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Tigers upset Dockers
April 13, 2008 07:22pm

RICHMOND has notched one of the upsets of round four after downing Fremantle by 64 points at Subiaco this afternoon. The Tigers led at every change, stretching out their 40-point advantage at three-quarter time in a dominant final quarter.

The Dockers kicked the first goal of the term through Peter Bell, but it was all Richmond after that.

Matthew Richardson, who alternated from the forward line to wing, slotted his fourth goal of the match minutes after Bell's effort.

Shane Edwards and Richard Tambling, his first of two goals for the period, booted majors minutes later.

Chris Hyde (three goals) and Shane Tuck extended Richmond's lead before Tambling converted the sealer after a solid mark deep in the visitors'  forward arc.

 Tigers skipper Kane Johnson was instrumental in the victory with 36 disposals and 10 marks.

Dockers v Tigers Bell (25 disposals) and Matthew Pavlich (three goals) toiled hard for the Dockers.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23532414-5015602,00.html

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Team Stats

Disposals:     426 - 275
Efficiency%:   77 - 73
Kicks:           256 - 173
Handballs:     170 - 112
Con. Marks:     15 - 5
Uncon. Marks: 141 - 79
Tackles:           24 - 37
Clearances:      30 - 27
Clangers:         41 - 38
Frees:              25 - 16
Con. possies:   121 - 79
Uncon. possies: 306 - 199
Inside 50:           52 - 46
Assists:               29 - 15

Individual Stats

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

Johnson     36  83 23 13 0 0 0 10 2 3 2
McMahon    32  84 20 12 1 0 0 9 2 3 1
King           26  81 16 10 0 0 0 10 3 0 6 
Deledio       25  80 11 14 1 0 0 6 1 1 2 
Richardson  25  72 16  9 4 3 5 10 0 0 0
Foley          24  83  8 16 0 0 0 5 1 7 0
Simmonds  22  68 18  4 0 0 0 8 2 7 5
Newman     21  86 14  7 1 0 1 7 1 0 5
Tuck           20  95  9 11 1 0 0 6 3 1 3 
Brown        19  74 11  8 2 1 1 7 0 0 3
Moore        19  84  11  8 0 0 1 6 2 0 3
Pattison     19  68  10  9 0 0 0 5 1 2 2
Tambling   18  72  11  7 3 1 1 8 1 3 2
Riewoldt    17  65  13  4 0 1 0 7 1 0 0
Schulz       17  53  13  4 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 
White        17  71   9   8 0 3 0 2 1 1 1
Thursfield  14 100   7  7 0 0 2 3 0 0 0
Hyde         13  77   6   7 3 0 0 4 0 1 1
Morton      13  54    9  4 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 
Polak        12  67    9  3 1 3 3 8 0 0 2 
Edwards   11  91    8  3 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 
McGuane    6  83    4  2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1


player        FF FA CP UP I50 A   
   
Johnson      2 0  8 28 4 3   
McMahon    1 0  6 24 4 0   
King           3 0  9 17 0 0   
Deledio       2 1  8 18 6 3   
Richardson  1 0 10 15 1 1   
Foley          1 0 10 14 3 7   
Simmonds  4 3   8 14 3 0   
Newman     0 2   4 17 3 1   
Tuck           0 2  5 14 1 1   
Brown         1 1  6 12 6 2   
Moore         2 3  8 12 0 1   
Pattison      1 0  4 15 1 1   
Tambling    0 1  5 14 2 1   
Riewoldt     0 0  4 14 4 1   
Schulz        0 0  2 12 2 0   
White         2 0  7 11 5 1   
Thursfield   1 0  4 10 0 0   
Hyde          0 1  1 12 2 0   
Morton       1 0  5  8 1 0   
Polak         1 1  5  9 2 2   
Edwards    1 0  1 10 2 4   
McGuane   1 1  1  6 0 0

http://superstats.heraldsun.com.au/gamestatslive/5015602.html

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Tigers run wild in the west
richmondfc.com.au
Mic Cullen
7:22 PM Sun 13 April, 2008

Richmond       5.7   10.11   14.13    20.17 (137)
Fremantle       3.3     6.7      8.9       10.13 (73)

GOALS
Richmond: Richardson 4, Tambling 3, Hyde 3, Morton 2, Brown 2, Newman, Polak, McMahon, Deledio, Edwards, Tuck
Fremantle: Pavlich 3, McPharlin 2, Tarrant, Mayne, Farmer, Crowley, Bell

BEST
Richmond: Richardson, Foley, Johnson, Brown, Simmonds, McMahon, Tambling
Fremantle: Bell, Gilmore, Pavlich, McPharlin, Mayne

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Fila, Ellis, Keating

Official crowd: 37,541 at Subiaco Oval

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RICHMOND has bounced back in style from last week's heavy loss to Collingwood, demolishing Fremantle by 64 points on a hot Sunday afternoon at Subiaco Oval in Perth.

