VFL R10: Richmond vs GWS @ Engie Stadium, Sat. May 31 [curtain-raiser]

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Yassine crumbs, dodges and goals 

Rich  13.12-90
GWS  10.8-68

21 min Q4

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Garner just barges through a Giant and finds Bauer in the pocket. Misses.

92 - 68

24 min Q4

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Goal to GWS.

92 - 74

27 min Q4

[one-eyed]

Another goal to them .

92 - 80

30 min Q4

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Ball up 25 out. Wilson gets the free for too high 35 out.

Fails to make the distance  .

But the siren goes anyway.

Won by 12 pts  .

[one-eyed]

Final Score

Richmond    4.3     8.6     11.10    13.14-92
GWS           3.1     4.2       8.8       12.8-80

Goals: Bauer 3, Clarke 2, Rioli 2, Raso 2, Ryan, Trezise, Scott, Yassine.


Won it in the second quarter. Better team in the first half. However, that second half was ordinary. In the end we did what we had to do.

Rioli in the midfield, Blight and Clarke the best 3 of the AFL-listers.

Disappointing games from many of our talls in the ruck and forward of the ball.

[Diocletian]

Alger still a ways off , Fawcett cement hands ngtmi 

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Individual Stats:

Clarke           27 disp. (22k,   5h,   8c, 19u, 74.1%),   8m, -  , 1c,   -   , 4in50,   8int, 3si, 2g, 1b.
Rioli              25 disp. (11k, 14h, 13c, 12u, 64.0%),   2m, 7t, 5c,    -   , 4in50,   2int, 4si, 2g.
Blight            21 disp. (13k,   8h,   6c, 15u, 90.5%), 10m, 1t,  - ,    -   ,    -   , 11int.
Trezise          17 disp. (11k,   6h,   4c,   9u, 76.5%),   5m, 4t, -  ,    -   ,   -    ,   5int, 2si, 1g.
Alger             15 disp. (  9k,   5h,   6c, 10u, 60.0%),    6m, 1t, 2c,   -    , 5in50,  3int, 3si.
Ryan             13 disp. (  6k,   7h,   6c,   7u, 76.9%),   4m, -  , 2c, 16ho, 5in50,  3int, 3si, 1g.
Lefau            11 disp. (  6k,   5h,   5c,   6u, 36.4%),   4m, 3t, -  ,    -   , 3in50,   -   , 5si,  -  , 2b.
Bauer           10 disp. (  7k,   3h,   3c,   7u, 80.0%),   4m, 2t, -  ,    -   , 3in50,  1int, 3si, 3g, 1b.
Hayes-Brown 10 disp. (  3k,  7h,   7c,   3u, 70.0%),   3m, 1t, 3c, 24ho, 2in50,  2int, 4si.
Koschitzke     10 disp. (  7k,  3h,   1c,   8u, 80.0%),   5m, 2t, 1c,   -    , 1in50,  2int. 
Balta              9 disp. (  7k,  2h,    4c,   3u, 77.8%),   3m, 1t, -  ,   -    , 1in50,  3int.
Young            9 disp. (  7k,   2h,   1c,   8u, 77.8%),   4m, 1t, -  ,   -    , 1in50,  3int, 2si.
Fawcett          5 disp. (  2k,  3h,    2c,  3u, 60.0%),   -    , 3t, -  ,   -    ,    -   ,   1int, 2si, -  , 1b.

VFL-listers:
Garner   28 possies
Scott      25
McKenzie 21
El Nour   16
Yassine   13
Collier    12
Lai         11
Wilson   10
George   8
Raso      7

Team Stats:

Disposals   343 - 348
Kicks         208 - 225
Handballs  135 - 123
Marks          91 - 105
Tackles        51 - 58
Clearances   43 - 34
Inside 50s    54 - 50
Hitouts         41 - 45
Frees           23 - 17

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7362#team-stats

[WilliamPowell]

Fawcett needs to start taking marks if wants to be an AFL player.

Actually at the ground really felt for him. He's trying so bloody hard (perhaps too hard) and just can't clunk them.

Personally think he'll be fine

[one-eyed]

Maurice's goal for those who didn't see the game.


https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1795310/vfl-round-10-magical-maurice-kicks-his-second

[Andyy]

Fawcett needs to start taking marks if wants to be an AFL player.

Actually at the ground really felt for him. He's trying so bloody hard (perhaps too hard) and just can't clunk them.

Personally think he'll be fine

Got a raw deal from the umps at least once that should have resulted in a shot at goal too.

Got the Lynch lynching.

[Wazza]

Did Balta make it to the plane on time??

[WilliamPowell]

Did Balta make it to the plane on time??

What a stupid question or you just trying to be funny

Game finished before 3.30pm, don't think it's an issue 

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VFL Tigers tame Giants in enemy territory

By Connor Burns
RFC website
31 May 2025

After starting on fire, the Richmond VFL squad withstood a GWS Giants comeback to run out comfortable 12-point winners on Saturday.

It was the Tigers who started well through Judson Clarke and Jacob Bauer, as they kicked goals within the first 10 minutes of the game, giving Richmond just the start it needed.

Livewire forward Bauer, who hasn’t been at his goalkicking best in recent weeks, announced his return to form with a second goal for the game midway through the first quarter.

Massimo Raso then pushed the lead out further for the Tigers, before Billy McGee Galimberti answered back for the Giants on the stroke of quarter-time to keep his side within touching distance.

The Tigers went into quarter-time with a slender eight-point lead, before being clinical coming out of the first break. They kicked four goals for the term, playing with attacking flare, while restricting a dangerous GWS attack to just one. That gave them a handy 28-point half-time advantage.

The Giants needed a response out of the main break, and they found one through goals to Nathan Wardius and youngster James Peake, as GWS hit back hard.

But like they have done in previous weeks, the Tigers responded to the challenge with Bauer kicking his third, followed by Maurice Rioli who kicked his second goal to steady the side.

Both teams continued to be efficient from their inside-50s, in a free-flowing and entertaining contest with Richmond holding steady to maintain a healthy 20-point lead with one quarter to play.

The last quarter was more of an arm-wrestle in the early stages as the Giants hung on for dear life, while the Tigers searched for a knockout blow.

After several missed opportunities for the Tigers, Conor Stone made them pay with a beautiful set shot to bring the margin back to 16 points. Richmond then responded with a classic small forward’s goal from Mohammed Yassine, as he got the crumbs and snapped a beauty off his left foot.

Just when it looked like Richmond had done enough to win, Harry Rowston and young gun Jack Ough kicked goals to bring the margin back to just 12 points with minutes left. However, the Tigers held on for a tight victory.

The injection of Rioli into the midfield paid dividends as he provided spark and speed, finishing off with 25 disposals and two goals. Clarke also continued to go from strength-to-strength (27 disposals and two goals), after returning in recent weeks from an ACL injury.

Richmond  4.3   8.6   11.10   13.14   (92)
GWS         3.1   4.2      8.8    12.8   (80)

Goals: Bauer 3, Rioli 2, Raso 2, Clarke 2, Yassine, Trezise, Scott, Ryan

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1795345/vfl-tigers-tame-giants-in-enemy-territory

[georgies31]

Alger is the youngest player to be drafted let him develop in the vfl.