To warm the cockles of your Tiger hearts lol

[Moi]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZL8iUbOTAHQ

[mightytiges]

I love that Monday night game so thanks for the reminiscing Moi    . Funny watching that back now and seeing Richo receive 50/50 frees. Hasn't happened since  .

That game said we were back after all those years down the bottom fighting just to survive. Remember sitting up in the old Ponsford stand going how good is this. Probably the best Richmond game post 82 in terms of pure attacking footy against a quality side. Everything went right on the night. The whole side was just chock full of confidence and breathing fire under Northey. Freezer in his last full game  and co. smashed North in and around the contests. Every tap and knock on went to a teammate's advantage. Wigney at CHB shut out Carey completely. Too bad it would turn out to be just a blip  .

LOL in hindsight @ everyone expecting David Bourke to become a top footballer after that game once he added some bulk yet he had already peaked in size  . 

[blx]

lol remember taking my mates young lad to that game so we had a big flag to wave and all. his dads a west coast supporter. his son was just a youngin then but im glad to report he's now a rabid tiger fan much to the dissapointment of his dad. thank you uncle blx... my work is done here 

[Moi]

I love that Monday night game so thanks for the reminiscing Moi    .

No worries, MT, was fun.  Although have to apologise for a couple of things.  That it wasn't long enough - because there was so many great moments out of that game, but Youtube have limits.  Also the quality, but that's a work in progress  and having Glenn Archer's goal in there lol.  Was a great goal   

LMAO@the skills of Cambo in that scrubber of a kick 

  before JohnF sees that comment lol

[F0551L]

Moi   
certainly put a simle on my dial at work on a sunday morning
 and i say bring back the "HAIR" boys

[Moi]

If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong with the quality, be my guest and tell me.
Becuase I have lots of tiger footage to share 

[Jackstar]

great game that was.

[Moi]

lol remember taking my mates young lad to that game so we had a big flag to wave and all. his dads a west coast supporter. his son was just a youngin then but im glad to report he's now a rabid tiger fan much to the dissapointment of his dad. thank you uncle blx... my work is done here 

Awesome work Blx 
Not hard to get caught up in the excitement of Richmond games when we're on a roll.  Nothing beats the '95 Semi, but this one comes pretty close.  I'm sure opposition supporters sit there a bit jealous or wanna get involved themselves.  I've seen clips with music over the top of them - and they're great, they've done terrific work on them  - but there's no way known you'd not want to hear the crowd from that game.  Was just so noisy and great to be there 

[one-eyed]

Here's the Herald-Sun match report of the North game:

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TIGERS ROUT ROOS
By M HORAN
Edition 2TUE 25 APR 1995, Page 080

RICHMOND put a stamp of class and credibility to its fairytale start to the season when it crushed North Melbourne at the MCG last night.

The Tigers exploded into action with six unanswered goals in the first eight minutes of the game as they swamped the highly-fancied Roos.

"In retrospect I wish we hadn't won the pre-season competition," North Melbourne coach Denis Pagan conceded later.

"But North Melbourne will come back. I can't say when, but it will happen."

Richmond, searching for its first serious assault on a premiership in 15 years, made it four wins straight to join heavyweights Carlton and Essendon at the elite end of the AFL ladder.

The Tigers controlled play for all but the last 20 minutes of the game, when a couple of late goals from North Melbourne reduced the final margin to a still emphatic 49 points.

Richmond's sizzling start to the evening set up a 9.2 to 3.0 first term and by half-time the Tigers held sway by 40 points.

"It was just terrific. You dream of starts like that," an elated Tiger coach John Northey said after the match.

"To beat sides like this gives the players a lot of confidence."

With its centreline of Matthew Knights, Michael Gale and Wayne Campbell in complete control - they finished the night with 91 possessions between them - Richmond snuffed out any suggestion of a third quarter revival by the Roos by first containing, then crushing their opponents.

North desperately tried to get back into the game as it mounted a series of attacks in the first half of the third term.

The Roos held Richmond scoreless for 13 minutes but could return only five behinds themselves before another black and yellow tidal wave swept away their last hopes.

Seven straight Richmond goals followed - with just one from North - to make it a 71-point lead at the last change.

Not since their last flag in 1980 have the Tigers' faithful dared to seriously consider being contenders.

But when a young gun named David Bourke - son of the great Tiger Francis - intercepted a pass in the quarter and calmly slammed through his first goal in league football, there was a striking reminder of the Richmond glory days.

In attack the Tigers "talls" Matthew Richardson and Stuart Edwards provided strong marking targets and collected four goal apiece, while at ground level half-forward Nick Daffy had a night out to bag 6.2.

Kangaroo spearhead John Longmire was beaten by Scott Turner, whose standing as one of the leading full-backs in the AFL is growing by the week.

Carey battled hard for 20 possessions but had no real impact on the game. His minder Stuart Wigney would be well pleased at keeping the Roo superstar to just two goals for the night.

The Roos, flogged in Perth by the Eagles by eight goals last week, last night had eight players who registered less than 10 possessions. Defender Ross Smith was forced to celebrate his 200th game almost alone by being North standout best player.

