Richmond
39
Match Complete
Hawthorn
71
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| J. Caddy |  | 22:06 | ||
| Rushed | | 20:54 | ||
| J. Higgins | | 20:02 | ||
| 17:50 |  | C. Wingard | ||
| J. Castagna | | 14:05 | ||
| J. Riewoldt | | 11:10 | ||
| J. Castagna | | 8:39 | ||
| T. J. Lynch | | 4:57 | ||
| J. Castagna | | 0:56 | ||
| 3.3 (21) | Third Quarter [+] | 10.5 (65) | ||
| 21:12 | | J. Gunston | ||
| J. Riewoldt | | 19:30 | ||
| 18:37 | | Rushed | ||
| T. J. Lynch | | 15:31 | ||
| 12:26 | | J. Gunston | ||
| 8:58 | | C. Wingard | ||
| Rushed | | 4:36 | ||
| 1:23 | | J. Patton | ||
| 2.1 (13) | Second Quarter [+] | 7.3 (45) | ||
| S. Edwards | | 20:59 | ||
| 10:20 | | T. O'Brien | ||
| 2:17 | | I. Smith | ||
| S. Bolton | | 0:51 | ||
| 0.1 (1) | First Quarter [+] | 5.3 (33) | ||
| 24:37 | | J. Ceglar | ||
| 19:27 | | J. Worpel | ||
| 18:34 | | Rushed | ||
| 13:56 | | J. O'Meara | ||
| 11:58 | | J. Gunston | ||
| 9:39 | | L. Breust | ||
| 5:05 | | C. Wingard | ||
| 2:58 | | J. Gunston | ||
| S. Bolton | | 1:41 | ||
There’ll be no Dustin Martin for the Richmond Tigers as they look to get back on the winners list against the Hawthoren Hawks at the MCG. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:40pm (AEST).
Richmond looked to be in for a long night early in their season re-opener against Collingwood last week, falling behind by 24 points at quarter time. Although they were able to claw their way back, both sides succumbed to slippery and dewy conditions in a sloppy five-goal apiece 36-36 draw. Two-time Norm Smith medallist Dusty will miss tonight’s clash with a rib injury.
Hawthorn, on the other hand, did suffer a long night after getting blown away in the second half by Geelong. The Hawks went into halftime just six points down, but managed one goal in the second half to the home side’s ten in a 61-point drubbing that saw their midfield slammed as “fourth-rate” by coach Alastair Clarkson.
The Tigers have a good recent record against their opponents tonight, having won the previous four encounters by an average of 28 points. But last year’s 36-point win was off the back of herculean efforts by the absent Martin (37 disposals, 10 clearances, two goals) and since-departed Brandon Ellis (35 disposals), giving the Hawks hope of an upset.
Game information
Opening bounce: 7:40pm (AEST)
Venue: MCG
TV: Fox Sports, Seven
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Fox Sports, AFL Live Pass
Teams
Tigers
B: Nathan Broad, Dylan Grimes, David Astbury
HB: Jayden Short, Nick Vlastuin, Bachar Houli
C: Marlion Pickett, Dion Prestia, Jack Graham
HF: Shai Bolton, Shane Edwards, Jason Castagna
F: Daniel Rioli, Tom Lynch, Jack Riewoldt
FOL: Ivan Soldo, Trent Cotchin, Kane Lambert
I/C: Jack Ross, Jack Higgins, Josh Caddy, Sydney Stack
Hawks
B: James Sicily, James Frawley, Blake Hardwick
HB: Ben Stratton, Ben McEvoy, Shaun Burgoyne
C: Ricky Henderson, James Worpel, Isaac Smith
HF: Tom Scully, Tim O’Brien, Luke Breust
F: Jack Gunston, Jonathon Patton, Chad Wingard
FOL: Jonathon Ceglar, Tom Mitchell, Liam Shiels
I/C: Sam Frost, Jaeger O’Meara, Paul Puopolo, Oliver Hanrahan
DingoGray
Roar Guru
"at least it's the right time of the year to put in a shocker" While normally I would totally agree with that, but this season you can't afford any slow starts. The tigers continue playing like this over the next month, they may just kill off their own chances. The other impacts is the unknown of the fixture and HUBS. Not winning now could mean later when the travel becomes an issue could also lead to a case of "Close the gate- the horse has already bolted"
Birdman
Roar Rookie
Yep. TOB can def. read where the ball will land but has a bad case of concrete hands. Given the 6 years we're perserved with him to date, any Hawk fan could be excused in thinking he's unfixable.
