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Richmond vs Carlton

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1EF   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 08-09-2013 3:20 pm   Crowd: 94,690  
Richmond 3.5.2310.7.6712.10.8214.12.96 C:  Damien Hardwick
Carlton 2.3.156.5.4112.6.7818.8.116 C:  Mick Malthouse
  RICH by 8RICH by 26RICH by 4CARL by 20  
Weather
min temp  8.8°C      max temp  18.3°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  48%    air pressure  1024.0mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  WSW

Match Report

At the three-minute mark of the third quarter of this match, Richmond led Carlton by 32 points and the fairytale season for Tiger fans, who had endured 12 consecutive years without seeing their team in a final, looked set to continue for at least one more week.

But a cruel reality unfolded over the next hour, as a Carlton team that had scraped into the top eight by the barest of margins and in the most unusual of circumstances, somehow lifted itself off the canvas, whittled the margin down to four points at the final change, then ran all over a shell-shocked Richmond in the last quarter to record a remarkable 20-point win.

The match started well for the Tigers, as they responded to an early Carlton goal by kicking three of the next four and taking am eight-point lead into the first break. From there, things only got better for Richmond for the remainder of the first half. After Carlton kicked the first goal of the second quarter through Eddie Betts, the Tigers began to dominate. They kicked the next four goals through Tyrone Vickery, Chris Newman, Aaron Edwards and Shane Tuck to take a 25-point lead. The remainder of the term was more or less halved, each team kicking three goals, and the lead remained at a healthy 26 points at the long break.

Aaron Edwards kicked the first goal of the third quarter to take Richmond’s lead out to a game-high 32 points, but it was from that moment that things began to turn sour for the Tigers. Jarrad Waite converted a free from 20 metres out to cut the lead to 25, and then Jeff Garlett followed up `with another goal a minute later to sow the seeds of doubt in the minds of Richmond players and fans alike.

Doubt turned to panic over the next eight minutes as Nick Duigan, Heath Scotland and Betts all kicked goals to cut the deficit to a single point as the quarter entered time on. Brandon Ellis gave the Tigers some breathing space with a goal soon after time-on began, but Duigan chipped in with another just before three-quarter time and at the final change the difference was just three points.

A blunder by Blue Mitch Robinson saw Richmond get the first goal of the last quarter via free kick to Ivan Maric but Eddie Betts answered quickly with a goal at the five-minute mark to once more reduce to margin to under a goal. Soon after, Robinson atoned for his error with a mark and goal that saw the Blues regain the lead for the first time since the first quarter.

The scene appeared set for a grandstand finish but the stuffing had been knocked out of the Tigers and Carlton kicked four of the last five goals of the game to record a remarkable 20-point win.

Architects of the win for the Blues included Chris Judd who returning from injury had 25 touches, kicked a goal and came to the fore at crucial stages of the match, Nick Duigan, a very late inclusion who kicked four goals and skipper Marc Murphy who collected 26 possessions.

For the Tigers, Trent Cotchin (26 touches and two goals), Brett Deledio (24 possessions) and Daniel Jackson (21 disposals) all did their best to keep the yellow and black in the match. The Tigers had suffered an early blow when Reece Conca injured a hamstring and had to be replaced in the first term.

As heartbreaking as the loss will be for the club, Richmond cam look back on 2013 as a season in which it made great strides. But the club simply must build on that progress in 2014 and win at least one final.

On the other side of the ledger, the Blues can probably still not believe their luck. They fell into the eight by virtue of a last-gasp, one-point win over Port Adelaide and the relegation of Essendon to ninth, and will now face Sydney at Stadium Australia this Friday night for a chance to play in a Preliminary Final. The Swans will start favourite in that match but with the Blues on a roll and Mick Malthouse at the helm, there may still be another twist in the tale of Carlton's season.

GOALS
Richmond: Vickery, Cotchin, Edwards, Maric 2; Riewoldt, Grimes, Newman, Martin, Tuck, Ellis
Carlton: Waite, Duigan 4; Betts 3; Garlett, Robinson 2; Warnock, Scotland, Judd

BEST - THE AGE
Richmond: Cotchin, Jackson, Deledio, Maric, Vlastuin, Houli
Carlton: Judd, Duigan, Gibbs, Waite, Betts, Robinson, Murphy, Bell

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Richmond: Deledio, Cotchin, Martin, Rance, Newman
Carlton: Judd, Murphy, Curnow, Duigan, Betts, Waite, Gibbs

INJURIES
Richmond: Conca (hamstring)
Carlton: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Richmond: Shane Tuck replaced Reece Conca (hamstring) in the first quarter
Carlton: Troy Menzel replaced Andrew McInnes in the final quarter

UMPIRES: Farmer, Nicholls, Meredit

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Tim Watson, Cameron Ling, Nick Riewoldt

Source

Match report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.

