Match

Richmond vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 08 Apr 2018

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Richmond v Hawthorn Round 3 clash.
59:33
Outs for Tigers: J.Caddy, S.Bolton, C.Ellis
59:34
Ins for Tigers: N.Vlastuin, J.Higgins, S.Lloyd
59:35
Outs for Hawks: J.Sicily, R.Schoenmakers, S.Burgoyne
59:36
Ins for Hawks: J.Frawley, H.Morrison, W.Langford
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Through two rounds of the 2018 AFL season, Richmond have applied a pressure factor of 1.852. This is a higher pressure factor than what they recorded last year (1.848). However their rank has slipped from fourth in 2017 to seventh in 2018 in this metric.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:50
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ricky Henderson)
02:50
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
04:06
Jason Castagna gets the first goal of the game after winning the second 50 metre penalty of the game, one for each side. Richmond have kicked 18.6.114 from set shots in 2018 so far, the number one ranked team in the AFL from this source.
05:04
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
07:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
10:08
Richmond have recorded four of the last six inside 50's but have managed just 0.1.1 from these entries. Richmond average a score from 48 per cent of their forward 50 entries this season, the fourth highest scoring rate in the competition.
10:54
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
12:49
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shane Edwards)
14:41
Richmond are taking the game on as much as possible, playing on directly from three marks, where as Hawthorn are yet to play on immediately from a mark. On the season Richmond have the seventh-lowest mark play on rate, Hawthorn have the second-highest.
15:01
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sam Lloyd)
16:29
Shane Edwards has been very good for the Tigers early, leading all players with three score involvements, one behind assist and the lone contested mark of the game so far. He also has a team-high three contested possessions and two inside 50's.
17:35
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Blake Hardwick)
18:20
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
18:57
It appears Reece Conca has been given the job on Tom Mitchell this afternoon, but it's not working particularly well so far, as Mitchell leads all players with 11 disposals, four contested possessions and two clearances.
21:06
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Daniel Howe)
22:00
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
25:19
Hawthorn have the eighth-highest possession retention rating in the AFL after the first two rounds in 2018. They are yet to retain possession from a kick inside 50 in the first quarter.
25:27
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Toby Nankervis)
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
28:44
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
29:36
Jack Riewoldt gets the first goal of the game to be scored from a clearance. Hawthorn have twice as many clearances as the Tigers (8-4) but have only managed 0.3.3 from this source.
30:07
After a quiet game last week, Cyril Rioli has been very good for the Hawks in the first term. He leads all Hawks with 150 metres gained, two tackles and two inside 50's to go with five disposals, five pressure acts and a goal assist.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
02:25
Kamdyn McIntosh gets the first goal of the quarter to get the Tigers off to a good start. He has won his matchup against Isaac Smith early in this match, outgaining him by 209 metres so far and recording four more disposals.
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
09:19
After a mistake by the score review operator declaring a goal for Richmond, the decision is overturned and the Tigers are correctly awarded a rushed behind.
09:42
Hawks Interchange - Tim O'Brien off due to an injury.
10:23
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
11:12
Paul Puopolo gets Hawthorn's third goal of the game, all three of which have been launched from defensive half intercepts. Hawthorn average 23.5 points per game from this source, the equal-fourth lowest average in the competition.
12:48
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
13:59
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
14:58
After winning their seventh centre bounce clearance, and going inside 50 for only the second time form this source, the Hawks get their first goal from 16 total clearances.
15:20
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
16:03
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jacob Townsend)
16:34
Tigers Interchange - Jacob Townsend off due to an injury.
18:00
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
20:13
Hawks Interchange - Jarryd Roughead off due to an injury.
20:32
Hawthorn are tackling at just 48 per cent efficiency. Their efficiency in this category over the first two rounds is 58 per cent, the fourth-lowest efficiency rating in the AFL, with Richmond one spot behind them going at 60 per cent tackling efficiency.
21:27
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
22:46
Hawthorn have won five free kicks to one in this quarter, including the last two holding the ball calls against Kamdyn McIntosh. This season they are minus 18 in free kick differential, the lowest-differential record in the competition in this category.
26:31
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
27:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
28:28
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
30:33
Reece Conca has been critical to the Tigers this quarter, winning eight disposals this term but also ensuring that the Tigers have retained possession from seven of his disposals, clearly the best on ground in this category.
32:51
Tom Mitchell has recorded at least 20 disposals in the first half for the 12th time in his career in today's match. He also has 300 metres gained, 81 per cent disposal efficiency, seven score involvements, six clearances and three inside 50's.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:33
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
04:47
Jarryd Roughead kicks the first goal of the second half from Hawthorn's second mark inside forward 50 in today's match. Hawthorn have kicked 15.10.100 from set shots this season, the fourth-highest scoring rate from this source.
07:16
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
10:05
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
11:56
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
12:14
Jack Gunston has been big for the Hawks in the third term getting them back into the contest. He has six disposals, 127 metres gained, two inside 50's and a goal assist, all game-high's for the term.
12:50
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
15:11
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)
18:13
Ben McEvoy and Tom Mitchell have combined for 14 effective hitouts this season, the best ruck-rover duo across the first two rounds. Today the best combination has been with Jaeger O'Meara, who has six gathers from McEvoy hitouts.
20:18
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
22:48
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jacob Townsend)
22:58
Hawthorn have won 13 hitouts to two in this term, however Richmond have sharked five of them and lead the clearance count 10-3 as a result for this quarter. Richmond have failed to capitalise on this however, scoring just 0.2.2 from clearances.
24:21
Tigers Interchange - Jacob Townsend off due to the blood rule.
25:51
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
27:06
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
27:30
Richmond have won the disposal count 98-71 so far this term and the pre-clearance contested possession count 13-6, allowing them to lock the ball in their forward half for 67 per cent of this term.
28:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
31:02
Richmond have won both of their offensive one-on-one contests this term. They have won 29 per cent of such contests through the first two rounds, the equal seventh-highest win rate in the competition.
31:52
Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O'Meara have recorded 17 pre-clearance contested possessions between them. The rest of the Hawthorn team has recorded 20 such possessions in the game so far

