Richmond’s VFL team dealt a huge blow to the Box Hill Hawks’ finals hopes in Round 16 on the back of some tough work in the contests, as Wynstan Stats Central examines.
The Tigers booted eight goals to two in the final quarter to overrun the Hawks by 16 points and consign them to a heart-breaking sixth straight defeat.
The teams were close to even on most statistical measures except for two particularly important ones, with Richmond enjoying a +21 advantage in contested possessions and +12 advantage in clearances.
Tom Couch, Jacob Townsend and Andrew Moore were named the three best players for the Tigers, and it’s no surprise they were their team’s top three for both contested possessions and clearances. Couch and Moore also hit the scoreboard with two goals each, while ruckman Ivan Maric was also amongst the most influential players on the ground, feeding his midfielders with 29 mostly quality hitouts.
Other key stats from Round 16:
22: The Casey Scorpions dominated time in possession in their win against Sandringham, racking up 184 more disposals than their top-four rivals. Their control of the ball was such that a remarkable 22 of the 23 Casey players who took the field had double-digit disposals, led by Viv Michie with 36. The only Scorpions player who had less than 11 touches was ruckman Jake Spencer who went off injured early in the game.
21: It’s not often a team’s leading hitout-winner in a game is almost its leading disposal-winner too, but ruckman Braydon Preuss was second to only one man in Werribee’s defeat of North Ballarat. Preuss had 21 disposals to go with his 45 hitouts, behind only on-baller Matt Hanson (32 disposals). The North Melbourne rookie’s seven clearances was also second to only Hanson (eight) for the match.
Round 16 stats leaders:
KICKS |
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Willie Wheeler |
Williamstown |
26 |
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Jonathan Simpkin |
Essendon |
22 |
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Matthew Dick |
Northern Blues |
22 |
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Sam Iles |
Box Hill Hawks |
21 |
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Billy Hartung |
Box Hill Hawks |
20 |
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Mark Whiley |
Northern Blues |
20 |
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Darcy Lang |
Geelong |
19 |
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Jacob Townsend |
Richmond |
19 |
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Matt Hanson |
Werribee |
19 |
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Jake Edwards |
Geelong |
18 |
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Oliver Tate |
North Ballarat |
18 |
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Andrew Moore |
Richmond |
18 |
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Michael Gibbons |
Williamstown |
18 |
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Lukas Webb |
Footscray |
17 |
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James Parsons |
Geelong |
17 |
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HANDBALLS |
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Toby Pinwill |
Port Melbourne |
21 |
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George Horlin-Smith |
Geelong |
19 |
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Shannen Lange |
Port Melbourne |
17 |
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James Polkinghorne |
Essendon |
16 |
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Thomas Couch |
Richmond |
16 |
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Scott Selwood |
Geelong |
15 |
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Thomas Wilson |
Northern Blues |
15 |
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Aaron Heppell |
Essendon |
15 |
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Darcy Lang |
Geelong |
14 |
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Matthew Arnot |
Port Melbourne |
14 |
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Thomas O'Sullivan |
Port Melbourne |
14 |
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Alex Woodward |
Box Hill Hawks |
14 |
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Jackson Merrett |
Essendon |
14 |
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Isaac Conway |
Werribee |
14 |
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Jonathan Simpkin |
Essendon |
13 |
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MARKS |
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Jason Tutt |
Northern Blues |
12 |
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Andrejs Everitt |
Northern Blues |
11 |
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Padraig Lucey |
Geelong |
10 |
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Oliver Tate |
North Ballarat |
10 |
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Kurt Heatherley |
Box Hill Hawks |
10 |
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Ryan Gardner |
Geelong |
10 |
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Todd Elton |
Richmond |
10 |
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Marc Lock |
Box Hill Hawks |
9 |
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Liam Jones |
Northern Blues |
9 |
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Jonathan Simpkin |
Essendon |
8 |
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Nathan Hrovat |
Footscray |
8 |
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Jayden Foster |
Northern Blues |
8 |
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Jordan Staley |
Footscray |
8 |
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Scott Selwood |
Geelong |
7 |
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Thomas Wilson |
Northern Blues |
7 |
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HITOUTS |
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Nick Meese |
Williamstown |
63 |
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Braydon Preuss |
Werribee |
45 |
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Will Minson |
Footscray |
41 |
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Padraig Lucey |
Geelong |
34 |
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Ivan Soldo |
Richmond |
33 |
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Ivan Maric |
Richmond |
29 |
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Marc Pittonet |
Box Hill Hawks |
26 |
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Khan Haretuku |
Port Melbourne |
26 |
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Gach Nyuon |
Essendon |
25 |
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Lachlan Waddell |
Port Melbourne |
23 |
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Orren Stephenson |
North Ballarat |
19 |
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Cameron Wood |
Northern Blues |
18 |
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Matt Korcheck |
Northern Blues |
15 |
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Mitch Clark |
Geelong |
13 |
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Ayce Cordy |
Williamstown |
12 |
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TACKLES |
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Isaac Conway |
Werribee |
14 |
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Ed Carr |
Williamstown |
14 |
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Mitch Honeychurch |
Footscray |
13 |
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Ethan Petterwood |
Werribee |
13 |
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Matthew Arnot |
Port Melbourne |
13 |
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Tom Schnerring |
North Ballarat |
11 |
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Nick Meese |
Williamstown |
10 |
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Andrew Moore |
Richmond |
10 |
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Alex Woodward |
Box Hill Hawks |
10 |
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Lachlan Cassidy |
North Ballarat |
10 |
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Adam Marcon |
Richmond |
10 |
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Shannen Lange |
Port Melbourne |
10 |
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Marc Pittonet |
Box Hill Hawks |
9 |
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Matt Hanson |
Werribee |
9 |
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Lukas Webb |
Footscray |
9 |
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VFL LEADING GOALKICKERS |
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Seniors |
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Goals |
Total |
Ahmed Saad |
Coburg |
BYE |
38 |
Dylan Conway |
Williamstown |
1 |
27 |
Ayce Cordy |
Williamstown |
_ |
25 |
Sam Dunell |
Williamstown |
_ |
24 |
Timothy Smith |
Casey Scorpions |
1 |
22 |
Kristian Jaksch |
Northern Blues |
2 |
21 |
Daniel Younan |
Coburg |
BYE |
21 |
Trent Dennis-Lane |
Sandringham |
INJ |
21 |
Aaron Black |
Werribee |
INJ |
21 |
Lech Featherstone |
Coburg |
BYE |
20 |
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Development League |
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Billy Hogan |
Port Melbourne |
1 |
22 |
Hudson Thomas |
Frankston |
BYE |
20 |
Jake Kalanj |
Coburg |
_ |
18 |
Lachlan Langford |
Box Hill Hawks |
5 |
18 |
Thomas Baker |
Casey Scorpions |
1 |
17 |
Julian Dobosz |
Sandringham |
3 |
16 |
Mitchell Vandenberg |
Werribee |
_ |
15 |
Tyler Curtis |
Williamstown |
1 |
14 |
Luke Hannon |
Casey Scorpions |
_ |
13 |
Bradley Xavier |
Werribee |
INJ |
13 |
* Photo: Jenny Owens
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