Preseason 2023 - Richmond vs North Melbourne @ Arden St, Fri. Feb 24

[mightytiges]

One of our VFL-listed players, AT.


Bradtke on the run from 45 just misses.

95 - 79

Is he confirmed ?
I cant find anything that tells me he has signed for our VFL side & I keep a pretty good record

Lachlan Johnson is listed on the RFC's VFL squad page.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/football/vfl/players

[one-eyed]

From aflcentral instagram

Seriously good notes from my man @grinners35 on North v Richmond:

- Richmond probably better by three-and-a-half goals. Tigers put the cue in the rack at 3qt and pulled out most of their best.
- Harry Sheezel oozes class. 3 goals and had Vlastuin on him for reasonable parts of the match. Looks a clean and classy player. Makes each possession sing, he looks a blue chip prospect.
- Dion Prestia has been unleashed by Hopper and Taranto. All the chat has been about the new boys, but Dion looks in astounding touch. Quality touches and ball magnet.
- Tim Taranto though, just wow. No stats but would have had 22 and 3 goals to 3QT. An absolute Rolls Royce.
- LDU’s physicality stands out significantly. Very hard to tackle, looks more in control of his body than ever before. No issue finding the footy and he’s started to find some mates in the middle to help.
- Dustin Martin as a fit permanent forward was scary. Looked back to 2020 form. Untackleable and just stupid good ball use.
- Charlie Comben will play R1. Outplayed Coleman-Jones and gave the Tigers some headaches in the air.
- Josh Goater’s pace and creativity off half-back looks more than handy, did get his ribs thumped (twice!)by big Nank though. Expect a lot of good things from JG this year.
- Judson Clarke will be a mainstay. Covered serious KMs, and as the game went on, used the ball very precisely. Looks to have trained in the Kane Lambert role. Can get from one end of the ground to the other in no time. Tigers squad is deep but he might get a R1 spot.
- Noah Balta really impressed me, looks noticeably stronger than last season as a full-back, spoils travelling 20m. Gets less of the footy but seems to be a lockdown back rather than a user.
- Zurhaar midfield minutes 👀 looks to have translated his ground-ball forward half game to the guts. Can see him doing short, sharp stints to bullock through and make space for the ball-winners.
- Samson Ryan played a really solid game as key forward but set shot kicking is a worry.
- Seth Campbell when he came on was a bright spot for the Tigers.

Paddy’s votes:
5 - Taranto
4 - Prestia
3 - LDU
2 - Clarke
1 - Sheezel
#afl

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBujJxB-c8/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=1e1a618d-9f9e-4bfd-be1f-58313b7abaac

[one-eyed]

rewatched the game and counted the stats for the 3 mids and dusty

Prestia
7 kicks, 9 handballs, 16 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles, 6 clearances, 1 goal

Taranto
15 kicks, 5 handballs, 20 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles, 3 clearances, 2 goals 3 behinds

Hopper
6 kicks, 7 handballs, 13 disposals, 3 marks, 1 tackle, 3 clearances

Dusty
7 kicks, 9 handballs, 16 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 2 goals

dion and dusty sat the whole 4th, hopper sat for most of it.

Source: BF.

[torch]

Any full match replays available for those who didn’t watch yesterdays match?

[PoppyTige]

Any full match replays available for those who didn’t watch yesterdays match?

It's up on Kayo. Pretty basic and often sloppy coverage, but it's something.

[WilliamPowell]

Any full match replays available for those who didn’t watch yesterdays match?

It's up on Kayo. Pretty basic and often sloppy coverage, but it's something.

The Fox Footy coverage was just the Kayo feed. Extremely average coverage

Foxtel have replayed the game in their woeful 30 minute "mini" game replays

[WilliamPowell]

I've only watched the first 3 periods of the 6 played

But I have to say that I was impressed with Jack Ross. As most know I'm not a fan but liked what I've seen so far. Sure by foot and good game awareness

Good signs

[Andyy]

I've only watched the first 3 periods of the 6 played

But I have to say that I was impressed with Jack Ross. As most know I'm not a fan but liked what I've seen so far. Sure by foot and good game awareness

Good signs

Playing inside or outside?

