Richmond vs North Melbourne @ the MCG --- Round 21, 2021

[Buddysucks]

Thought Dow showed a bit tonight.

[Francois Jackson]

Dunno what to think.  would prefer, No finals, fresh start, let em all think we are done, some good picks reset and smash em next year.

Each to their own but for me absolutely Not.

Look what happens when you get rid of players who have continually let us down.

Keep the same team.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Thought Dow showed a bit tonight.

Yes I agree. I liked his game tried to create and didn’t mind taking the game on.

Keep playing him.

[Buddysucks]

The last 2 weeks the Captain has been a different player too. Covering the ground much better and finding some quality ball.

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals:     409 - 399 ..... ( contested: 115 - 111; uncontested: 290 - 288 )
Efficiency%:    78 - 76
Kicks:           227 - 215
Handballs:    182 - 184
Turnovers:      67 - 75
Marks:          119 - 107 ..... ( contested: 7 - 5 )
Tackles:          53 - 37 
Clearances:    20 - 32 ..... ( centre: 7 - 14 ; stoppages 13 - 18 ) 
Inside 50s:     49 - 45
In50 eff.%:     57 - 36
In50 marks:     7 - 5
In50 tackles:  11 - 3 
Hitouts:          20 - 40
Bounces:          7 - 6
One %ers:     47 - 41
Frees:            18 - 16

Individual stats:

Graham   36
Vlastuin   30
Prestia     29
Baker      26
Short      26
D.Rioli    24
Cotchin   23
Dow        22
Stack       22
Bolton      17
Lambert    17
Ralphsmith 17
Grimes      15
Nankervis 15 
Astbury    14
Coleman-Jones 14
Edwards   14
Parker     14
Mansell    13
Riewoldt   9
Lynch      6
M.Rioli    6
Castagna 0 ..... ( sub not used )

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/3147#player-stats

[mightytiges]

Last night was simply a lesson in workrate. It's been the key issue for us this year. There was obviously little workrate as a team in the first half but then back to what it should and needs to be in the second half. The stats back that up:

Qtr  Richmond's
       pressure
        rating:
1st     160
2nd    174
3rd     216

Tackles 3rd qtr: 
Rich  20
NM   12

Disposals:   Rich    NM
1st half       178 - 222
2nd half      195 - 160

Source: Fox Footy.

[one-eyed]

We actually broke a hoodoo last night.

It was our first win over North at the 'G since 2006. We hadn't won our previous 5 encounters against them.

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/richmond/allgames_tm.html#12

[one-eyed]

AFL Report Card: Round 21

Ben Waterworth, Ben Cotton, David Zita and Ronny Lerner
Foxsports
9 August 2021

RICHMOND

This was a dramatic tale of two halves. In the first two quarters, the Tigers’ season looked like it was headed for the scrap heap. Despite the sizeable carrot of finals footy dangling in front of them, they started the game with no energy and were bossed around by the Kangaroos for the better part of an hour, slipping 26 points in arrears at one stage. But a goal after the half-time siren from Jack Riewoldt gave them a pulse, and it served as the spark for a spectacular revival in the second half, as Richmond channelled their old selves, overwhelming the Kangaroos with intense pressure and slick ball movement to execute a 59-point turnaround by kicking 12 of the last 15 goals.

In the votes

If it wasn’t for Jack Graham the Tigers would probably already be coming to terms with their first finals-free season in five years. Determined to turn the tide in his team’s favour, 22 of his 36 disposals came in the second half, and he also finished with a game-high 10 score involvements, as he willed Richmond to overcome the vastly-improved Kangaroos. Nick Vlastuin also made an impressive return in his first game since Round 16, amassing a career-high 30 touches to go with a game-high 14 marks to be one of the most influential players on the ground.

Room for improvement

Quite a few cracks were papered by the final margin in the end, and the Tigers were probably lucky that they were playing the bottom side. If Damien Hardwick’s men started a game like they did on Saturday against probably 14-15 other teams, the game would’ve been over by half-time. The Tigers were lethargic and passive in the first half and allowed the Kangaroos to dictate proceedings. If Nick Larkey nailed a few simple set shots, it would’ve been very hard for the Tigers to get back into the game. Richmond cannot afford to start games like that if they still want to play finals.

Grade

B

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-report-card-round-21-2021-afl-news-analysis-every-club-graded-best-and-worst-players-votes-reaction/news-story/22e0d5df9b400ab1bef0fa093c8382bd

[eliminator]

Last night was simply a lesson in workrate. It's been the key issue for us this year. There was obviously little workrate as a team in the first half but then back to what it should and needs to be in the second half. The stats back that up:

Qtr  Richmond's
       pressure
        rating:
1st     160
2nd    174
3rd     216

Tackles 3rd qtr: 
Rich  20
NM   12

Disposals:   Rich    NM
1st half       178 - 222
2nd half      195 - 160

Source: Fox Footy.

We also used the ball better in the second half. The efficiency improved in the second half.

[the claw]

Lucky to have a pulse at H/T. Game should have been beyond us by half time and probably would have been against any one but the 18th placed team.Thats about as bad as ive seen us play in the first half.

Some serious problems the way we are going about it not the least at stoppages

[pmac21]

I wonder if North pulled back a bit in the last half to pad their ladder position??

[the claw]

For me Edwards is a worry he looks cooked lately.

[eliminator]

i thought Parker was okay.

[one-eyed]

Coaches votes (Hardwick & Noble)

Richmond v North Melbourne

10 Jack Graham (RICH)
7 Nick Vlastuin (RICH)
6 Aaron Hall (NMFC)
3 Jy Simpkin (NMFC)
2 Luke Davies-Uniacke (NMFC)
1 Liam Baker (RICH)
1 Dion Prestia (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/662328/coaches-votes-r21-touk-s-10-sets-up-thrilling-finish

[wayne]

I wonder if North pulled back a bit in the last half to pad their ladder position??

That's what I thought, show a bit, get the fans excited, but make sure they keep pick 1