Match

Richmond vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 16 Aug 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
06:47
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
14:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
18:11
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Ty Vickery)
19:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
21:19
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Brett Deledio)
24:49
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)
25:51
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Hall)
26:56
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Sam Lloyd)
28:18
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Ty Vickery)
29:24
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
06:55
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Aaron Hall)
10:31
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sam Lloyd)
11:15
Suns Interchange - Charlie Dixon off due to an injury.
13:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Luke Russell)
15:43
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
17:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brandon Matera)
18:57
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Ty Vickery)
23:42
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
24:50
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Charlie Dixon)
28:08
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
28:12
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:30
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
02:57
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Chris Newman)
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sam Lloyd)
09:37
Suns Interchange - Jack Martin and is possibly out for the game.
15:56
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Brett Deledio)
16:05
Richmond are generating a lot of their forward drive from their defensive midfield. They have had 16 intercepts which have resulted in 11 inside 50s and three goals. In comparison, Gold Coast have 11 intercepts but only two have resulted in an inside 50.
18:01
GOAL - Tigers (Ivan Maric)
18:20
Ivan Maric's first kick of the day is a goal, stretching the Tigers lead to a game-high 47 points.
19:03
BEHIND - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)
20:00
GOAL - Tigers (Sam Lloyd)
20:55
Richmond's dominance can be traced to their superiority at stoppages. They lead the hit-outs (30-26), hit-outs to advantage (14-10), first possession (37-21) and clearances (34-22).
23:16
GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
24:48
BEHIND - Tigers (Brett Deledio)
27:23
Richmond have eight of the last nine inside 50s and six of the last seven clearances.
29:19
GOAL - Suns (Jarrod Garlett)
30:01
First year Sun Jarrod Garlett kicks Gold Coast second goal via a snap. Richmond have had better success snapping for goal having kicked six of their 14 goals via this method.
32:52
BEHIND - Tigers (Ben Lennon)
33:53
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:06
Coming into today's game Alex Rance was No.4 in the league in spoils averaging 7.2 per game. Up to three quarter time he has six. He also has 16 disposals, five marks and five running bounces.
01:08
GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
02:18
Time in forward half in the fourth quarter, Richmond 81.1 per cent, Gold Coast 18.9 per cent.
04:31
BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
05:18
Gold Coast only have six marks inside 50 for the game, Tom Lynch has five of them (two contested). Lynch came into the game No.4 in the league in contested marks averaging 2.5 per game.
05:40
Richmond Interchange - Kamdyn McIntosh was substituted into the game for Anthony Miles.
07:05
GOAL - Tigers (Matt Thomas)
08:46
Scores from turnover - Richmond 7.2 (44) Gold Coast 3.3 (21)
09:26
BEHIND - Suns (Andrew Boston)
09:54
GOAL - Suns (Andrew Boston)
11:22
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
12:41
GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
13:06
Scores from mark - Richmond 10.1 (61) Gold Coast 2.2 (14)
15:52
Richmond Interchange - Steven Morris off due to an injury.
16:03
BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
16:30
The metre-eaters for today include Aaron Hall with 815 metres gained (27 disposals), Brandon Ellis 561 metres gained (26 disposals) and Bachar Houli 542 metres gained (23 disposals).
16:36
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
17:14
Gold Coast Suns Interchange - Charlie Dixon off due to an injury.
18:17
GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
20:31
GOAL - Tigers (Brett Deledio)
21:54
Richmond have kicked their 20th goal of the game courtesy of Brett Deledio. They have only kicked 20 or more goals on one occasion this season and that was against Brisbane in Round 3 where they kicked 21.
23:27
GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
23:42
Scores from set shot - Richmond 13.1 (79) Gold Coast 3.3 (21)
24:51
BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
26:18
A strong second half from Dustin Martin has seen him in contention for three Brownlow votes. He has 29 disposals, seven marks (two contested), six clearances, six tackles, nine score involvements and has kicked 3.1.
27:40
Richmond Interchange - Jake Batchelor off due to an injury.
28:09
In his 150th career game, Richmond captain Trent Cotchin leads all players on the ground in contested possessions (14) and clearances (9).
30:43
GOAL - Tigers (Ty Vickery)
30:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.