Round 1 v Carlton at the MCG

[written in retrospect in August] I approached this game like a hungry person who has been handed a hubcap full of cold baked beans. It does make you wonder how hungry you really are. There was no crowd due to Covid 19 social restrictions. Case numbers were climbing around Australia, and governments were scrambling to take measures to stop it. Local sport was cancelled everywhere, we were all avoiding touching anything and each other; I was wearing a mask to the shops at this time I think. And I didn’t think there was a place for AFL football to continue.

This was Marlion Pickett’s long-awaited 2nd game, in front of about 100K less people than game 1. The Tiges leapt out of the blocks, inspired by Jack Riewoldt. we kicked the first 5, then Kreuzer went down with an ankle injury. [He’s still not back as of August]. And that was the result fairly set, the rest of the evening was keeping them at arm’s length. New Blue Jack Martin was excellent, kicking 4 of their 12. Riewoldt, Shai, George and Dan Rioli all kicked 3 for the Tiges. Martin, Prestia, Bolton, Baker and Riewoldt were all excellent.

RICHMOND    7.2     11.3     14.5     16.9 (105)
CARLTON        2.1      3.5       8.7       12.9 (81)

BENNY VOTES r1

Martin 5
Prestia 4
Bolton 3
Riewoldt 2
Baker 1

Corrected Leaderboard, after round 8
10: Lambert, Short, Martin, Bolton
8: Vlastuin
7: Prestia
6: Soldo
5: Higgins, Vlastuin, Cotchin, Eggmolesse-Smith, McIntosh, Baker
4: Grimes, Balta, Caddy
3: Prestia, Houli
2: Riewoldt
1: Lynch, Castagna, Chol, Graham