There was an unofficial, public surrender when Anthony Stevens pointlessly gave away a 50m penalty at the 18-minute mark of the final term after Campbell had marked at half-forward. The Tiger jogged to the goal line to boot a certain goal; Stevens to the interchange bench to receive a call from Pagan.

The Roos, the pre-season Ansett Cup champions and the side tipped to challenge the Eagles, now have a 2-2 record and could easily have been 0-4 after lucky escapes against Adelaide and Melbourne in the first two games.

HUNDREDS of angry football fans left the MCG in disgust last night after delays of up to an hour to get into the ground.

Fans complained that queues were too long, ground staff gave false directions and there were many empty seats in the AFL members' area.

But MCG secretary, Dr John Lill, pointed the finger of blame at late-arriving patrons.

Peter Williams and his two sons, aged 4 and 5, left the ground after battling for more than an hour to get into the ground.

"We were told to go to gate 12 but once we got there was a queue of 400 or 500 people," he said.

"It really spoilt our night because the boys were looking forward to the match," he said.

MCC secretary Dr John Lill agreed there was plenty of room in the AFL members but said it was not open to the public because the general admission areas were not full.

"People come late so there's always a bit of a problem getting them in, but there's plenty of room," he said.

Dr Lill said the Members Stand (not the AFL members area) was opened to help cope with late arriving spectators.

[one-eyed]

TIGERS ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD
By MATTHEWS B
Herald-Sun
Edition 2 WED 26 APR 1995, Page 008

Richmond's ability to seize the initiative at the centre bounces certainly wasn't lost on Carlton coach David Parkin and his assistants Ken Judge and Colin Kinnear, who were watching from the MCC members' stand on Monday night.

The Tigers' centreline of Michael Gale, Matthew Knights and Wayne Campbell snared the ball 28 times to help set up the nine-goal opening quarter blitz. And they maintained the workrate to collectively finish with 91 possessions.

In damning contrast, eight North Melbourne players gathered less than 10 possessions and were, basically, onlookers with the other 62,606 who witnessed Monday night history.

Without the normal fast centre breaks from the likes of Wayne Schwass, Anthony Stevens, Anthony Rock and Trent Nichols, the Roos were stripped and disarmed of the forward firepower generated by Wayne Carey and John Longmire.

Frankly, North is becoming dangerously predictable in the manner players funnel the ball towards Carey at centre half-forward and, really, the crumbers haven't produced since Adrian McAdam was in full flight a couple of seasons back.

Richmond's triple-talls forward set-up worked efficiently with options of Matthew Richardson, Stuart Edwards or Benny Gale, although the latter was admirably contained by Ian Fairley.

And, when normally productive opportunist Chris Naish was shut down by Roos half-back Ross Smith, up bobbed Nick Daffy to take responsibility with six goals.

As Tiger coach John Northey later remarked, it was the type of blistering start that North Melbourne often uses to destroy an opposition's game plan.

"It will give our players a lot of confidence in tackling sides and the boys were pretty keen to get at North," Northey said. "Now they shouldn't be concerned that we can't beat any side out there at this stage."

Northey praised the leadership of Tony Free, Gale and Knights, who addressed the players in the rooms before the Tigers shattered North with six goals in the opening eight minutes.

"That's where we're better," Northey said. "They are really thinking about their football. They are more focused to find out about the opposition and they are so close, these fellows."

THE VOTES

3-Greg Dear (Rich)
2-Michael Gale (Rich)
1-Matthew Knights (Rich)

MATCH DETAILS

Richmond          9.2  13.4   20.4   21.8 (134)
North Melbourne 3.0   7.0     8.5    13.7 (85)

Goals - RICHMOND: Daffy 6, Richardson 4, Edwards 4, Broderick 2, Rogers, Campbell, Dear, Bourke, Bond. NORTH MELBOURNE: Carey, Reynolds, Archer 2, Schwass, Rock, Scott, Nichols, McKernan, Longmire, Capuano.
Best - RICHMOND: Dear, M Gale, Knights, Campbell, Daffy, Broderick, Richardson. NORTH MELBOURNE: Smith, Fairley, Laidley.

Injuries - Nil.
Reports - Nil.

Umpires - D. Howlett, D. Rich, G., Scroop.
Crowd - 62,606, at the MCG. Gate: $400,407

[Moi]

Daffy didn't get a vote - mystifying 

[Ox]

what a stuffing joke !

[mightytiges]

Daffy didn't get a vote - mystifying 

Daffy didn't get a Brownlow vote either  ???. In fact he got none all year.

3: Michael Gale (RICH)
2: Matthew Richardson (RICH)
1: Scott Turner (RICH)

[mightytiges]

LMAO@the skills of Cambo in that scrubber of a kick 

  before JohnF sees that comment lol

Then there's Cambo's blind handball to a hot teammate who got tackled immediately but somehow got rid of it back to Cambo lol  .

[WilliamPowell]

Good ole Nick  Actually that was the right postition for him a goal kicking half forward  never a mid-fielder Nick was on our current assitant coach David King for a while

That was certainly a great night