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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 13, 2025, 10:46:24 PM
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Back to being underdogs with the bookies again.
AFL Round 10
RICHMOND vs North Melbourne
Sunday, 18th May @ the M.C.G.
Start time: 1:10 pm
Odds: (Sportsbet)
Richmond $2.46
North Melb. $1.55
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7053
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Big game for us. Need to keep kangas as close to the bottom of the ladder as possible. They beat us and they are hot on the heels of 14/15th positions.
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Worth a punt at $2.46 seriously
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Norf have had our number for years, far more advanced than us. Not hopeful at all, but never know with our young team and will need to play better than they did against wet toats.
Will be there Go boys
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Worth a punt at $2.46 seriously
Zero chance.
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I expect North to win , but that’s ok . Their recent form has been solid .
This year is about development and has already exceeded expectations in many ways .
Just want to see them crack in .
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Richmond v North Melbourne Preview
Jack Makeham
SEN
15 May 2025
Which rebuilding squad has looked more promising of late?
The Tigers are coming off an exhilarating win in one of the most gripping 16th v 18th clashes we’ve ever seen, holding on for dear life to emerge victorious over West Coast by two points.
They’ll welcome a North Melbourne side fresh off one of the most bizarre results of the season, having played the top of the table Brisbane Lions to an unexpected draw down in Tasmania.
It capped off the Roos’ recent run of just barely missing out on their second win of the season, having lost their Round 7 & 8 matchups by a combined margin of 9 points.
Trips to the ‘G haven’t exactly been smooth for North this decade, not having experienced a win on the game’s biggest stage since Round 9 in 2017 and not having beaten Richmond on their home turf since the 2015 Elimination Final.
While the Tigers are fresh off a win and have claimed more scalps this season, there’s a case to be made that the Roos are currently playing the better brand of football, stacking up significantly better offensively and only marginally worse on the defensive end.
Yet Richmond’s young guns have already shown that they’ve got the ability to close out games and claim the four points, a skill that has been one of the biggest criticisms of North’s extensive rebuild.
Expect this clash to be another surprisingly entertaining affair between two bottom-four sides.
Prediction: Richmond by 7 points.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/05/15/who-will-win-and-why-tips-and-predictions-for-afl-round-10
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Ross scared
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North working a lot harder than us. We will get smacked if they keep up their work rate
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We're getting smacked for sure.
Zurhaar getting his annual tiger fisting per usual.
Midfield looks ways outclassed, smalls not crumbing crap in the forward line.
Going to be an ordinary day from what I'm seeing so far.
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Yep. You know it’s gonna be bad when we come up against a zippy midfield
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Quarter time
Richmond 2.1-13
North Melb. 6.0-36
Goals: Sims, Campbell
Getting smashed at the stoppages and clearances. Norf have come to play, working harder, more desperate and look sharp. We haven't. Lots of fumbles, missed handballs, running over the ball, mistackles, etc. We did this last week but got away with it against the hopeless Eagles. Any other team would've punished us and Norf are doing it today :help.
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Hugo with that finish :o :gotigers
25 - 36
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What a pack mark by Lalor :clapping :gotigers
31 - 37
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No HTB against Norf today ::)
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Beautiful goal from our 'decent but not a gun' Campbell!
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Beautiful goal from our 'decent but not a gun' Campbell!
Rated the 19th best player in the comp by Champion data.
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Soft goal to give up just before half-time :banghead
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Half time
Richmond 2.1 6.2-38
North Melb. 6.0 7.1-43
Goals: Campbell 2, Lalor 2, Sims, Ralphsmith
Lifted our workrate especially around the stoppages. Our pressure rating for that quarter was a whopping 270. That's what got us back in the game. That quarter was played mostly in our forward half. We should actually be in front if not for that late soft goal to Norf.
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Stats to HT:
Disposals 167 - 165 ..... ( contested: 79 - 77 )
Efficiency% 67 - 68
Marks 36 - 28
Tackles 55 - 60
Clearances 20 - 32 ..... ( centre: 2 - 7 ) .... it was even that 2nd qtr.
Inside 50s 28 - 20
In50 eff.% 43 - 45
In50 marks 4 - 4
In50 tackles 17 - 4
Hitouts 31 - 33
Frees 8 - 10
Taranto 19 disposals
Hopper 15
Dow 12
Banks 11
Lalor 11 plus 2 goals
McAuliffe 10
Broad 8
Floss 8
Brown 7
Miller 7
Ross 7
Trainor 7
Balta 6
Campbell 6 plus 2 goals
Mansell 6
Hugo 6
Kmac 5
Sims 5
Nank 4
Green 3
Faull 2
Lynch 2
Smith 0 .... sub not used yet
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7053#player-stats
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Mykelti just kicked a goal in the VFL
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That was probably the best quarter we have played all year.
Shame about the late goal
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Blown Lots of easy chances.
