Brisbane Lions

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It was a memorable milestone for Shane Edwards, who became the 98th player and first Indigenous player at Richmond to reach 300 games. There was plenty of clutch moments during this epic clash, but none more so than Daniel Rioli’s chase down tackle on the dangerous Charlie Cameron with three and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter. He was enormous and his fifth goal after seven minutes in the final term was crucial. Brisbane burst out of the blocks and kicked the first six goals (Joe Daniher booted three of them) to open up a 34-point lead, before Noah Cumberland sparked Richmond into action with two majors in 30 seconds. Gardiner’s kick went straight to Trent Cotchin, who found Lynch, and, fittingly, he iced the game. Such was his effectiveness, the fifth-gamer was at times isolated as the Tigers’ deepest forward. Bolton was seemingly in everything, while Lynch led Harris Andrews a merry dance. Brisbane had a McCarthy goal, which would have put them back in front, disallowed soon after. After coughing up blood, Bailey was taken to hospital for scans. The Lions have now lost 11 games in succession at the MCG, with their most recent win at the venue occurring in Round 21, 2014, when they thrashed Collingwood by 67 points. Charlie Cameron swooped on a loose ball late in the term and registered his first goal of the afternoon, and when the quarter-time sire sounded, the visitors were 29 points to the good. The Lions continued on their merry way soon after quarter-time, with Lincoln McCarthy joining the goalkicking party after outpointing Jayden Short in a one-on-one marking contest.

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Brisbane burst out of the blocks and kicked the first six goals (Joe Daniher booted three of them) to open up a 34-point lead, before Noah Cumberland sparked Richmond into action with two majors in 30 seconds. Gardiner’s kick went straight to Trent Cotchin, who found Lynch, and, fittingly, he iced the game. Such was his effectiveness, the fifth-gamer was at times isolated as the Tigers’ deepest forward. Bolton was seemingly in everything, while Lynch led Harris Andrews a merry dance. Charlie Cameron swooped on a loose ball late in the term and registered his first goal of the afternoon, and when the quarter-time sire sounded, the visitors were 29 points to the good. The Lions have now lost 11 games in succession at the MCG, with their most recent win at the venue occurring in Round 21, 2014, when they thrashed Collingwood by 67 points.

Fifth-gamer Noah Cumberland booted five goals and Tom Lynch four as Richmond produced one of the comebacks of the season against the Brisbane Lions.

Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter. It’s the sound that no fan wants to hear late in a nail-biter; the call for a score review. On top of that, Charlie Cameron was up to his usual tricks. Even though he didn’t exactly bring his kicking boots on Sunday (he kicked 2.5!), he was still one of the most influential players on the ground. Earlier, Brisbane totally dominated the first half. It had and GOAL went onto the ground’s large replay screens.

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But to what degree of a choke, I’m not quite sure. We were in it all the way to the end. It‘s probably something I’d rather keep in-house to be honest,” he said. “I appreciate you asking the question, but we have our reasons and they’re good reasons, but in reflection tonight it would’ve been better to have a running player for sure.” “Richmond had a really strong team tonight outside of Dustin. They had a lot to play for, as did we, we were trying to cement ourselves in the top four, now we’re in a battle, they’re trying to get back in the eight ... there was no lack of effort on our side or theirs, it was a good contest in that regard.” “It doesn’t matter to me but I thought anyone watching the game would’ve thought it was a fantastic game of football.

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“I’ve got to give the kid credit, he has been incredible since he’s come in. “Today he wins us the game with those five goals. He came in a little bit raw, he’s put the work in, he’s self-driven, he’s responsible for his own development and that to me is the mark of him as a player.”