VFL R3: Richmond vs Werribee @ Avalon Airport Oval, Sat. April 13

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Naismith wins the HTB free 75 out. Goes long and Archie May takes the contested mark in the pack 10m out. Goal! 

Finally!

Rich  1.4-10
Werr 5.2-32

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Werribee get it straight back from the centrebounce. Once again Naismith is winning the tap but our mids today are out of sync.

10 - 38

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Naismith to Banks 70 out. Gets 50. Goal! 

Rich  2.4-16
Werr 6.2-38

5 mins Q2

[The Machine]

Cumberland 2 kicks playing as a mid. Cooked.

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Not sure who Cumberland was handballing to  . Play continues and George gets the free for too high 35 out. Misses.

17 - 45

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Davidson from 52m out misses.

18 - 45

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We break out of the Werribee press. Yassine two bounces through the middle and chips to Samson 40 out. Goal! 

Rich   3.6-24
Werr  7.3-45

20 mins Q2

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Naismith reads the smaller Werribee mids' hips and wins the HTB free. Goes long from 65 and it's too high for Samson and goes through for a point.

25 - 45

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Juddy Clarke hobbling off to the bench. Possibly another injury  .

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Smith long to the goalsquare and off hands.

26 - 45

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We have some dumb players out there. Switch off defensively pushing up too hard or just plain ballwatching and allow Werribee twice to easily rebound from our F50 to their open F50 with just two mins to go in the quarter. Coughed up another soft goal in the last minute. That's 3 in half .

Half-time

Richmond   0.4     3.8-26
Werribee    4.2     8.4-52

Goals: Ryan, Banks, May.

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Stats to HT:

Smith  8 disposals
Cumberland 7
Naismith 7
Ryan  7
Banks 6
Coulthard 3
Clarke  1


Disposals   130 - 189
Marks          36 - 47
Clearances   15 - 25
Inside 50s    21 - 33
Tackles        39 - 22
Hitouts         28 - 10
Frees           13 - 10

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6322#team-stats

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Yassine down. Leg/ankle injury. Carried off by the trainers.

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Cumberland strong mark 55 out. Goes for it but misses.

14 mins for the first score of the quarter by either side.

27 - 52

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Clarke back on with his right knee strapped. Banks finds him 45 out. Clarke nails it  but after the kick he's gone back off.

Rich  4.9-33
Werr 8.4-52

Clarke looks off for the good now. Gone down into the rooms.