Match

Richmond vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 18 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
The Kangaroos's have won the first possession from 54 per cent of centre bounces - ranked fourth in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:26
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
04:05
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
04:59
With almost five minutes played North are yet to go inside their forward 50. The Tigers have gone inside their forward 50 on five occasions and have only registered two behinds so far.
06:52
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
08:43
Goldstein for North has started in imposing form in this game, up to a match-high four disposals early, including two contested possessions, two first possession and two clearances.
09:56
It has been a wasteful start by Tigers, who have only managed to score one goal from ten entries inside 50. North is yet to register an inside 50 for the match but have had 19 more disposals.
11:33
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
12:52
Richmond is on top of the match at stoppages and in the contest, leading clearances by four with seven effective and kicking two goals from ball ups/throw-ins.
16:22
Kangaroos Interchange - Jack Ziebell and is possibly out for the game.
17:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
18:47
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
19:23
Kangaroos Interchange - Jy Simpkin off due to an injury.
19:25
Shai Bolton has played a pivotal role for the Tigers this quarter. He has won seven disposals for the quarter, three clearances, four first possessions, three contested possessions, three inside 50's and 211 metres gained in this term.
21:08
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
24:05
All of Derek Eggmolesse Smith disposals came via uncontested possession and has gained 138 metres. The outside contest is a tight battle with teams locked at 50 uncontested possessions for the term.
24:36
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:50
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
01:35
North are well on top in contested possession, 30 to 21. Todd Goldstein is leading the Kangaroos in this department with five of his seven disposals coming via an contested possession.
03:45
Richmond is dominating inside 50's with a staggering 22 to 3 for the match so far. Shai Bolton 5 and Jason Castagna 3 are leading the way. Tigers are scoring from 35 per cent of their entries so far.
05:19
Tigers Interchange - Josh Caddy and is possibly out for the game.
06:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
07:57
Richmond is kicking at an efficiency of 73 per cent for the match while North is going at just 56 per cent by foot.
09:19
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
11:04
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
13:01
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
14:42
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
15:02
Richmond has eight forward 50 intercept possessions for the match resulting in 1.1.7. North has not recorded a forward 50 intercept for the match.
16:27
North has only failed to kick a goal in the first half of a match, seventeen times in their history. They last achieved this in Round 19, 2019 against Geelong at Kardinia Park.
16:47
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
18:43
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
20:12
Trent Dumont kicks the Kangaroos first goal of the match and leads the way with 17 disposals, nine contested possessions and 164 metres gained. In the past 10 minutes, North has had more clearances, inside 50's and shots at goal.
23:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
24:48
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:12
Shai Bolton 453, Shaun Higgins 280 and Derek Eggmolesse-Smith 255 are leading the way in terms of metres gained in the match.
02:46
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
03:21
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
04:52
Richmond has outscored North 4.2 26 to 0.0.0 from defensive 50 chains with Nick Vlaustuin scoring two goals.
05:14
Kangaroos Interchange - Kyron Hayden and is possibly out for the game.
08:57
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith has impressed in his fourth game. The talented Tiger has a team-high 14 disposals, 93 per cent disposal efficiency, three scoring involvements and 255 metres gained.
09:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
12:11
In the 29 ruck contests that Ivan Soldo and Todd Goldstein have contested against each other, Goldstein has won the hitouts-to-advantage 5 to 4, and the clearances 14 to 11.
14:16
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
14:52
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
16:30
The Tigers are maintaining their territory dominance this quarter, recording four more inside 50s for the term. This territory dominance is reflected on the scoreboard outscoring North by 13 points.
21:40
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
23:12
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
24:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
27:31
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:52
Ben Brown, Ben McKay, Robbie Tarrant (North) and Noah Balta (Richmond) have all played 100 per cent of the match so far.
02:54
The TIgers have had put on more pressure inside their forward 50 across the entire match - 22 to 12. Marlion Pickett and Jack Graham are leading the way with four each.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
04:29
Shaun Higgins 475, Shai Bolton 469 and Jayden Short 435 are leading the way in terms of metres gained in the match.
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
06:24
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
07:19
Shaun Higgins has fought valiantly for North this evening with 32 disposals at 88 per cent efficiency, 10 contested possessions, five tackles and four clearances
08:40
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
10:08
Dylan Grimes has played an important role in the match for the Tigers. He has won 19 disposals at 100 per cent efficiency, six intercept possessions and six spoils.
11:55
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
13:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
14:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
15:34
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
18:05
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
18:38
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
20:43
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
20:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.