VFL R2: Richmond vs Sandringham @ Moorabbin Oval, Sat. Mar 29

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Hooray! We actually got our first free. Alger held and dragged down in the tackle 40m out. Falls short. Moi Moi gets the free for too high but butchers the sitter and misses going around the body rather than doing a proper set shot  .

14 - 18

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Costly miss as Sandy go coast-to-coast for a goal. They are scoring almost everytime they go forward.

14 - 24

No sure if there's a breeze or we're just crap kicks but the ball seems to be carrying slightly longer to the end Sandy are kicking to.

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Faull good contested mark 45 out by the boundary. Another shot that doesn't make the distance and goes across the face. No score.

These umps  .

Great tackle by Alger and clear HTB against Sandy = no free.
Yassine tackled high = HTB ump claiming he ducked.

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Ball-up 45 out. McAuliffe wins it in traffic and gets it out to Yassine who runs and goals with the banana 

Rich      3.2-20
Sandy   4.0-24

25 min Q1

[one-eyed]

Faull clean and good vision on the wing. McAuliffe hits up Samson on the lead 35 out. Misses.

21 - 24

[Damo]

McAuliffe must be give a chance at senior level ffs

[Diocletian]

McAuliffe must be give a chance at senior level ffs

A level above the VFL, several levels above Dow.

[one-eyed]

Quarter time

Richmond         3.3-21
Sandringham    4.0-24

Goals: Yassine 2, Ryan


McAuliffe our best so far. Alger lively. Samson actually holding onto his marks today  .

Let's see if there's breeze in the 2nd qtr as we'll be kicking with it if there is.

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Stats to QT:

McAuliffe  9 disposals
Alger   4
Samson 4
Faull    3
Kosi    3
Sims   3
Rioli   2
Colina  1
Fawcett 1 ... went off the ground (broken nose?)
Gray   1


Disposals   79 - 67
Marks       20 - 17
Tackles      16 - 12
Clearances 17 - 8
Inside 50s  14 - 12
Hitouts        9 - 12
Frees          7 - 11 

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7288#team-stats

[one-eyed]

Gray goes bang from 55 off one step and it goes through 

Rich     4.3-27
Sandy  4.2-26

9 min Q2

And yes there's a slight breeze .

[one-eyed]

We've been sloppy so far but finally some clean chain of mark-kick possession and Raso ends up with a shot from 35 out. Misses.

28 - 26

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Kick-in intercepted by Alger 35 out. Goal!

Rich      5.4-34
Sandy   4.2-26

13 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Kosi has a mare with the kick-in. Got the breeze but doesn't know where to go and then kicks short sideways over El Nour's head. From the throw-in Sandy goals  .

34 - 33

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Our so-called tackling has been pathetic this quarter .

[one-eyed]

Maurice's kick to Samson who was goal side is too long. Samson tries to soccer it but it is rushed for a behind.

35 - 34