VFL R19: Richmond vs Gold Coast @ Carrara, Sat. Aug 2 [curtain-raiser]

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How many marks have we dropped today 

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We get it back anyway. Yassine goal 

Rich   6.6-42
GC    8.15-63

7 min Q4

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Frees  16 - 26 

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Ferguson lacks awareness and bounces the ball with an opponent right behind him. George could have told him he was hot too.
Another brainfade.

Suns get a goal out of it.

42 - 70

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Another to them. Game over!

42 - 76

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We work it around the outer boundary and Wilson marks 45 out. Goes inboard to Yassine. Doesn't make the distance and an easy uncontested mark to the Suns  .

We get it back and Girolami marks 35 out. Goal!


Rich    7.6-48
GC    10.16-76

18 min Q4

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This breeze going to affect the AFL game by the way. Harder to kick goals at the open non-grandstand end.

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Suns with a bad error in our F50. Yassine goal.

Rich   8.6-54
GC   10.17-77

21 min Q4

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Yassine finds Toner 45 out on the boundary. Doesn't make the distance.

Coverage freezes.

Back now. Garner with a set shot from 40 out and goals 

Rich   9.6-60
GC   10.18-78

27 min Q4

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Fumbles, poor handballs, dropped marks & mistackles. The story of our day.

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Raso snaps a point.

Siren.

Lost by 17 pts.

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Final Score

Richmond     2.1    2.3     5.5       9.7-61
Gold Coast    1.5    7.9    7.14    10.18-78

Goals: Yassine 3, Girolami 2, Blight, Raso, Pollocks, Garner.


The final margin flatters us. Missed OHB in the ruck badly. We got away with it last week against Werribee, but today we were smashed at the stoppages/clearances. Add Auskick skill level and our pitiful tackling technique and it was a really poor day.

This long AFL injury list has cost us a top 4 and at least a top 6 place at VFL level. At best we'll now end up with a 'Wildcard' spot.

Only positive today is Gibcus getting through playing a full game with full minutes.

ps. Grlj showed enough across HB with 18 disposals to impress AFL recruiters. Only issue is we need mids at AFL level.

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Individual Stats:

Gibcus       14 disp. (9k, 5h, 8c, 4u, 78.6%), 3m, 1t,   -  ,    -   , 10int.
Blight        13 disp. (9k, 4h, 2c, 8u, 69.2%), 5m,  - , 2ho,    -   ,   4int, 1si, 1g.
Koschitzke 12 disp. (7k, 5h, 9c, 4u, 58.3%), 6m, 3t, 2ho, 1in50,   4int, 2si,  - , 2b.

VFL-listers:
Scott    22 disposals
Wilson  20
El Nour 18
Grlj      18
Street  18
Garner 16
George  13
Johnson 13
McKenzie 13
Collier    12
Ferguson 12
Guiney   11
Yassine  11
Phillips  10
Toner    10
Girolami  9
Hanson   8
Lai        7
Raso     7
Pollocks 4

Team stats:

Disposals  298 - 341
Kicks        178 - 189
Handballs 120 - 152   
Marks        83 - 84
Tackles      49 - 52 ..... (a much larger gap though in terms of the quality and technique of tackling)
Clearances 20 - 33
Inside 50s  40 - 64
Hitouts        8 - 52 
Frees         24 - 30

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7438#player-stats

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Final Score

Richmond     2.1    2.3     5.5       9.7-61
Gold Coast    1.5    7.9    7.14    10.18-78

Goals: Yassine 3, Girolami 2, Blight, Raso, Pollocks, Garner.


The final margin flatters us. Missed OHB in the ruck badly. We got away with it last week against Werribee, but today we were smashed at the stoppages/clearances. Add Auskick skill level and our pitiful tackling technique and it was a really poor day.

This long AFL injury list has cost us a top 4 and at least a top 6 place at VFL level. At best we'll now end up with a 'Wildcard' spot.

Only positive today is Gibcus getting through playing a full game with full minutes.

ps. Grlj showed enough across HB with 18 disposals to impress AFL recruiters. Only issue is we need mids at AFL level.

Grlj is a mid, long term atleast.

Would’ve liked to see him get some minutes there

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Should also mention that Blight seemed to only play a half or so. All his 13 possies came in the first half. Likely pulled out to be the emergency spare for the AFL game.

Grlj is a mid, long term atleast.

Would’ve liked to see him get some minutes there

Fair enough. They only threw Grlj in the middle in the last 5 mins when the game was over.