VFL R16: Richmond vs Gold Coast @ Punt Rd, Sun. July 14 [curtain-raiser]

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Suns in front. Again rebounding off our turnovers.

27 - 30

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Great goal by McAuliffe. Brushes off a Suns player and nails it on the run from 50  .

Rich  5.3-33
GC   5.0-30

12 min Q2

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We're doing our best to gift the Suns soft goals .

33 - 36

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Not pretty (understatement) but Collier gets the goal  and somehow we're in front again.

Rich  6.3-39
GC    6.0-36

24 min Q2

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Half-time

Richmond      4.2     6.3-39
Gold Coast     3.0     6.0-36

Goals: Davidson 2, Bauer, McAuliffe, Johnson, Collier.


Not sure how we are in front. That 2nd quarter was garbage.

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Stats to HT:

McAuliffe 11 disposals
Dow  10
Smith  9
Hayes-Brown 6
Cumberland 5
Coulthard 4
Blight  3
Bauer  2 .... playing up forward today.



Disposals: 173 - 175
Marks:        43 - 48
Clearances: 19 - 24 ..... ( 6 - 14 in the 2nd qtr )
Inside 50s:  18 - 25 ..... ( 7 - 17 in the 2nd qtr )
Tackles:       36 - 40
Hitouts:       37 - 11
Frees:          7 - 6

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6527#team-stats

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Harris quick kick inside 50 goes straight to Olden 40 out. Misses left OOTF. Breeze apparently has picked up.

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Olden to the hot spot. Davidson leaps and then on the deck soccers it but misses.

40 - 36

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El Nour telegraphs a pass to Dow and it is picked off. Another gift to the Suns .

40 - 42

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Davidson long to George inside 50 but he drops the sitter. Fortunately, he gets a second chance and hands to Johnson who runs into an open goal  .

Rich   7.4-46
GC     7.0-42

7 min Q3

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Inside 50. Dow hands out to Wilson who nails the goal  .

Rich  8.4-52
GC    7.0-42

8 min Q3

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Harris out of the middle. Ball-up 20 out. Wilson snaps another  .

Rich  9.4-58
GC    7.0-42

10 min Q3

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Long inside 50. Yassine gathers and finds Guiney 35 out. Goal! 

Rich   10.4-64
GC       7.0-42

12 min Q3

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Throw-in 30 out. OHB taps it down to Garner who snaps the goal  .

Rich  11.4-70
GC     7.0-42

22 min Q3

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Bauer from 55. Goal! 

Rich  12.4-76
GC      8.0-48

27 min Q3