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Brownlow Medal | 3 Patrick Dangerfield (ADEL) | 2 Dustin Martin (RICH) | 1 Bachar Houli (RICH) |
Richmond has consolidated its place in the top eight and, in the eyes of many pundits, taken another step towards "football maturity" with a convincing win over Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday. Coming into the match, only one win separated the two sides, and Adelaide's coach Brenton Sanderson had the flagged losing as not an option for the Crows. Coupled with a public perception that games such as this are ones that the Tigers usually drop, the pressure on Damien Hardwick's team was significant.
But Richmond responded to that pressure emphatically, firstly in the opening quarter of the match, when the Tigers outscored Adelaide five goals to two to take control of the match, and again in the last quarter, in response to the Crows kicking the first two goals to close the gap to 19 points at the three-minute mark. The Tigers kicked the next five goals from that point to put the result beyond doubt, only allowing the Crows a couple of consolation goals in the last five minutes of the match.
The Tigers were brilliantly led by Brett Deledio (28 disposals), whose midfield drive set up many Richmond scoring opportunities. He was given great support from Dustin Martin (four goals and 19 possessions), Brandon Ellis (23 touches and two goals) and Jack Riewoldt (three goals and 13 disposals). For Adelaide, Patrick Dangerfield (28 disposals, two goals) continued an outstanding season, while Scott Thompson (29 possessions and a goal) and Rory Sloane (23 touches) were also solid contributors.
Richmond are now a game clear inside the eight and, with winnable matches against the Bulldogs and St Kilda to come over the next two weeks, have a chance to virtually secure a place in the finals and perhaps even push for a top for position. On the other hand, the Crows' hopes of another finals campaign are hanging by a thread. They are a game outside of the eight and will realistically need to beat both Gold Coast and West Coast after this week's bye to remain in the hunt.
GOALS
Richmond: Martin 4; Riewoldt 3; Grigg, Ellis 2; Cotchin, Newman, Maric, King, Edwards
Adelaide: Dangerfield 2; Callinan, Jenkins, Lynch, Porplyzia, Jenkins, Thompson, van Berlo, Mackay
BEST - THE AGE
Richmond: Deledio, Martin, Ellis, Riewoldt, Foley, Houli
Adelaide: Dangerfield, Thompson, Douglas, Rutten, Sloane
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Richmond: Deledio, Riewoldt, Martin, Ellis, Conca, Chaplin, Houli
Adelaide: Dangerfield, Sloane, Porplyzia, Thompson, Rutten
COACHES' COMMENTS
Damien Hardwick (Rich): We're certainly excited by the depth of talent that we've got here. The thing that's been noticeable from our point of view is our tackle pressure at the front end of the ground has certainly improved. We thought we were relatively poor in that area but we've certainly improved over the course of the last month, which is great.
Brenton Sanderson (Adel): It was disappointing. We came over with intentions to obviously win the game and match their intensity. In the second quarter we let ourselves down - we had only six tackles and they had seventeen inside 50s. Their spread and outside run, we just couldn't keep up with them.
INJURIES
Richmond: Batchelor (knee soreness) replaced in selected side by Astbury, Astbury (head)
Adelaide: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Richmond: Matt White replaced David Astbury (head knock) in the third quarter
Adelaide: Ricky Henderson replaced Shaun McKernan in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Margetts, Stewart, Meredith
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Richmond | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
12 | Astbury, David | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 109d | 25 | 7 |
25 | Chaplin, Troy | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27y 112d | 150 | 11 |
30 | Conca, Reece | 13 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 307d | 40 | 7 |
9 | Cotchin, Trent | 11 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23y 69d | 96 | 57 |
3 | Deledio, Brett | 23 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26y 58d | 183 | 123 |
27 | Edwards, Aaron | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29y 105d | 84 | 125 |
10 | Edwards, Shane | 12 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24y 233d | 120 | 75 |
5 | Ellis, Brandon | 16 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19y 316d | 30 | 6 |
41 | Foley, Nathan | 10 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27y 280d | 125 | 34 |
6 | Grigg, Shaun | 14 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25y 57d | 97 | 40 |
14 | Houli, Bachar | 17 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25y 34d | 81 | 20 |
23 | Jackson, Daniel | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27y 51d | 134 | 42 |
28 | King, Jake | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29y 81d | 97 | 72 |
20 | Maric, Ivan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27y 162d | 108 | 39 |
4 | Martin, Dustin | 15 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21y 354d | 74 | 83 |
38 | Morris, Steven | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24y 166d | 31 | 2 |
1 | Newman, Chris | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31y 28d | 224 | 38 |
18 | Rance, Alex | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23y 249d | 77 | 7 |
8 | Riewoldt, Jack | 11 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24y 227d | 123 | 296 |
29 | Vickery, Ty | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 15d | 64 | 62 |
31 | Vlastuin, Nick | 14 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19y 57d | 7 | 6 |
35 | White, Matthew | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 61d | 95 | 46 |
Totals | 220 | 86 | 133 | 353 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 72 | 22 | 24 | 24y 358d | 2065 | 1198 |
Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
16 | Brown, Luke | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 266d | 14 | 0 |
37 | Callinan, Ian | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30y 177d | 29 | 43 |
32 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 17 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23y 71d | 101 | 113 |
26 | Douglas, Richard | 19 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 129d | 126 | 89 |
45 | Henderson, Ricky | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 277d | 49 | 37 |
24 | Jacobs, Sam | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25y 66d | 72 | 16 |
10 | Jaensch, Matthew | 13 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 270d | 41 | 18 |
4 | Jenkins, Josh | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24y 127d | 23 | 31 |
46 | Laird, Rory | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 168d | 8 | 1 |
27 | Lynch, Tom | 11 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22y 273d | 21 | 27 |
14 | Mackay, David | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24y 325d | 97 | 29 |
35 | McKernan, Shaun | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 287d | 29 | 18 |
22 | Otten, Andy | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24y 31d | 59 | 7 |
40 | Porplyzia, Jason | 12 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 200d | 121 | 173 |
25 | Rutten, Ben | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30y 18d | 206 | 8 |
9 | Sloane, Rory | 10 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 90d | 69 | 42 |
33 | Smith, Brodie | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 152d | 44 | 8 |
12 | Talia, Daniel | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21y 256d | 44 | 3 |
5 | Thompson, Scott | 14 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30y 93d | 235 | 143 |
7 | Van Berlo, Nathan | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 9d | 172 | 59 |
17 | Vince, Bernie | 15 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27y 256d | 119 | 75 |
11 | Wright, Matthew | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23y 183d | 50 | 33 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 208 | 82 | 144 | 352 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 59 | 24 | 22 | 24y 302d | 1729 | 973 |