VFL R9: Richmond vs Essendon @ Frankston Oval, Sat. May 24

[one-eyed]

No defending by both sides in the last few minutes.

Prestia free all by himself inside F50 and waltzes into an open goal  .

Rich  4.4-28
Ess   3.3-21

12 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Geez we're playing dumb with the breeze .

[one-eyed]

That's better. Alger marks 35 out. Goal! 

Rich  5.7-37
Ess   3.3-21

22 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Butchered kick-in by the Dons. Clarke pounces and nice centering pass to Lefau 30 out. Goal! 

Rich  6.8-44
Ess   3.3-21

24 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Half-time

Richmond  2.4    6.8-44
Essendon   2.2    3.4-22

Goals: Alger 2, Lefau, Sonsie, Prestia, George.

[Wazza]

Clarke looked great in that play. Showed pace and confidence in the knee 👍
Bring him in for green

[JP Tiger]

I’ve liked Juddy Clarke tonight.  Is he ready for AFL yet?     

[one-eyed]

Stats to HT:

Sonsie  19 disposals
Blight   13
Clarke  11
Fawcett 9
Prestia  9
Trezise  9
Alger    8
OHB     5
Young   5
Bauer   4
Lefau   4
Kosi    2


Disposals  184 - 200
Marks         45 - 29
Tackles       25 - 39
Clearances  19 - 23
Inside 50s   30 - 24
Hitouts        21 - 21
Frees            7 - 12 .... ( 2 - 8 in that 2nd qtr )

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7343#team-stats

[Diocletian]

Alger & Clarke surely have to come in for Green & MRJ.

[Wazza]

That would be the common sense swaps
Add sons for dow...

[one-eyed]

Sonsie has brought his own footy again.
Blight a rock down back. Has saved us with some telling D50 marks.
Fawcett playing high forward and leading up the ground at the ball being that link player. Last 10 mins of that 2nd qtr was very good.
Clarke's been good.
Alger has been active and taken his chances as a small forward with 2 goals.
Prestia started to get his hands on the footy that 2nd qtr. Had 2 clearances.
Trezise - this is his level.
Bauer needs to stop trying to mark of the year with this difficult breeze. It's not working.
OHB even with his opponent in the ruck.

[WilliamPowell]

Liked Fawcett's game so far. Interesting to see him playing as 2nd ruck

Seriously it's a pity Ollie Hayes-Brown can't play AFL, has shown a fair bit not just in the ruck but around the ground

[Andyy]

Lachie Wilson missing that set shot is a stuffing joke

[WilliamPowell]

Can certainly tell Tylar Young hasn't played for 12 months

Horribly off the pace of the game

[WilliamPowell]

Incredibly selfish by Yassine