After ending a 37-year premiership drought in 2017, then winning the 2018 minor premiership but being eliminated by Collingwood in the preliminary final, Richmond still entered the season considered a strong chance at the premiership, after retaining the core of its 2017 team and adding key forward Tom Lynch from Gold Coast. It was also the first grand final in which Daisy Pearce was a member of the broadcast team. A strong start to the year saw the Giants placed second after Round 11, but indifferent form and a 56 record in the second half of the year,[11] saw the Giants qualify for the finals in sixth with a 139 winloss record. Most inside-50s in a match: Seven v Brisbane, Round 4, 2017, Gabba and v Melbourne, Round 20, 2019, MCG. West Coast's Shannon Hurn (r) and Josh Kennedy lead their team off the MCG with the AFL trophy. Veteran Isaac Smith had a magnificient 32 disposals (23 kicks and 9 handballs), 12 marks and 3 goals in Geelong's Grand Final 81-pt win over Sydney at the MCG. You are advised to change this password after using it to sign in again. 2019 . AFL Stats Team Rankings Premiership Winners . The mature-age recruit has cemented a spot in defence in his second season at the club. Read more. The Lions overcame the heartbreaking loss of their captain Emma Zielke to a third-quarter hamstring injury to win their maiden premiership 6.2 (38) to 3.2 (20) in front of 22,934 spectators on a glorious autumn afternoon. Greater Western Sydney, meantime, recalled Toby Greene and Lachie Whitfield, who missed their preliminary final win due to suspension and injury respectively, into their side, with Lachlan Keeffe and Ian Hill omitted to make way. The date of the match was set for 25 March, serving as a curtain-raiser match for the first round of the 2017 AFL season. Most score involvements in a match: 12 v Gold Coast, Round 16, 2019, Metricon Stadium. Missed four games in the middle of the year through suspension, but came back into the side with a point to prove. [11][12] The Killers' pre-match and post-match performance was praised highly by several news and entertainment outlets, some of whom described their sets as "the best ever" performed at a grand final. A vital player, especially considering he is one of the Tigers' few talls. Brent Daniels:Has more goal assists than any other player this year and ranks 16th for forward-50 groundball-gets.Heath Shaw:The ex-Pie's been outmarked in only three of his 51 defensive one-on-one contests this season, which is the eighth-best result of the top-75 one-on-one defenders.Matt De Boer:His 10 centre clearances during the finals is the equal-most of any footballer. A quiet achiever who has been on Richmond's list for 11 years. 2018 AFL grand final stats The 2018 AFL grand final was remarkable for several reasons. It was Richmond's 23rd grand final appearance, and second in three years; and it was the first grand final appearance for Greater Western Sydney. The grand final was the most watched television program in Australia for the 2017 calendar year, for the fourth year running, with 2.72 million viewers in the five largest Australian metropolitan cities.[9]. *It was the closest grand final since the 2010 draw between Collingwood and St Kilda. Has been a late-season revelation playing as a defensive forward, kicking 14 goals with 28 kicks across his four matches. West Coast Eagles forward Willie Rioli reveals Cyril's pre-game advice, AFL: Eddie McGuire proud of Collingwood's effort in grand final loss to Eagles. A premiership medal would be fitting reward, considering how he has led this group through adversity. Extremely lucky he wasn't cited by the MRP for a bump on Lachie Whitfield last week. Seriously valuable down back and will probably be assigned Dustin Martin, when the Brownlow medallist drifts forward. Get the latest injury update from Physical Performance Manager Luke Meehan ahead of Richmond's pre-season practice match against Melbourne on Saturday. Every Tiger touch of the footy, every tackle and every clever tap drew enormous cheers from the yellow and black faithful. The teams met twice during the home-and-away season; first in Round 3 at Giants Stadium when the Giants thrashed Richmond by 49 points,[15] and then in Round 17 at the MCG when the Tigers won by 27 points.[16]. Bounce hosts Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley and Brian Lake presented the event, broadcast on Fox Footy.[17]. Most tackles in a match: Nine v Greater Western Sydney, Round 18, 2017, MCG. 2017 Grand Final stats v Adelaide, MCG: 10 disposals, three contested possessions, one goal, three score involvements, three tackles, 57 metres gained. 