VFL R12: Richmond vs Box Hill @ Punt Rd, Sat. June 15 [curtain-raiser]

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Stats to QT:

Blight 6 disposals
Gray 5
Smith 5
Banks  4
Hayes-Brown 4
Bauer 2
Green 2
Trezise 2
Coulthard  0


Disposals    70 - 119
Marks         19 - 33
Clearances  11 - 4
Inside 50s   13 - 12
Tackles         9 - 17
Hitouts         7 - 11
Frees            4 - 2

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6486#team-stats

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Definitely missing Archie May's presence up forward. There's no system going inside F50. We're just kicking long aimless kicks and they're being picked off by taller Hawk defenders.

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Gray moved up forward and it pays off immediately. He marks the pass from Garner on the lead 40 out. Chips off to Green 30 out. Goal! 

Finally!

Rich  1.4-10
BH    4.2-26

1 min Q2

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Finally use our brains and execute well on transition. Guiney finds Olden 40 out.

Breeze now affecting the game. Took the ball from outside right post to past the left post. Misses.

11 - 27

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Blight so strong in the air. Looks
To be our second best mark To lynch

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Hard work but we push it forward in numbers and Collier goals 

Rich  2.5-17
BH    4.3-27

12 min Q2

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Banks turns it over coming out of D50 ignoring the free man to his left and kicking short to a contest and Box Hill get a goal into the breeze .

17 - 34

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Our F50 entries are clueless and hopeless.

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Goal to Box Hill. Again feeding off our moronic play  .

17 - 41

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Garner inside 50. Yassine gathers and centres to George 35 out. Shanks a floater and misses badly.

18 - 41


We get it back from the kick-in and it's marked by Bauer. But an off the ball free reverses it. Sums us up. Just stupid so far!

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Half-time

Richmond    0.4      2.6-18
Box Hill       4.2      6.5-41

Goals: Green, Collier


Go back inside and find your bloody brains. It's not Auskick!

Individually Blight has been very good behind the ball. Box Hill would be further in front without him. Gray has been lively too at times.

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Stats to HT:

Blight 11 disposals .... 5 intercept marks in just a half.
Smith 10
Banks  9
Gray  7
Green 5
Hayes-Brown 5
Trezise 5
Coulthard 0 .... still hasn't had a possession.


Disposals   133 - 210
Marks          38 - 68 ..... hello not using your brains and controlling the ball.
Clearances   18 - 13
Inside 50s    27 - 23  ..... 27 inside 50s for just 2 goals 
Tackles        17 - 29 ..... hello bruise free footy
Hitouts        19 - 18
Frees            8 - 7

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6486#team-stats

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Coulthard (first touch) off to Banks who goes long. Green does a great job to keep it in and unselfishly find Johnson directly in front 25 out. Goal! 

Rich  3.7-25
BH    6.5-41

3 min Q3

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Another Box Hill goal off our turnover upfield.

25 - 47

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Let's kick it inside 50 to where our forwards "ain't"

McCarthy intercepts the poor Hawks' defensive pass but he sprays the shot from 35 on the run .

26 - 47