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Media Articles and Stats: Tigers fight but fall to Roos
« on: March 30, 2008, 10:03:25 PM »
Tigers fight but fall to Roos
richmondfc.com.au
8:17 PM Sun 30 March, 2008

RICHMOND has suffered its first loss for 2008 with a 41-point defeat by North Melbourne in Sunday's twilight clash at the MCG.

The Tigers lost 13.8 (86) to 20.7 (127) to continue their disappointing recent record against the Roos. North Melbourne has now won six of the past seven clashes between the sides.

Although North led at every change, the Tigers fought hard and were only beaten with a long soccer goal from Matt Campbell 16 minutes into the final term. Seven goals to forward Corey Jones and four to Shannon Grant proved too costly on a tough day out for the Tiger faithful.

Compounding the loss was a knee injury sustained by Andrew Raines. The classy Tiger was helped from the ground during the third term and took no further part in the game. Early reports suggest he may have dislocated his knee.

Chris Newman (24 disposals) worked tirelessly all evening and was arguably the side's best, showcasing exceptional rebound out of 50 and effective ball-use.

Forward Jay Schulz, whose aerial marking was a highlight, booted three goals for the match, and Brett Deledio ended the match with a game-high 27 possessions. Raines was also a fine contributor in the first half before his injury.

Richmond played in patches early on, but provided the highlight of the first term with Schulz taking a blinder over Roo big man David Hale and in front of teammate Dean Polo. But Schulz's ride came crashing down and his heavy landing forced him to leave the ground in the hands of the trainers, although he was back on the field before the first break. 

Despite an even contest in the second term, the 27-point quarter-time margin was only cut by three points at half time.

North Melbourne started the third term in commanding style, posting three in a row to break away to a 41-point lead and extending that to 46 points at the final change.

Richmond's highlight for the term was another great grab from Schulz, who this time flew over Josh Gibson before kicking his second for the day.

The Tigers didn't give up in the final term, booting the opening three goals of the quarter, but were always struggling to overcome such a large deficit.

Richmond                  3.1       7.4       10.7     13.8 (86)
North Melbourne      7.4       11.4     18.5     20.7 (127)

GOALS
Richmond: Schulz 3, Richardson 2, Simmonds, Foley, Tuck, Deledio, Brown, King, Hyde, Hughes
North Melbourne: Jones 7, Grant 4, Campbell 3, Thompson 2, Edwards 2, Simpson, Thomas

BEST
Richmond: Newman, Schulz, Bowden, Deledio
North Melbourne: Jones, Harding, Grant, Rawlings, Harris, Pratt, Power

INJURIES
Richmond: Raines (knee)
North Melbourne: Nil

Reports: Edwards (North Melbourne) reported for charging Raines (Richmond) by umpire Fila in the second quarter

Umpires: Schmitt, Fila, Wenn

Official crowd: 39,292 at MCG

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=57080

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Re: Media Articles and Stats: Tigers fight but fall to Roos
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2008, 10:12:04 PM »
Jones boots seven as Roos knock Tigers
The Age | March 30, 2008 - 7:43PM

An early goal blitz by North Melbourne forward Corey Jones set the Kangaroos up for a comfortable 20.7 (127) to 13.8 (86) AFL victory over Richmond at the MCG.

Jones kicked four goals in the opening quarter to steer the Kangaroos to a 27-point buffer at the first change, with the Tigers never able to work their way back into the match.

He added three more after halftime to finish with seven.

Shannon Grant kicked four, including three in the second term, to be the other main North dangerman.

Richmond defender Jake King was on the wrong end of both forwards' goal blitzes.

He had three goals kicked on him by Jones in the first term, with the versatile North forward able to lose him both on the lead and when the ball hit the ground.

After being moved onto Grant late in that quarter, King had three kicked on him by that player in the second term.

The first was a clever kick out of mid-air to send a bouncing ball sailing through from 15m out.

He followed up two minutes later with another piece of inventiveness, a one-handed mark against King.