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After a close first half, they ran away in the last quarter to defeat the higher ranked Geelong by 51 points in a tough away qualifying final, which earned them a week's break and a home preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney, which they won by 36 points. The Player Ratings are compiled by the stats gurus at Champion Data, taking into account a variety of numbers to evaluate everyone in the competition. GWS is also unbeaten in 2019 when it: outscores the opposition from turnovers (11 matches), has more metres gained (13) and scores more accurately (10). And that was answered during quarter No. Next. [3], Entering as wooden spoon favourites,[4] Brisbane remained undefeated by the end of 2017 season, conceding only a draw with Carlton out of the season's seven games. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images. Richmond has sent Punt Road, Swan Street and the AFL community into meltdown, securing its first VFL/AFL premiership in 37 years with an unforgettable 48-point victory over the Adelaide Crows. Adelaide: R Sloane 2 T Walker 2 B Crouch C Cameron E Betts H Greenwood. Several weeks before the match, the AFL announced that American rock band the Killers would headline the entertainment line-up and would be joined by Australian football singer Mike Brady. Most metres gained in a match: 586 v Greater Western Sydney, 2019 Grand Final, MCG. It's been a tough time off-field for the ruckman, following the death of his elder brother Aaron last month, but he has put together an impressive finals campaign. 2 when the Crows failed handle the heat and, consequentially, failed to kick-start their quintessential slingshot game. [2] Three days before the match, the starting time was changed to five minutes earlier (12:55pm) due to the application of the heat policy, with the quarter and half-time breaks extended. This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 04:40. This was the first grand final commentated by Brian Taylor on commercial television, replacing veteran broadcaster Dennis Cometti who retired from television duties at the end of the 2016 season. [1] The match was scheduled for an early afternoon start at 1:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time to boost attendance and television ratings, when no AFL matches were occurringthe first match of the day, a clash between Sydney and Port Adelaide, was scheduled for a 4:35pm start time. Sportsbet's Nathan Brown, Matthew Richardson and Brendon Goddard preview the Cats v Magpies qualifying final at the MCG. Moments later, Riewoldt finally got on the board but he needed some sloppy defending from Adelaide, letting his kick bounce through with no one on the line and Jake Kelly's late lunge ruled ineffective by a score review. LIVE stream Fox Footys analysis and coverage on FOX SPORTS. Broadcast host Basil Zempilas was the sprint host, while Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury was honorary starter. "[26], The teams were announced on 23 March, with both teams opting to go into the match unchanged from the final round of the home and away season. The match commentary line-up included Bruce McAvaney and Brian Taylor as play-by-play commentators, Wayne Carey and Cameron Ling were the analysts, while Tim Watson and Matthew Richardson were on the sideline as boundary riders. Richmond fielded sixteen of the twenty-two players who had been part of its premiership team in 2017: Pickett, Tom Lynch, Shai Bolton, Ivan Soldo, Jayden Short and Liam Baker were the new players, and Rance, Grigg, Graham, Jacob Townsend, Dan Butler and Kamdyn McIntosh were the six missing. *Josh Kennedy finished with 3.2. Could you go Braydon Preuss? [14] It was just the second time since the introduction of the AFL final eight system in 2000 that a team reached the grand final without finishing inside the top four, after the Bulldogs' 2016 victory. Most uncontested possessions in a match: 16 v Essendon, Round 17, 2016 and v Brisbane, Round 23, 2019. Fast-rising onballerJacob Hopperis proving to be the Giants' Mr September. The 2019 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 2019. 