Richmond vs Port Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval --- Round 21, 2022

[WilliamPowell]

Really good team effort with some obvious standouts.

Looking forward to watching the replay

Some interesting comments around Castagna in defence. Clearly things have a tendency to look different on TV compared to live at the ground but I thought he was OK when he went back to help out. Certainly wasn't great but was OK. Defensively his pressure around the contests was better than it has been

Liked Miller as 2nd ruck gave us alot of mobility around the ground. It is something worth persisting with.

We head home with the 4 points, a spot in the 8 and ours to keep if we keep winning. No excuses from here

[Assange Tiger 😎]

Castagna wasn't criticised because people watched on TV. It's because people have PTSD.

Aside from that kick for goal in the 3rd which was an utter disgrace, George was okay. By God would I hate to receive a handball from him though, he fires in wobblers at your nuts. Great endeavour, world's worst skills

[Knighter]

How can a player that has trained as a professional AFL have skills now that are worse than 5 years ago?

[the claw]

It won't matter but that was dumb defending. Fumbled and fell over each other.

It's only a point to Port anyway.

109 - 71

Why in the world would anyone in their right mind put Castagna in defence? I saw him down there a few times and it was awkwardly uncomfortable to watch.

Because he is looking for ways to keep him in the team seems when it comes to some he just cannot let go and make a hard call.

Imo it was a disgrace he even named Castagna as a sub.

[Rampsation]

Im disappointed too. George got himself 3 flags and good luck to him but when we have Banks, Brown and Clarke waiting in the wings, when youve got Ralphsmith also waiting in the wings, Stack, Mansell and I dont kniw who else, Id rather see one of them get a game than George.

[the claw]

Will sound strange we had a win over there but i thought we were ordinary in a lot of ways and the stats won't show it this week but some were ordinary as well.

[Francois Jackson]

Will sound strange we had a win over there but i thought we were ordinary in a lot of ways and the stats won't show it this week but some were ordinary as well.

defensive pressure was rubbish in the first half and results showed.

what was it 16 in the first half and 40 after. Need to do better and for longer if we want to do anything in September

[Andyy]

Will sound strange we had a win over there but i thought we were ordinary in a lot of ways and the stats won't show it this week but some were ordinary as well.

First half we looked complacent but second half we steamrolled them. Personally I think it should have been 50+ points

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/AFLPlayerRating/status/1556136229800128512

[taztiger4]

Apart from the 2014 EF, Has Robbie Gray ever played a good game against us ?

[one-eyed]

Apart from the 2014 EF, Has Robbie Gray ever played a good game against us ?

He's played against us 19 times (equal second most in his career). Yet his disposal average is the lowest against us and he's only kicked 26 goals (1.4 per game).

Only 6 games stand out and only one of them has been in the past six seasons:
R10, 2011  4 goals                       Port won
R17, 2014  4 goals                       Richmond won 
EF, 2014    25 disposals, 1 goal      Port won
R8, 2015   28 disposals, 1 goal      Richmond won
R15, 2016  24 disposals, 1 goal     Port won
R11, 2020  22 disposals, 3 goals   Port won

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Robbie_Gray.html#opp

[one-eyed]

Coaches votes: (Hardwick & Hinkley)

Port Adelaide v Richmond

10 Shai Bolton (RICH)
7 Dion Prestia (RICH)
6 Toby Nankervis (RICH)
3 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
3 Tom J Lynch (RICH)
1 Daniel Rioli (RICH)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/816975/coaches-votes-r21-lions-star-into-co-lead-two-votes-separate-top-four

[eliminator]

Great games from Bolton, Prestia and Cotchin. Daniel Rioli continues his great season. I hope for Daniel he wins the best and fairest this year.

[one-eyed]

Report Card: Round 21

Catherine Healey, Ben Cotton, Ben Waterworth and David Zita
Foxsports
8 August 2022

RICHMOND

The Tigers will be a real threat if they can hang on to eighth place and lock in a finals berth. They showed they have weapons in attack with Tom Lynch and Shai Bolton enjoying a night out in Adelaide. Richmond racked up 62 inside 50s and 45 clearances away from home and finished +31 in the contested ball count. A number of players put their bodies on the line in the must-win game to ensure they remain alive in season 2022.

In the votes

Shai Bolton was the player of the match, and could have finished with an absolute bag of goals if not for his inaccuracy. He still ended up with an equal career high of four goals, but also landed five behinds. Tom Lynch was devastating in attack as he racked up 4.1 from his 16 disposals. Dan Rioli also showed what he is capable of if needed in attack with two goals in his 25 disposals. Fox Footy’s David King believes Dion Prestia is the key to Richmond’s success in 2022 after he collected 32 disposals and 10 clearances.

Room for improvement

The Tigers didn’t have a match up for big Charlie Dixon when he was deep in the square. And that could be a concern for Richmond heading into the final two rounds. Marlion Pickett had a quiet night with just the eight disposals, but even he silenced the crowd with a brilliant goal from the boundary. Nathan Broad coughed up two goals from two defensive errors. The first when he punched the ball through for a behind and was penalised, and the second for insufficient attempt to keep the ball in play inside his defensive 50.

Grade

A+

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-round-21-highlights-results-scores-report-card-analysis-best-and-worst-stats-press-conferences/news-story/0a3bdc69de7b2553ac883e60b4925660

[WilliamPowell]

Apart from the 2014 EF, Has Robbie Gray ever played a good game against us ?

R11, 2020  22 disposals, 3 goals   Port won

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Robbie_Gray.html#opp

He won them that game in 2020. He is a gun player who may have gone on a season too long.

But certainly we've put the effort to get the match up right on him