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Tigers win by 77 points
richmondfc.com.au
By Matt Brown
Sun 13 July, 2008

Richmond       1.3       12.4    18.6    24.8 (152)
West Coast    3.2       4.4       7.9       11.9 (75)

GOALS
Richmond: Riewoldt 5, Brown 4, Morton 3, Cotchin, Deledio 2, Tuck, Johnson, Foley, White, Edwards, Schulz, Tambling, Hughes
West Coast: Wirrpanda, McKinley 3, Embley, Lynch, Hansen, Armstrong, LeCras

BEST
Richmond: Riewoldt, Cotchin, Tuck, Foley, McMahon, Brown, Morton
West Coast: Cox, Wirrpanda, Embley, Houlihan, McKinley

INJURIES
Richmond: King replaced in selected side by Edwards, Deledio (knee)
West Coast: LeCras (hamstring)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Head, Jeffery, Mollison

Crowd: 37,085 at Subiaco Oval

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RICHMOND has turned on a stunning 11-goal second quarter to blow away West Coast by 77 points at Subiaco Oval – the Tigers’ biggest-ever winning margin over the Eagles.

Jack Riewoldt finished the game with five goals and Nathan Brown four as the Tigers cruised to a 24.8 (152) to 11.9 (75) victory.

The big win has given the Tigers a handy percentage boost as the race for the top eight continues to tighten.

Missing Matthew Richardson and Graham Polak, the Tigers found 13 individual goal-kickers to help build just its second-ever win over West Coast at Subiaco. 

The Tigers had appeared sluggish early in the game, and the Eagles were quickly out of the blocks with an early goal to Mark LeCras.

Brown opened the Tigers’ account with a goal at the 16-minute mark, but the Eagles’ forward line continued to look more threatening before Jay Schulz was moved into defence in what would prove to be a key move.

With the home side leading by 11 points at the first break, there was little to indicate the Tigers were about to break the game open.

Schulz drifted forward early to goal for the Tigers less than two minutes into the second quarter, and the floodgates opened.

It was to be the first of a string of seven unanswered Richmond goals as the Tigers established their dominance across the ground.

The Tigers' 11 goals for the quarter were interrupted by a solitary West Coast goal to Ben McKinley at the 20-minute mark, which fortuitously came from a 50-metre penalty.

Kane Johnson, Nathan Foley, Trent Cotchin and Shane Tuck were simply outstanding around the stoppages as the Tigers won 16 clearances to the Eagles’ three for the quarter – despite Dean Cox dominating the hit-outs.

Riewoldt was strutting his stuff inside the forward 50 while Brown and Mitch Morton were also providing targets for the dominant Richmond midfield.

Schulz was winning the aerial duels in defence and feeding the run of Jordan McMahon, Dean Polo, Joel Bowden and Kelvin Moore as the Tigers continued to punish every turnover from the Eagles.

The Tigers went to the long break with a commanding 48-point lead.

The Eagles opened the third quarter with McKinley’s third goal, but the Tigers responded through Riewoldt, Brown and Morton to snuff out any hope of a home-side resurgence.

Frustration crept into the West Coast’s game with Cox counselling Daniel Kerr after he was penalised for a high challenge on Matt White off the ball.

West Coast looked like a broken side midway through the quarter when Foley collected the ball at the centre circle and bounced three times as he ran unchallenged in a straight line deep into the forward 50 to kick the Tigers’ 16th goal.

Ahead by 63 points at the final break, Richmond continued to run hard with Riewoldt’s fifth goal deep into time-on providing the icing on the cake.   

The Tigers had winners all over the ground with superb leadership from Johnson (26 possessions) and with McMahon (33), Foley (24), Tuck (30), Riewoldt, Brown and Schulz all prominent.

David Wirrpanda, Dean Cox and Andrew Embley battled hard for the Eagles.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=63254

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Tigers blitz woeful West Coast
AAP
July 13, 2008 - 9:31PM

Graham Polak was thousands of kilometres away from Subiaco Oval, but the 24-year-old AFL defender was the inspiration as Richmond ruthlessly dismantled West Coast by 77 points.

Polak suffered severe head injuries and was placed in a medically-induced coma for more than 24 hours after being struck by a tram two weeks ago.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace had no idea how his men would deal with the emotion leading into the match but was pleased with the way they snared the win as Polak watched the television in Melbourne.

"We had a couple of boys pretty emotional after the game in the rooms," Wallace said.

"From our point of view we are a family, as a group, and Polly's certainly part of that family.

"We spoke before the game, just sort of said we had some pretty important people back at home that would be watching in and we were really hopeful we could do the right thing."

