Richmond is fully aware of the potential damage that can be caused by Brisbane’s ‘mosquito fleet’ up forward (Zorko, Green, Taylor and Christensen) and will be keen to apply the required repellent to them in Saturday night’s Round 3 clash at the Gabba.
“It’s a very attacking half-forward line, they kick goals, they put pressure on, and when they do get it inside 50, they are very good at keeping it in there. So we have to be on our guard and make sure we get that ball out cleanly from our defensive 50,” Richmond assistant coach Brendon Lade said on this week’s edition of the ‘Spotlight’.
“They bring their half-forwards up and open up a lot of space behind in their forward line. So we’ve got to stop the source, don’t let it get out into these situations, put a lot of pressure on and make it hard for them going inside 50.
“We don’t want the handball chains happening, and we’ll be putting a lot of pressure on to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Lade is confident the Tigers will respond strongly to their Round 2 defeat at the hands of the Western Bulldogs.
“We were disappointing last week and we’ve addressed a few of those issues, so we expect a pretty good showing against Brisbane.”
Where: Gabba
When: Saturday, April 18, 7.20pm (EST)
TV coverage: Fox Footy (live from 7pm)
Radio coverage: SEN, ABC
See how Brisbane is lining up in Round 3 this weekend
The Richmond team
B: Chaplin, Batchelor, Rance
HB: Houli, Vlastuin, Astbury
C: B. Ellis, Cotchin, McIntosh
HF: Morris, Edwards, Knights
F: Riewoldt, Lloyd, Griffiths
R: Maric, Martin, Hunt
IC: Grigg, Newman, Miles, Gordon
Em: Hampson, McDonough, Drummond
In: Edwards, Astbury, Knights
Out: Grimes (hamstring), Petterd (foot), Lambert (shoulder)
Richmond v Brisbane recent history
Round 16, 2014, MCG
Richmond 5.2 7.3 10.4 12.7 (79)
Brisbane 3.2 4.5 6.10 7.12 (54)
Goals – Richmond: Vickery 4, S. Edwards 2, Riewoldt 2, Arnot, Batchelor, Conca, Petterd.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 37, Martin 34, B. Ellis 32, Deledio 27, S. Edwards 27, Petterd 26, Jackson 24, Miles 24, Maric 21, Chaplin 20.
Goals – Brisbane: Zorko 2, Bewick, Close, Green, Mayes, Taylor.
Leading possession-getters – Brisbane: Rockliff 36, Hanley 34, Gardiner 22, Patfull 22, Lester 20, Maguire 20, Martin 20, Paparone 20.
Round 5, 2014, Gabba
Richmond 2.8 4.10 9.13 15.16 (106)
Brisbane 0.1 3.2 7.6 9.9 (63)
Goals – Richmond: Riewoldt 4, Gordon 3, Martin 3, S. Edwards 2, Arnot, Cotchin, Petterd.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 32, Grigg 29, Petterd 28, Jackson 24, Conca 23, Ellis 22, Houli 21.
Goals – Brisbane: Brown 4, Bewick, Cutler, Lester, Paine, Taylor.
Leading possession-getters – Brisbane: Rockliff 32, Zorko 28, Lester 26, Adcock 25, Redden 24, Cutler 21, Mayes 20.
Round 20, 2013, MCG
Richmond 6.2 11.7 11.9 14.13 (97)
Brisbane 1.3 4.4 7.7 11.8 (74)
Goals – Richmond: Conca 3, McGuane 3, Ellis, Foley, Grigg, Jackson, Morris, Riewoldt, Vlastuin, White.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 30, Jackson 30, Deledio 29, Ellis 27, Martin 27, Houli 25, Foley 24, Chaplin 21, Conca 21, Grigg 20, Rance 20.
Goals – Brisbane: Mayes 3, Green 2, Hanley 2, Staker 2, Merrett, Rich.
Leading possession-getters – Brisbane: Rockliff 34, Hanley 24, Redden 21, Rich 20.
Round 19, 2012, Gabba
Richmond 3.3 8.5 14.8 20.12 (132)
Brisbane 3.2 4.9 7.12 12.12 (84)
Goals – Richmond: McGuane 3, Nahas 3, Grigg 2, Jackson 2, Riewoldt 2, Cotchin, Deledio, Edwards, Houli, I. Maric, Martin, Tuck, White.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Deledio 33, Conca 29, Grigg 26, Martin 24, Tuck 24, Edwards 23, Cotchin 21, Houli 20.
Goals – Brisbane: Brown 4, Green 2, Rockliff 2, Zorko 2, Polinghorne, Redden.
Leading possession-getters – Brisbane: Redden 23, Rich 23, Rockliff 21, Adcock 19, Harwood 19, Zorko 19.
Round 13, 2011, Gabba
Richmond 2.5 7.9 12.13 18.17 (125)
Brisbane 4.2 7.6 10.9 14.10 (94)
Goals – Richmond: Martin 5, Vickery 4, Miller 2, Riewoldt 2, Cotchin, Deledio, Foley, Grigg, Nahas.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 30, Houli 24, Jackson 22, Martin 22, Grigg 21, Deledio 19.
Goals – Brisbane: Banfield 2, Brown 2, Clark 2, Kernezis 2, Redden 2, Bewick, Hanley, Harwood, Polkinghorne.
Leading possession-getters – Brisbane: Rickliff 27, Redden 25, Leuenberger 23, Black 22, Harwood 19.
Richmond v Brisbane head-to-head
- Richmond and Brisbane have played 41 times with the Tigers winning 24, losing 16, and one draw.
- Richmond last defeated Brisbane in Round 16, 2014 at the MCG – 12.7 (79) to 7.12 (54).
- Richmond has won nine and drawn one of its past 10 matches against Brisbane.
- Richmond and Brisbane have met in just one league final – the 2001 preliminary final – which the Lions won by 68 points (20.16 to 10.8).
- Richmond and Brisbane have played one drawn match – Round 10, 2007 at Etihad Stadium (10.13 apiece).
- Richmond’s best winning sequence against Brisbane is six, from 2010-14.
- Richmond’s longest losing sequence against Brisbane is five, from 2001-04.
- Richmond’s highest score against Brisbane is 24.11 (155) in Round 21, 1998 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s lowest score against Brisbane is 5.15 (45) in Round 11, 1989 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s greatest winning margin against Brisbane is 82 points in Round 14, 1990 at the MCG, and Round 19, 2006 at Etihad Stadium.
- Richmond’s greatest losing margin against Brisbane is 77 points in Round 20, 1995 at the Gabba.
- The most goals kicked by a Richmond player in a match against Brisbane is seven by Jeff Hogg in Round 2, 1993 at the MCG, and Matthew Richardson in Round 2, 1994 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s biggest-ever crowd against Brisbane is 46,961 in Round 20, 2013 at the MCG.
