AFLW 1st Semi Final: Richmond vs North Melbourne @ Punt Rd, Sat. Nov. 12

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Wakefield marks 40 out. Kicks sideways to McKenzie who can kick longer. She goes long and lands on the pack in the goalsquare. Yassir snaps a goal  .

Rich  4.0-24
North 6.3-39

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Asleep defensively again. Once again sucker punched not protecting the defensive side of contests. North walking out the front and rebounding for goals with the extra over the top.

24 - 45

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Game over! Another poor defensive effort. Outworked and out pressured.

24 - 52

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This has been our softest "effort" for the year. North are actually waiting for us to go first for the ball in defence then feed off us meekly coughing it up.

Half-time

Richmond     3.0    4.0-24
North Melb.   3.2    8.5-53

Goals: Yassir 2, Wakefield, Cox.

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Not pretty but effective. Sheerin bursts through and kicks long. Cox taps it out to Brennan for a goal.

Rich  5.0-30
North 8.5-53

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Another sucker punch rebound goal not being defensively minded. You have to protect the defensive side of contests Tigers  .

30 - 59

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WP at the ground saying Conti is being mauled off the ball and the umps are allowing it. One ump is okay. It's the other one.


Goal to Conti from the forward stoppage  .

Rich  6.1-37
North 9.5-59

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North throw right in front of the ump on the wing and not paid 

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These umps 

Clear mark not paid.

Then Ellie gets pinged for a sling for a normal tackle.

 

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Another rebound goal to North.

36 - 66

I'm glad we're kicking it long but Ferguson has to structure the forward line for it to work. Not have Cox (a small defender) as the only one forward of centre when kicking off HB.

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3/4 time

Richmond     3.0    4.0      6.0-36
North Melb.   3.2    8.5    10.6-66

Goals: Yassir 2, Brennan, Wakefield, Conti, Cox.


Lifted our intensity at the ball and tried to play more direct that quarter but forward structure was off, entries were blind and still as has happened all game defensively we're being left 10-15m off our direct opponents when North have the ball.

Preseason needs to involve plenty of 200m gut-runs in both directions. We can't run with finalists on the outside spread.

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Frees: 10 - 13

4 - 11 in North's favour since 1/4 time.


Disposals:  155 - 174 ... ( contested: 78 - 85)
Clearances:  18 - 19
Inside 50s:   21 - 27
Tackles:        38 - 43 .... behind in tackles says it all.

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Two rules out there  .

HTB against North = play on

HTB against us = HTB.

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These umps  .

Brennan puts it through the middle but the ump calls it touched.

Yassir's snap misses (gettable)

38 - 66

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Again HTB not paid to us followed by a HTB against us 

Frees since 1/4 time:  4 - 15