VFL R9: Richmond vs Essendon @ the MCG, Sat. May 25 [curtain-raiser]

[one-eyed]

Ball-up 20 out. McCarthey crumb in traffic and snaps a goal 

Rich  5.0-30
Ess   4.2-26

26 min Q1

[one-eyed]

Dumb play trying to go across defensive goal late in the quarter causes a stoppage which the Bombers get a free kick and goal from.

30 - 32

[one-eyed]

George pulls one out across the body from the boundary 

Rich  6.0-36
Ess   5.2-32

32 min Q1

[one-eyed]

Blind overhead handball in defence  . Lucky the Bomber sprayed the shot OOTF.

[one-eyed]

Quarter time

Richmond   6.0-36
Essendon   5.3-33

Goals: Koschitzke, Coulthard, White, May, McCarthey, George.

[one-eyed]

QT stats:

Smith 7 disposals
Kosi  5
Coulthard 5
Trezise 4
Banks 3
Young 1 .... (off with a knee injury)


Disposals   99 - 73
Marks        30 - 13
Clearances 13 - 13
Inside 50s  12 - 15
Tackles       17 - 14
Hitouts         5 - 22 = no ruckman
Frees           3 - 5

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6396#team-stats

[one-eyed]

Bomber fumble in our F50 and Smith makes them pay with a nice finish  .

Rich  7.0-42
Ess    6.4-40

7 min Q2

[one-eyed]

Smith long to the hot spot. Davidson receives from the crumb and skids through the goal from 25 out  .

Rich  8.0-48
Ess   6.4-40

10 min Q2


Hope our seniors kick this straight. Be a nice change from the 1.6 starts.

[one-eyed]

Spring off a D50 stoppage. May chips to Banks 45 out. Misses.

49 - 40

[The Machine]

Kosi looking much better down back. Scott looks a likely type!

[one-eyed]

After all this time not paying HTB to us for Bombers diving on it, the muppet pulls one out against us to the Bombers directly in front  .

Thankfully the Dons miss the sitter.

49 - 41

[one-eyed]

We breakout again on transition from D50. Ends up with May having a shot 45 out. Misses to the right.

50 - 41

[one-eyed]

Goal to the Bombers.

50 - 47

[one-eyed]

Half-time

Richmond   6.0    8.2-50
Essendon    5.3    7.5-47

Goals: Koschitzke, Coulthard, Smith, White, May, McCarthey, George, Davidson.

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Stats to HT:

Smith 13 disposals
Kosi  11
Trezise 10
Banks  7
Coulthard 6
Young  1 .... (off 1st qtr with a knee)


Disposals   168 - 153
Marks          56 - 40
Clearances   16 - 23
Inside 50s    20 - 26
Tackles        28 - 30
Hitouts          8 - 37
Frees             7 - 9             

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6396#player-stats