Richmond vs Brisbane @ the MCG --- Round 4, 2025

[mightytiges]

Half-time

Richmond    3.1      6.4-40
Brisbane      4.5    10.6-66

Goals: Campbell 2, Taranto, Green, Banks, Lalor


Effort is there but as expected we're being outclassed. They bat so deep compared to us.

[mat073]

Can’t fault the effort and we’ve gifted them some really easy goals .

[one-eyed]

Stats to HT:

Hopper  19 disposals
Taranto  16
Short    14
Trainor  13
Nank     10
Floss     10
Dow       9
Ross      9
Broad    8
Brown    8
Campbell 8
Lalor     8
Miller    7
Blight   6
Green  5
Smith  5
Banks 4
Kmac  4
Sonsie 4
Armstrong 3
Lynch   1
Bauer 0 .... sub not used yet


Disposals      179 - 200 ..... ( contested: 68 - 73 )
Efficiency%    70 - 79
Marks            44 - 43
Tackles          38 - 36
Clearances     23 - 23 ..... ( centre: 4 - 10 )
Inside 50s      18 - 35 
In50 eff.%     50 - 49
In50 marks      4 - 8
In50 tackles     2 - 8
Hitouts          23 - 28
Frees              7 - 11

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/6997#team-stats

[pmac21]

There's something wrong with our defensive transition.  Teams are just getting through our zone so easily. 
Might just be were young or a fitness thing

[Damo]

Amazed there isn’t a bunch of people blaming Hopper for our result today

[Willy]

Just outclassed today but some good signs from the kids.

[Thrasher97]

The signs are there for some of the kids.

[mightytiges]

There's something wrong with our defensive transition.  Teams are just getting through our zone so easily. 
Might just be were young or a fitness thing

Our overuse by hand that quarter killed us. Brisbane was waiting for it, and then we were wide open on the turnover. The Banks one at HB was worst example. He had Broad open at CHB to kick to, but Banks instead handballs to a teammate who was a sitting duck, and the ball gets turned over and the Lions goal.

[mightytiges]

Bauer subbed on for Kmac.

[Andyy]

Happy with that outcome.

Would like Dow to go.

Elsewise plenty to be optimistic about.

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond    3.1      6.4      9.8    13.12-90
Brisbane      4.5    10.6    16.8    18.10-118

Goals: Campbell 2, Lalor 2, Green 2, Banks 2, Armstrong 2, Taranto, Lynch, Blight.


Could have been another 10+ goal flogging but we fought it out right to the end which was pleasing to see. A number of the cubs showed promising signs. Our midfield is our main weakness, but we all knew that already. It's most likely going to be our focus in this year's draft.

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals      364 - 372 ..... ( contested: 128 - 134 ; uncontested: 224 - 243 )
Efficiency%     72 - 76
Kicks            203 - 214
Handballs      161 - 162
Turnovers        53 - 52
Marks             93 - 94 .... ( contested marks: 10 - 5 )
Tackles           53 - 73
Clearances      35 - 47 .... ( centre: 8 - 17 ; stoppages: 27 - 30 )
Inside 50s       40 - 60
In50 eff.%      58 - 47
In50 marks     15 - 13
In50 tackles     2 - 13
Hitouts           42 - 51
Bounces           5 - 2
One %ers       36 - 39
Frees             14 - 18

Individual possies:

Hopper  32
Taranto  29
Short     25
Lalor     24
Dow      21
Trezise  21
Broad   19
Trainor  19
Ross     17
Vlastuin 16
Campbell 15
Nankervis 15
Banks    14
Green    14
Brown    12
Sonsie   12
Armstrong 11
Smith     11
Blight     10
Miller      10
McIntosh  8 .... subbed off last quarter
Lynch      7
Bauer     2 .... subbed on last quarter

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/6997#player-stats

[Tiger Khosh]

Amazed there isn’t a bunch of people blaming Hopper for our result today

The night is still young

[eliminator]

Whilst I am glad we fought it out. I never like losing a home game easily at the MCG.

[Francois Jackson]

mostly pleased with the effort when compared to that rubbish last week.  I trhink Greene is a keeper, and Sonsie is entering the thomson dow terrritory.

Not done with him yet, but if he is performing like that after 50  games its see ya later.

The rest of the kids are showing great signs.