Spearhead Matthew Richardson was superb in the win, starting on the wing but often drifting across half-back, and kicking four goals to go with 15 marks and 25 possessions. The Tigers won 20.17 (137) to 10.13 (73) on the back of 151 more possessions than Freo (426 – 275).

Richmond's skills early were terrific except when kicking for goal, and the visitors should have led by about nine goals rather than five at the long break, but they broke the game open in the third, kicking four goals to two and getting the lead out to 40 points in the 29-degree heat. After the long break, the Tigers simply kept the pressure on and ground away at the hosts, never giving them a sniff.

Nathan Brown comprehensively beat Steven Dodd, but Richmond had innumerable good players – Nathan Foley, Richardson, Chris Hyde, Jordan McMahon, Troy Simmonds, Kane Johnson, Chris Newman, Graham Polak and Jake King all terrific.

For Fremantle, good players were much harder to find, with Luke McPharlin trying hard in a forward line that suffered from patchy delivery, Peter Bell - playing his 277th match, equalling former Collingwood great Wayne Richardson as the most capped WA player in VFL/AFL history – working as tirelessly as ever, tall utility Daniel Gilmore and newcomer Chris Mayne showing good hands and football nous.

Both teams were hit early when Fremantle's Chris Tarrant and Dean Solomon and Richmond's Luke McGuane had a three-way collision that saw McGuane leave the field with an injured left shoulder and Solomon leave on the medicart.

Before the game, Fremantle's Michael Johnson was omitted due to calf soreness and replaced by fellow tall Robbie Warnock, while for the Tigers, Daniel Jackson was replaced by speedster Matt White.

Fremantle went into the game as the lowest-priced favourites of the weekend, but never looked like it.

Richmond clearly had the better of the first term, although they should have made more of their advantage, with 93 disposals to 63. Chris Newman kicked the first goal after just 32 seconds, slotting one from 55 on the run, but later kicked seven behinds for the term, including two very gettable shots by Graham Polak and Matt White, and at the first break the margin was just 16 points.

Mitch Morton kick-started the second term with a great snap off his right foot on the right pocket, but Jeff Farmer replied, winning a contest on the point post that the Tigers should have forced through.

Matthew Pavlich then made the most of a soft free against Kelvin Moore for in the back, and when McPharlin ran into an open goal after good work from the exciting Mayne and Ryan Crowley, the margin was back to just 10 points.

But the Tigers responded superbly, through Richardson and then Brown goaling on the run from 25. Chris Hyde curled one home with the left from 45 after some terrific work from Foley to knock the ball free, and the margin was 28 points at half time.

Brown booted the first of the third from 50, then Foley got his sixth scoring assist of the game when he dished it off to McMahon, who jinked around onto his left and snapped from 45.

Pavlich then got his second, but Richard Tambling’s snap from 15 and a goal to Deledio after more good work from Richardson made the margin 40 points at the last change.

Bell got the first of the last to give Freo some hope, but Richardson was the recipient of a handball from Polak after a terrific mark, then Shane Edwards kicked one from 10 metres.

Pavlich then got his third goal from a free kick, but Tambling then curled another home from 30 off the outside of his right boot before Hyde, Tuck and Tambling with his third completed the rout.

Next weekend, the Tigers take on the unbeaten Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome on Sunday, while Fremantle faces up to Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=57831

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A winning balance
Jay Clark | April 14, 2008 | Herald-Sun

RICHMOND broke a seven-year drought yesterday with a 64-point shock win against Fremantle that could save its coach's skin. On a day of upsets, the Tigers produced one of their finest performances under Terry Wallace to bury the Dockers.

Kane Johnson (36 touches), Nathan Foley (24) and four-goal hero Matthew Richardson (25) inspirationally led the besieged Tigers to their first win against Freo at Subiaco Oval since 2001.

And in a most encouraging sign, Richard Tambling made himself a matchwinner for one of the few times in his career, with a third-quarter goal from a near-impossible position.

The oft-criticised Tambling latched on to a Nathan Brown handball and put Richmond 41 points up from a tight angle.

Tambling, who kicked three goals, displayed the kind of magic the club had been wanting from him since selecting him ahead of Lance Franklin in the 2004 national draft.

Matthew Pavlich was the Dockers' best, booting three goals, all from free kicks.

Wallace, under massive pressure to keep his job, deserves much credit for outcoaching his counterpart Mark Harvey.

Staring at a third straight loss, Wallace pulled some surprise moves to begin the interstate assault, starting Graham Polak up forward and Richardson on the wing.

