Pre Game
00:00
Meanwhile, the Tigers have won just 27 percent of their defensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked 16th in the league.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
05:11
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
05:26
The late inclusion for the Tigers tonight, Mabior Chol, kicks the first goal of the night and his first goal of his career in his second AFL game. His only other game of his career was in 2016, when he recorded just the two disposals.
06:33
Crows Interchange - Lachlan Murphy and is possibly out for the game.
06:48
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BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
08:09
Only eight minutes into this game and Brad Crouch is already prolific for the Crows. He has a game-high seven disposals at 100 percent efficiency, including four contested possessions and two inside 50 entries for his team.
09:24
The Crows have dominated territory so far in this quarter, with 74 percent time-in-forward-half. Adelaide also leads inside 50s 9-3, but have only had three shots at goal for a result of 0.1 (1).
13:38
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BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
15:19
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GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
16:05
Tom Lynch takes Richmond's first mark inside 50 of the night and kicks the goal for the Tigers. Lynch averages 1.3 goals against Adelaide over his career, slightly less than his career average of 2.0 goals per game.
16:41
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GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
17:37
Dustin Martin kicks the Tigers third consecutive goal of the quarter. In the past five minutes of play, the Tigers are plus-14 in disposals, plus-nine in uncontested possessions, plus-five in contested possessions and have recorded a 4-0 inside 50 advantage.
19:36
Nick Vlastuin has done a great job in defence for the Tigers this quarter, with three intercept marks to this point. He has also recorded a team-high eight disposals at 88 percent efficiency and two score involvements.
20:28
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BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
24:36
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GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
24:57
Josh Jenkins kicks a set shot goal from outside 50 metres to give the Crows their first. This ensures that Adelaide keep their record of always scoring at least one goal in the first quarter in every game they have played at Adelaide Oval.
26:01
In Dustin Martin's first game as captain of Richmond, he has had a productive first quarter. To this point he has nine disposals, 119 metres gained for the Tigers and is running at 89 disposal efficiency.
26:42
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
02:52
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BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
03:08
As with the first quarter, the Crows are dominating possession and territory early in the piece. To this point in the second quarter, the Crows are enjoying a 95 percent time-in-forward-half differential, a 4-0 inside 50 count and a 10-4 lead in contested possessions.
05:33
Adelaide captain Taylor Walker marks inside 50, but can't convert the set shot into a goal. Walker has lost 33 percent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, the third-worst percentage of the top-30 players to be targeted in a contest.
07:42
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
08:38
While the Crows have dominated territory, the Tigers are out-tackling the Crows comprehensively. To this point in the game, Richmond lead the tackle count 26-14 and further to that, have attempted 43 tackles to the Crows with 23.
09:38
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
12:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
13:25
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BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
13:31
After 13 minutes in this second quarter, the Tigers are yet to register a shot on goal from their three inside 50 entries. They also trail uncontested possessions 12-29 to this point, with the Crows using the open spaces to effect.
15:07
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GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
16:14
Eddie Betts kicks his first goal of the game for the Crows with his fifth kick of the night. Betts averages 13 disposals and 1.9 goals per game against the Tigers over his career spanning 14 seasons.
18:01
The Crows are now double Richmond's disposals in this quarter, leading this statistic 70-35. Since 2017, the Crows have won the disposal count by 55 per game against the Tigers, the third-best differential recorded of any side.
21:34
First goal of the quarter for the Tigers, coming to Dan Butler after he takes the first mark inside 50 for Richmond this quarter. That is Richmond's first shot on goal for the quarter, compared to the Crows who have had seven shots.
23:18
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BEHIND - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
23:46
Brad Crouch has had a big impact on this game in the first half. He has a game-high 21 disposals at 81 percent efficiency, including 11 contested possessions, four more than any other player on the ground. He has also recorded six clearances and five score involvements.
24:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
26:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
27:12
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GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
28:34
The Tigers scored just 22 points from their intercept possessions against the Cats last round, their worst result recorded in a match since Round 19, 2016. With that late goal from Daniel Rioli, the Tigers have now scored all of their goals from intercept possessions tonight.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:50
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
03:09
Rory Sloane has had three disposals already in this third quarter for the Crows, taking his total for the match to 15 so far. Adelaide has retained possession from 26 percent of Sloane’s kicks inside 50 this season, the worst percentage of the top-50 players to have kicked inside 50.