It was a big reversal of fortunes for King, who was one of the stars of the Tigers' opening round win over Carlton, but the feisty little defender was forced to start the second half on the bench.

The win was the Kangaroos' first of the season, after a disappointing fadeout against Essendon in the opening round.

The other bright news for North was the return to form of midfielder Daniel Wells, after his poor performance against the Bombers.

Wells had 24 disposals and was particularly good in the opening stages when the 'Roos established their dominance, hurting Richmond with his run through the middle of the ground and quality delivery into attack.

Daniel Harris was also good for the Kangaroos, with his ball-winning ability in the middle of the ground.

The Tigers showed some fight in the second quarter, with Jay Schulz (three goals), moved from defence to attack, providing some spark and helping them move back to within 20 points.

The lead blew out to 46 points again at the last change, with Richmond kicking the opening three goals of the final term to move within 28 points and momentarily create hope of a comeback.

But that was snuffed out by a snap by goalsneak Matt Campbell and then a free kick to Jones, which set him up for his seventh.

The Tigers lost running defender Andrew Raines in the third term, with what looked like a knee injury, while North Melbourne forward Aaron Edwards was reported in the second term for crashing into Raines in a marking contest.

http://news.theage.com.au/jones-boots-seven-as-roos-knock-tigers/20080330-22gs.html

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Stats: Tigers vs Roos
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2008, 10:31:18 PM »
Team Stats
   
Disposals:   311 - 334
Efficiency%:  76 -  80
Kicks:         176 - 204
Hballs:        135 - 130
Con. disp:    105 - 109
Uncon. disp  205 - 225 
Con. Marks:    11 -   9
Uncon. Marks: 88 -  96
Tackles:         53 -  62
Clearances:    20 -  39
Clangers:       44 -  36
Frees:            19 -  24
Inside 50s:    45 -  55
Assists:          11 - 13
 
Individual Stats

player        D EFF% K H G B CM UM T CL C 

Deledio      27 85 12 15 1 1 0 5 2 2 2   
Newman    24 88 16   8 0 0 1 8 6 1 2   
Bowden     22 77 12 10 0 0 0 9 3 0 3   
Hyde         16 94   9   7 1 0 0 3 2 1 1   
Jackson     16 75   9   7 0 0 0 4 1 0 1   
Pettifer      16 75 10   6 0 1 0 5 4 0 3   
Foley         15 60   6   9 1 0 0 1 2 4 3   
Pattison     15 73   6   9 0 0 0 6 2 1 1   
Tambling   15 67   7   8 0 0 0 4 3 2 5   
King          14 79   9   5 1 0 0 6 3 1 2   
Raines       14 64   7   7 0 0 0 2 1 1 3   
Simmonds 14 57   9   5 1 1 0 6 3 1 3   
McMahon   13 62   9   4 0 0 0 3 2 0 3   
Moore       13  77   7   6 0 0 1 2 1 0 4   
Brown       11 64   8   3 1 0 0 4 3 1 0   
Polak        11  91   9   2 0 0 2 5 2 0 1   
Schulz      11  91 10   1 3 0 3 5 1 0 0   
Tuck         11  91  4    7 1 0 0 1 6 4 3   
Richardson 9   33  7   2 2 3 2 2 0 0 3   
Thursfield   9 100  4   5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1   
Polo           8   88  2   6 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 
Hughes      7   57  4   3 1 2 1 4 0 0 0

player     FF FA CP UP I50 A     
   
Deledio      2 1 9 16 3 1   
Newman    2 1 5 18 3 1     
Bowden     1 1 3 20 4 2       
Hyde         2 1 2 14 3 2       
Jackson     1 0 5 10 3 1       
Pettifer      1 2 4 12 2 1       
Foley         0 1 9   6 1 0       
Pattison     0 0 7   8 3 0       
Tambling   2 3 5 10 6 1       
King          1 0 4 11 2 1       
Raines       1 2 5   9 3 0       
Simmonds 1 2 5   9 2 0       
McMahon   0 3 5   8 0 0       
Moore        0 4 4 10 0 0       
Brown        0 0 1 10 4 0       
Polak          0 0 5  7 2 0       
Schulz        2 0 7  5 3 1       
Tuck           1 1 7  4 0 0       
Richardson  2 1 7  2 0 0       
Thursfield    0 1 2  5 0 0       
Polo            0 0 3  5 0 0       
Hughes       0 0 1  6 1 0

