Match

St Kilda vs Richmond

Commentary / 20 Jul 2018

Pre Game

00:00
Richmond has outscored its opposition by a total of 219 points in fourth quarters this season, ranked No.1.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:16
Dustin Martin kicks the first goal of the night for the Tigers, after a free kick inside forward 50. Martin has won 56 percent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked No.1 of the top-30 players to be involved in a contest.
05:51
The Saints are using their handballs a lot early in this match. Of their 29 disposals so far, 21 have been handballs. The Saints rank third for overall handballs this season, averaging 180.6 handballs per game.
07:32
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
08:42
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
10:06
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tom Hickey)
10:16
The Tigers are dominating clearances early, with a 6-2 advantage, despite hitouts to advantage being level. The Tigers midfielders are getting their hands to the ball first, with seven out of eight stoppages having a Richmond player gain first possession
12:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Connor Menadue)
14:09
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
14:31
Kane Lambert kicks the Tigers third consecutive goal and their second goal from a forward 50 stoppage. That is Kane Lambert's first goal against the Saints over the course of his career, in his 69th game tonight.
15:40
SCORE GOAL - Saints (David Armitage)
18:20
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Trent Cotchin)
18:24
Trent Cotchin with his first goal of the night, set up by Dustin Martin. Martin is having a good first quarter, with eight disposals (five contested possessions), a game-high 179 metres gained, two clearances, two inside 50s and three score involvements.
19:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Maverick Weller)
21:16
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
23:08
Richmond have had the ball inside their forward half for 63 percent of this first quarter. The Tigers have won the time in forward half differential by eight minutes and 58 seconds per game this season, ranked second.
25:34
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
25:46
Saints Interchange - Bailey Rice off due to an injury.
26:16
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
26:26
Richmond have been incredibly efficient going forward in this first quarter. From 12 inside 50 entries, the Tigers have recorded ten shots on goal for a 6.3 (39) result.
28:58
David Armitage has done his best to keep the Saints in the game in this quarter. He has nine disposals (four contested possessions), two clearances, two score involvements and a goal. Armitage averages 20.5 disposals per game against the Tigers.
29:17
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
30:58
A dominant quarter from the Tigers, who are dominating the contested possession count 45-32 and leading clearances 11-9, which has led to an inside 50 advantage of 15-9. Richmond have also scored 3.2 (20) from stoppages.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:12
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
01:26
Fast start from the Tigers in this second quarter, with Jack Riewoldt kicking his second goal of the game. Riewoldt averages 3.0 goals per game against the Saints over his career, better than his career average of 2.4 goals per game.
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
03:09
Two goals already for the Tigers, who have recorded 16 disposals to zero in the first three minutes of this quarter and three clearances to zero.
05:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
07:48
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
11:28
Richmond average 27 points per game from stoppages in the 2018 season. Tonight, the Tigers have already scored 6.2 (38) from this source.
13:05
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
14:43
The Tigers are well on top in every statistic in this second quarter. They currently have a plus-20 disposal differential, plus-17 in uncontested possessions, plus-6 in contested possessions, a 7-2 advantage in clearances and 7-4 advantage in inside 50s.
16:57
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
17:15
Dion Prestia is having a big impact in this second quarter for Richmond. He has a game-high seven disposals, a game-high 150 metres gained, three score involvements and two goals of his own.
23:43
Saints Interchange - Josh Battle off due to the blood rule.
23:53
Richmond have scored 4.4 (28) from turnovers so far tonight, taking advantage of 33 first-half intercept possessions. The Saints in comparison, have recorded just 0.1 (1) from turnovers tonight.
24:21
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
26:08
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
28:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
29:07
A very good first half from the Tigers, leading every statistic and being very efficient inside 50. From 28 inside 50 entries, the Tigers have had 21 shots on goal. Only eight Richmond players on the ground are yet to record on a shot on goal.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:15
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steven)
01:48
Jack Steven kicks just the Saints third goal of the night, volleying the ball out of the air from the right forward pocket. Steven has 11 disposals (four contested possessions), two clearances and two inside 50 entries for his team.
04:43
A positive start to the third quarter from the Saints. They currently have a plus-17 disposal differential, plus-12 uncontested possessions, plus-3 contested possessions and lead clearances 3-1.
05:56
St Kilda has averaged 14.3 metres gained per disposal this season, the second-lowest rate recorded by any side. Tonight the Saints are averaging just 11.31 metres gained per disposal.
07:21
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
09:17
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
10:33
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
10:43
The Saints have had nine marks in their forward half, including three inside forward 50 this quarter, after having just five for the entire first half.
11:41
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
12:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Connor Menadue)
13:32
Seb Ross has been a standout for the Saints tonight, with a game-high 22 disposals (16 uncontested possessions), four tackles, two clearances, five inside 50s and a game-high 464 metres gained.
13:57
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
15:26
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
18:40
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Billings)
20:25
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
21:12
After being comprehensively beaten in the stoppages in the first half, the Saints have reversed that trend in the third quarter, leading clearances 10-2. This is off the back of leading hitouts 9-3 for the quarter, with four hitouts to advantage.
24:13
Tigers Interchange - Shane Edwards off due to the blood rule.
24:59
Dion Prestia kicks his third goal of the game, a new career high for him. Prestia has had a very good game, with 21 disposals at 81 percent efficiency, 345 metres gained, four inside 50s and eight score involvements.
27:31
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
28:52
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
29:43
An improved effort from the Saints in that third quarter, winning the quarter. They had a lot more of the football, with 30 more disposals than the Tigers and a contested possession advantage of 36-27, from a clearance domination of 13-4.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:45
Over the past three weeks, the Saints have won 32 percent of their offensive one-on-one contests, ranked third. Tonight they haven't won any offensive one-on-one contests.
03:44
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)
03:54
Shaun Grigg kicks the first goal of the last quarter to extend the Tigers lead. Over the past four weeks, Grigg has won 11 forward half intercepts, ranked second in the competition.
05:23
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
06:39
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
07:48
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shane Edwards)
08:43
Shane Edwards becomes the tenth individual goalkicker for the Tigers tonight. Just five Richmond players (all defenders) have failed to have a shot at goal tonight.
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Battle)
10:22
Jack Steele recorded career-highs of 33 disposals and five ball-up clearances last round. Of these disposals, 32 were effective, also a career-high. Tonight, Steele has backed that up with 21 disposals and three clearances in a good performance.
13:33
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
16:08
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Nick Vlastuin)
17:38
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Maverick Weller)
17:54
The Saints get their second consecutive goal of the quarter, this time starting from a kick-in possession chain. Over the past four weeks, the Saints have generated an inside 50 from 28 percent of their kick-ins, ranked third.
20:28
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
20:30
Daniel Rioli misses a tough set shot from the forward pocket after a strong mark. Rioli recorded a career-high 18 disposals lastround against the Giants and has followed that up with 12 disposals and six score involvements tonight.
25:19
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
27:03
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
27:30
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
27:46
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
27:55
A solid win from the Tigers, despite the Saints winning the second half. The Tigers were very efficient up forward, recording 35 shots at goal from 50 inside 50 entries, and a plus-14 contested possession count, led by 13 contested from Dustin Martin.