Match

Richmond vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 15 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00

Greater Western Sydney won the contested possession count against Essendon in round eight by 18, the second-best differential for the weekend. Over the course of the first eight rounds of 2021, the Giants are ranked number eight in the contested possession differential category, averaging the same amount as their opponent each game

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:22

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)

03:18

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)

04:16

Greater Western Sydney has disposed of the ball 20 times in the match so far, with 12 coming in their attacking half of the ground. Richmond has 14 disposals with just one up their forward end of the field

04:29

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)

08:09

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)

09:32

Greater Western Sydney has earned nine intercept possessions, with seven of them in their forward half of the field. Harry Perryman, has earned the most individually for the Giants with three, whilst Richmond has five in total

10:47

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Toby Nankervis)

12:26

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)

14:03

Richmond has had the play 95 per cent of the time in their forward half during the last 5 minutes after the Giants had the ball in their respective zone for 86 per cent of the time in the first nine minutes of the game

14:11

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)

16:21

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Green)

20:43

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

25:07

The Tigers have had the last five inside forward 50 incursions for one goal after the Giants had the previous three, scoring two majors of their own

27:18

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)

29:21

Three of the Giants four goals have been sourced from clearances, with the chains all starting in their attacking half of the ground. Richmond has sourced one goal from a stoppage during the first quarter

31:29

Tim Taranto for the Giants and Toby Nankervis for the Tigers have earned equal match-highs with six contested possessions, four first possessions and four clearances during the first quarter

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:38

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)

02:46

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)

03:27

Jesse Hogan's first goal of the game for Greater Western Sydney was sourced from a chain starting with a kick-in from their defensive 50 zone, the Giants first restart after a behind for the match

04:26

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)

06:03

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)

07:22

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)

08:12

Greater Western Sydney's Jesse Hogan has taken four marks inside forward 50 during the second quarter, scoring on each occasion with three goals and one behind. Over the course of the game thus far, the Giants have taken eight marks inside their forward 50 area, compared to the Tigers two

08:48

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)

15:03

The Giants, spending 52 per cent of game time in their forward half, lead the Tigers in the tackle count in this zone 15-6 and overall 24-23

15:52

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

17:59

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Matt Flynn)

22:13

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

24:10

Greater Western Sydney has earned 60 ground ball gets compared to Richmond's 35, with the Giants Jacob Hopper leading the way individually on nine. The top six players on the ground in this category are all Giants

25:15

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)

25:53

Giants Interchange - Jesse Hogan off due to the blood rule.

27:06

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)

31:01

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Riley Collier-Dawkins)

31:23

Riley Collier-Dawkins for the Tigers kicked the first goal of his AFL career in his third game, was sourced from an intercept chain starting in their defensive midfield area of the ground. Five or Richmond's six goals have been sourced from turnovers, whilst the Giants have kicked two of their own in this category

32:33

Richmond's Toby Nankervis leads the way on the ground in clearances (six), first possessions (eight) and has earned a team-high ten contested possessions during the first half of the match

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:42

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

02:51

All of the Giants 15 disposals to start the third quarter have been in their defensive half of the ground, conversely, eight of Richmond's ten have been in their forward half zone

04:32

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

08:23

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

10:50

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

12:29

Giants Interchange - Harry Perryman off due to an injury.

13:08

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)

14:27

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)

15:47

Jesse Hogan for the Giants has taken five marks after being an inside forward 50 target eight times during the match resulting in four goals. For Richmond, Tom Lynch has been the main target inside forward 50 taking two marks from six occurrences and resulting in one goal

17:49

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

19:14

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

20:23

Dustin Martin for Richmond has the equal most (and team-high) score involvements on the ground with six (booting three goals), to go with three kicks inside 50 and four forward 50 incursions in total for the game

21:23

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Riley Collier-Dawkins)

23:14

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)

25:28

During the last five minutes of game time, Richmond has had 12 disposals in their forward half, whilst the Giants have had none in their respective zone

27:26

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)

29:39

Richmond has taken six intercept marks in the third quarter, making it 16 overall, doubling the Giants overall total in this category

29:41

Tigers Interchange - Jake Aarts off due to an injury.

30:42

Toby Nankervis for the Tigers has earned a game-high five intercept marks (one contested), to go with team-highs in first possessions (eight) and clearances (six). Nankervis has also been involved in a match-high 55 ruck contests, winning 22 of them

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:08

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)

02:41

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jacob Hopper)

04:54

Greater Western Sydney has earned the first three clearances of the final quarter, extending their advantage over the Tigers in this category to 35-24. The Giants are the only team to have a disposal inside their forward 50 area during the term

07:18

Tigers Interchange - Toby Nankervis off due to the blood rule.

10:40

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)

11:15

During the last five minutes of game time, the Tigers have had ten disposals in their forward half, after the Giants had the previous eleven in their respective attacking half of the field

12:55

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)

16:19

Greater Western Sydney lead the disposal count in the last quarter 45-20 over the Tigers and in the defensive half of the field lead 25-10, with nine of the Giants 19 marks in the back half of the ground during this term

17:25

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

17:26

Giants Interchange - Kieren Briggs off due to an injury.

18:24

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)

20:02

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tanner Bruhn)

20:38

Giants Interchange - Josh Kelly off due to an injury.

22:39

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

23:34

Dustin Martin's match-high fourth goal of the match for Richmond was from an equal game-high eighth score involvement. Martin has also earned a team-high six inside forward 50 entries

24:47

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

28:02

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)

31:42

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

32:09

During the last five minutes of game time, the Tigers have had the ball in their forward half for 81 per cent of game time. Over the course of the match, Richmond now lead the Giants in this statistic 51-49

32:51

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

33:41

Richmond's Dustin Martin ended the match with game-highs in score involvements (nine), goals (four), to go with six inside forward 50 incursions, 15 contested possessions and four intercept possessions