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/gameday/0,,5015600,00.html

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Small Roos run Tigers ragged (The Age)
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2008, 03:05:23 AM »
Small Roos run Tigers ragged
Len Johnson | March 31, 2008

FOR all the talk of the interchange bench, the highest rotation rate early in yesterday's game between Richmond and North Melbourne was achieved by the Tiger defence on Corey Jones.

By quarter-time, Jones had seen four opponents, one for each goal he had scored. He had contributed 26 points.

North led by 27 and would never be in serious scoreboard trouble all day thereafter. At the final siren, he had seven goals and North had won by 39.

Although the Kangaroos boasted two tall forwards in Nathan Thompson and Aaron Edwards, it was the contribution of their more mobile teammates that Richmond was unable to contain.

Sixteen of their 20 goals came from their medium and small forwards — seven to Jones, four to Shannon Grant, three to Matt Campbell and one to Lindsay Thomas. Thompson and Edwards got two apiece to make up the other four, though their looming presence undoubtedly allowed North to enjoy the benefits of a direct approach to goal.

Richmond, too, had two marking targets in Matthew Richardson, who kicked two goals, and Jay Schulz, three. But they played too predictably, too often to them, especially to Richardson.

When consecutive goals to Schulz, Chris Hyde and Cleve Hughes early in the last quarter narrowed the gap to 28 points and opened up at least the possibility of a late surge, the next few attacks foundered as the ball was played in right onto the heads of the two talls.

North was never going to lose this match, but it will have been something of a worry to Dean Laidley following last week's 82-point turnaround to lose to Essendon that his side showed a worrying inability to put away a beaten opponent.

Daniel Wells, whose performance against Essendon was widely criticised, started the game on a wing and set up both Jones' first two goals.

He received a handball from Daniel Harris in traffic, weaved his way clear, had a bounce and then passed to the forward's lead for the first goal, then again took the ball wide to the members' flank before chipping a perfectly weighted pass into Jones' path for the second.

Edwards and Grant soon added further goals as the Roos started to look ominous.

Richmond hung in with three goals straight, the first a free kick to Troy Simmonds, the second to Richardson with the assistance of a 50-metre penalty for an off-the-ball incident, and the third when Nathan Foley, the third Tiger to confront a gift horse of a loose ball at centre half-forward, did the obvious by picking it up and kicking straight.

Jones was not done yet, however. He got his third from a free kick, ran onto a spill for his fourth and then when Adam Simpson snapped another, North led by 27 points and the game was pretty much over.

By this stage, Jones had had Andrew Raines, Jake King, Schulz and Kelvin Moore as opponents and none had been able to lay a hand on him.

Things got no better for the hapless King, the talisman in Richmond's first-round win over Carlton, as he had Grant in the second term when the former Norm Smith medallist kicked three more.

At least King kept buttering up all afternoon, kicking a goal in the third term and running himself ragged all over the ground. Moore, too, was one of the Tigers' better players and had greater success on Jones than anyone.

Richmond made some ground in the second term, during which Edwards had his number taken for an apparent charge into Raines in a marking contest. After North led by 33 points, successive goals to Schulz and Deledio brought the margin back to 19. But Daniel Pratt spun through a Chris Newman tackle in the centre of the ground and his kick was marked by Grant for the North man's third goal of the term and the Kangaroos snuffed out Richmond's run to lead by 24 at half-time. Seven goals to three in the third term, during which Raines limped off with a knee injury, seemed to settle the issue. And, a few anxious moments in the first half of the final term apart, it had.

THE UPSHOT The Kangaroos — with Corey Jones fit — are a better outfit than the one that lost to Essendon last week.