The Tigers set up the 24.8 (152) to 11.9 (75) triumph with an 11-goal-to-one second quarter blitz, turning an 11-point deficit at quarter time into a match-winning 48-point lead at the long break.

With Matthew Richardson back in Victoria nursing a hamstring injury, 19-year-old Jack Riewoldt stood tall with a career-best five goals, while Nathan Brown (four goals) and Mitch Morton (three) were among 13 individual goalkickers.

Shane Tuck, Nathan Foley, Jordan McMahon, Trent Cotchin and Jay Schulz were others to shine for the Tigers, who remain one-and-a-half games adrift of the top-eight with a must-win clash against white-hot Essendon to come.

West Coast was ably led by Ben McKinley (three goals), David Wirrpanda (three goals) and ruckman Dean Cox (43 hit-outs) but were outrun by a slick Richmond unit that relished the vast expanses of the Perth venue.

And to make matters worse for the Eagles, who are now only half a percentage point above last-placed Melbourne and in danger of earning their first wooden spoon, star onballer Daniel Kerr may come under scrutiny from the match review panel for a third-quarter hit on Matt White.

With Morton set to take an easy mark in Richmond's forward 50 and White shielding Kerr a few metres away from the contest, Kerr threw his left forearm into the back of White's head.

He wasn't reported but Morton was awarded a 50m penalty for the indiscretion.

West Coast coach John Worsfold said he was "perplexed" with his team's performance and admitted they took a step back in their development.

"We got absolutely towelled up in every aspect of the game in that second quarter and didn't really put up any fight at all," Worsfold said.

"Today I feel as though, yeah, we're probably further back than what maybe I expected, it might take a bit longer but i"m still very confident we can get there.

"It might just be an extra season that we need to get more games into some of the younger players before they're really at the level."

The Tigers were simply unstoppable in the second term.

Despite Cox's dominance in the ruck, Richmond won the clearances 16-3 and recorded 12 scoring shots from 16 inside 50s.


http://news.smh.com.au/sport/tigers-blitz-woeful-west-coast-20080713-3egy.html

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Team Stats

Disposals:       430 - 312
Efficiency%:      80 - 76
Kicks:             249 - 166
Handballs:      181 - 146
Con. Marks:      10 - 12
Uncon. Marks: 138 - 78
Tackles:           47 - 53
Clearances:      41 - 24
Clangers:         40 - 38
Frees:              14 - 20
Con. Possies:  112 - 92
Uncon.Possies: 320 - 224
Inside 50s:       56 - 42
Assists:            23 - 8
Hitouts:            26 - 49   (Simmo 13, Patto 7, Tuck 5, Cotchin 1 / Cox 43, Lynch 4, Embley 1, Kennedy 1)

Individual Stats

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

McMahon     33  73 24   9 0 1 0   8 1 2 3
Tuck           30  80 15 15 1 0 2   4 6 3 5
Johnson      26  88 12 14 1 0 1 11 2 2 1
Cotchin       25  76 16   9 2 0 0   8 4 7 2
Brown         24  75 14 10 4 1 0   3 2 4 2
Foley          24  75 11 13 1 0 0   2 4 6 4
Moore         24  88 17   7 0 0 0   9 0 0 1
Bowden      23  83 17   6 0 0 0   9 2 1 5
Simmonds  21  86 12   9 0 0 0 10 2 2 1
White         21  81 16   5 1 0 0   7 0 4 1
Newman     20  85 13   7 0 0 0   7 3 0 0
Edwards     19  79   6 13 1 1 0   3 0 4 1
Polo           18  72   9   9 0 1 1   5 1 0 1
Connors     17  76 10   7 0 1 0   6 1 0 4
Riewoldt    17  65 12   5 5 0 3   5 2 0 3
Pattison     16  88   6 10 0 0 1   5 4 2 1
Schulz       16  94 13   3 1 1 1 10 5 0 2
Deledio      15  73   7   8 2 0 0   7 1 2 0
Tambling   14  86   4 10 1 0 0   5 2 1 1
McGuane   12  83   7   5 0 0 1   6 0 0 1
Morton        9  89   5   4 3 1 0   5 5 1 1
Hughes       6 100  3   3 1 0 0   3 0 0 0


