It was our 5th-best H&A crowd v Hawks:
70,701 R3, 2018
66,305 R18, 2015
64,936 R9, 2019
64,324 R19, 2013
then today.
If you include the 2018 final, we have won all of the 8 largest attendance games v Hawthorn.
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Game day Tigers v Hawks
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70,701 R3, 2018
66,305 R18, 2015
64,936 R9, 2019
64,324 R19, 2013
then today.
If you include the 2018 final, we have won all of the 8 largest attendance games v Hawthorn.
Lynch leading the AFL in Goals Per Game at 3.2. If he didn't miss as many games as he has he'd probably be leading the Coleman.
Yeah that felt extremely special, especially at 3QT when half the stadium was on their feet and cheering. There was a special kind of love and gratitude in the air just willing the club on.
Like a religious awakening at base camp for an unchosen mountain.
It's pent up love. From our lost premiership season of 2020 that we didn't get to experience as a group. And after 37 years in the wilderness and then experiencing 2017, nobody can appreciate the significance of missing out on that special shared experience like us.
We want a duality of celebrations. There's a strong desire to express our gratitude for everything the club has achieved in the past, and also for what they're achieving while they keep stepping forward.
If a Tiger roars in the middle of the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Yes, but it skips a year.
That echo is roaring "thanks for the 3 flags" and "keep going" at the same time.
A roar increasingly feeling like an unstoppable religious outpouring of a reawakened collective willpower to dictate a remastered destiny...
Cotchin, Edwards, Dusty, Riewoldt, Lambert, etc. We haven't been able to fully celebrate their dominance at the MCG since 2019 - that's back when they were still in their 20's, and Jack was the reigning Coleman medalist!
But unlike other dynasty clubs, we kept our picks, and they're good. So, our optimism isn't propped up by proud self-lies. Other clubs would be quietly peeking down the mountain wishing they didn't have to take another step. Not us.
For us, that lost 2020 group experience and all the instability of that time period, coupled with the optimistic outlook from our promising youth learning from those beloved ageing stars (who are still in form) - it culminates in a club that desperately wants to take that next step forward while also finally celebrating the past as a group.
It's the unchosen journey. Richmond is the only club who's experienced an isolation premiership, and now we're seeing (and hearing) a deep yearning to move forward as a group to celebrate on the summit of a mountain that's chosen us.
So keep moving forward.
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Hawks didn’t get out of bed for this one. Hard to gauge the sincerity of our win.
Is it better to lead into the finals with a couple of easy wins? Assuming, of course.
Is it better to lead into the finals with a couple of easy wins? Assuming, of course.
A couple of tough wins against non-contenders (Essendon 8 points, Dogs 3 points) didn't seem to do us much good in 2018.
i dunno about that, Hawks seemed to be having a crack to me.
Or having Dusty play on one leg.
Or some Yank prick playing like he never did before or after that PF.
Or also allegedly having 3-4 players also crook with gastro that week, Cotchin, Dave, Lambo and might've been another I think, I cant quite recall.
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Yep. Look like Hawthorn were fighting to finish the season on as many wins as possible.
Don't down play Hawthorn efforts, they were up for a big game.
Got beaten by a better team
Watching the replay and highlights.
Trent's kick off one step to the goalmouth is sublime.
Trent is in red-hot form.
One of the greatest playmakers of all time.
Trent's kick off one step to the goalmouth is sublime.
Trent is in red-hot form.
One of the greatest playmakers of all time.
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I reckon other 'top' teams will be trembling in their boots to have to play us in a final.
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Round 22 - the dead goldfish games.
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