Guessing outside given we had TT + Hop + Prestia inside.

[one-eyed]

[one-eyed]

Any full match replays available for those who didn’t watch yesterdays match?

Match Highlights: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1275802/highlights-match-sim-v-north-melbourne

Full match replay [subscription]: https://kayosports.com.au/event/sport!afl/event-nth-melb-v-richmond!193777

[one-eyed]

I reckon Dimma will be happy with that, the injection of Taranto & Hopper isn’t just about them it’s also the effect on Dusty, Bolton, Short etc. Balancing their time back into either half & in more 1:1 is a good thing for us. Our youngsters esp Brown + Ryan were good. #GoTiges

https://twitter.com/_tigertime

[Tiger Khosh]

Finally got around to watching the game. P1-4 wasn’t very impressive if we’re being honest but a solid hit out and coming out seemingly unscathed injury wise is probably all that matters. P5-6 were by far our best, vfl side looked good, hopefully they can have a strong season with more depth moving some of the more regular AFL players down.

Bests for me were TT (BOG - looked like an absolute jet), Dusty (looked fit and strong, will cause a muck in the fwd line this year), Prestia (just keeps doing Prestia things) and Juddy Clarke (think he’s catapulted himself into round 1 contention).

My biggest ‘concern’ is that our defending (both structurally as a whole team and in 1v1s in our back 6) didn’t look much better than last season. Gave up way too many shots at goal and just bang avg defending at times, letting the ball bounce, standing off their man, not killing the ball in the contest, etc. Still a long way to go in this regard as imo it has become the weakest part of our game.

[one-eyed]

AFL practice matches: Your club’s centre bounce attendees, midfield structure

Jakson Bertoli
innersanctum.com.au
25/02/2023

Richmond, 11.9 (75) def North Melbourne, 10.13 (73)

Match Structure – 4 x 25-minute quarters, no time on.

Don’t let the scores deceive you, the Tigers were far and away the better side. Richmond went through the paces for three quarters while keeping the Kangaroos at arm’s length, before taking off most of their stars for the last quarter.

That isn’t to say North wasn’t good, Alistair Clarkson’s men looked much better than previous years. Luke Davies-Uniacke picked up where he left off last year, and looked to be in better control of his size than ever before. Harry Sheezel was clean with the ball for his three goals in an impressive performance.

Will Phillips and Tom Powell both looked ready to take the next step with mature stints in the midfield, while Cam Zurhaar attended a large chunk of centre bounces.

Tigers recruit Tim Taranto couldn’t have started life at punt road much better, the former Giant kicked three goals while dominating the midfield. Hopper also turned heads after the move from GWS, Dion Prestia played three periods and was outstanding.

Percentage of Centre Bounces attended, by team:

Richmond:

70.4% – Tim Taranto

70.4% – Jacob Hopper

70.4% – Jayden Short

55.6% – Dion Prestia (only played three quarters)

22.2% – Thomson Dow (played one quarter)

A small and settled midfield mix, absences that may impact numbers are Liam Baker, Shai Bolton and Jack Graham. Taranto, Hopper and Prestia the main setup early in the game, very intentional performance. Likely a full dress rehearsal.

https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/afl-practice-match-cba-numbers/

[Tigeritis™©®]

Who was it that intercepted the ball at half back, took them on and nailed Dusty on the chest so he didn’t have to break stride? Awesome vision and execution.

[mightytiges]

Who was it that intercepted the ball at half back, took them on and nailed Dusty on the chest so he didn’t have to break stride? Awesome vision and execution.

It was Juddy Clarke.

Here's the vision of the kick: https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1628919865049505792