TALKING POINT Where to play Brett Deledio? He started half-forward and saw little of the footy. In the second half he went to a back flank and through the middle and saw a lot of it.

HOT AND COLD Corey Jones had four goals in the first quarter Shanon Grant three in the second. Poor Jake King had both of them on him for many of their goals.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfmatchreport/small-roos-run-tigers-ragged/2008/03/30/1206850706987.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

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Early blitz puts Tigers on ropes (Herald-Sun)
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2008, 03:06:43 AM »
Early blitz puts Tigers on ropes
Bruce Matthews | March 31, 2008

COREY Jones survived just two minutes before being accidentally poleaxed by fellow North Melbourne forward Nathan Thompson in the opening round. Yesterday he stayed out of harm's way to have an impact in a far more positive way.

Jones utilised his underrated strength and opportunist nous to effectively set up the Roos' 41-point victory over an honest but wasteful Richmond.

By the first-quarter siren, the unstoppable Jones had four goals, three opponents and the Tigers' coach's box in a panic over just how to shut him down.

That scoreboard buffer, created almost single-handedly by Jones, allowed North to keep Richmond at arm's length for the rest of the contest.

Jones finished with seven goals and a handpass which released Matt Campbell for another as the Roos were never seriously threatened following his opening-term rampage.

Related LinksVideo: Watch Corey Jones in action Smoother finishing inside the forward-50 was the difference as sloppy disposal by both teams resulted in rebounds off half-back.

North always looked the more threatening with Nathan Thompson and Aaron Edwards on the lead, Jones lurking deep inside the 50m arc and crumbers Campbell and Lindsay Thomas exposing opponents with their breakaway pace.

Richmond, in contrast, was stilted and generally ineffective up forward.

So often, players simply bombed it in the direction of an outnumbered Matthew Richardson.

That literally played into the hands of Richo's opponent Michael Firrito, who could rely on either Josh Gibson or Daniel Pratt to get to the high ball in time to fist it clear.

The Tigers' Richo reliance harked back to the bad old days of last season.

The big Tiger did well to scrounge two first-half goals given the haphazard and thoughtless delivery through the midfield.

Only Jay Schulz offered any support with three goals; Nathan Brown and Kayne Pettifer were rarely sighted while young Cleve Hughes let slip chances with inaccuracy from set shots.

North's ability to maintain control after Jones's first-term blitz was built on its dominance at the centre-bounce contests and stoppages.

The Roos smashed the Tigers 19-9 at centre clearances and 39-20 around the ground.

Midfielder Daniel Wells bounced back after his heavily scrutinised opening-round performance.

While it wasn't Wells at his silky best, he showed he's definitely on the way back with 13 kicks and 11 handpasses.

He had his fourth opponent by the second half and was still going strong at the final siren to play a critical role in the Roos' first win.

Richmond's onball system was fractured by gun Nathan Foley being reduced to a modest contribution by Roos stopper Brady Rawlings.

Foley is not the first - and he won't be the last - to be frustrated by Rawlings' close attention.

But his demise exposed the Tigers in those in-and-under contests.

At least Foley can expect reinforcements next time.

Richard Tambling continued to grow in his transition from a crumbing forward to a breakaway midfielder.

And, while his feet occasionally moved faster than his brain, he showed enough to suggest he could yet be another high draft pick to eventually silence the doubters.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23457099-19768,00.html

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Re: Media Articles and Stats: Tigers fight but fall to Roos
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2008, 05:01:56 AM »
Look lads, North are not a bad side. They had a bad day at the office in R1. It happens. I fancy they for the top 8. I fancy us as well.

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Re: Media Articles and Stats: Tigers fight but fall to Roos
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2008, 07:01:14 AM »
Tigers fight but fall to Roos
richmondfc.com.au
8:17 PM Sun 30 March, 2008


BEST
Richmond: Newman, Schulz, Bowden, Deledio



who wrote this rubbish! newman bowden deledio were not in our best!