The Richmond Tigers moved to a 6-7 record on Saturday, following a seven-goal win over the Brisbane Lions at the MCG.
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Final score
Richmond 17.5.117
Brisbane 11.9.75
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The Richmond Tigers will look to continue their improbable run to the AFL finals when they met up with the Brisbane Lions on Saturday. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 1:40pm AEST.
Richmond are coming off the bye round and have won four of their previous matches while the Lions are looking to bounce back from their heavy defeat at the hands of the West Coast Eagles.
Both teams are in the midst of a disappointing AFL campaign with the Lions just narrowly ahead of the Essendon Bombers at the bottom of the ladder while the Tigers are sitting in 13th.
The Tigers will want to keep the winning up if they are any chance of making the finals and a big win over the Lions may help set that up before they go to Adelaide and face the Power next week.
Brisbane have the bye next week and will want to go out on a high by taking a stronger side down.
Richmond will be without Daniel Rioli who has left the team for family reasons and Cory Ellis is also an omission with a groin injury, they are replaced in the side by Nick Vlastuin and Connor Menadue.
On the other side of the coin Brisbane are battling injuries of their own with Tom Cutler out with a hamstring injury and Ryan Harwood battling a knee injury, Brisbane has also omitted two other players and Dayne Zorko is out with personal reasons.
It will be a big week for Dustin Martin who will look to boost his outside Brownlow chances with another big week.
Daniel Rich will also look to have a big game after being tagged out of the games in recent weeks and with the possibility of the ball seeing a lot of time in the Lions’ backline his run and ball usage will be important if the Lions have a chance of winning.
Richmond currently have an unbeaten stretch against Brisbane of eight games dating back to 2009.
Prediction: Tigers by 45
Can the Tigers keep their slim finals hopes alive or will the Lions turn the recent trend against the Tigers and get a win over their much fancied opponents?
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Bobbo7
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Yes, Richmond are a joke. Simply no hunger to hammer poor sides. They should have won by 80 plus but typically, stopped bothering in the last quarter because they are Richmond and an average win over a poor side is enough for them
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Click here to read the full match report from this game What's next? Follow our Giants vs Blues live blog Final score Richmond 17.5.117 Brisbane 11.9.75 Leading possessions. Richmond. Dustin Martin 35. Brandon Ellis 28 Shaun Grigg 27 Brisbane Tom Rockliff 30 Ryan Bastinac 28 Sam Mayes 27 Leading goal kickers Richmond. Jack Riewoldt 4 4 others with 2 goals Brisbane Eric Hipwood 3 Lewis Taylor 2 Injuries Mitch Robinson left the field in the 2nd (concussion) Shaun Hampson left the game late in the 4th (leg injury) 3,2,1 Dustin Martin 3 Jack Riewoldt 2 Connor Menadue 1
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Thanks for joining me for today's.
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Game Over Richmond have been far too good for Brisbane today. 17.15.117 to 11.9.75 42 win by the Tigers.
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Behind Lions. Richmond 17.15.117 Brisbane 11.9.75
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Goal Richmond. Another goal for Jack Riewoldt gives him 4 for the game. Richmond 17.15.117 Brisbane 11.8.74
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Goal Lions. Hanley runs into the open goal and kicks it through. Richmond 16.15.111 Brisbane 11.8.74
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Goal Tigers. Nick Vlaustin a missed tackle from the Lions set the goal up. Richmond 16.15.111 Brisbane 10.8.68
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Goal Brisbane, Stefan Martin converts a free kick into a goal and the Lions have gotten it under 40 points. Richmond 15.15.105 Brisbane 10.8.68
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Behind Lions. Richmond 15.15.105 Brisbane 9.8.62
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Behind Tigers. Rushed. Richmond 15.15.105 Brisbane 9.7.61
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Goal Lions Jarrad Jansen kicks his first and for the first time all game the Tigers have 3 goals for a quarter. Richmond 15.14.104 Brisbane 9.7.61
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Goal Tigers. Sam Lloyd with a nice little dribble kick that bounces through for a goal. Richmond 15.14.104 Brisbane 8.7.55
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Behind Brisbane. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 8.7.55
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Behind Lions Rowan Bewick takes a nice grab but is unable to kick the goal. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 8.6.54
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Goal Lions. 10' Eric Hipwood kicks his 3rd of the game. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 8.5.53
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Goal Brisbane. Lewis Taylor gets his first of the game and the Lions bring it back to 51 points. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 7.5.47
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Behind Tigers. Dustin Martin again misses the goals for a behind. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 6.5.41
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i agree they are playing a horrible style of game at the moment and would be exposed quite quickly by the better sides of the comp.
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Behind Tigers. 5' Dustin Martin takes a snap from the boundary and misses. Richmond 14.14.98 Brisbane 6.5.41