AFLW R8: Richmond vs Carlton @ Princes Park, Fri. Oct. 14

[one-eyed]

Sheerin taken high. Advantage and Brennan kicks the sealer 

Rich  6.8-44
Carl  5.4-34

45 secs to go.

[one-eyed]

Mckenzie what a play!

Brilliant wasn't it. Wanted it more than anyone else.

[one-eyed]

Siren! 

Won by 10 pts 


Looked gone after the first 18 mins. Gutsy fightback  .

[Broadsword]

I was only able to catch the last quarter but very watchable footy. Always good to have some tigers to support. Life's just better with yellow and black on the tv. Great footy.

Congrats to the team for the win. 

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Final Score

Richmond   1.1     2.4     4.6      6.8-44
Carlton       4.2     4.3     5.3      5.4-34

Goals: Wakefield 4, Brennan, S.Hosking.


Six wins in a row

[JP Tiger]

Excellent win by the girls!  Gave up early goals but fought hard to get back into it, then sealed it in the last.  Great stuff!     

[Tiger Khosh]

Well I was well off saying we were done after 10minutes. Great fight back by the girls!

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Team Stats:

Disposals:   204 - 217 ..... ( contested: 101 - 94 )
Clearances:   23 - 28
Inside 50s:    29 - 28
Hitouts:         14 - 48
Frees:           13 - 13

Source: 7mate.

[one-eyed]

Vision: All our six goals:

Sarah Hosking ( 0:45 Q1: 7 - 26 )
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1580828967342600192

Wakefield ( 5:52 Q2: 16 - 27 )
https://twitter.com/RichmondWomens/status/1580835101080178689

Wakefield ( 12:14 Q3: 22 - 27 )
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1580840064237834242

Wakefield ( 9:30 Q3: 28 - 27 )
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1580840864368144384

Wakefield ( 6:33 Q4: 36 - 34 )
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1580848083092779010

Brennan ( 0:45 Q4: 44 - 34 )
https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1580849666442219520

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Tigers shake off Blues hoodoo to continue hot streak

Gemma Bastiani
womens.afl
14 October 2022

CARLTON                    4.2     4.3     5.3     5.4 (34) 
RICHMOND                 1.1     2.4     4.6     6.8 (44) 

GOALS 
Carlton: Hill, Peterson, Pound, Ortlepp, Skepper
Richmond: Wakefield 4, S.Hosking, Brennan

BEST   

Carlton: Hill, McKay, Moody, Peterson
Richmond: Conti, Wakefield, S.Hosking, McKenzie

INJURIES   
Carlton: Nil
Richmond: Nil

Reports: Nil

Crowd: TBC at Ikon Park

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RICHMOND has extended its winning streak to six games with a hard-fought 10-point win over Carlton at Ikon Park.

After a slow start where the Tigers conceded 26 points, they ultimately won 6.8 (44) to the Blues' 5.4 (34) on Friday evening to open Pride Round.

The Blues controlled the opening term, dominating territory and really challenging the Richmond defence, but it took eight minutes to break through for their first goal, a beauty from the pocket by way of Mimi Hill. From then, it was a first-quarter onslaught as the Blues went on to kick their highest ever opening quarter score.

It was a different story in the second, however, as Richmond found space through the middle of the ground, began to hit targets and, importantly, Monique Conti started to have her say with ball in hand. It became much more of an armwrestle, and each team exchanged impressive running handball chains and strong intercept marks, and Richmond slowly pegged back that early deficit to trail by just three points at the final break.

As the Tigers found more meaningful possession and repeat forward entries, Courtney Wakefield became the most dangerous forward on the ground, taking two contested marks and finishing the game with four goals.

The Darcy Vescio defender experiment continued for the first three quarters, but as Richmond surged and Carlton were found wanting in attack, the competition-leading goalkicker was switched forward to provide an option. With the switch, Gab Pound moved from attack to her home of defence.

Richmond was able to create space in its forward line, and then bear down on Carlton's defenders with immerse pressure, forcing worried disposal when they looked to exit the back 50.

Sarah Hosking's grunt around the ball was a welcome addition for Richmond's midfield, while Katie Brennan added another tall target in attack which forced Carlton's defenders to play accountable footy even if she wasn't quite racking up the stats.

Carlton's dynamic duo of Mimi Hill and Abbie McKay excelled once again, combining for seven clearances and 39 disposals, but it was McKay's ability to drive the ball forward that was particularly valuable. Because of her impact, McKay had Richmond tagger Meg MacDonald to contend with in the final quarter.

It becomes near on impossible for the Blues to make finals from here, still a game and percentage out of the top eight, while the Tigers have a sniff at a top four spot.

Carlton on fire
With pride in the air and a celebration of captain Kerryn Peterson's 50th game, Carlton came out with a bang and kicked its highest-ever opening quarter score. Goals came through Mimi Hill, Peterson, Gab Pound and Taylor Ortlepp as the Blues controlled territory and piled on the pain for the Tigers defence. Ortlepp's goal, her first in AFLW footy and Peterson's, to complete the club's set of 50 gamers kicking a goal in their milestone game, were particularly special.

The 'hot girl hot streak' extends
As coined by Richmond midfielder Grace Egan earlier in the week, Richmond's "hot girl hot streak" has been extended to six games with this win over the Blues. Across its first three seasons in the competition Richmond won a total of six games. They have now done that in the space of six weeks and are finals bound for the first time.