player      FF FA CP UP I50 A   

McMahon    0 1  6 27 4 0   
Tuck          1 3 11 21 5 1   
Johnson     0 1   4 22 4 0   
Cotchin      4 0 10 15 5 2   
Brown        0 1  8 17 1 0   
Foley         1 1  7 17 5 1   
Moore        0 0  5 18 0 0   
Bowden     1 4  5 17 4 2   
Simmonds 1 1  3 18 3 1   
White        0 1  6 15 3 5   
Newman    1 0  5 15 4 1   
Edwards    0 0  9 10 1 1   
Polo          0 1  5 13 1 1   
Connors    1 2  3 16 1 2   
Riewoldt   0 1  5 12 5 2   
Pattison    1 1  5 11 4 2   
Schulz      0 1  3 12 1 0   
Deledio     0 0  2 13 2 1   
Tambling  1 1  3 11 2 0   
McGuane  0 0  2 10 1 0   
Morton     0 0  2   7 0 1   
Hughes    2 0  3   3 0 0   

http://superstats.heraldsun.com.au/gamestatslive/5015613.html

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Tigers do it for Polak
The Age | July 13, 2008

GRAHAM Polak was thousands of kilometres away from Subiaco Oval today but the 24-year-old AFL defender was the inspiration as Richmond ruthlessly dismantled West Coast by 77 points.

Polak suffered severe head injuries and was placed in a medically-induced coma for more than 24 hours after being struck by a tram two weeks ago.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace had no idea how his men would deal with the emotion leading into the match but was pleased with the way they snared the win as Polak watched the television in Melbourne.

"We had a couple of boys pretty emotional after the game in the rooms," Wallace said.

"From our point of view we are a family, as a group, and Polly's certainly part of that family.

"We spoke before the game, just sort of said we had some pretty important people back at home that would be watching in and we were really hopeful we could do the right thing."

The Tigers set up the 24.8 (152) to 11.9 (75) triumph with an 11-goal-to-one second quarter blitz, turning an 11-point deficit at quarter time into a match-winning 48-point lead at the long break.

With Matthew Richardson back in Victoria nursing a hamstring injury, 19-year-old Jack Riewoldt stood tall with a career-best five goals, while Nathan Brown (four goals) and Mitch Morton (three) were among 13 individual goalkickers.

Shane Tuck, Nathan Foley, Jordan McMahon, Trent Cotchin and Jay Schulz were others to shine for the Tigers, who remain one-and-a-half games adrift of the top-eight with a must-win clash against white-hot Essendon to come.

West Coast was ably led by Ben McKinley (three goals), David Wirrpanda (three goals) and ruckman Dean Cox (43 hit-outs) but were outrun by a slick Richmond unit that relished the vast expanses of the Perth venue.

And to make matters worse for the Eagles, who are now only half a percentage point above last-placed Melbourne and in danger of earning their first wooden spoon, star onballer Daniel Kerr may come under scrutiny from the match review panel for a third-quarter hit on Matt White.

With Morton set to take an easy mark in Richmond's forward 50 and White shielding Kerr a few metres away from the contest, Kerr threw his left forearm into the back of White's head.

He wasn't reported but Morton was awarded a 50m penalty for the indiscretion.

West Coast coach John Worsfold said he was "perplexed" with his team's performance and admitted they took a step back in their development.

"We got absolutely towelled up in every aspect of the game in that second quarter and didn't really put up any fight at all," Worsfold said.

"Today I feel as though, yeah, we're probably further back than what maybe I expected, it might take a bit longer but i"m still very confident we can get there.

"It might just be an extra season that we need to get more games into some of the younger players before they're really at the level."

The Tigers were simply unstoppable in the second term.

Despite Cox's dominance in the ruck, Richmond won the clearances 16-3 and recorded 12 scoring shots from 16 inside 50s.

BEST
Richmond: Foley, Riewoldt, McMahon, Tuck, Brown, Johnson, Schulz.

THE UPSHOT
After a disappointing fade-out in its centenary birthday game against Carlton and with best player Matthew Richardson sidelined, Richmond was able to display some of its emerging young talent in a dominant display. The Eagles might be heading for their first wooden spoon.

TALKING POINT
 Even allowing for the loss of key players in recent seasons, how has West Coast fallen so far so quickly? The Eagles, premiers in 2006, took an 11-point lead into the first break, but were smashed 11 goals to one in the second term, with the Tigers claiming 16 clearances to three for the quarter.

