Richmond vs Hawthorn @ the M.C.G. --- Round 8, 2025

[OneEyedRichmond]

Who in their right mind allowed the no.7 to be given to Mansell?

Why do u keep saying this? What is so prestigious about the no.7 that any player shouldn’t be able to wear it?

Single-digit numbers at the Tigers carry prestige—they’re worn by the club’s best

[Damo]

Who in their right mind allowed the no.7 to be given to Mansell?

Why do u keep saying this? What is so prestigious about the no.7 that any player shouldn’t be able to wear it?

Single-digit numbers at the Tigers carry prestige—they’re worn by the club’s best

List the best 5 wearers of this prestigious number

[Tiger Khosh]

Who in their right mind allowed the no.7 to be given to Mansell?

Why do u keep saying this? What is so prestigious about the no.7 that any player shouldn’t be able to wear it?

Single-digit numbers at the Tigers carry prestige—they’re worn by the club’s best

List the best 5 wearers of this prestigious number

Not true. Typically they only allow new draftees to wear high digit guernsey numbers. After a few seasons if they are still on the list they can change to any vacant number.

Like I said #7 holds no special prestige at Richmond. If you answer damos question you’ll see why.

[mat073]

A small step backwards…..but we all knew improvement wouldn’t be linear .

I think there were some positive signs in the first quarter- you can see what we are trying to do but we just couldn’t get any reward on the scoreboard.

Trainor played another promising game .

I think it’s time to inject Kane McAuliffe and Jasper Alger into the team . They have both put in a solid body of work in the VFL .

MJ has been poor 2 weeks in a row - he’s been treading water for 2 years now .

I have no idea where Short fits into our future.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

The list cloggers are becoming more apparent by the week. Our 2024 draftees list is a growing strength

[one-eyed]

AFL Report Card: Round 8

Will Faulkner, Ben Cotton, Catherine Healey, Ben Waterworth
Foxsports
5 May 2025

RICHMOND

In fairness, the 65-point loss to Hawthorn on Sunday went about as expected, but it still wasn’t a great showing. The positives? They were able to prevent the Hawks from deploying slingshot football in it’s optimal form. “We didn’t see as much end-to-end play that we might normally see from Hawthorn, so that’s credit to Richmond,” Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley said on Fox Footy during the match. “Their energy’s been great, they’ve had 18 front-half turnovers (but) they just haven’t been able to get bang for buck.” Bigger picture, their tough task over the weekend will hopefully serve them well for a very winnable date with West Coast next round that would take them to three wins from their first nine games… not bad for all the pre-season talk!

In the votes

There won’t be any Tigers who poll come Brownlow night from this match, but former Giants duo Jacob Hopper (28 disposals, five clearances, one goal assist) and Tim Taranto (26 disposals, eight tackles, five inside 50s) kept themselves busy around the ground. Down back, Luke Trainor (21 disposals — 90.5 per cent efficiency, eight marks) continued his upwards trajectory in just his eighth AFL game.

Room for improvement

Richmond actually led the inside 50 count at quarter time 16-10, but it all went downhill from there. The Hawks managed 117 more disposals, 33 more contested possessions, 26 more marks, nine more inside 50s and seven more clearances. Additionally, they had 11 more turnovers — despite having significantly less of the Sherrin. Given Hawthorn are touted a genuine premiership chance, this could’ve ended much worse for Adem Yze’s side, but it was still a tough watch for the vast majority of the match.

Grade

D-

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-8-report-card-highlights-every-club-reviewed-and-graded-best-and-worst-players-stats-latest-news/news-story/3b8ce4fb79419700319d3e77277c0bd9

[one-eyed]

Several Tiger players fined by MRO

Several Richmond players have received fines from the MRO after a melee during the second quarter in Sunday's loss to Hawthorn at the MCG.

Tim Taranto, Jacob Hopper, Hugo Ralphsmith, Toby Nankervis, Jonty Faull and Seth Campbell, have all been charged with engaging in the melee.

All have been handed $1,500 fines, which can be downgraded to $1,000 each if they accept early pleas.

Additionally, Campbell and Rhyan Mansell have been charged for engaging in another melee that occurred in the final term of Richmond's 65-point loss.

Both can accept $1,500 fines, which can be reduced to $1,000 each if they choose to accept the early plea.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1774418/several-players-fined-by-mro-round-8

[one-eyed]

"Who's working harder here? These are senior Richmond players not digging in."

Kane and Rooey analyse Richmond's transition defence against Massimo D'Ambrosio.

Video: https://x.com/7AFL/status/1919561419898425797