Richmond vs West Coast @ the M.C.G. --- Round 9, 2025

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Kelli Underwood is painful

If there’s one thing I dread after sunday football on tv it’s listening to her commentary.

[Andyy]

Beautiful tackle by Brown in those dying seconds.

Thought hopper was big in the last few minutes.

Otherwise not one for the archives. Ugly game between poo sides.

[mightytiges]

Final Score

Richmond     3.4    7.7    10.9    11.15-81
West Coast   2.3    7.6     9.11   11.13-79

Goals: Lynch 2, Campbell 2, Mansell 2, Taranto, Sims, Brown, Nankervis, Ralphsmith.


Take the win but play like that against any other side and we would get done by at least 6 goals. Those two middle quarters we were terrible. We got smacked in the centrebounces. Thhe positioning of our smalls at contests too was often in no man's land. Lots and lots still still to work on despite the win.

[one-eyed]

Stat of the day given we held the Eagles to 79 points.

Our record under Yze:
Opposition score <80 pts: 5 wins & 1 loss
Opposition score >80 pts: 0 wins & 26 losses

[one-eyed]

Team stats:

Disposals      352 - 331 .... ( contested: 142 - 130 ; uncontested: 201 - 202 )
Efficiency%     70 - 73
Kicks            191 - 189
Handballs     161 - 142
Turnovers       56 - 65
Marks            73 - 72 ..... ( contested marks: 12 - 7 )
Tackles          57 - 71
Clearances     35 - 35 ..... ( centre: 9 - 16 ; stoppages: 26 - 19 )
Inside 50s      54 - 50
In50 eff.%      46 - 50
In50 marks     10 - 11
In50 tackles    17 - 12   
Hitouts           26 - 19
Bounces         10 - 12
One %ers       39 - 52
Frees             22 - 23
 
Individual possies:

Banks    28
Taranto  27
Hopper  24
Campell 19
McIntosh 19
Nankervis 18
Trainor    18
Vlastuin  18
Lynch     17
Ross      17
Balta     16
Broad    16
Brown   16
Lalor     15
Dow      14 .... subbed off at 3/4 time
Mansell  13
Faull      12
McAuliffe 12
Miller      10
Ralphsmith 10
Sims       6
Green     5
Trezise    2 .... subbed on at 3/4 time

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7040#player-stats

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https://x.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1921458667846615267

[Hard Roar Tiger]

It was a good game of footy. And before we all starting piling in, yes they are both crap teams. I don’t understand why people feel the need to remind us / it’s captain obvious stuff.
I really liked our ball movement off the turnover. Our pressure isn’t nearly good enough to create enough turnovers against the better teams but hopefully that’s a work in progress. Winning games is so important to the cubs, 4-6 wins would be sensational this year particularly after losing 4 senior players

[Willy]

It was a good game of footy. And before we all starting piling in, yes they are both crap teams. I don’t understand why people feel the need to remind us / it’s captain obvious stuff.
I really liked our ball movement off the turnover. Our pressure isn’t nearly good enough to create enough turnovers against the better teams but hopefully that’s a work in progress. Winning games is so important to the cubs, 4-6 wins would be sensational this year particularly after losing 4 senior players

Agree.  It was a very entertaining game.

Do people expect top tier skills from two of the worst teams in it?

[Go Richo 12]

More wins than last year already and with a supposed weaker list.

[WilliamPowell]

Kelli Underwood is painful

The worst play by play commentator going around

Makes Dwayne Russell and BT seem like hall of famers

[mat073]

Watched the game with my Dad who is mad West Coast .

We were both at our pessimistic best , both conceding defeat at various times in the afternoon.

We have won 3 games this year - competition for spots in the team . Lots to be happy about .

[one-eyed]

AFL Report Card: Round 9

Foxsports
12 May 2025

RICHMOND

The Tigers uncomfortably scraped home at the MCG on Mother’s Day to notch their third win from nine games, and Tom Brown’s game-saving chase-down tackle on West Coast youngster Tom Gross is largely to thank. Adem Yze’s side evidently went to work on contested ball after a meagre showing in Round 8 against Hawthorn, and they were first to the ball plenty against the Eagles — finishing +13 for contested possessions. And while they struggled with West Coast’s pressure in the second half, they were also able to move the footy with relative ease in the early going.

In the votes

Not only was Brown’s game-saving act a jaw-dropper, but his game as a whole would’ve earnt admirers — posting 16 disposals, five marks, a goal and six score involvements from half-back. Sam Banks had 28 disposals at almost 90 per cent efficiency as well as five inside-50s. Nick Vlastuin and Nathan Broad were tied for a team-most nine intercepts as the Tigers defended a slender lead late in the game. Tim Taranto led the way at the coalface with a team-high 16 contested possessions. Tom Lynch booted two goals from four scoring shots and notched a team-high eight score involvements.

Room for improvement

The Tigers were belted at centre bounce, allowing West Coast to score 7.7 (49) from 16 centre clearances to the home side’s shallow 1.1 (7) from nine. They also trailed for uncontested possessions despite owning the category early in the game; they had a tougher time keeping their hands on the ball as the Eagles significantly increased their pressure as the stakes grew.

Grade

B

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-9-report-card-highlights-every-club-reviewed-and-graded-best-and-worst-players-stats-latest-news/news-story/bd6242330da6d641868f3ea2e57c568e

[one-eyed]

Coaches votes (Yze & McQualter)

Richmond v West Coast

9 Tim Taranto RICH
9 Sam Banks RICH
4 Jack Graham WCE
3 Jamie Cripps WCE
2 Tom J Lynch RICH
2 Seth Campbell RICH
1 Nick Vlastuin RICH

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1320116/coaches-votes-r9-four-perfect-10s-new-leader-connor-rozee-emerges

[Willy]

Coaches votes (Yze & McQualter)

Richmond v West Coast

9 Tim Taranto RICH
9 Sam Banks RICH
4 Jack Graham WCE
3 Jamie Cripps WCE
2 Tom J Lynch RICH
2 Seth Campbell RICH
1 Nick Vlastuin RICH

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1320116/coaches-votes-r9-four-perfect-10s-new-leader-connor-rozee-emerges

 

[Andyy]

Maybe the coaches could see better than I did.

I often reserve judgement on players votes, umpiring etc until after I've seen the replay but I don't think I'll be watching this one as the standard of football was quite poor from where I was sitting on the wing/fence.

But yeah...maybe they saw more in Banks' game than I did? His stats surprised me and I agree he struggled at times.