VFL R11: Richmond vs Sydney @ Beaconsfield, Sat. June 7

[one-eyed]

2 players down ...or 3 if you count Colina....

Yep. This has to be Colina's last year. He can't get near the ball to contest.

[Simonator]

Blight is great at marking and positioning but pretty poor at everything else. Absolutely no awareness on two occasions within 30 seconds there.

[one-eyed]

Rioli nice pass inside 50 and the debutant MacDonald marks 45 out. Misses.

48 - 39

[one-eyed]

The difference between OHB and Colina is now stark.

Bauer's ping from 40 also misses. Another behind. The story of the day  .

49 - 39

[one-eyed]

Seems we're taking the risk no one gets injured in the AFL warm-up according to the VFL commentators.

[one-eyed]

Swans D50 kick is OOTF.

And Alger kicks the hardest set shot of the day from the boundary 40 out  .

Rich  7.13-55
Syd   6.3-39

24 min Q3

[one-eyed]

Once again we don't pin the free arm in our tackles which allow the Swans to keep it alive in their F50.

Then our defenders misjudge the flight of the high ball and allow a mark to the Swans 20 out and a goal  .

55 - 45

[Diocletian]

...and like clockwork we give one straight back....

[one-eyed]

Frees:  8 - 19

[one-eyed]

Add our handballing to the woeful list today. These 5m handballs to teammate's feet or we just fumble.

Very lucky as the Swans could have got a goal out of it but the Swans player played on rather than take the set shot and the siren saved us.

[one-eyed]

3/4 time

Richmond   3.7    5.9    7.13-55
Sydney       0.1    5.3     7.3-45

Goals: Alger 3, Bauer, Clarke, Fawcett, Rioli.


Story of the game:
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Goal
Swans goal straight back via our schoolboy errors.
Rinse and repeat.

 

[one-eyed]

Stats to 3QT:

Blight 15 possies
Alger  11 and 3 goals
Trezise 11
Fawcett 9
OHB   8
Rioli  8
Clarke 7 ..... ( injured )
Bauer  6
Kosi   5
Lefau  5
Colina 3
Gray   3 .... ( injured )



Disposals   226 - 270
Marks          70 - 64
Tackles        38 - 41
Clearances   26 - 29
Inside 50s    51 - 25 ..... 20 inside 50s for just 2 goals 
Hitouts        32 - 24 
Frees            8 - 20 .....  ( 1 - 6 in that 3rd qtr )

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7367#team-stats

[one-eyed]

Colina can't collect the ball so just kicks it off the ground and it's another point.

56 - 45


Trezise apparently sitting on the bench to be used if necessary.

[one-eyed]

Lefau held 20 out. Goal! 

Rich  8.14-62
Syd   7.3-45

2 min Q4


Now can we not give it straight back by doing something  stupid from the U12s.

[one-eyed]

Wilson passes to Fawcett on the lead who gets his arms chopped. Set shot from 40 out. Misses to the left.

63 - 45