They turned out to be two of the Tigers' best players.

In particular, the freedom seemed to suit Richardson, who used his running power and aerial strength to brilliant effect as he pushed forward into space.

His two goals late in the first term helped give the Tigers their first quarter-time lead of the season.

The 16-point cushion could have blown out further had they not wasted set shots, including a shocking 15m miss from Polak.

But the endeavour was there and so too was the polish that has long held Wallace's men back.

All over the ground Richmond outworked and outran its opponents, with midfield trio Johnson, Chris Newman and Foley leading the way.

The onball combination was outstanding in the clinches from the outset, winning the first-quarter clearances 11-4.

Defensively, they were also impressive, playing tight-checking roles on Fremantle's usually free-wheeling prime movers Des Headland and Brett Peake.

It was left to first-year forward Chris Mayne, 19, to spark Fremantle with one of the marks of the season in the goalsquare in the second term.

Chris Tarrant booted his first goal of the season, but the ex-Collingwood forward was again poor, being well held by Kelvin Moore.

But Richmond recruit Mitch Morton - who was seen dry-retching in the first quarter - fired back with an acute snap from the boundary.

While the former Eagle is still less than complete, at his best Morton can add some diversity to the Tigers' forward set-up.

The Dockers finally found gear, whittling the 21-point lead down to single figures, but the first-half fightback was short-lived.

Brown latched on to a rare goal, Chris Hyde bagged his second and Richardson nailed his third for a 28-point halftime break.

While many Richmond sides have folded in similar situations in recent years, this match was not a repeat.

The inspired Tigers kicked three of the first four goals of the third term.

Brett Deledio slotted one from the fence, Tambling slipped his through from the point post and Brown jagged his second.

Harvey gave the impression Fremantle's season was on the line in an impassioned three-quarter time address. But the miracle would not come.

Fittingly it was Richardson who lobbed on to a loose ball and shut the gate on the Dockers with his fourth.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23534171-19742,00.html

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Tigers take it all out on Dockers
Perth | April 14, 2008 | The Age

RICHMOND has taken the criticism, the pressure and the scorn — and dumped it all on Fremantle's head.

The Tigers were rank outsiders before yesterday's match at Subiaco, but they smashed the Dockers by 64 points.

The 20.17 (137) to 10.13 (73) morale-booster was Richmond's first interstate win in two years and its first in Perth since 2001 — also the last time it made the finals.

Richmond had been a major disappointment since winning in round one and, four years into Terry Wallace's five-year coaching reign, the wolves are at least sniffing.

Yesterday was only one win and the Tigers must now quickly build on it, but their conquest of Fortress Subiaco could prove a pivotal moment.

By contrast, a week after the Dockers had regained some credibility by winning the western derby, they are again in the doldrums.

Led by four goals from the inspirational Matthew Richardson, whose unfamiliar role on a wing was an inspired move by Wallace, Richmond led at every change and made a mockery of its pre-match odds of $5.50.

And despite Fremantle not having travelled for three weeks, it was Mark Harvey's troops who wilted in the 30-degree temperatures, with Kane Johnson (36 possessions), Nathan Foley (seven scoring assists) and Jordan McMahon (32 possessions) all impressive for the Tigers.

Only Matthew Pavlich (three goals) and Luke McPharlin (two goals) posed any consistent threat to Richmond and Peter Bell's achievement of equalling Wayne Richardson's record as the West Australian with most games in the AFL/VFL was overshadowed by an alarming Fremantle fade out.

Wallace's immediate ploy of a six-man forward line and playing Richardson wide sufficiently confused the Dockers to allow Chris Newman to waltz to 50 metres and kick the first goal after 30 seconds.

After a week of scrutiny, Chris Tarrant's first action was positive, with a good mark and a safe finish — but it was followed by a big blow, his accidental collision with best friend Dean Solomon leaving the former Bomber out cold, and the Dockers a man down.

With Solomon off on a stretcher, Tarrant then left an unwanted mark on an opponent, with Kelvin Moore caught high, leading to a 50-metre penalty and likely scrutiny from the match review panel.

And in between Tarrant's highs and woes, Richmond dominated with Foley and Johnson leading the charge.

Fremantle's age-old inability to capitalise on Aaron Sandilands' ruck dominance was exposed by the Tigers, with their run through midfield leaving the Dockers for dead.

Despite more Tigers' misses, Foley's continued silver service allowed the Tigers to increase the lead to 28 points at the main break.

Fremantle got some good news with the return of Solomon after the break.

But with temperatures falling, the Tigers' dominance increased — Nathan Brown's increasing influence magnified in setting up Richard Tambling with a daring look-away handpass. With Ryan Crowley's goal reducing the three-quarter time margin to 40, Bell's early major gave some hope until Richardson's fourth confirmed the Tigers' first win in Perth since 2001.

