Pre Game
00:00
The Tigers have lost each of their last four games against the Giants at this venue by an average of 17 points per game and have failed to reach 80 points in any of these matches.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:33
Brent Daniels recorded a career-high five tackles in the forward 50 last week and has applied an early tackle in the forward half today generating the intercept which launched the first score of the game.
02:53
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BEHIND - Giants (Kieren Briggs)
03:15
The second score for the Giants was sourced from a forward 50 stoppage. GWS averages 8.1 points per game from this source but scored a season-high 27 points last week from these stoppages.
04:47
After Richmond generated the first inside 50 entry of the game, GWS recorded the next five. The Giants have won the inside 50 count in only three of their games this season.
06:13
The first goal of the game to Jack Riewoldt and the Tigers came from a forward 50 stoppage. Richmond has scored from only 49 percent of its forward 50 clearances this season (ranked 17th).
09:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
09:23
GWS has missed its first three set shots at goal today with all shots coming from a distance greater than 40 metres from goal. The Giants have recorded a set shot at goal accuracy of 61 percent this season.
11:16
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GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
11:52
The early goal today for Tim Taranto against his former team was again sourced from a forward 50 stoppage. Taranto kicked an equal career-high four goals last week and recorded a career-high 147 ranking points.
12:58
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
13:47
The third goal for the Tigers came from a centre bounce. Richmond is ranked last at winning centre bounce clearances this season and averages just 6.7 points per game from this source (ranked 17th).
16:28
Richmond averages 17.5 intercept marks per game (ranked fifth), and has an early 4-1 lead in this count. GWS averages 14.6 such marks per game.
17:07
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
18:10
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BEHIND - Tigers (Samson Ryan)
19:46
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GOAL - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
20:18
All four goals to the Tigers have come from stoppages. Richmond averages just 29.7 points per game from this source. The Tigers have scored from only 33 percent of forward half clearances this season, but today has scored 3.1.19 from five such clearances.
21:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
22:27
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GOAL - Giants (Jake Riccardi)
22:43
The first goal of the game to the Giants also came from a forward half stoppage. GWS has scored from 44 percent of its forward half clearances this season (ranked fourth).
24:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
25:41
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GOAL - Giants (Callum M. Brown)
25:58
GWS has scored from only 4.7 percent of its kick-ins this season (ranked last), but the goal to Callum Brown was launched with a kick-in.
28:20
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
28:58
Richmond averages just 9.8 forward 50 tackles per game this season but leads 4-2 in this measure today with the last of these leading to the goal to Marlion Pickett.
30:50
Shai Bolton has already recorded five score involvements including one assist and the last goal. All six goals to the Tigers have come from stoppages, and this is the highest opening quarter score for Richmond since Round 7 last season.
32:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Toby Bedford)
32:19
Richmond won the clearances 12-8 in the opening quarter but leads 38-7 in points scored from stoppages. Only once this season have the Tigers kicked more than six goals in a game from stoppages (seven stoppage goals against Adelaide in Round 2).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:07
Richmond has scored from only 39.3 percent of its inside 50 entries this season (ranked last). However, in the opening quarter, the Tigers generated ten scores from just 12 inside 50 entries.
01:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
02:22
All the goals today have come from set shots. The Tigers have scored 6.1 from set shots at goal and the Giants have scored 2.3 from their such shots at goal.
03:44
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Graham)
03:58
The last goal to Jack Graham was the first of the game for either team to come from a turnover. On average, teams have generated 57 percent of their score this season from turnovers.
06:12
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GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
08:03
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BEHIND - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)
08:46
Since Round 8, Richmond has conceded a score from only 14.4 percent of its opposition intercept possessions (ranked second defensively). GWS has generated five scores from 20 intercepts today but scored a wasteful 1.4 from these chances.
10:00
The Tigers have conceded a mark from only 16.3 percent of opposition inside 50 entries this season (ranked No.1). The Giants have taken six marks from 19 entries today, but inaccuracy with set shots has limited the impact.
11:57
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)
12:08
GWS leads the inside 50 count 10-3 this quarter and both of its goals have followed an intercept in the midfield. The Giants lead 7-4 in this count during the second quarter.
14:51
Finn Callaghan has been prominent today for the Giants with his four score involvements including a career-high three score assists and the last goal of the game.
16:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)
18:48
Richmond has generated an inside 50 entry from just 16.8 percent of its kick-ins this season (ranked last). Today the Tigers have continued this trend and recorded just one inside 50 entry from their six kick-ins.
20:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
20:53
GWS leads the clearance count 9-3 this quarter including 7-1 in effective clearances. This has aided the Giants in also winning the inside 50 count 14-5.
22:49
The last seven scores of the game have gone the way of the Giants including the last four goals. GWS has scored 13 points from defensive 50 chains today which matches its season average.
24:30
Giants Interchange - Brent Daniels and is possibly out for the game.
25:18
Judson Clarke has scored an accurate 8.0 this season following his last accurate kick at goal. It was the first goal of the game to the Tigers to come from a forward half intercept and they average 23.7 points per game from this source.
29:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
30:48
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
30:51
The accuracy of the Tigers has been critical today with a return of 9.1 from set shots and also scoring 3.0 in the second quarter when the Giants had the ascendancy. GWS has hit the post three times and scored only 2.4 from shots within 40 metres of goal.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:10
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Kieren Briggs)
01:30
An early goal in the third quarter to the Giants from a forward 50 stoppage. GWS has scored 3.3.21 from seven forward half clearances today and averages 18.4 points per game from this source.
02:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
03:58
GWS has directed 44.1 percent of its kicks long this season, which is the second-highest percentage. Today the Giants have noticeably looked for short options when moving the ball and lead 47-37 for effective short kicks.
04:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Toby Bedford)
05:53
GWS is ranked third for tackle differential this season and leads this count 43-34 today including 21-13 in the forward half.
06:54
Richmond averages 14.5 points per game from defensive 50 chains with a season-high of 31 points in Round 9 against Geelong. The Tigers have scored 25 points from these chains following the last goal to Samson Ryan.
09:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
09:55
Shai Bolton has been involved in eight scores today for the Tigers including two score assists. No other player on the ground has recorded more than five score involvements.
10:57
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
11:25
GWS leads forward half intercepts 16-12 but trails 11-13 in points scored from this source with both teams having trouble converting these opportunities so far in this game.
14:10
Richmond has recorded a kicking efficiency of 81 percent this quarter compared to GWS with only 44 percent kicking efficiency. As a result, the Tigers lead uncontested marks 17-5 during this period.
14:31
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
16:08
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BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
16:25
Richmond now leads 14-8 in forward 50 marks with seven of these marks taken by Jack Riewoldt. The Tigers lead 4-0 in this count during the third quarter.
19:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
19:59
The Giants have conceded a score from 48.8 percent of opposition inside 50 entries this season, which is ranked 16th defensively. Today GWS has again struggled to defend against opposition attacks and conceded 18 scores from 30 entries.
21:17
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
22:27
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GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
22:40
Another terrific tackle in the forward 50 from the Giants led to the last scoring opportunity for Toby Greene. GWS leads 12-8 in forward 50 tackles and 29-15 in forward half tackles.
25:18
Toby Bedford recorded a career-high 71 pressure points last week and currently has posted a game-high 47 pressure points including five tackles and has been involved in an equal team-high six scores.
26:16
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BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
28:14
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BEHIND - Tigers (Samson Ryan)
30:01
GWS shaded Richmond 16-15 for inside 50 entries in the third quarter but with forward half kicking efficiency of only 41 percent finished behind 0-5 in forward 50 marks.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:38
Dylan Grimes has been the primary opponent for Toby Greene today and contributed a team-high eight intercept possessions (two of which have launched scores) and restricted his opponent to just five effective disposals, but Greene has kicked the last two goals in the game.
02:43
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)
03:00
GWS has had 15 of the first 17 disposals in the final quarter and kicked two early goals during this brief period of dominance. The Giants now lead 25-14 in points scored from forward half intercepts.
04:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Noah Cumberland)
05:42
Tigers Interchange - Dylan Grimes off due to an injury.
07:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
08:45
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
09:30
Richmond has generated only 49 percent of its score this season from set shots, but today has kicked 11 of its 12 goals from set shots following the last accurate kick from Jack Riewoldt.
11:42
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
12:11
Toby Bedford has now recorded a career and team-high eight score involvements including three score assists for the Giants today.
13:20
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BEHIND - Tigers (Judson Clarke)
14:42
Lachie Whitfield has won at least 30 disposals in three of his last four matches and is averaging 30.8 disposals during this period. Whitfield has again been prominent today with 25 disposals.
15:02
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GOAL - Giants (Toby Bedford)
17:00
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BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
18:48
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GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
19:31
Richmond now leads 43-31 in points scored from the defensive half following the last goal to Jack Riewoldt who has now taken eight marks in the forward 50. This is only the second time since the start of 2019 that Riewoldt has achieved this with the other occasion also being at this venue.
21:00
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Aaron Cadman)
21:41
Aaron Cadman has had just the two disposals today (both score involvements) but has taken a crucial contested mark and his accurate set shot gives the Giants a return of 6.5 from set shots compared to the Tigers 12.6.
23:04
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Josh Fahey)
23:26
An excellent long-range goal from Josh Fahey (his first AFL goal) has given the Giants their first lead of the game since the six-minute mark of the opening quarter when Richmond kicked the first goal of the game.
24:31
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GOAL - Tigers (Judson Clarke)
26:26
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BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
27:07
Richmond lost the inside 50 count by 22 last round against Port Adelaide, which is its worst differential this season. Today the Tigers find themselves trailing 43-65 in this count.
28:48
GWS now leads 18-8 in forward 50 tackles and 28-14 in forward half intercepts with the defence of Richmond under immense pressure in the final quarter.
30:21
The inside 50 count in the final term is 23-8 in favour of the Giants who also lead 9-0 in forward half intercepts during this period.
30:35
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BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
31:39
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GOAL - Giants (Kieren Briggs)
31:51
A second forward 50 stoppage goal for Kieren Briggs who has contributed ten hit outs to advantage, six clearances (four that have launched scores), and applied eight tackles.
33:39
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
34:12
Richmond now leads 15-8 in points from centre bounces and 54-36 in points scored from stoppages following the last goal to Dion Prestia.
36:53
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GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
37:02
An excellent crumb and finish from Marlion Pickett puts the Tigers back in front with 24 seconds remaining and Richmond is again involved in a close finish.
38:29
Richmond has managed to sneak home for a tight win despite the Giants scoring 44 points in the final quarter (their most in any quarter this season) from 24 inside 50 entries which equals the most by any team in any quarter this season.