Adelaide
The Crows have won four of the past five encounters, but the most recent victory against Richmond at the MCG was in 2008, a 50-point win. Overall Richmond leads 6-5 at the MCG.
This season saw Adelaide hand Richmond its first defeat of the season in Round Two, winning by 26 points at Adelaide Oval. Since then Richmond has lost twice, both times interstate.
Richmond’s undefeated streak at the MCG currently sits at 16 games with Sydney’s nine-point Round 13 win in 2017 their last blemish.
Despite being defending premiers they have not been
Ruckman Toby Nankervis has conceded the most frees this season, giving away 39. Richmond’s ruck struggles extend to
The Crows are ranked second for total kicks (3120) while Richmond is second-last (2900).
Head-to-head, Adelaide leads disposals 5281-5053 and contested possessions 2175-2058. Adelaide is ranked second in the AFL for contested possessions.
Individually, defender Rory Laird recorded a career-high 42 disposals and 29 kicks when the two sides met in Round Two while Jake Kelly had a career-best 28 touches.
Chris McDermott also had a career-high haul back in 1992 against Richmond, collecting 44 disposals, while Laird’s 29 kicks match Mark Bickley’s effort from 1993 as an Adelaide-best against the side.
Josh Jenkins and Taylor Walker arguably had their best performances of the year in the Round Two win with Jenkins booting five goals and Walker four.
Tony Modra’s career-best haul of 13.4 came against Richmond in Round 16, 1993. Adelaide’s total score of 26.15 in that game is the third highest score they have kicked against the Tigers.
The best is 29.11 from Round 17, 1997, when Darren Jarman kicked a clean 7.0.
Richmond has 31 more goals than Adelaide this season with their leading goalkickers Jack Riewoldt (33) and Josh Caddy (29) ahead of Adelaide’s best, Jenkins (23).
Dustin Martin will again be one to watch with the Brownlow Medallist picking up a career-best 22 contested possessions in last season’s Grand Final.
Jake Kelly is a surprise packet for the Crows with a disposal efficiency of 86%.
For players with more than 200 disposals, only two are more efficient in 2018: Richmond’s Alex Rance and West Coast’s Shannon Hurn.
