Richmond vs Port Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval --- Round 2, 2025

[pmac21]

When Prestia returns play TT forward.  Permanently

[Tiger Khosh]

Didn’t lose by 100 

[Andyy]

Tuned in late.

Honestly thought the kids looked knackered and as a whole the team was just out muscled by a more mature and clinical side.

Plenty to like about Armstrong, Blight, Fawcett etc.

These games will happen.

[eliminator]

Big plus not losing by 100. Port always going to come back hard. With such an inexperienced team could have been far worse

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond   1.3     3.6        6.9       9.14-68
Port Adel.   6.6   13.11    19.13    21.14-140

Goal: Armstrong 2, Campbell 2, Fawcett, Bauer, Lalor, McIntosh, Blight.


A reality check. Don't bring the effort and you end up 10 goals down at HT. Fought it out at least as it could have easily turned into a 100+ point loss.

[MintOnLamb]

Hopper ?  mccauliffe should be in , drop hopper

[Damo]

Plenty worse than Hopper

He’ll be the permanent whipping boy

[WilliamPowell]

There was nothing wrong with the effort of cubs, absolutely nothing. Not sure what people are expecting? Our season is going to be like this. Good weeks, poor weeks and the odd great week.

Said it earlier our senior players let us down.

Lots of greenshoots today. I walked out of the ground enthused by the cubs. They didn't drop their heads, made mistakes but buttered up and tried to make amends. I'll take that every week over non effort

[Buddysucks]

Port played this game on their terms and we had no answers. They bullied us at the contest and they had players in miles of space all day across all lines. Defence never had a chance.
On the flip side, when we got hands on it in tight, we were swamped and couldn’t spread. So many short handballs to players already under pressure.
Hopefully lots to learn for the youngsters.
When Balta comes back, both he and Blight can give Nank a decent break in the ruck.

[one-eyed]

The Tigers recorded 121-114 contested possessions and 39-36 clearances including 18-10 centre bounce clearances, but just 27-32 effective clearances. They recorded just 173-352 uncontested possessions and 64-127 uncontested marks.

Port Adelaide recorded a disposal differential of positive 180 today, the highest disposal differential on record. They also recorded a pressure factor of 182 to 163 and scored 8.4 to 1.3 from shots on the run. They scored 8.2 to 0.3 from defensive midfield and 12.4 to 4.8 from intercept chains.

Team Stats:

Disposals    297 - 478   .... ( contested: 120 - 114 )
Efficiency%   69 - 81 
Kicks          174 - 239
Handballs   123 - 239
Turnovers     56 - 47
Marks           70 - 130  .... ( contested marks: 5 - 6 )
Tackles         39 - 52 ......  bruise free footy from us 
Clearances   40 - 36   .... ( centre: 18 - 10; stoppages: 22 - 26 )
Inside 50s    50 - 59
In50 eff.       46 - 64
In50 marks    8 - 19
In50 tackles   4 - 9   
Hitouts         42 - 40
Bounces         3 - 12
One %ers      42 - 30
Frees            20 - 14

Individual possies:

Hopper 24
Short   21
Miller   19
McIntosh 18
Taranto 17
Mansell 16
Dow     15
Brown  14
Floss    14
Campbell 13
Green   13
Nankervis 13
Armstrong 12
Blight    12
Ross     11
Lalor     10
Trainor  10
Trezise   9
Bauer    8
Banks   8 ..... subbed off during 2nd qtr.
Broad    8
Smith    7 ..... subbed on during 2nd qtr.
Fawcett 5

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/6980#player-stats

[Diocletian]

Dow needs to be Capuano'd asap - how much more stuffing evidence do they need?

I'd say trade Taranto & Hopper too but who the stuff would want them? 

[Simonator]

There was nothing wrong with the effort of cubs, absolutely nothing. Not sure what people are expecting? Our season is going to be like this. Good weeks, poor weeks and the odd great week.

Said it earlier our senior players let us down.

Lots of greenshoots today. I walked out of the ground enthused by the cubs. They didn't drop their heads, made mistakes but buttered up and tried to make amends. I'll take that every week over non effort

Everyone can see that our senior players let us down. When you rely on Taranto and hopper, you’re going to be in trouble

[Damo]

It’s trendy to bag the poo out of Hopper

If he holds up, he will be the least of our problems

[Diocletian]

It’s trendy to bag the poo out of Hopper

If he holds up, he will be the least of our problems

 It's "trendy" because he's playing like utter shyte and is the poster boy for our cronic lack of pace.

[Simonator]

It’s trendy to bag the poo out of Hopper

If he holds up, he will be the least of our problems

 It's "trendy" because he's playing like utter shyte and is the poster boy for our cronic lack of pace.

And we recruited these 2 guys to be inside beasts. Taranto showed great form in his first year as a tiger, not much since. Hopper has never showed anything as a tiger. So these 2 guys that we are relying on to effectively make us competitive around stoppages are both failing. It’s gonna be a tough road