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With his precise disposal and speed, the wingman could cut the Tigers open on the large expanses of the MCG. Few talls have the mobility to match the former Essendon rookie in the running department. SATURDAY'S AFL Grand Final will pit two teams with drastically different methods in 2017 premier Richmond and Greater Western Sydney against one another. Ninety seconds later, Grigg in turn passed to an open Kane Lambert at full forward, who snapped the Tigers' ninth and the lead was out to 28 points. You'll look at his four goals in the 2020 grand final to go with four in 2019 and two in 2017, numbers reserved for hulking key forwards, not hybrid midfielders who are expected to win clearances and set up attacks too. Richmond: J Graham 3 D Martin 2 J Riewoldt 2 J Townsend 2 B Houli D Butler D Prestia J Caddy J Castagna K Lambert S Grigg. Get your free 2-week Foxtel Now trial and start watching in minutes. [19], Tones and I performed "The Kids Are Coming" and "Dance Monkey", and was followed by Dean Lewis, who performed "Be Alright" and "Waves". Choose the correct Richmond team for Round 1 to win a 2023 team-signed guernsey & a VIP on-field viewing experience, thanks to Latitude. 2022 Grand Final Scoreboard. Nobody has played/coached so many matches without celebrating a flag. *West Coast held the lead for a total of nine minutes and four seconds. While GWS's scoreline was their worst since joining the AFL, they can be somewhat thankful it wasn't the lowest in a team's . It looms as his last game in Crows colours, with a move to Melbourne on the cards, but the intercepting defender has been professional in dealing with speculation all year and should have the maturity to deliver once again. AFL Match Statistics : Adelaide defeated by Richmond at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 30th September 2017 Advanced stats available for this page. Missed only one game this season. This marked Richmond's most lopsided victory in a Grand Final, surpassing their 81-point win against Collingwood in 1980. Riewoldt put the exclamation mark on a supremely emphatic victory, goaling only moments before the siren to increase the final margin to 89 points, the third-highest margin in a Grand Final. Could have the all-important job on Trent Cotchin. Richmond sealed the premiership with an equally uncompromising third quarter. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Richardson also presented the trophy to Trent Cotchin and Damien Hardwick during the on-field award ceremony. The margin was 62 points in favour of the Tigers at the final break, and the premiership was now beyond doubt. It was also the clubs lowest ever score. It's been a massive turnaround for the previously injury-stricken Gold Coast midfielder. On top of that, the Tigers scored from 26.5 per cent of their clearances, which equated to the equal-third-best percentage in any match this year. Since being appointed as captain in 2015, 'Tex' has shown himself to be a brilliant leader. The Giants also scored from 51.7 per cent of their inside 50s, which was better than any Richmond opponent in 2019, and won 62 more uncontested possessions (fourth-worst for Tigers). He was the first player to make his senior debut in a Grand Final since Keith Batchelor for Collingwood in 1952.[22]. Adelaide were victorious over minor premiers Brisbane, claiming the first AFL Women's premiership by a score of 35 points to 29. It's time for you to Level Up alongside Nick Vlastuin in 2023, join us today! 2017 Grand Final stats v Adelaide, MCG: 10 disposals, three contested possessions, one goal, three score . The Crows tried to make a game of it, kicking two goals in 90 seconds through Walker and Brad Crouch. ADELAIDE has the advantage on paper for Saturday's Grand Final clash against Richmond, with 12 of the top 16 performers on the ground, according to the Schick AFL Player Ratings. Sportsbet's Nathan Brown, Brendon Goddard and Matthew Richardson preview the game between the Swans and Magpies at the SCG. Beating the Giants at their own game was the key here. While Brisbane opted to host the game at their traditional home ground, the Gabba, the issue of damage to its pitch as a result of the Adele Live 2017 concert held three weeks prior, and its management by ground curator Kevin Mitchell, became the subject of public controversy and tension between the club, the AFL and Gabba management. The team that wins the minor premiership also wins the rights to host the match. [24][25] Injured Adelaide forward Mitch McGovern failed to recover in time for selection, with Crows' coach Don Pyke ruling him out of contention on the Wednesday of grand final week;[26] and Richmond captain Trent Cotchin was scrutinised for an incident involving Greater Western Sydney midfielder Dylan Shiel in the preliminary final, but was cleared of any charge by the AFL Match Review Panel on the Monday of grand final week. [5] As the season progressed, the likelihood rose of the match not being held in Melbourne, as Brisbane and Adelaide performed well in the first few rounds. Adelaide started the game strongly, with Matt Crouch finding Rory Sloane who kicked the Crows' opener. 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