Naughton can’t complete the mark down in the pocket but it drops right in the path of Bontempelli who scoops it up and snaps it through for the first goal of the afternoon! (Q1 1:10)
Williams gives it off to Dale on the flank and he spears it inside to Darcy who is in an acre of space. Darcy curls it through! (Q1 4:37)
Trainor gives off to Mansell looking for the 1-2 but Mansell spots a lead from Faull instead and bombs it inside 50. Faull’s kick drifts left. (Q1 10:32)
McIntosh weaves around inside 50 looking for an option before deciding to go himself but misses his snap to the right. (Q1 11:50)
Campbell breaks away and hits up Sonsie who wears some contact from Davidson. Sonsie misses his kick to the right. (Q1 13:13)
McNeil floats a high kick across the face of goal to register a minor score. (Q1 15:15)
McNeil kicks true this time as he snaps one through from the pocket! (Q1 18:20)
Bramble tries to put some moves on but gets wrapped up by Green who just barely sneaks it home for the Tigers’ first! (Q1 20:16)
Dolan tries to poke through a goal but gets tackled and the ball is rushed over the line for a point. (Q1 23:24)
Darcy is taken out of a contest by Balta down in the pocket and the tall timber wins a free kick. His kick is placed to the left for a point however. (Q1 28:32)
English dumps the ball inside 50 and inexplicably Darcy is left a paddock of space so he can jump at the ball unopposed. He pops it through easily for his second goal! (Q2 1:56)
Darcy gets another shot on goal, but his kick squeezes left for a point (Q2 5:31)
Richards tries to snap through a goal but misses to the near side. (Q2 5:57)
Kennedy marks 55m out and dishes off to the streaming red blur of Richards who dashes inside 50 and spears through a lovely goal on the run! (Q2 7:32)
Trainor scraps on the deck but hands the ball off to the worst possible player in Bontempelli who takes the ball and notches up his second goal of the game! (Q2 10:37)
Bontempelli kicks long and strong into the pocket where West is able to take a lovely one-handed mark before duly converting the set shot! (Q2 13:10)
Harmes tries to get a kick away as he’s tackled and his kick flies right as a result for a behind. (Q2 19:53)
Richmond turn over the resulting kick-in and it’s Davidson who sends it back with interest as he kicks a booming goal! (Q2 20:27)
Prestia gets a shot away front and centre but it pings off the post. (Q2 22:39)
Balta leaves Darcy a generous amount of space once again and Darcy naturally marks unopposed 35m out dead in front of the goals. Darcy kicks his third! (Q2 24:48)
Bontempelli blasts it deep to the pocket and in the resulting contest Hynes snatches the ball and snaps through a goal! (Q2 26:23)
Khamis makes an instant impact after being subbed on as he takes a mark down in the pocket which he snaps through! (Q3 1:36)
Mansell and Sonsie each register minor scores. (Q3 11:11)
Lynch marks a Sonsie kick in the square and pops through the easy goal. (Q3 11:26)
West can’t convert from the pocket and registers a point. (Q3 11:50)
Lynch misses a gettable set shot from 25m out in the pocket. (Q3 16:08)
English is left a paddock to lead into and runs up to mark the Liberatore kick. English steers it home to get on the board himself! (Q3 17:36)
Freijah finds McNeil sliding in with a freakish kick off the outside of his boot. The dependable small forward kicks his second goal of the game. (Q3 20:31)
Bontempelli dictates play at half forward and commands the lead from West into the pocket before delivering a peach of a kick. West screws it through for his second goal as well. (Q3 22:37)
Bramble helps himself to a goal as he drifts out wide onto the flank and steers one through the big sticks. (Q3 27:22)
Lynch kicks his second goal after the three-quarter time siren. (Q3 28:31)
Kennedy streams out of the centre square and kicks it onto the head of Darcy who just plucks it out of the air and kicks his fourth goal. (Q4 0:50)
Vlastuin bullocks forward and kicks to Campbell in the pocket who marks and goals. (Q4 4:28)
McIntosh marks out the back and notches up another goal for the Tiges. (Q4 8:41)
Lynch kicks his third goal of the game. (Q4 10:53)
Bontemeplli kicks his third goal as the Dogs go coast to coast. (Q4 13:01)
Ross kicks another Richmond goal in the final term as they start to cut the margin back a bit (Q4 15:56)
Naughton gets his name on the board at last. (Q4 20:51)
Naughton misses a snap from 30m out dead in front of goal. (Q4 22:00)
Bontempelli shovels it inside 50 and Darcy just pinches it out of the air. He kicks his fifth goal. (Q4 22:36)
Freijah misses to the right as it is well and truly party time for the Dogs. (Q4 24:05)
Hopper bags a junk time goal. (Q4 26:07)
English kicks his second goal of the game. (Q4 27:18)
Cooper Hynes kicks his second goal of the evening. (Q4 31:13)