04:14
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BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
06:10
The Crows have dominated the stoppages tonight off the back of Reilly O'Brien's work in the ruck. With the Tigers unable to select a recognised ruckman, O'Reilly has benefited with 24 hitouts, 11 of those to advantage so far. As a result, the Crows have won the clearances 21-13 and have scored 3.5 (23) from stoppages to the Tigers 0.1 (1).
07:53
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
10:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
11:46
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)
11:54
Hugh Greenwood kicks the Crows third consecutive goal of the quarter. In this third quarter, the Crows are plus-20 in disposals, plus-nine in uncontested possessions, plus-10 in contested possessions, plus-four for inside 50s and have recorded five shots on goal to Richmond's zero.
13:40
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:04
After Brad Crouch dominated in the first half for the Crows, its his brother Matt Crouch who is now impacting the game. In this quarter, Matt Crouch has had a game-high seven disposals at 100 percent efficiency. He has also recorded two clearances and four score involvements, a team-high.
15:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
17:16
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GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
18:51
Alex Keath has continued his reputation as the number one intercept player in the AFL this year. He has a game-high six intercept possessions tonight and is ranked number one in the AFL for this statistic in 2019. He has also taken a game-high three intercept marks, a statistic he is ranked sixth in the AFL for this year.
21:08
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GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
21:24
Dustin Martin kicks a much needed goal for the Tigers after an intercept mark in the forward half. Martin has been outstanding for Richmond tonight, with a team-high 22 disposals, 330 metres gained, four tackles, four inside 50s and two goals.
21:29
Crows Interchange - Daniel Talia and is possibly out for the game.
23:50
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
24:15
Daniel Rioli kicks a second consecutive goal for Richmond. In the last eight minutes of play, the Tigers lead the inside 50 count 5-1, the uncontested possession count 16-11 and lead groundball gets 8-1 in this period of time.
25:59
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GOAL - Crows (Rory Atkins)
27:51
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GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
28:05
Taylor Walker takes his fourth mark inside 50 for the game and kicks the goal for the Crows. Walker has been an inside 50 target for the Crows on a game-high 11 occasions tonight.
30:26
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
32:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Gallucci)
33:32
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BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
34:35
Despite the Crows dominating possession in that third quarter, with a plus-33 disposal differential, the Tigers managed to win the inside count 14-13 off the back of their tackling pressure, recording 26 tackles to 17.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)
03:42
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
03:43
Crows Interchange - Jake Kelly off due to an injury.
03:58
Josh Caddy kicks the first goal of the last quarter for the Tigers after a contested mark inside 50. The Tigers have had three of the first four inside 50s of this quarter and are enjoying a 72 percent time-in-forward-half advantage so far.
06:13
From the Tigers 15 kicks this quarter, just one has been inefficient. In comparison, the Crows have missed the target from 87 percent of their kicks this quarter, equating to just one effective kick so far.
08:30
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BEHIND - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
08:51
Richmond have now recorded the last eight inside 50 entries of the game, with Jack Higgins recording a game-high two inside 50s so far for the Tigers. Higgins has won 26 groundball-gets inside forward 50 this season, ranked equal-seventh in the competition.
09:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
11:07
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GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
13:31
Adelaide has taken a mark from 16 percent of its kicks inside 50 this season, the fourth-lowest percentage of any side. Tonight the Crows have increased that rate slightly to 20 percent, with ten marks inside 50 from their 50 entries.
16:54
The Tigers have averaged just 25 points from their clearances this season, ranked 16th. That has continued for Richmond tonight, with just 1.2 (8) scored from stoppages tonight. In comparison, the Crows have scored 3.4 (22) from this source.
19:30
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
20:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Brad Crouch)
21:04
With that missed shot on goal from Brad Crouch, he has equaled his career-high in disposals with 42. He has also had 11 clearances, five inside 50s and nine score involvements.
22:06
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GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
23:11
Reilly O'Brien has been a dominant force for the Crows in the ruck tonight. He has 53 hitouts, with 21 to advantage, while he also has 18 disposals, 11 contested possessions, seven tackles and seven inside 50 entries for his team.
23:45
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
25:01
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
28:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
29:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
31:03
Adelaide record a comfortable victory in the end, built off their dominance around the ball. The Crows finished plus-69 in disposals and plus-41 contested possessions as the weight of numbers eventually became too much for the Tigers.