HOT AND COLD
Mitch Morton and Cleve Hughes have shown their potential as goal-scoring threats in recent weeks for the Tigers. Yesterday it was Jack Riewoldt's turn, with the youngster taking advantage of the Tigers' second-quarter dominance to boot three of his five goals for the match. Things can't get much worse for the Eagles. Or can they? Daniel Kerr is set to face the scrutiny of the match review panel after a clash with young Tiger Matt White.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rfmatchreport/tigers-do-it-for-polak/2008/07/13/1215887455828.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

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Kerr sweats it out after White clash
The Age | Perth | July 14, 2008

UNDER pressure West Coast midfielder Daniel Kerr will come scrutiny by the match-review panel for an off-the-ball round-arm strike on young Richmond midfielder Matt White in the third quarter of yesterday's heavy loss to the Tigers.

With ex-Eagle Mitch Morton set to take an easy mark in Richmond's forward 50 and White shielding Kerr a few metres away from the contest, a clearly frustrated Kerr responded by swinging his left forearm into the back of White's head.

Kerr wasn't reported, but Morton was awarded a 50-metre penalty for the indiscretion. If cited by the match-review panel, Kerr is likely to face a lengthy period on the sidelines given his record.

A blistering 11-goal second-quarter onslaught lifted Richmond to the comprehensive 77-point victory over West Coast at Subiaco Oval yesterday.

After trailing by 11 points at quarter-time, the Tigers turned the game on its head in the second term as the visitors ripped the Eagles to shreds at the stoppages, winning the clearances 16-3 for the quarter.

Richmond's forward line took full advantage of the midfield dominance, with Jack Riewoldt (three goals for the term) and Morton (two goals) leading the way as the Tigers produced their best-ever quarter against West Coast, slamming through 11.1 goals from just 16 inside 50s.

Brett Deledio, whose afternoon appeared over when he was assisted from the ground in the first quarter with a knee injury, returned to cap off the fine quarter with a memorable 60-metre goal.

But the Tigers weren't content with their 48-point half-time advantage, piling on the misery in the second half to run out convincing 24.8 (152) to 11.9 (75) winners, breaking a seven-game losing run against West Coast in the process.

It was a terrific win for the Tigers after an emotional fortnight leading into the match following a horrendous head injury to Graham Polak, after being struck by a tram.

With Matthew Richardson out with a hamstring injury, Riewoldt (five goals) played arguably his best game for the club, while Nathan Brown (four goals), Shane Tuck, Nathan Foley, Jordan McMahon, Trent Cotchin, Morton and Jay Schulz were others to shine.

West Coast forward Ben McKinley and David Wirrpanda kicked three goals apiece while ruckman Dean Cox (43 hit-outs) also tried hard in a losing cause.

Richmond's sixth win of the season keeps its finals aspirations alive, although it remains one-and-a-half wins adrift of the top eight.

The Tigers managed just a single goal in the opening term, but shot to life in the second quarter with exquisite foot skills.

The Eagles' only goal for the term resulted when Tuck was wrongly penalised for a throw and then slapped with a 50-metre penalty for abusive language, handing McKinley a gift.

With the game effectively over at half-time, the second term failed to inspire as the Eagles, who are just half a percentage point above Melbourne and in grave danger of earning their first wooden spoon, put up barely a whimper as they crashed to their sixth loss on the trot.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/kerr-sweats-it-out-after-white-clash/2008/07/13/1215887454477.html

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Richmond thump lacklustre West Coast outfit
West Australian
13th July 2008, 15:15 WST
 
Mid-table Richmond comprehensively thrashed an insipid West Coast at Subiaco Oval this afternoon, pulling away after quarter time to post a 77-point victory.

The visitors dominated for most of the day to win 24.8 (152) to 11.9 (75) and, despite conceding three early goals, were not tested after the first break.

Richmond opened up their match-winning lead on the back of an 11-goal second term, just the third time in history that the Eagles have conceded more 10 goals in a single quarter.

The Eagles previously conceded third-quarter scores of 11.7 (Geelong, 1989) and 12.4 (Sydney, 1987).

The record score was yet another blemish on the blue and gold books, which have been tarnished with plenty of red ink this season. The bookkeeper’s pens of choice were yellow and black this afternoon.

The once-powerful club has also conceded five eight-goal quarters so far in 2008, a record-breaking season for all the wrong reasons.

The Eagles stemmed the torrent of goals to a steady flow in the third term, but were still outscored six goals to three.

Party time was signalled for Richmond fans when Nathan Brown booted the ball over the two-tier grandstand at the city end of the ground early in the final term. It was the former Bulldog’s fourth of the day.

There may have been a few thousand Eagles fans fighting over the ball as they walked towards their cars. Possession of the prize would have made for one positive on an otherwise forgettable day out.

Richmond did not miss star forward Matthew Richardson, sidelined with a hamstring injury, who dominated in his last outing at Subiaco as he inspired the Tigers to a win over Fremantle.

