Match

St Kilda vs Richmond

Commentary / 30 Jun 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Richmond have kicked 11 goals from contested marks since Round 9, the second-highest total of any side in this category during this time.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:56
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
02:16
Josh Bruce gets the Saints off to the perfect start in the fourth edition of Maddie's Match, after a sweeping move down the corridor out of defensive 50. Since Round 9, the Saints have attacked the corridor out of defense on 23.5 per cent of their passages of play from this zone, the second-highest percentage of any side in this time.
05:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Blake Acres)
05:43
Two goals from two defensive 50 Intercept Possession chains is a positive sign for the Saints early in this match. St Kilda have scored just 15 goals from this source in 2019, ranked ninth in the AFL this season.
12:16
Richmond are struggling to convert a score from a lot of entries into their forward 50. They now have twice as many inside 50's as their opponents for one shot at goal which missed everything. Since Round 9 the Tigers have scored from just 37.6 per cent of their inside 50 entries, the second-lowest scoring percentage of any side in the AFL in this time.
13:41
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
15:54
Trent Cotchin has been one of the handful of Tigers to stand up in the first term, as he leads all players on the ground with two clearances, three groundball-gets and four contested possessions.
15:55
Saints Interchange - Luke Dunstan off due to the blood rule.
20:44
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
20:59
Damien Hardwick has shifted Sydney Stack into attack for the first quarter of this match, and with that has come Richmond's first goal from their first mark inside 50 in today's match. Richmond average 10 marks per game inside 50 since Round 9, the equal sixth-lowest average in this category during this time.
24:57
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
26:18
Nick Vlastuin has set a new career record already in this match, recording six uncontested marks in a quarter for the first time in his career, eclipsing his previous best of five in a term which he has recorded on six separate occasions. No other Tiger has more than two marks today.
28:06
Hunter Clark has provided the spark that has propelled the Saints to a quarter time lead. He has nine disposals at 67 per cent possession retention for 131 metres gained, coming from four contested possessions and four Intercept Possessions, both game high's.
28:09
After scoring goals from their first two defensive 50 chains, the Saints failed to get the ball inside 50 from their ensuing 10 possession chains launched from this zone. The Saints average an inside 50 from 21 per cent of their defensive 50 chain launches, the sixth-highest inside 50 rate in the AFL in this time.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:18
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
02:32
Sydney Stack gets the Tigers back to even with the first goal from a clearance for today's match. All three of Richmond's goals have come from set shots, an area in which both they and St Kilda average six goals per game from, the equal seventh-lowest total in this category during this period.
07:32
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
08:11
After tackling at just 65 per cent efficiency in the first term, the Tigers have turned up the heat and not missed a tackle from nine attempts so far this quarter, leading to a pressure rating of 2.04 which is up from 1.79 in the first quarter. The AFL average pressure factor is 1.81.
10:02
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Ben Long)
12:11
Some big momentum swings in this game with both sides kicking their goals in streaks of two or three in the first half. The forward half kicking has been the difference in the early part of this term, with the Saints kicking at 82 per cent efficiency compared to 60 per cent for the Tigers in their front half.
14:06
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Hind)
15:56
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
16:36
Blake Acres has recorded two stoppage first possessions in this term, both of which have resulted in clearances and, eventually, goals for the Saints. No other player on the ground has two clearances this term.
17:26
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
20:11
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
23:45
Two very different styles of ball movement in the second term of this match. St Kilda have a Kick-to-Handball ratio of 2.19, compared to 1.18 for Richmond in the second quarter. The AFL average is around 1.45.
26:12
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
26:47
Sydney Stack has now doubled his career total of goals in one half of football with his third. Only Ben Long (five) has more score involvements than Stack (four) in today's match.
29:00
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
30:16
Rowan Marshall has enjoyed the greatest success of the ruckmen in the first half, recording a game-high six hitouts-to-advantage to help the Saints to a 17-11 clearance count lead and two goals to none lead in goals sourced from clearances.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
01:49
Tom Lynch kicks off the scoring in the second half with just his fourth disposal of the match. He and fellow Tigers forwards Daniel Rioli, Jason Castagna and Josh Caddy recorded just three disposals each and no goals between them in the first half in a terrific defensive effort from the St Kilda back six.
02:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
04:31
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
06:38
Tom Lynch finally kicks straight to get the first goal of the term on the board for the Tigers and retake the lead. Richmond have been much more aggressive with their ball movement in the early minutes of this term, playing on immediately from 57 per cent of marks taken compared to 24 per cent play on rate in the first half.
12:53
St Kilda have clearly been directed by the coaches to maintain possession for as long as possible during the main break, recording 27 uncontested marks to 10 for Richmond in the third term so far. Since Round 9, the Saints normally give up 18 more uncontested marks per match than they take, the second-lowest differential in the AFL in this time.
14:45
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
18:16
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
19:34
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
20:17
The Richmond forward line has come to life off the back of a 53 per cent disposal retention rate to just 37 per cent for St Kilda and averaging four metres gained more per disposal than their opposition. Goals to Lynch, Rioli and Caddy in succession have the Tigers out to their biggest lead of the match.
22:49
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Matthew Parker)
27:12
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
27:20
Another five hitouts-to-advantage for Marshall in the third term to none for the Tigers, however the Saints have failed to capitalise on this dominance, scoring just 0.2.2 from clearances this quarter.
27:40
A big quarter from Mabior Chol to help the Tigers establish a lead in the third term. He took a game high three Intercept Marks in this term, all of which were on the last line inside defensive 50.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:29
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nick Hind)
03:16
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
04:12
Five of the first six inside 50's in the final term have gone the Saints way off the back of nine contested possessions to three for Richmond, including five post-clearance groundball-gets to two. However they have only scored two behinds from three shots at goal after not registering a mark from any of their five kicks inside 50.
06:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
07:23
Richmond get the first goal of the term through Brandon Ellis from just their third inside 50 of the match, and their fourth goal from a defensive 50 Intercept Possession. Richmond have launched a score from 10.5 per cent of their Intercept Possessions in this zone, the third-highest scoring rate from this source of any side in the competition in 2019.
08:48
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
11:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
14:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
14:49
That goal to Jason Castagna makes it 10 goals from Intercept Possessions in today's match for the Tigers. They have only reached double digit goals from this source on two other occasions this season and it is the first time since Round 5 against Sydney.
17:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nick Hind)
19:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
20:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
20:49
St Kilda have a mix up and don't send a ruckman to a stoppage in defensive 50, and Mabior Chol takes the ball straight out of the ruck and runs into an open goal to extend the lead beyond 20 points. He has had 14 disposals and seven marks with the added bonus of three goals making him a key performer for the Tigers today.
21:33
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Billings)
22:20
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
23:23
After kicking seven straight goals in the first half, the first time they had not kicked a behind before half time in nine years, St Kilda have kicked 2.9.21 since the main break. This is largely due to the 0.6.6 they have scored from general play in this half, compared to 7.1.43 from marks for the match.
24:12
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
25:27
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Graham)
26:44
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
27:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Matthew Parker)
28:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
30:18
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
31:26
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
31:36
After being held goalless in the first half, Tom Lynch has sparked the Tigers to victory with three second half goals. He was the only player on the ground to take more than one mark inside 50 in the second half, including two contested marks.
32:18
Breaking even in inside 50's with 48 apiece, and conceding 46 more marks than they took, the Tigers were able to capitalise on recording 92 groundball-gets to 76 for the Saints, and kicking five more goals from Intercept Possessions to run over the top in the second half.