VFL: Richmond vs Brisbane - 2nd Elimination Final

[WilliamPowell]

We're cooked

[one-eyed]

Just like the second qtr. How can Brisbane outnumber us at both ends? Workrate has fallen away.

66 - 84

Game over!

[one-eyed]

You're kicking into the breeze and you run away from the kicker .

[one-eyed]

We had to use "dirty ball" this quarter keeping the ball on the ground. Kicking high into the breeze doesn't work. Just kept giving the ball back to Brisbane.

[one-eyed]

Smith inside 50 and Alger marks 35 out on the siren. Misses.

Lost by 20 points.

VFL season over.

[Tiger Khosh]

Just didn’t do enough when we had the breeze. Especially first quarter.

[WilliamPowell]

Well that's all for our men for season  2025

Disappointing end

That final H &A loss was costly in a number of ways. Bottom line it cost us a week off and home final

[one-eyed]

Final Score

Richmond     4.1     6.1    10.5     10.7-67
Brisbane       2.4     9.7      9.9    12.15-87

Goals: Koschitzke 3, Alger 2, Fawcett, Lefau, Wilson, Yassine, Toner.


Wasted the breeze in the first quarter and the last 10 mins of the 3rd and it cost us. Having said that we were outplayed in 3 of the 4 quarters in general play. It took until the second half for us to start playing finals standard footy in terms of contested footy and we were forced to play catch-up which rarely works. 

Positive today was Fawcett. Quieter in the last quarter as we hardly got it forward, but he was excellent today in the first three quarters. Has taken a major step forward in both the VFL Wildcard and Elim Finals. Especially his contested marking. 

[one-eyed]

Well that's all for our men for season  2025

Disappointing end

That final H &A loss was costly in a number of ways. Bottom line it cost us a week off and home final

Agree WP.

Also, our long injury list at AFL level, especially in the second half of the season, robbed our VFL team of AFL-listed players. We've been forced to play less than half a dozen AFL-listed for most of the past two months. Out of interest, Brisbane had 14 AFL-listed players today compared to our 8.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Not having more than 3 or 4 AFL players cost us dearly. Big pre season coming up for that dept.

[Tiger Khosh]

Well that's all for our men for season  2025

Disappointing end

That final H &A loss was costly in a number of ways. Bottom line it cost us a week off and home final

Agree WP.

Also, our long injury list at AFL level, especially in the second half of the season, robbed our VFL team of AFL-listed players. We've been forced to play less than half a dozen AFL-listed for most of the past two months. Out of interest, Brisbane had 14 AFL-listed players today compared to our 8.

I don’t think they took this program seriously.

I know we had a lot of injuries throughout the season that limited the amount of senior players that could play, but there were times where a player wasn’t named on the injury list and didn’t play at AFL or VFL level with no explanation.

Can’t help but think if they wanted some of the fringe or young players to play today they could have worked out a way to do so.

[one-eyed]

Individual Stats:

Smith             24 disp (13k, 11h, 8c, 11u, 79.2%), 1m, 1t, 1cl,   -    , 3in50, 6int.
Blight             16 disp (12k,   4h, 5c, 10u, 68.8%), 5m, 1t, 1cl,   -    , 1in50, 9int, 1si.
Ryan              13 disp (  8k,   5h, 7c,   5u, 69.2%), 3m, 6t, 5cl, 30ho, 2in50, 3int.
Alger              11 disp (  8k,   3h, 6c,   5u, 36.4%), 2m, 5t,  - ,    -   , 1in50, 1int, 3si, 2g, 1b.
Fawcett          11 disp (  8k,   3h, 6c,   5u, 45.5%), 4m, 1t,  - ,    -   , 2in50, 1int, 5si, 1g, 3b.
Koschitzke      11 disp (  7k,   4h, 5c,   6u, 72.7%), 4m, 2t,  - ,   4ho, 1in50, 2int, 5si, 3g.
Lefau             11 disp (  4k,   7h, 8c,   5u, 63.6%), 2m, 2t, 2cl,   1ho, 1in50,   -  , 1si, 1g.
Hayes-Brown    3 disp (  1k,   2h, 1c,  1u, 33.3%),  -  ,  - , 1cl,   9ho,    -    ,   -  , 1si.

