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Hungrier Cats rip Tigers apart
17 April 2004 Herald Sun
AAP
GEELONG'S first win of the 2004 AFL season left the Tigers with their tails further between their legs as Richmond slumped to a third successive heavy defeat.
Round 4 photos
The promise of Richmond's opening round win over Collingwood has been entirely obliterated after tonight's 19.13 (127) to 11.12 (78) defeat.
Geelong has not kicked a higher score or had a bigger win since early 2002.
While the scrutiny of Richmond coach Danny Frawley will intensify, the pressure was marginally eased on Cats coach Mark Thompson, with Geelong rising off the bottom of the ladder.
Geelong was boosted by the return of some experienced campaigners who all played a part in the victory - Ben Graham kicked four goals in the first term to set up the win, Peter Riccardi showed some midfield quality while Brenton Sanderson displayed his rebounding savvy.
The forward smarts of Kent Kingsley and David Haynes were also apparent while Cameron Mooney was effective as a changing ruckman.
Conversely Richmond was starved for forward targets in the absence of injured Matthew Richardson and suspended Greg Stafford, while Shane Morrison was benched for much of the match.
Geelong had been the lowest scoring team in the competition this season, averaging just 59 points per match, but it had 42 by quarter time as Graham - returning from a pectoral tear - ran riot with four.
The Tigers succeeded in locking down the game for much of the second quarter to be some chance when they trailed by five goals late in the term, but allowed Geelong to snare two late majors to render the game almost over as a contest at the main break.
Frawley had implored his team to play bolder football this week, but there was no evidence of a deviation from the possession game plan.
That was embarrassingly apparent when captain Wayne Campbell assessed a series of short options in the third term, and unwilling to kick long, walked backwards to concede a behind.
Richmond kicked as many goals as Geelong in the second half, but never threatened to make the game competitive, let alone close.
17 April 2004 Herald Sun
AAP
GEELONG'S first win of the 2004 AFL season left the Tigers with their tails further between their legs as Richmond slumped to a third successive heavy defeat.
Round 4 photos
The promise of Richmond's opening round win over Collingwood has been entirely obliterated after tonight's 19.13 (127) to 11.12 (78) defeat.
Geelong has not kicked a higher score or had a bigger win since early 2002.
While the scrutiny of Richmond coach Danny Frawley will intensify, the pressure was marginally eased on Cats coach Mark Thompson, with Geelong rising off the bottom of the ladder.
Geelong was boosted by the return of some experienced campaigners who all played a part in the victory - Ben Graham kicked four goals in the first term to set up the win, Peter Riccardi showed some midfield quality while Brenton Sanderson displayed his rebounding savvy.
The forward smarts of Kent Kingsley and David Haynes were also apparent while Cameron Mooney was effective as a changing ruckman.
Conversely Richmond was starved for forward targets in the absence of injured Matthew Richardson and suspended Greg Stafford, while Shane Morrison was benched for much of the match.
Geelong had been the lowest scoring team in the competition this season, averaging just 59 points per match, but it had 42 by quarter time as Graham - returning from a pectoral tear - ran riot with four.
The Tigers succeeded in locking down the game for much of the second quarter to be some chance when they trailed by five goals late in the term, but allowed Geelong to snare two late majors to render the game almost over as a contest at the main break.
Frawley had implored his team to play bolder football this week, but there was no evidence of a deviation from the possession game plan.
That was embarrassingly apparent when captain Wayne Campbell assessed a series of short options in the third term, and unwilling to kick long, walked backwards to concede a behind.
Richmond kicked as many goals as Geelong in the second half, but never threatened to make the game competitive, let alone close.
