Pre Game
00:00
Over the last three rounds, Shai Bolton has been the league leader in metres gained in the first half. He has averaged 367 metres gained in the first half of matches, the next highest is 294.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:23
Laitham Vandermeer kicks the opening goal of the match from the only Bulldogs inside 50. The Bulldogs have an early lead on contested possessions with nine to four.
06:52
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GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
08:36
Richmond has a strong control of the ball early, they lead uncontested marks (18-3). Over the last four rounds, 63% of Richmond’s possessions were uncontested, this is the second-highest rate in the league.
10:12
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
12:00
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BEHIND - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
12:03
The Tigers have been applying significant pressure early in this match. They lead pressure factor 216 to 166.
12:48
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GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
13:13
Tom Lynch's first goal of the match has come from a contested mark, Jack Riewoldt's goal was also generated from a contested mark.
15:40
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
16:30
The Bulldogs have a kick-to-handball ratio of 0.95 so far. Their kick-to-handball ratio of 1.19 this season, this is the lowest in the league.
17:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
18:32
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GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
18:40
Richmond has kicked all three of their goals from contested marks. This season 12% of their points come from contested marks.
21:18
Bulldogs Interchange - Matthew Suckling and is possibly out for the game.
21:50
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GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
22:14
In the last 10 minutes, the Bulldogs have a kicking efficiency of 50%. The Tigers have a kicking efficiency of 85% in this time.
25:08
Marks are telling the story at quarter time in this match. Richmond lead contested marks (4-0), intercept marks (5-0) and uncontested marks (29-7).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:35
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
01:58
The Bulldogs get the early goal of the second quarter through Mitch Wallis. Through the first two minutes of the second term, they lead kicks six to zero and contested possessions five to one.
03:22
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GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
03:53
Dustin Martin brings up his second goal of the match. After being unable to kick multiple goals in a match through his first five matches of the season, he now has three matches in a row with multiple goals including tonight.
05:49
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
07:21
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GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
07:48
The Tigers have kicked four goals from marks in this match. They have also generated 32 of their points from turnovers.
11:40
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GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
12:14
All of the Bulldogs scoring shots have been generated from marks. They have raised their pressure in this second term (226-186).
13:11
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
14:39
Jack Macrae has a game-high nine uncontested possessions, but his kicking efficiency is just 40%.
15:32
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
16:09
Billy Gowers currently has zero disposals and zero tackles.
17:13
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GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
17:34
Jason Castagna kicks his second goal of the term. It was generated from a centre clearance. Both teams have 10 clearances so far. In the previous four rounds, the Tigers have averaged 25 clearances per match – ranked 17th in the competition.
20:09
Caleb Daniel and Noah Balta have equal game-highs of six intercept possessions. However, Daniel has a disposal efficiency of 50% and Balta has a disposal efficiency of 63%.
20:13
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
21:31
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
23:25
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GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
25:14
Tim English has zero marks so far, over the last four rounds he has averaged five marks per game.
25:45
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GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
26:49
Richmond is now 40 points ahead, the largest lead in this match. It comes on the back of Tom Lynch's second goal. Lynch has three contested marks (two converted to goals). Lynch took no contested marks in his previous two matches.
27:50
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
28:11
Trent Cotchin leads the match in contested possessions (seven), tackles (four), and pressure points (29).
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:58
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)
04:04
The Bulldogs have played on from a mark 39% of the time in this match, over the last four rounds they have played on from marks 35% of the time - highest in the competition.
06:41
Bulldogs Interchange - Mitch Wallis off due to the blood rule.
07:07
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Billy Gowers)
09:00
Shai Bolton has started hot in the third quarter. He has four disposals, all of them effective, two inside 50's and 154 metres gained.
11:00
The Bulldogs are losing the hitouts 18-12. However, this is an improvement for them considering this season they win the hitout a league-worst 25% of the time, this is 10% below the 17th ranked team.
12:44
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
15:00
Offensively Bailey Williams has generated a game-high three score launches from his intercept possessions. However, he has lost both of his 1-on-1 contests and for the season he has lost seven of his 11 contests and has won none of them.
15:19
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GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
16:06
Jake Aarts kicks his third goal for the match and now has the most goals for the match. The goal was assisted by Mabior Chol who has one goal and two score assists.
17:10
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
18:12
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BEHIND - Tigers (Mabior Chol)
18:28
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
19:41
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BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
19:55
Richmond has lost their scoring accuracy from the first half, kicking 1.6 so far in the third quarter. However, it is generating a wealth of opportunities, leading the inside 50 count 15-5 in the third quarter.
21:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tim English)
22:17
Richmond is winning contested possessions (82-75), uncontested marks (59-31), and points from turnovers (48-29). This season no team has lost a match when they have won all three of these stats.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:13
The Tigers have dropped eight marks this match, including three in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs have dropped just two marks for the match.
04:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
05:08
Dustin Martin has the second most disposals (20), his disposal efficiency is 75%, and he has two goals. He has also been influential around the stoppages with game-highs in contested possessions (12) and clearances (five).
06:04
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GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
08:51
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GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
11:04
Noah Balta leads the Tigers in post-clearance contested possessions with eight. He has a kicking efficiency of 88% from his eight kicks.
11:38
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
12:20
Mitch Wallis is up to three goals now and 13 for the season. His career-high for goals in a season is 20 in 2018 from 18 games.
14:01
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GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
15:05
Dustin Martin is up to three goals for the match. The last time he kicked three or more was the 2019 Grand Final when he kicked four goals and was adjudicated best on ground receiving the Norm Smith Medal.
18:13
Eight of the Tigers' 29 hitouts have been sharked by Bulldogs players, Jack Macrae leads the match with three sharks. Macrae also has a game-high 33 disposals in this match.
19:09
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
20:30
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GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
24:45
Richmond won contested possessions (114-107), uncontested marks (71-42), and points scored from turnovers (62-41). Every team that has won all three of these KPI's in a match this season has won the match.