Match

Richmond vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 28 May 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Over the last five rounds of the 2023 season, Yartapuulti have outscored their opponents by an average of over 36 points per game from launching possession chains in their attacking half, the highest margin of any side from this zone.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
05:32
Richmond open the scoring through Shai Bolton. The kick he took a mark from was the first kick by either team to find a teammate inside 50 from five combined attempts.
08:00
Marlion Pickett has become the 1992nd player in the VFL/AFL since 1965 to record 1000 career disposals with his second disposal in today's match.
11:12
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
13:48
Yartapuulti have locked the ball in their forward half for 69 per cent of time elapsed so far in the first term. They are the best side in the AFL in this metric over the course of the season so far at 54 per cent time in forward half.
13:49
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jed McEntee)
15:07
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ryan Burton)
16:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
18:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Lord)
19:05
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
19:21
Three in a row for Yartapuulti to extend the lead to 13 points. Five of Yartapuulti's seven defensive 50 chains have been transitioned into their forward 50 in the first term for 1.1 (7). By comparison, Richmond have converted just two of their 10 defensive 50 possession chains into inside 50 entries for no score.
20:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jackson Mead)
22:22
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
23:45
RIchmond have been first to the ball at the stoppages in the first term, winning pre-clearance contested possessions 14-8 so far. However around the ground they have been outhunted by Yartapuulti, who lead the post-clearance count in this metric 19-9.
23:52
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
25:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
27:02
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
28:11
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
31:15
Yartapuulti have been efficient in hitting the scoreboard, scoring from over 50 per cent of their forward 50 entries. They have also been stingy in defence, allowing a score from under 33 per cent of the Tigers inside 50's.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
04:44
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
05:41
Richmond get the first score of the second term, and their first goal from a forward half intercept possession chain in today's match. They were ranked first in from this source in 2022, averaging 35 points per game, however they rank 15th in 2023 with 23 points per game from this source over the first 10 rounds.
06:54
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
10:51
Both teams have not been successful in applying any meaningful pressure so far in today's match. The league average of 180 is well above both Yartapuulti's pressure rating (163) and Richmond's (160) for the match to this point.
11:52
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
12:54
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
13:56
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
14:08
Richmond have scored 0.4 (4) from shots at goal in general play in the second term, after recording just one behind from this shot source in the first term. Their season average accuracy of 40 per cent from general play ranks 10th in the AFL this year.
14:51
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:59
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
16:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
18:06
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
21:29
Richmond have changed their game style from the first term to the second. They recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 2.26 kicks per handball in the first term, but have swung the other way in the second going at 1.06 kicks per handball. The Tigers have the highest season average ratio of any side in this metric at 1.64 kicks per handball.
22:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
26:30
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ryan Burton)
29:11
Richmond have been able to stem the tide in the second term by being more efficient when kicking the ball in their defensive half, lifting their kicking efficiency from 69 per cent to 79 per cent. This is the first quarter in 2023 that they've held an opponent goalless.
29:45
Yartapuulti were twice as efficient at generating an inside 50 from their defensive 50 possession chains than the Tigers in the first half. They created 10 inside 50's from 25 chains (40 per cent) from this zone compared to Richmond's six inside 50's from 30 defensive 50 possession chains (20 per cent).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:59
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
03:08
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willem Drew)
03:23
Yartapuulti get the first goal of the second half, and the first goal of the game to be scored from a forward 50 stoppage clearance by either team. Yartapuulti have outscored their opponents by six points per game from forward 50 clearance chains, ranked second in the AFL in 2023.
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
08:30
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
09:08
Strangely with rain coming down at the MCG in the third quarter, both teams have been more accurate in front of goal than they were in the second term. Richmond's goal was their first goal kicked from 30-40 metres out from the goal line after registering seven straight behinds from this distance in the first half.
11:49
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
12:41
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
15:57
After both teams were unable to register a pressure factor of 170 or more in either quarter of the first half, both teams are currently above this threshold with Yartapuulti at 187 and Richmond at 178.
16:33
Tim Taranto has become the 619th player in VFL/AFL history since 1965 to record 3000 career disposals with his 23rd disposal in today's match, a game-high figure in this category.
16:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
18:16
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Miles Bergman)
22:29
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Samson Ryan)
24:21
Five of Richmond's eight kicks into their attacking 50 have been retained in the third term, compared to just three out of 10 for Yartapuulti. The Tigers have also turned over just one of their kicks inside 50, whereas Yartapuulti have lost possession from three kicks entering this zone.
26:18
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
27:39
Richmond have attempted 20 tackles and successfully laid 15 of them to be tackling at 75 per cent efficiency. By comparison, Yartapuulti have attempted 16 tackles and successfully completed just four this term for a 25 per cent efficiency in this category.
29:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willem Drew)
31:13
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Miles Bergman)
31:16
Richmond were able to reverse their goalkicking woes from the first half in the third quarter, particularly from set shots where they kicked 3.1 (19) for the term. By comparison, Yartapuulti scored 1.3 (9) from set shots in the third quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:42
Francis Evans has replaced Jackson Mead as the tactical substitute for Yartapuulti. Richmond have also made their tactical substitution with Judson Clarke replacing Samson Ryan.
03:08
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
03:40
Richmond get the first goal of the final term, and Tim Taranto makes it three goals straight for the afternoon. This is just the second time in his 125 game career that he has scored three goals or more in a game, after kicking four against the Tigers as a Giants player in Round 22, 2021.
05:25
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Lord)
07:29
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
10:39
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
11:55
Richmond are unusually kicking the ball at a higher efficiency rate in their forward half (75 per cent) than their defensive half (50 per cent). This has allowed Yartapuulti to play 79 per cent of game time elapsed this term in their forward half.
12:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
14:48
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
15:35
After losing three of his first four one-on-one offensive contests in today's match, Jeremy Finlayson wins his first of the match and kicks his first goal of the match. They have scored 5.5 (35) from shots at goal after a mark in today's match. Their 47 per cent goalkicking accuracy from marks is ranked 17th in the AFL this season.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Judson Clarke)
19:35
Yartapuulti have won all five centre bounce clearances recorded in this final term, however have failed to generate a score from any of them.
19:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
23:43
Richmond have scored a goal from 50 per cent of their inside 50's in the final term. The problem is they've only recorded four inside 50's this quarter, as Yartapuulti have recorded twice as many intercept possessions between the 50 metre arc's as their opponents (16-8).
25:48
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
29:06
Yartapuulti have had 10 players score a goal each on their way to what looks like their eighth win in a row. This is just the second game since the start of the 2009 season in which a team has had 10 individual goalkickers, after the Bulldogs accomplished this feat last year.
30:29
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
30:46
Tim Taranto equals his career-high with four goals as just reward for a strong performance. He has a game-high 33 disposals and seven clearances to go with 12 contested possessions, seven tackles and eight score involvements.
31:33
Despite recording nearly half the total of their opponents forward half possession chain total (29-55) the Tigers were almost able to scratch out a win by scoring from 15 of those chains to 14 for Yartapuulti, but their inaccuracy proved to be the deciding factor.