Match stats

Richmond Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
25 Chaplin, Troy 5 3 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 27y 197d 162 11
30 Conca, Reece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21y 27d 52 17
9 Cotchin, Trent 22 4 4 26 2 0 0 4 1 2 23y 154d 108 61
3 Deledio, Brett 16 3 8 24 0 1 0 4 1 0 26y 143d 195 126
27 Edwards, Aaron 10 7 2 12 2 2 0 0 2 1 29y 190d 91 138
10 Edwards, Shane 4 1 7 11 0 2 0 3 0 0 24y 318d 129 79
5 Ellis, Brandon 7 5 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 20y 36d 42 16
6 Grigg, Shaun 10 6 4 14 0 0 1 4 1 2 25y 142d 109 49
2 Grimes, Dylan 3 3 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 22y 54d 26 0
14 Houli, Bachar 15 9 5 20 0 1 0 4 0 1 25y 119d 91 23
23 Jackson, Daniel 12 3 9 21 0 0 0 4 0 2 27y 136d 146 57
28 King, Jake 8 1 2 10 0 0 0 4 1 0 29y 166d 105 77
20 Maric, Ivan 5 2 11 16 2 0 26 3 1 2 27y 247d 118 45
4 Martin, Dustin 12 2 7 19 1 1 0 2 0 2 22y 74d 86 90
38 Morris, Steven 3 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 24y 251d 43 6
1 Newman, Chris 11 6 4 15 1 0 0 3 1 0 31y 113d 233 40
13 Petterd, Ricky 8 5 8 16 1 0 0 2 1 0 25y 46d 66 59
18 Rance, Alex 12 6 8 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 23y 334d 89 8
8 Riewoldt, Jack 8 6 3 11 1 0 0 3 1 1 24y 312d 134 320
21 Tuck, Shane 8 2 10 18 1 1 1 3 2 0 31y 258d 173 74
29 Vickery, Ty 9 6 5 14 2 0 9 4 2 2 23y 100d 75 78
31 Vlastuin, Nick 13 6 5 18 0 0 0 1 2 0 19y 142d 18 9
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 201 88 119 320 14 12 37 59 18 19 25y 112d 2291 1383
Carlton Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
27 Armfield, Dennis 4 0 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 26y 260d 104 41
28 Bell, Tom 11 3 6 17 0 1 0 4 0 1 22y 87d 15 8
19 Betts, Eddie 12 7 0 12 3 2 0 4 3 1 26y 286d 183 288
35 Curnow, Ed 6 0 11 17 0 0 0 10 2 1 23y 305d 50 9
34 Duigan, Nick 10 7 5 15 4 0 0 1 0 0 29y 1d 42 10
38 Garlett, Jeff 6 1 4 10 2 2 0 3 1 1 24y 36d 97 171
4 Gibbs, Bryce 21 2 6 27 0 0 0 5 1 0 24y 177d 154 79
23 Henderson, Lachie 8 5 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 23y 268d 83 60
40 Jamison, Michael 2 2 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 27y 89d 110 1
5 Judd, Chris 14 4 11 25 1 0 0 3 1 0 30y 0d 258 217
8 Kreuzer, Matthew 3 0 1 4 0 0 22 4 1 0 24y 118d 105 56
26 McInnes, Andrew 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 21y 172d 15 1
2 Menzel, Troy 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18y 351d 7 8
3 Murphy, Marc 19 8 7 26 0 0 0 4 3 1 26y 51d 164 133
12 Robinson, Mitch 15 3 6 21 2 0 0 4 1 1 24y 93d 87 51
29 Scotland, Heath 7 4 8 15 1 0 0 3 0 1 33y 49d 263 79
6 Simpson, Kade 14 6 4 18 0 0 0 4 1 1 29y 126d 199 117
42 Tuohy, Zach 8 3 5 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 23y 272d 53 21
30 Waite, Jarrad 8 6 3 11 4 0 0 6 2 2 30y 216d 167 220
1 Walker, Andrew 12 1 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 27y 113d 164 116
11 Warnock, Robert 6 0 0 6 1 1 30 1 2 3 26y 232d 69 13
13 Yarran, Chris 4 2 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 22y 263d 83 66
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 193 66 99 292 18 8 52 67 19 18 25y 278d 2472 1765

Match highlights

Ed Curnow had 10 tackles for Carlton vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
94,690 attended Richmond vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Shane Tuck played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.