Round 13: Adelaide v Richmond
Saturday, June 30 at 1:40pm (SA time)
AAMI Stadium
Latest news:
Hardwick's headache - AFL.com.au
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick faces a selection headache ahead of Saturday's meeting with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, with a quartet of key Tigers ready to return from injury.
See below for more Richmond news
Out of action (estimates only)
Brad Helbig (foot) - indefinite
Matt Arnot (ankle) - 1-2 weeks
Milestones
Shane Edwards - 100 games
Recent form
Round 13, Bye
Round 12, Richmond 11.20 (86) d GWS Giants 12.2 (74), Skoda Stadium
Round 11, Fremantle 12.6 (78) d Richmond 9.12 (66), MCG
Round 10, Richmond 18.13 (121) d St Kilda 16.17 (113), Etihad Stadium
Round nine, Richmond 21.11 (137) d Hawthorn 10.15 (75), MCG
Recent form against Adelaide
2011, Round 23, Richmond 17.19 (121) d Adelaide 15.9 (99), AAMI Stadium
2010, Round 18, Richmond 15.10 (100) d Adelaide 11.14 (80), MCG
2010, Round seven, Adelaide 15.14 (104) d Richmond 7.12 (54), AAMI Stadium
2009, Round 14, Adelaide 15.12 (102) d Richmond 13.7 (85), Metricon Stadium
2008, Round 19, Adelaide 16.12 (108) d Richmond 6.9 (45), AAMI Stadium
Most recent team (this will be updated when the team is announced at 5:50pm Thursday)
B: Dylan Grimes, Alex Rance, Chris Newman
HB: Bachar Houli, Ben Griffiths, Matt Dea
C: Shaun Grigg, Dustin Martin, Daniel Jackson
HF: Brett Deledio, Brad Miller, Shane Edwards
F: Jake King, Jack Riewoldt, Robin Nahas
Foll: Ivan Maric, Trent Cotchin, Shane Tuck
INT: Daniel Connors, Steven Morris, Brandon Ellis, Todd Elton
Emerg: Reece Conca, Tom Derickx, Brett O'Hanlon
INS: Dylan Grimes, Steven Morris, Todd Elton
OUTS: Reece Conca, Brett O'Hanlon, Jake Batchelor (all omitted)
Stats that matter
Jason Porplyzia will play his 100th game against Richmond at AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers play a high-possession game, ranking 1st in the AFL for handballs, total disposals and uncontested possessions. Brett Deledio has collected more disposals (330) than any other Richmond player, putting him in the top-10 possession-getters in the League this season. Deledio is also the best player in the competition at sending the ball inside his team’s forward 50m.
Ex-Carlton onballer Shaun Grigg is one of the architects of Richmond’s possession game. Grigg is ranked seventh in the competition for effective kicks (129), third in long kicks (72) and second in uncontested possessions (230).
Tony Modra holds the record for most Crows goals in a game against Richmond. The mercurial forward booted a Club record 13 goals in Adelaide’s round 16 win over the Tigers in 1993.
Shane Tuck and Trent Cotchin are Richmond’s leading ‘inside’ players. Tuck is ranked second in the League behind Patrick Dangerfield for hard-ball gets (86) and sixth in contested possession (165). Cotchin is also top-15 in both of these statistics.
Adelaide has won 19 of the 29 matches played between these two teams, but Richmond has taken the honours in the past two clashes.
Former teammates Sam Jacobs and Ivan Maric will go head-to-head for the first time this weekend. Jacobs and Maric are No.1 and No.2 in the competition, respectively, in hit-outs to advantage this season.
Jack Riewoldt is second in the Coleman Medal race, having slotted 35 goals in 12 matches this year.
News bites
In the Mix - AFL.com.au
"NATHAN Foley, Steven Morris and Tyrone Vickery missed the victory over Greater Western Sydney in round 12 because of injury but all are available to take on Adelaide this Saturday. The Tigers' season-long reluctance to make many changes to the line-up means they're unlikely to all make their way into the team at once. Vickery is likely to come in for Brad Miller or Brett O'Hanlon. Foley also is likely to come in but it's touch and go with Morris because the player he'd replace, Matt Dea, has done nothing wrong. Tall defender Jake Batchelor has been unconvincing but he might be saved by the threat posed by Adelaide key forwards Kurt Tippett and Taylor Walker."
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