What's next?
Carlton must travel north to take on Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on Friday night, where the Blues kicked their highest ever score against the Suns back in 2021, meanwhile Richmond continues its push to finals against Greater Western Sydney in the first-ever AFLW match in Mildura on Sunday afternoon.

https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/4709/carl-v-rich#matchreport

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Team Stats:

Disposals:   204 - 218 ..... ( contested: 101 - 94 )
Kicks:         104 - 113
Handballs:  100 - 105
Clearances:   22 - 29
Inside 50s:    29 - 28
Marks in50:     9 - 2
Tackles:         55 - 60
Hitouts:         14 - 48
Frees:           13 - 13

Individual Stats:

Conti               30 disposals (11k, 19h), 2 marks, 3 tackles,     -         ,     -      , 2 behinds.
Egan               18 disposals (  8k, 10h),      -      , 8 tackles.
S.Hosking        18 disposals (10k,   8h), 5 marks, 7 tackles,     -         , 1 goal.
McKenzie         18 disposals (  7k, 11h), 4 marks, 4 tackles.
Seymour         13 disposals (  7k,   6h), 4 marks, 2 tackles, 10 hitouts.
Lavey              12 disposals (  4k,   8h),     -      , 2 tackles.
Sheerin           11 disposals (  5k,   6h), 1 mark , 2 tackles.
Kiely               10 disposals (  5k,   5h), 2 marks, 3 tackles.
Dempsey           9 disposals (  3k,   6h), 2 marks, 4 tackles.
Brennan            8 disposals (  8k,   0h), 4 marks, 2 tackles, 1 hitout , 1 goal , 1 behind. 
Wakefield          8 disposals (  6k,   2h), 4 marks, 3 tackles, 1 hitout , 4 goals.
McClelland         7 disposals (  2k,   5h), 1 mark , 2 tackles.
Reid                  7 disposals (  7k,   0h), 4 marks, 1 tackle ,      -     ,      -     , 1 behind.
Yassir                7 disposals (  2k,   5h),      -     , 4 tackles,      -     ,      -     , 1 behind.
Cox                   6 disposals (  6k,   0h), 1 mark , 3 tackles.
Graham             6 disposals (  6k,   0h), 1 mark , 1 mark.
J.Hosking           6 disposals (  2k,   4h), 2 marks, 2 tackles.
Jacques             5 disposals (  4k,   1h).
MacDonald         4 disposals (  1k,   3h),     -       , 5 tackles. 
Lynch                1 disposal   (  1k,   0h), 1 mark , 1 tackle.
Woods               1 disposal   (  0k,   1h),     -       ,      -       , 2 hitouts.

https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/4709/carl-v-rich#playerstats

[Tiger Khosh]

That Carlton ruck is a beast. We should try and poach her for next season. Gabby can play forward/second ruck.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Great to see the girls fight hard for the win it really shows the belief is sky high and they really play for each other.
Good on the coaching staff for the turnaround too.

I’ve got to say i thought Seymour battled well against the odds to be the better player on the day.
She was a better mark and better around the ground after quarter time. 

Wakefield was awesome up forward as was Brennan. My girl McKenzie was impressive at stages if she can take out her stupid nothing handballs to no one and just back herself in she has the ability to be one of the best players in the game.

Conti was BOG and should be leading the Brownlow what a player, just a leader out their that brings other players into the game too.
Egan continues her impressive work inside.

Sarah Hosking is so impressive with her attack all game she just doesn’t give up and gut runs to create options all game.
We have some great tacklers in our team.

The pressure after quarter time was very impressive.

Our defence held up after a disastrous first quarter. 

[mightytiges]

Conti another 10 coaches votes. Absolute freak!

Wakefield's hands tonight was brilliant. Was just clunking them and best of all she finished off her good work with 4 goals straight.

Egan was a contest beast after QT tonight. Unlucky not to earn frees as there were a few times she copped tackles around her head or in the back.

Sarah Hosking lifted as well after QT. It's a shame her footskills can be a bit hit and miss. Jess is the better kick of the twins IMO but Sarah wins far more of the ball so that's why she plays in the midfield.

Loved McKenzie's burst on that ball on the wing which set up the goal that put us in front in the last qtr. She wanted it more than anyone else. Had a good game too.

Thought Reid had some influential moments tonight as a high HF. 7 disposals still doesn't sound great but I thought she took a couple of telling marks and turned most of them into scoring opportunities for us. The last couple of weeks have been decent for her role. Hopefully, she is slowly picking up the tempo of senior footy. We do need our midsized and small forwards - Reid, Kiely & Yassir hitting the scoreboard more. Courtney's not going to snag 4 goals every week.

Sheerin is lethal with her footskills. That long laser pass to Conti in the 2nd qtr was sublime. It seemed tonight like Carlton were trying to limit Sheerin's impact as she didn't have as many bursting runs off HB as she's had in previous weeks.

Lavey had a bit of a shocker on the wing IMO by her standards. Seemed very fumbly tonight.

If Miller is right to go next week touchwood then she'll probably comes in for Woods.

That Carlton ruck is a beast. We should try and poach her for next season. Gabby can play forward/second ruck.

Yep, she was our only real threat. Gabbie has had to ruck against taller girls every week and done well to at least nullify them but that Carlton girl was not only taller but strong in the core as well.

[WilliamPowell]

Incredible win considering how bad they were in the 1st quarter

They may not have huge stats but I was impressed with MacDonald and Jacques. MacDonald's tackling is elite and Jacques just gives so much more defensively when down back.

Also, want to mention Woods. Stats say only 1 disposal but her 2nd and third efforts in the ruck around the ground when giving Gaby Seymour a chop put was crucial. Sometimes it is the small things that deliver important moments

Nice to see Tom Lynch there tonight supporting his sister