Hugo can run a lot faster in attack, happy to plod along in defence
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Ben Miller is the softest big man on the planet!!!
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Our ground defending is so crap
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3/4 time
Richmond 2.1 6.2 9.6-60
North Melb. 6.0 7.1 10.5-65
Goals: Campbell 3, Lalor 2, Lynch, Sims, Ralphsmith, McIntosh.
Even on the scoreboard but we allowed their ground level crumbers to win too many loose balls that quarter. We didn't kill the ball when we should have.
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Zurhaar getting his annual tiger fisting per usual.
Yep. Does nothing all year except against us.
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Five of the six goals in the third quarter came from stoppages (the other came from a kick-in). North Melbourne continues to have the better of clearances (11-8 in the third quarter), and leads 45-30 in points scored from stoppages. The AFL average is 34 points per game from stoppages.
Richmond has had five shots at goal from beyond the 50-metre line today, with four of these resulting in behinds and one attempt failing to score. North Melbourne has scored one goal from three such long-range attempts.
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7053#timeline
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Zurhaar getting his annual tiger fisting per usual.
Yep. Does nothing all year except against us.
Statistically his average goals/game is more than twice as high vs us than everyone else for his career.
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Kmac puts us in front :gotigers
66 - 65
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16.45min mark of the last quarter
Yuk
If that was Hugo or Short , they would cop a hiding here for that “effort”
Just had to go
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He's been very good today but that was ordinary by Floss there. Cost us a goal.
We've given up too many soft goals today failing to kill the ball.
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Dumb by Mansell. Another soft goal given away :banghead.
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Can we stop these dumb handballs. Geez we've overused the footy by hand :banghead.
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Norf have raised their intensity and we need to lift big time. They're now winning the 50/50 contests.
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Only we could make darling look good
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Trainor subbed off for Smith.
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Lynch out of the ruck at the F50 stoppage :gotigers
72 - 78
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Beautiful Hawkins-esque goal from Lynch there
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Wasted a lot of chances. Played okay but that’s just where we are at as a team.
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Had our chances, missed too many get table goals and gave up several soft ones the other way.
Can’t wait for Gibcus to get fit and push Miller out. Bloke is made of tissue paper!
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Had our chances, missed too many get table goals and gave up several soft ones the other way.
Can’t wait for Gibcus to get fit and push Miller out. Bloke is made of tissue paper!
Miller did a great job today
You realise his direct opponent is one of the best key forwards in the comp and did stuff all
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Final score
Richmond 2.1 6.2 9.6 11.8-74
North Melb. 6.0 7.1 10.5 12.6-78
Goals: Campbell 3, Lalor 2, Lynch 2, McIntosh 2, Sims, Ralphsmith.
Had our chances to win it in the end and we were finishing the better, but we didn't take them. Can't knock the effort after quarter time but we lost because we got beaten up in the clearances, didn't do the basics well enough and gave up too many soft goals to Norf through our schoolboy mistakes. The difference in tackling technique was noticeable too. Oh well another learning experience for the cubs.
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Green had minimal impact again. Time to try something different imo
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Bad luck , game could have gone either way …..just like last week.
There’s still a lot to get excited about.
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Blew that one. Should have got through points.
Thought the umpires sucked. Lynch gets a damned raw deal and some of those BS frees to Norf (eg Faull's late bump free) were pathetic.
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We dominated intercepts today but wasted our chances on the scoreboard from them kicking 4.8-32. So, our inaccuracy cost us big time.
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The Kangaroos had the better of the clearances (54-33) in a stoppage-heavy game, with 14-4 centre bounce clearances and 14-0 points from this source proving crucial.
This game has had the most stoppages of any in 2025, and fittingly, the final minutes have been littered with repeat stoppages.
The Tigers now have a major 17-5 advantage in intercept marks and also lead 62-45 in overall intercepts. Richmond has generated twice as many scores from intercepts (12-6), but converted only four of these into goals.
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7053#timeline
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Had our chances, missed too many get table goals and gave up several soft ones the other way.
Can’t wait for Gibcus to get fit and push Miller out. Bloke is made of tissue paper!
Miller did a great job today
You realise his direct opponent is one of the best key forwards in the comp and did stuff all
Miller was opposed to several other opponents for crucial contests. He was either a step off / too slow or just plain ineffective in marking contests for a player of his size.
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Had our chances, missed too many get table goals and gave up several soft ones the other way.
Can’t wait for Gibcus to get fit and push Miller out. Bloke is made of tissue paper!
Miller did a great job today
You realise his direct opponent is one of the best key forwards in the comp and did stuff all
Miller was opposed to several other opponents for crucial contests. He was either a step off / too slow or just plain ineffective in marking contests for a player of his size.
Miller was fine.
His decision making is poor and slow though.
He reminds of me Astbury. Not a main defender. Needs the Rance/Grimes type to be the main man. Which is supposed to be Balta who I thought was just OK today.
