Richmond vs North Melbourne @ Bellerive Oval --- Round 23, 2025

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AFL Round 23

North Melbourne vs RICHMOND

Sunday, 17th August 2025 @ Ninja Stadium (Bellerive Oval), Hobart.

Start time:  1:10 pm


Odds: (Sportsbet)
North Melb    $1.53
Richmond      $2.51

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7156

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For those in or heading down this weekend to Tassie.



https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1954796166719414764

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North Melbourne v Richmond Preview

Luke Mathews
SEN
15 Aug 2025

Both North Melbourne and Richmond will be looking to close out their season with one final win and avoid a dreaded bottom two finish.

The Kangaroos have been one of the most disappointing sides in 2025 with just four wins and are currently 17th. Despite bringing in plenty of experience during the off-season, the Shinboners thought this would be the year they would finally start to climb the ladder. It has proved to be anything but.

They were never really in the game last week against the Giants, going down by 54 points. Luke Parker had one of his better games in royal blue and white by collecting 29 disposals and kicking a goal while Colby McKercher’s excellent end to 2025 continued with 27 disposals and one goal.

Sunday’s match is the Roos’ best chance to claim four points for a while, with their last win coming against Carlton in Round 15. Richmond is one of the only teams that North has a reasonable record against in recent times, having won three of their last four dating back to 2022.

Despite having very low expectations entering the season, the Tigers have had a promising year, winning five matches and losing three by under a goal to currently sit 16th. Although a loss to the Kangaroos would drop them down to 17th, it wouldn’t change their draft hand with the Tigers currently holding North’s first-round pick.

The Tigers, amid some massive defeats, continue to show plenty of fight to end the season, highlighted by a four-point loss to St Kilda at the MCG last weekend. Jack Ross and Rhyan Mansell stood up in a side littered with kids, with Ross finishing with 26 touches while Mansell booted two goals from his 17 disposals.

Adem Yze will be hoping to see more improvement from his budding stars Taj Hotton and Harry Armstrong which the club can build on in 2026.

While a win will mean a lot more to North Melbourne, Richmond’s form has been much better in recent weeks and looks like they could hand the Kangaroos their eighth defeat in a row.

Prediction: Richmond by 15 points.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/08/13/who-will-win-and-why-tips-and-predictions-for-afl-round-23

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North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson dismissed the idea the winner of Sunday’s clash in Hobart against fellow battlers Richmond would come out as the team closer to a surge up the ladder.

Instead he referenced the “seven or eight year” build of the Brisbane Lions, the reigning premiers, “from the bottom of the ladder to the top” as an example of the long road still ahead of both clubs.

Clarkson would hope his Kangaroos are more competitive by then, having won just four games in 2025, one less than the Tigers who would arguably be a step behind in their youth-led rebuild.

But the premiership winning coach said wins were not the only metric, and only time would tell whether North was on the track to success, and whether they would get there before Richmond.

“I know that’s a sexy story, but we are both on the same journeys,” he said of the two clubs.

“What excites us is sides like Adelaide have been on the same journey as us, the Brisbane Lions, same journey, and Adelaide are on top of the ladder and looking really good.

“Brisbane took seven or eight years to get from the bottom to the top.

“We know what the formula is, but it’s a difficult track and there’s no guarantee you are ever going to get there. What we can guarantee is we are trying out best to get there. “Everyone would like to thing whoever wins this game is on track to get there a little bit quicker, but it’s over along journey rather than a short one.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/significant-expense-clarkson-weighs-in-on-tassie-roof-saga-and-what-they-can-learn-from-nfl/news-story/64d202e2d0072102ee52aa4502efccde

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Benny Gale visited our Captain's Run training session in Hobart today.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/albums/1864232/afl-captains-run-august-16-2025?modal=true&type=gallery&playlistId=1864232&playlistSize=41

[WilliamPowell]

I'm flying down in the morning and my cousin has told me to bring extra warm clothes as it's going to be freezing cold 

[Loui Tufga]

I'm flying down in the morning and my cousin has told me to bring extra warm clothes as it's going to be freezing cold 

Correct, there is a real chance we will get sleet and possibly snow. You’ll need to rug up, that’s for sure!

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No late changes for #AFLNorthTigers.

Substitutes:
@NMFCOfficial - Matt Whitlock
@Richmond_FC - Kamdyn McIntosh

https://x.com/AFL/status/1956903065291837922

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Trainor out for green hammy

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Other sources saying hip/hand

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Free hit today. C'mon Tigers.

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Typical sucker punch goal to Norf  .

Asleep at their kick-in.

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Loose as so far  .

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How was that not within the 10m protected area?

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That's better Tiger Tom 

Rich  1.1-7
NM    1.1-7