 2025

RICHMOND

It always loomed as a tough task, but the Tigers simply didn’t have the firepower to challenge the Cats this week. That was only compounded further, when young gun Sam Lalor left the field with what appears to be a serious hamstring injury only minutes into the contest. Adem Yze’s side were only 13 points down at the first change, so that’s a positive.

In the votes

Small forward Rhyan Mansell had a great game, recording three goals from 22 disposals and eight marks. Youngster Sam Banks (26 disposals) continues to improve off half-back, while former Giants Jacob Hopper (27) and Tim Taranto (25) tried all night.

Room for improvement

It was a pretty tough night for the Tigers. They were smashed in some key metrics including inside 50s (-21), clearances (-9) and contested possessions (-17) and the Cats really taught them a football lesson. With Tom Lynch on the sidelines due to suspension, it was left to youngsters Tom Sims and Jonty Faull to provide a target inside 50 and Geelong’s veterans kept them well held. Noah Balta was also swung into attack in Lynch’s absence, but struggled to impact the game and looked lost at times.

Grade

D-

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-17-report-card-highlights-and-analysis-every-club-reviewed-best-and-worst-players-stats-latest-news/news-story/d35c66cf3223a147fa0afcd6a94d9cd1