VFL-listers:
Scott     20 disposals
Johnson 20
Collier    17
El Nour  17
George  17
Wilson   15
Raso      14
Toner     13
Garner   12
Girolami 11
Phillips   10
Yassine  10
McKenzie 9
Feneley    7
Ferguson  7

Team Stats:

Disposals    299 - 371
Kicks          168 - 224
Handballs    131 - 147
Marks           53 - 91
Tackles          73 - 55
Clearances    34 - 48
Inside 50s     37 - 68
Hitouts          44 - 25
Frees            14 - 23 

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/7988#team-stats

[one-eyed]

Hungry Lions end Tigers’ season

By Connor Burns
Richmond Media
Aug 30, 2025

Richmond's VFL season came to a close on Saturday, falling to Brisbane by 20 points at Brighton Homes Arena in the second Elimination Final.

Despite a positive start to the game and an inspired third quarter comeback, the Lions showed their finals experience to outlast the Tigers, 12.15 (87) to 10.7 (67).

In a hotly contested first quarter it was Richmond who drew first blood, with a rapid end-to-end goal finished off by Jasper Alger.

But the home side responded well with quick goals to Curtis McCarthy and Conor McKenna giving the Lions the lead.

The Tigers finished the term brilliantly though, going into quarter time up by nine points with late majors to Mykelti Lefau, Liam Fawcett and Lachlan Wilson.

Brisbane came out of the first break much sharper though, snatching the lead back early in the term.

They dominated centre clearances and used the breeze to good effect, kicking seven goals for the quarter, registering over 20 inside-50s for the term.

Midfielder Deven Robertson was dominant in the middle of the ground, with McKenna also kicking three goals to half time.

Ruckman Oscar McInerney (15 disposals and 11 hit-outs) was also having a strong say on the game, helping the Lions to a 24-point lead at half time.

The Tigers looked all at sea throughout the second term and desperately needed to hit the reset at the break, with Mohammed Yassine getting the side off to a fast start with a goal 30 seconds into the third quarter. Alger followed suit minutes later to bring the margin back to two goals.

Richmond’s pressure continued to lift and it started to play the ball in its front half, flipping the script on how the game had been played previously. The Tigers continued to dominate the play, roaring back into the lead to hold a two-point advantage at three-quarter time.

Although Richmond led with a quarter to play, it would have loved a greater advantage on the scoreboard, with Brisbane having its turn with the wind in the last term.

The Lions took the lead back early in the quarter with McKenna kicking his fourth goal of the day.

McInerney gave Brisbane breathing room before Fergus McFadyen kicked his second goal of the day approaching time on. The Tigers were brave but ultimately the Lions did enough to hold on and win by 20 points, with Robertson (30 disposals, one goal) and McInerney (24 disposals, 11 clearances) strong performers in the victory.

Kaleb Smith was the Tigers' leading ball winner with 21 disposals, while Harry Scott and Austin Johnson both collected 20 touches. Samson Ryan battled hard in the ruck while Jacob Koschitzke kicked three goals.

Brisbane      2.4    9.7    9.9    12.15 (87)
Richmond    4.1    6.1    10.5    10.7 (67)

Goals: Koschitzke 3, Alger 2, Yassine, Wilson, Toner, Lefau, Fawcett

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1880258/hungry-lions-end-tigers-season

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https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1880266/vfl-elimination-final-post-match

[one-eyed]

191cm midfielder Harry Scott (son of ex-Tiger Allister)  named in the best for Richmond VFL yesterday - for the 10th time this season. Averaged 21.1 disposals from 19 games. Has to be among the best chances for the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal.

https://x.com/PaulAmy375/status/1961947827590123882