Richmond vs Collingwood @ the MCG --- Round 20, 2025

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AFL Report Card: Round 20

Ben Cotton and Catherine Healey
Foxsports
28 July 2028

RICHMOND

Another promising performance from the Tigers, even though their two-game winning streak came to a halt at the hands of Collingwood. But there was plenty for Richmond fans to cheer about including a couple of exciting run-down tackles from Maurice Rioli, plus some big highlights from Steely Green including an epic goal. You couldn’t question the Tigers’ effort, hanging with the ladder leaders for the majority of the MCG clash and holding up well defensively.

In the votes

Nick Vlasutin was enormous in defence, tallying a game-high 17 intercept possessions with seven marks and 25 touches to consistently thwart Collingwood’s pathway to goal. Vlaustin deserves to be firmly in the All-Australian mix. Meanwhile Tyler Sonsie registered career-high 28 touches and 1o marks in one of his best games .

Room for improvement

It was really just the third quarter that let the Tigers down in the only period of the match they fell away. Take that out and there was only a 20-point difference between the sides, which you’d take every day as a rebuilding side against the flag favourite. Adem Yze backed in his system instead of tagging Nick Daicos, but the Tigers coach might be questioning that after the Pies superstar ran riot with 42 disposals and three goals. It came after Daicos registered 42 touches against Richmond last time these sides met in Round 20 last year.

Grade

B-

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-round-20-report-card-highlights-every-club-reviewed-and-graded-best-and-worst-players-stats-latest-news/news-story/3113cbe4c32d8e7124a9ba0482c37720

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Coaches votes (Yze & McRae)

Richmond v Collingwood

10 Nick Daicos COLL
8 Nick Vlastuin RICH
3 Josh Daicos COLL
3 Isaac Quaynor COLL
2 Jacob Hopper RICH
2 Tom Mitchell COLL
1 Brayden Maynard COLL
1 Nathan Broad RICH

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1376620/coaches-votes-r20-collingwood-magpies-superstar-nick-daicos-extends-lead-as-eight-players-land-perfect-10s

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Selling hope: Richmond’s system stands up against the best

Lachlan Geleit
SEN
29 July 2025

Richmond’s structures stood up all day against ladder-leaders Collingwood.

While the Tigers eventually went down by 36 points, they stuck to the Magpies until midway through the third term and did as well as they could to match their opposition around the ground.

With both defences setting up the ground well, the difference in the game was really Collingwood’s class and Nick Daicos.

Put him on Richmond, and there’s no doubt the Tigers could have won given how well the rest of their game held up.

Nick Vlastuin deserves a shoutout for an amazing performance down back as he genuinely pushes for an All-Australian blazer, Luke Trainor and Nathan Broad also impressed in defence.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/07/28/selling-hope-one-positive-from-each-bottom-nine-team-in-round-20