sven
Roar Rookie
keep going the way we are 9th might be hard to reach !!
sven
Roar Rookie
still pretty young isnt he ? he holds one or two his confidence should grow & he'll start clunking more ... thats the theory anyway. he moves well & gets first hands to them so the makings are there
Harry Selassie
Roar Rookie
Lynch's kick on goal looked like one of my golf shots off the tee!
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
I'll see when they play someone significant. Richmond is not that team this year. Geelong is. There was a common denominator...an unimpressive last quarter. I'd say Hawthorn is not fit. Credit where it's due. It's due to one of your players. I made that point yesterday.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
This is a Shield cricketer who has hit one of the most courageous Shield centuries ever...whose father took 10 wickets in an innings...that you say has no knowledge.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Well that’s opened up the season. Tigers looked slow against the “Dads army” Hawks. Lynch was terrible. How do you miss from the goal square on $950K a year? Stack was better but Pickett still looks slow and Rioli surely gets dropped. He has had 12 touches in 2 games. The biggest worry is Jack. When Jack falters suddenly Lynch’s pay packet looks a bit heavy. Castagna a couple of goals but had duck eggs to half time and 5 touches in all. Bolton is a reserves player. Dimma says this side coaches themselves. Perhaps they didn’t during isolation and haven’t trained properly. An in form Dusty is hugely important to them. Hardly any injuries either besides Dusty. Tigers look on the wane. Too early to say Tiger time is over but the wheels are wobbling badly already for some of these Hollywood boys.
Jeansyjive
Roar Rookie
Lost my 5 leg same game multi by 1 leg - lynch to kick 2 goals or more
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
It's only tipping...not scriptwriting. Don't be too hard on yourself.
ScottyJ
Roar Rookie
The Tigers might miss the crowds more than most...
Vercetti1986'
Roar Rookie
The Tigers looked slow, unfit and didn't put their bodies on the line like they would normally do. I don't think these 8 days breaks help them either given how listless they looked. They were lethargic and not up to it. Not sure if it is due to not being focused or they haven't been training hard enough. Dimma might have to give them a kick up the backside to get them firing again after two lacklustre performances in a row. Quite a surprise how they got belted by the Hawks. O'meara made a big difference to their midfield tonight and you should never write off the hawks. Tipping is proving to be very difficult this season. You just don't know what teams are going to do and I wouldn't be surprised if there are more such upsets to follow this round.
13th Man
Roar Rookie
To be fair that was very Richmond like pre 2017…. Perhaps the last few years have been the exception and were un Richmond like. Would love to see them finish 9th like they used too :laughing:
13th Man
Roar Rookie
I tipped the Hawks last week and decided I wouldnt make that mistake again! Oops…. Then again I don’t think anyone is tipping well right now…
Birdman
Roar Rookie
Dimma - "unRichmond like" Yep - felt like 2016 :silly:
Birdman
Roar Rookie
Just need to butter up against North next week who are looking good.
sven
Roar Rookie
just want one of our forwards to get in front, hawks killing us in the air, bombed kicks are not working
Birdman
Roar Rookie
I keep hoping he'll be able to regularly clunk them but I fear I might never be rewarded for my patience. If he does, he'll be damaging but alas, he may never take the next step
Dean
Guest
With probably the toughest first 5 rounds the Hawks really needed that win. I was looking at 1-4 after the first five so good to get a win against one of the top contenders.
sven
Roar Rookie
he's got his hands to a heap of them, just hasnt been able to hang onto it, thank f for the tiges, wouldve been even uglier