Interesting game!
I was always pretty confident that we would win, and we should have won by a bigger margin if we had kicked straight ... and Charlie didn't get a rush of blood. The soft free kicks awarded inside Richmond's 50 didn't help but we got one back with the slightly generous 50m penalty put De Koning within range.
I'm not sure what Lewis Young has to do. He kept Lynch quiet, went for his marks when that was the best option and killed the ball when it wasn't. He distributed the ball well and 19 disposals at 94% is pretty good for a key defender. McGovern, Newman and Kemp were very effective but Saad, Williams and Boyd let themselves down with some uncharacteristic shocking disposals.
Owies and Fantasia again had nights to forget but at least Owies made up for some poor kicking with two very nice goals. Durdin looked lively when he came on but didn't really get into the game. Fogarty, Cuningham and Cottrell were OK, if a little down.
Harry looks like he's owning the second ruck role and was again very impressive around the ground ... and his kicking for goal was all that you could ask for. De Koning is really blossoming as our first ruck and Nank learnt that he can look after himself while taking the honours in ruck contests and impact around the ground.
We had quite a few players who didn't perform as well as they normally do, Cerra for one. At the other end of the scale, Cripps was outstanding, McGovern not far behind, McKay was dominant, Hewett was good, Acres was his usual solid self, Carroll was promising and Saad was good if let down by some poor kicking; unusual for him.
That's eight points in the bank and victories over the premiership favourites and a team with a solid core of premiership players.
I was always pretty confident that we would win, and we should have won by a bigger margin if we had kicked straight ... and Charlie didn't get a rush of blood. The soft free kicks awarded inside Richmond's 50 didn't help but we got one back with the slightly generous 50m penalty put De Koning within range.
I'm not sure what Lewis Young has to do. He kept Lynch quiet, went for his marks when that was the best option and killed the ball when it wasn't. He distributed the ball well and 19 disposals at 94% is pretty good for a key defender. McGovern, Newman and Kemp were very effective but Saad, Williams and Boyd let themselves down with some uncharacteristic shocking disposals.
Owies and Fantasia again had nights to forget but at least Owies made up for some poor kicking with two very nice goals. Durdin looked lively when he came on but didn't really get into the game. Fogarty, Cuningham and Cottrell were OK, if a little down.
Harry looks like he's owning the second ruck role and was again very impressive around the ground ... and his kicking for goal was all that you could ask for. De Koning is really blossoming as our first ruck and Nank learnt that he can look after himself while taking the honours in ruck contests and impact around the ground.
We had quite a few players who didn't perform as well as they normally do, Cerra for one. At the other end of the scale, Cripps was outstanding, McGovern not far behind, McKay was dominant, Hewett was good, Acres was his usual solid self, Carroll was promising and Saad was good if let down by some poor kicking; unusual for him.
That's eight points in the bank and victories over the premiership favourites and a team with a solid core of premiership players.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball