Match

Richmond vs Fremantle

Commentary / 05 May 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Nat Fyfe starts as the substitute today for Fremantle. Fyfe had 35 disposals, 15 contested possessions, 400 metres gained, and 10 score involvements last week for just the third time in his career.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:27
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
00:37
Richmond has won five of its last seven games against Fremantle also having one draw and one defeat among these games.
02:24
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
03:03
Richmond's opening goal comes from a ball up stoppage. The Tigers average only 21 points this season from stoppages, ranked last in the competition.
07:50
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
10:39
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
11:54
Richmond is moving the ball well by hand. They lead handball receives 18-11 and are going by hand at 95% efficiency. Jayden Short leads the handball receives count with five.
13:59
Hayden Young has been busy in the midfield for the Dockers. Young has a game-high nine disposals, four clearances and six contested possessions.
14:58
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
15:59
Richmond is yet to transfer the ball from defensive 50 to attacking 50 so far this match. From 10 attempts they are yet to result in a forward 50 entry.
16:21
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
17:27
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
17:46
The Dockers have scored 13 points already from forward half intercepts. The Dockers scored a season-high 40 points from forward half intercept possessions last round – ranked second in the AFL.
18:32
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
21:03
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Toby Nankervis)
22:12
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
24:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
24:39
Michael Walters goal comes from a defensive 50 turnover. Richmond average 20 points against from defensive 50 turnovers this season, ranked 4th in competition.
26:52
Fremantle looked to control play in the first quarter. The Dockers took 45 marks to Richmond's 22. 14 marks came from their defensive 50, and recorded a plus 12 differential in marks in the midfield zone.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:40
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)
03:09
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Nathan Broad)
03:41
Just the one goal so far for the Tigers. Richmond is averaging just 69.2 points in its last five matches – ranked 17th in the league.
04:53
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
05:27
The roles have been reversed so far in the second quarter, Richmond lead marks 12-3 and uncontested possessions 22-10 but have only managed to score three points.
07:26
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
08:28
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
09:57
From just 11 inside 50's, the Tigers are going at a scores per inside 50 rate of 64%. This season, Richmond averages a score per inside 50 rate of 36%, ranked 8th in the competition.
13:43
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
14:07
Josh Treacy scores a goal from a contested mark. Josh Treacy grabbed a career and round-high five contested marks in Round 7, also booting three goals straight from three shots at goal.
15:45
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Tom Emmett)
18:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
19:03
Jeremy Sharp's goal makes it five consecutive goals for Fremantle. The Tigers have conceded a goal streak of 5 goals six times this season – the equal-most in the AFL with North Melbourne.
20:00
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
20:26
Richmond turnovers continue to be costly for the Tigers this quarter. Fremantle has scored both goals from turnovers. More impressively, Fremantle is going at a 100% inside 50 success rate from five defensive 50 chains this quarter.
23:16
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)
23:36
The Dockers lead the tackle count 17-2 this quarter. 11 of those tackles has been recorded in Fremantle's forward half.
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
26:50
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
27:38
Richmond haven't brought the pressure so far this match. The Tigers pressure factor is just 1.62 for the match. They average 1.74 this season, ranked 17th in the competition.
29:18
Fremantle has been dominant in the contest. The Dockers lead contested possessions by 14, lead clearances 17-7 and tackles 32-20.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
02:45
Fremantle has been dominant from their forward half. The Dockers have scored 34 points from their forward half with 21 points coming from turnovers.
04:30
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)
04:40
That is Richmond's first goal from a defensive 50 chain. The Tigers are going at a score percentage rate of 14% from their defensive 50, compared to Fremantle going at 29% from their defensive 50.
05:58
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Seth Campbell)
07:02
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tyler Sonsie)
07:40
Richmond's last two goals has come from turnovers. The Tigers average 42 points from turnovers this season, ranked 13th in the competition.
10:33
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
11:40
Bailey Banfield has just four disposals for the match going at 50% disposal efficiency. Bailey Banfield finished with a season-high 22 disposals, 17 uncontested possessions, and three goals in Round 7.
12:49
Dockers Interchange - Hayden Young off due to an injury.
13:02
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
15:06
Liam Baker has been the driving force behind Richmond's strong start to the third quarter. Baker has a quarter-high seven disposals, two clearances, three ground ball gets and two score launches.
16:55
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom Brown)
17:58
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
21:09
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
22:07
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
24:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
25:18
In the last 10 minutes, Richmond has dominated territory with nine of the last 12 inside 50's. Although from seven forward half chains, Richmond has failed to capitalise, scoring one point in that time.
25:55
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
27:10
Richmond were more dominant in the turnover game in the third quarter. The Tigers scored all three goals from intercept possessions. Richmond led intercept marks 9-6 and ground ball gets 29-21.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
01:50
Richmond has lost the disposal count in every match this season by 39.6 per game – ranked last. So far this match, the Tigers are down on the disposal count by 35.
03:42
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
04:20
Josh Treacy's goal is Fremantle's third goal from a defensive 50 intercept. Fremantle averages 17 points from defensive 50 chains this season.
05:36
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
07:07
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
07:30
Fremantle lead around the ground clearances 18-8 this match. Since Round 4, Fremantle has won the around-the- ground clearances by nine per game – ranked No.1.
10:26
Luke Ryan has been a standout in defence for the Dockers. Ryan has a game-high four intercept marks, four score launches and a team-high seven intercept possessions and eight rebound 50's.
11:40
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
13:30
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
14:00
Fremantle has won the looseball-get count by 7.1 per game – ranked second. So far this match, the Dockers lead by three (49-46).
15:41
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
17:26
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
18:41
The Tigers have conceded an inside 50 from 36.6% of their opponents’ kick-ins – ranked last defensively. This has continued this match with Fremantle going at an inside 50 success rate from kick-ins of 62%.
20:20
Andrew Brayshaw averaged 30.3 disposals, 5.7 clearances, and 7.0 score involvements at the MCG last year. Brayshaw has 26 disposals, four clearances and eight score involvements this match.
22:05
Luke Ryan has a career-high 38 disposals so far this match. Ryan is also going at 87% disposal efficicency and has a game-high 14 marks.
24:17
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
25:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
28:47
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
29:42
Fremantle has been the better team in the turnover game today. The Dockers have scored 60 points from turnovers to Richmond's 37, with 35 points coming from their forward half.
30:48
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
31:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
32:17
The Dockers midfielders lead the charge. In the contest, the Dockers won clearances 36-16, contested possessions 112-97 and scored 34 points to 11 from clearance chains.