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
01:43
Jason Castagna gets his third goal for the game as just reward for his efforts and exactly the start the Tigers were after for the final quarter. He has six tackles and four marks in the forward half, both game-high's.
03:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
05:04
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
05:33
With that goal to Dan Butler, Richmond have kicked five goals from the qoal square in today's match. In their first two matches they had kicked 3.1 from this zone on the ground.
08:09
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tom Mitchell)
10:46
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Harry Morrison)
12:51
Hawthorn has scored 44 points per game this season from its forward half intercepts, ranked No.1. However in today's match they have been outscored 2.1.13 to 7.4.46 from this source.
14:53
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
16:49
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
17:03
After Roughead gets his fourth goal of the match, Puopolo gets his third to make it four of the last five in the match. The Hawks have been much more efficient in their forward half this term, kicking four goals from seven inside 50's this term.
18:54
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
21:35
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ben McEvoy)
22:33
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
24:03
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
25:24
Ben Stratton has been very important in halting the Tigers attack today, winning two of his four defensive one-on-one contests and not losing any. In the first two rounds he didn't win any of his eight defensive one-on-one's
27:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)
29:54
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
30:25
Richmond have been in control most of the game and deserve to be winners after restricting the dominance of Hawthorn around the stoppages (3.7.25 to Hawthorn, 2.4.16 to Richmond) and outplaying the Hawks in forward half intercepts 27-17.
30:55
Shane Edwards 13.5 disposals per contest against the Hawks across his career is his lowest amount averaged against any side. He had 20 disposals at 80 per cent efficiency today, to go with 10 contested possessions and a game-high five score assists.