Young star Jack Riewoldt (five goals), Brown (four) and former Eagle Mitch Morton (three) filled the void up front. Plenty of teammates rallied around those three, skipper Kane Johnson becoming the 13th Tiger to kick a goal late in the last quarter.

One gets an overriding feeling that there is plenty more pain to come for the Eagles as John Worsfold attempts to build a squad capable of reaching the dizzy heights achieved just 18 months ago.

Today’s Eagles team sheet included one of its most potent forward lines this season – including names like Hansen, Lynch, LeCras, McKinley and Kennedy – but they struggled to fire.

A combination of poor delivery and a lack of chances contributed to the dismal return, but it is clear that the forwards, with McKinley a possible exception to the rule, lack confidence.

McKinley and veteran David Wirrpanda each finished with three goals. Wirrpanda’s two late majors were no consolation to Eagles fans who were forced to listen to the joyous Tigers faithful belt out their club song from the stands as the final siren beckoned.

In contrast to the Eagles’ lack of confidence, the Tigers confidence is as strong as it has been all year on the back of a third impressive road victory. In four games outside Victoria they have dropped just one, against Sydney at the SCG.

They have now won three of their past four games and are poised to pounce on any slip ups from Adelaide, Brisbane and St Kilda who sit just inside the top half. They should start as favourites against the resurgent Bombers next week.

Adding insult to the Eagles’ injury was an incident involving star midfielder Daniel Kerr and young Tiger Matt White. Kerr made contact with the head of White with his arm in a marking contest, drawing a 50m penalty and resulting in a goal to former Eagle Mitch Morton. 

Kerr missed a shot at goal in the third term that was typical of Eagles midfielders post-Cousins and Judd. In recent years we have become accustomed to the powerful midfield brigade storming forward in a pack and slamming through goal after goal.

But, after winning a contested possession and playing a one-two with premiership teammate Ash Hansen, Kerr swung his leg lazily at the ball instead of kicking through it with the confidence of days gone by. The shot, from an easy position, was lucky to register a behind.

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=211&ContentID=84548

[jackstar]

Did Richard Tambling play

[blaisee]

Did Richard Tambling play

you miserable prick

[jackstar]

Did Richard Tambling play

you miserable prick

You didnt answer the question?
Well, Ahhhhh  Watched superstar Buddy on the weekend, did you Blaisee

[tigersalive]

Did Richard Tambling play

you miserable prick

You didnt answer the question?
Well, Ahhhhh  Watched superstar Buddy on the weekend, did you Blaisee

Can you give me a positive about the game first in which we had an 11 goal term and buried a team by 77 points??


We all know why Buddy fell to pick five and Richmond, the Bulldogs, and initially the Hawks, all passed on him so I still have no problem with the decision.

[cub]

Did Richard Tambling play

you miserable prick

You didnt answer the question?
Well, Ahhhhh  Watched superstar Buddy on the weekend, did you Blaisee

Can you give me a positive about the game first in which we had an 11 goal term and buried a team by 77 points??


We all know why Buddy fell to pick five and Richmond, the Bulldogs, and initially the Hawks, all passed on him so I still have no problem with the decision.

No use trying to talk sense ta
If you love Buddy so much go follow the dawks Jacko
Kinda like me laughing at the Bloos for picking Kruezer instead of Cotchin. I will but not week after week after week, well maybe lol

[Ramps]

Richards been poor the last few games, that is indisputable. The issue is, how does Richmond as a club get Tambling to become a good consistent player, not a superstar, just a good consistent player. At the moment hes struggling to be a good player let alone one that does it consistently.

[jackstar]

Richards been poor the last few games, that is indisputable. The issue is, how does Richmond as a club get Tambling to become a good consistent player, not a superstar, just a good consistent player. At the moment hes struggling to be a good player let alone one that does it consistently.

Coburg

[blaisee]

Did Richard Tambling play

you miserable prick

You didnt answer the question?
Well, Ahhhhh  Watched superstar Buddy on the weekend, did you Blaisee

well you reckoned he was gunna be better than lids.

so how smart does thar make you?

[Stripes]

I heard the SEN commentors give Richy a big wrap for his skills and his ability to draw the opposition allowing him to move it on to a freed teammate up ahead. They conceded that he didn't get enough of the ball but when he did he was very dangerous and the opposition were very wary of his ability to create something out of nothing.

From my perspective I think he is better on the wing or in the guts where he can play his natural in-and-under game more. Playing him off the half back may prove to be an inspired move but at the moment he seems to be struggling to find the pill.

Bling is a good player...nothing more nothing less.

Stripes