THE UPSHOT Richmond is now 2-2 and the pressure has been eased on Terry Wallace. Life is much harder at Fremantle, though. It is 1-3 and its only win was over West Coast, which also is battling. And, Fremantle has lost successive home games.

TALKING POINT Where to now for Fremantle? Many people expected it to make the eight. Shaun McManus, Matthew Carr and Heath Black were overlooked for the game and too many big names are out of form.

HOT AND COLD Richmond spearhead Matthew Richardson, below, is known for his work-rate so Wallace started him on the wing and let him run. Richo had 25 touches, took 15 marks and kicked four goals. Rhys Palmer attracted rave reviews and a Rising Star nomination in the western derby, but had a shocker.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfmatchreport/tigers-take-it-all-out-on-dockers/2008/04/13/1208024993094.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

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Tigers stun dismal Dockers
Courtney Walsh | April 14, 2008 | The Australian

RICHMOND coach Terry Wallace worried about his Tigers' ability to withstand the Perth heat, but it was a deplorable Fremantle that was once again burned by its lack of leg speed and endeavour.

In an upset that eased the pressure on Wallace and ensured the West Australian capital would be a dismal place to talk football this week, following the dismal efforts of both West Coast and the Dockers, Richmond thumped Fremantle 20.17 (137) to 10.13 (73) to record its first win at Subiaco Oval since 2001, the last time it made the finals.

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey's coaching reign is still in its infancy, but the problems that led to Chris Connolly's demise are still evident, on yesterday's efforts.

The Dockers were smashed at the clearances by a more desperate Richmond outfit. Their midfielders were outpaced between the 50m arcs, too regularly allowing their Richmond opponents to run free with the ball and too often mowed down when in possession.

A possession gulf between the two teams of 151 was just one indication of the vast difference in effort.

Tiger Nathan Foley, though lacking the profile of Matthew Richardson and Nathan Brown, illustrated the difference yesterday in what was a critical clash, with both sides seeking to square the ledger before difficult tasks next week.

Foley, runner-up in last season's best and fairest, was devastating on class Docker Josh Carr, thrashing him with a blistering effort in a match that began in 30C heat and finished with the Dockers under an early-season blowtorch.

In a sustained display of hard-running across the ground, Foley gathered 24 possessions, cleared the ball from the centre five times and was directly involved in seven scoring attempts by the Tigers.

Captain Kane Johnson was also dominant, despite being given a tagging role on Des Headland, who had a shocker in his 150th match.

In his best performance for the season, Johnson gathered 36 possessions, while Headland, who limped from the contest with a knee problem midway through the third term, managed just six.

Johnson said after the match that criticism for the past two losses to North Melbourne and Collingwood had been used as a motivational spur.

"It's quite amazing," he said.

"We knew this could really set us up for the year. We were under a lot of pressure in the papers and the media ... it was a really good win."

But more pleasing for Wallace, who is under siege after failing to steer the Tigers to the finals in three previous seasons, was a selection gamble, in dropping All Australian defender Joel Bowden, paying dividends when his young backline curbed Fremantle's potency.

Richmond's midfield dominance was a factor, but the efforts of Kelvin Moore on Dockers captain Matthew Pavlich, whose four goals came from free-kicks, Luke McGuane on Chris Tarrant and Jake King on Jeff Farmer, were exceptional.

Both coaches opted for early surprises in starting leading defenders Graham Polak and Luke McPharlin forward; but these paid immediate dividends, with goals to both within five minutes of the siren.

Harvey was forced to retreat from his aggressive tactics, however: first with Richardson, who kicked two goals in 90 seconds late in the first term, proving too tall and strong for Antoni Grover.

Richardson was also used in a different role and relished the change, roaming freely from both ends of the ground, to kick four goals from 15 marks and 25 possessions.

Maligned Fremantle forward Chris Tarrant showed early promise in his return from a back injury, kicking his first goal for the season from a set shot, after backing into a pack to take a courageous mark.

But the former Pie was more hindrance than help, with his involvement in a brutal passage of play that led to best mate, Dean Solomon, missing more than a half of football.

While chasing McGuane out of defence late in the first half, he clashed heads with Solomon, who was attempting to lay a hip and shoulder on the Tiger, knocking him out and he was carried off.

Tarrant later made contact with Kelvin Moore's head in a spoiling attempt, which may also come under match review committee scrutiny.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23533764-2722,00.html

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GSP pics from yesterday's game:

http://www.gspimages.com.au/photography/results/?q=collection:AFL%202008%20Rd%2004%20-%20Fremantle%20v%20Richmond&sub_code=all&per_page=100