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Team stats:
Disposals 333 - 320 ..... ( contested: 136 - 141 ; uncontested: 201 - 167 )
Efficiency% 72 - 70
Kicks 175 - 192
Handballs 158 - 128
Turnovers 47 - 64
Marks 72 - 64 ..... ( contested: 10 - 9 )
Tackles 91 - 92
Clearances 33 - 54 ..... ( centre: 4 - 14 ; stoppages: 29 - 40 ) :help
Inside 50s 49 - 45
In50 eff.% 47 - 47
In50 marks 9 - 11
In50 tackles 22 - 6
Hitouts 52 - 55
Bounces 6 - 6
One %ers 47 - 38
Frees 17 - 19
Individual possies:
Taranto 30
Hopper 27
Banks 25
McAuliffe 22
Ross 21
Dow 17
Lalor 16
Ralphsmith 16
Campbell 15
Nankervis 14
Vlastuin 14
Lynch 13
McIntosh 13
Broad 12
Miller 12
Trainor 12 .... subbed off last quarter.
Balta 11
Brown 11
Mansell 11
Green 8
Sims 7
Faull 3
Smith 3 .... subbed on last quarter.
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7053#player-stats
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Could not get it past halfway to the start the 4th then dominated the last 10-12mins of the qtr just couldn’t put it away with either TT or kmac2 missing shots I thought they’d kick.
Anyway not a bad loss by any means but could have and probably should have won it in the end. Worst part is that it edges north closer to 11th-16th.
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Outside of our very poor start
3 crucial moments cost us
The Campbell miss in the 3rd
The Miller kick in the final qtr that should have hit Campbell on the chest but ended up sailing over his head
Smith's slowing the play and them a very poor kick in the F50
And before everyone jumps on me...the Mansell 50 was disgraceful, unacceptable and end off the day cost us the game but the above 3 moments were killers when we had had control and momentum... the Mansell brain fades was a very different beast
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Had our chances, missed too many get table goals and gave up several soft ones the other way.
Can’t wait for Gibcus to get fit and push Miller out. Bloke is made of tissue paper!
Miller did a great job today
You realise his direct opponent is one of the best key forwards in the comp and did stuff all
Miller was opposed to several other opponents for crucial contests. He was either a step off / too slow or just plain ineffective in marking contests for a player of his size.
Miller was fine.
His decision making is poor and slow though.
He reminds of me Astbury. Not a main defender. Needs the Rance/Grimes type to be the main man. Which is supposed to be Balta who I thought was just OK today.
Great comparison
Probably a poor mans Astbury being asked to do bigger jobs
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I swear mansell gives away so many of those types of free kicks. As much I think the AFL is way over doing it with downfield frees, mansell is really giving off fake tough guy vibes with dumping players after they’ve disposed of it.
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Fantastic to see Dusty in the rooms before the game.
He was there to celebrate KMac's 200th
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Hasn’t been much said about Hopper again this week
Keep sticking it up em
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Probably because his game wasn't that great. TT in the same boat.
I was more pleased with Kane Mac and Seth Campbell game.
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AFL Report Card: Round 10
Catherine Healey, Ben Waterworth and Ben Cotton
Foxsports
19 May 2025
RICHMOND
Oh, so close to a fourth win before the bye in a year where many thought they’d struggle to win a game. Despite a late surge, the Tigers fell short against fellow bottom-four team North Melbourne, going down by four points in a thrilling arm-wrestle at the MCG. Tigers coach Adem Yze said he was pleased with his players’ attitude and spirit in the way they responded after quarter-time to almost pinch the win. But ultimately that slow start was costly.
In the votes
Seth Campbell is a genuine rookie draft bargain. The small forward starred in attack again for Richmond, booting 3.2 from 15 disposals, eight score involvements and three tackles. Tim Taranto was among Richmond’s best again with 30 touches, 18 contested possessions and 10 clearances, while milestone man Kamdyn McIntosh and Sam Lalor booted two goals each as they stood up in big moments.
Room for improvement
Yze post-game said he was most disappointed in his team’s first quarter as the Kangaroos ran riot, kicking six goals to two on the back of stoppage and territory dominance. It meant the Tigers, according to Yze, were “chasing our tails” from thereon. And when the Tigers were in striking distance and had chances to level the scores and/or re-take the lead late, they sprayed set-shots. An opportunity gone begging.
Grade
B-
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-10-report-card-highlights-every-club-reviewed-and-graded-best-and-worst-players-stats-latest-news/news-story/bb39c1ed2e0da7f3ca862af99515a507
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Coaches votes: (Yze & Clarkson)
Richmond v North Melbourne
9 Tristan Xerri (NMFC)
8 Cameron Zurhaar (NMFC)
7 Tim Taranto (RICH)
3 Seth Campbell (RICH)
3 Colby McKercher (NMFC)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1325429/coaches-votes-r10-six-perfect-10s-as-star-rucks-tristan-xerri-and-max-gawn-make-a-move