Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Richmond

Commentary / 09 Jul 2022

Pre Game

00:00
Over the last four rounds, Gold Coast has scored from 23.4 percent of its intercept possessions, the second-best percentage of any team during this period.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
01:40
The opening goalscorer, Nick Holman, now has 13 majors from 16 games for Gold Coast this season.
03:17
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
04:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
06:54
The ball has been in the Suns' forward half of the ground for 61 percent of play so far.
07:58
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
08:21
Tigers Interchange - Tom J. Lynch off due to an injury.
09:11
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
09:27
Despite the Suns holding the lead, Richmond has a slight edge in the time in possession, 47 percent to 40.
10:35
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jeremy Sharp)
11:23
Gold Coast has won three clearances to Richmond's two, with all three credited to Touk Miller.
12:13
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Mabior Chol)
15:05
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shane Edwards)
16:14
The Suns' have the superior kicking efficiency, 77 percent to 71, but this dips to 40 percent in the forward 50 zone, where Richmond is kicking with 60 percent efficiency.
17:27
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
18:10
Richmond's Tom Lynch finished with 13 disposals, three contested marks, and 5.2 against the Suns in Round 16 last season. He has been subbed out due to a hamstring injury in the first term today, with one mark, one kick, and 0.1 to his name.
19:41
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
21:51
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
24:21
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
26:39
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
26:40
3.3 of Richmond's score (4.3) has been sourced from disposal chains that began with Gold Coast turnovers.
28:50
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
31:33
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:34
Gold Coast has led at quarter-time in just three matches this season, ranked 17th in the competition.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:36
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
01:20
Richmond's Jack Riewoldt has been targeted a game-high three times inside forward 50 for the Tigers, but is yet to take a mark for the game.
03:35
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
04:25
Even though he has kicked just the one behind himself, Dion Prestia leads all players on the ground with a tally of five score involvements for Richmond.
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
06:36
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
09:41
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jayden Short)
10:42
Of the 15 free kicks that the teams have combined to concede, the most common indiscretion has been for high contact on seven occasions.
12:23
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
12:24
Richmond's Shai Bolton has now reached a tally of three goals for the fifth time this season (16 matches).
15:27
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
16:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
20:51
Fifty percent (six of 12) of Jarrod Witts' hitouts have been to the advantage of a Gold Coast teammate. This is far superior to just one of Toby Nankervis' ten hitouts for Richmond going to advantage (ten percent).
21:16
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
25:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
25:41
Richmond is averaging 27.7 shots at goal per game, ranked second in the AFL. It is on track to better this benchmark today, with 19 shots already prior to halftime.
28:49
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
29:49
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
29:50
Richmond has won its last 11 matches at Metricon Stadium, with its only loss at the venue coming in Round 1, 2014.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Graham)
01:23
Since the 22nd minute of the opening term, the Tigers have produced 13 scores (8.1) to two (1.1).
03:09
After kicking 2.3 from his first five kicks, Richmond's Noah Cumberland goes scoreless from his sixth disposal as an AFL footballer.
05:03
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
05:48
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
07:02
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
08:06
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Mabior Chol)
09:22
Richmond's kick-to-handball ratio for the first term was 1.04. In the time following, the Tigers have recorded 2.09 for this measure, suggesting a greater emphasis on kicking the ball since quarter time.
10:07
Suns Interchange - Malcolm Rosas off due to an injury.
11:08
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
12:49
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Touk Miller)
14:34
After Richmond won the clearance count 19-18 in the first half, the Suns are controlling this area in the third quarter, holding a 9-2 edge in this measure for the term.
15:30
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
15:31
In his first season for Gold Coast, Mabior Chol has kicked at least one goal in all 16 games, with his season tally currently sitting at 33.
18:05
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
20:02
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Hewago Paul Oea)
20:39
The leading tackler on the ground is Richmond's Jack Graham with seven, already exceeding his 2022 per-game average of 5.0 across his prior 14 games.
24:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
26:21
Gold Coast has kicked five goals straight from general play. In comparison, Richmond's score from general play sits at a less-accurate 6.3.
28:42
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
30:08
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
32:10
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
32:11
Richmond won the third-quarter inside 50 count, 18 to 15, but the Suns' greater efficiency in converting entries into scores saw them win the term 4.3 to 3.3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:35
Early in the final term, the only players on the ground with 100 percent game time are Sam Collins and Caleb Graham, both Gold Coast key position players.
03:03
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
05:00
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
05:42
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
05:43
Both of Gold Coast's early final quarter goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Richmond turnover.
09:23
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
09:24
Kicking at least one goal in 13 of 14 games this season, Richmond's Jack Riewoldt is averaging 2.3 goals per game in 2022.
14:01
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)
16:39
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
17:33
Robbie Tarrant does the unnoticed things that help his team. His 13 one percenters represent 24.5 percent of the Richmond team tally and include five spoils gaining possession for the Tigers.
17:46
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sam Day)
20:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
21:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Nick Holman)
21:51
Final-quarter disposal retention currently favours the Suns slightly, 48 percent to 43, in a measure that the Tigers won over the first three terms, 44 percent to 39.
23:04
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Matt Rowell)
25:25
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
27:03
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
27:14
Despite Gold Coast leading the final-quarter scoring 5.3 to 1.3, the Suns only lead the forward-half time in possession for the term, 51 percent to 49.
29:20
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
29:24
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:25
The Suns show great character to win the final term 6.3 to 1.3, overcoming a 28-point deficit after three quarters. Noah Anderson was the hero for the Suns, kicking just his eighth goal of the season after the siren, to give Gold Coast a two-point victory.