Richmond vs Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval --- Round 5, 2022

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Coaches votes (Hardwick & Nicks)

Adelaide v Richmond

10 Taylor Walker (ADEL)
4 Elliott Himmelberg (ADEL)
4 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
4 Tom Doedee (ADEL)
3 Ben Keays (ADEL)
2 Brodie Smith (ADEL)
2 Rory Laird (ADEL)
1 Shai Bolton (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/744523/coaches-votes-r5-key-position-players-dominate-new-clubhouse-leader

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Round 5 Report Card

Catherine Healey and David Zita
Foxsports
19 April 2022

RICHMOND

The Tigers are sitting in the middle of the pack at 2-3 after the loss to Adelaide. Their forwards looked good in patches but were unable to put in a four-quarter effort. They finished +10 in inside 50s, +6 in centre clearances and +12 in hitouts but couldn’t make the most of their first use. The 33-13 free kick count against them didn’t help the cause at Adelaide Oval.

In the votes

Nick Vlastuin found plenty of the footy in his first game for season 2022. The defender finished with 21 touches, nine marks, 10 intercepts and five score involvements. Nathan Broad also made a welcome return with six intercepts and 15 touches. Shai Bolton was unable to hit the scoreboard but was impressive in the middle with 10 clearances.

Room for improvement

Robbie Tarrant couldn’t go with Elliot Himmelberg in the second half. Himmelberg had both a height and reach advantage that the Crows made the most of. Jack Riewoldt had a rough day with just seven touches. He managed two goals from his three shots but was ineffective when down the other end, Taylor Walker had five.

Grade

C

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2022-round-5-report-card-melbourne-fremantle-impress-north-melbourne-west-coast-essendon-gws-fail/news-story/db7b1ab3ec35c871976fb4d39846117f

[WilliamPowell]

Finally got around to watching the replay

All I will say is the TV makes it look better than what it actually was live

[TigerLand]

Disgusted seeing Walker 10 votes. Understand we have had a lot of success but that loss should hurt on multiple levels.

[Diocletian]

Yeah especially when they  took the 2017 Premiership off us and gave it to them after the match.....oh wait......

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Power Ranking 10. RICHMOND (2-3, 99.3%)

Last week’s ranking: 7

After years of being remarkably consistent, we’re back to last year’s early-season Tigers, who alternated wins and losses for two and a half months and reached 7-5 before winning just two games for the rest of the season. Their potential is still there, and on expected score they should have beaten Adelaide - and even losing that game isn’t a disaster, since it was at Adelaide Oval - but it’s another sign that this side is middle of the road rather than anything spectacular.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-power-rankings-after-round-5-analysis-every-club-ranked-reaction-wrap-ladder-top-eight-predictions/news-story/17a11c35f3a5ea59021f8a58262fa8e5

[the claw]

Bottom line as well as they are getting games into young blokes Adelaide are not contenders and even for an injury riddled team yet alone us  to lay down and play such soft footy says it all.