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2020 Toyota AFL Premiership
Richmond v Geelong Cats
Grand Final • Saturday 24 October 2020 • 8:30 AM (UTC)
81 12.9
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50 7.8
Tigers Won By 31
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4th Quarter
35:05
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 2 Behinds
33:06
GOAL
Dustin Martin
4 Goals 0 Behinds
31:17
GOAL
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 1 Behind
30:05
BEHIND
Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 1 Behind
26:24
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
1 Goal 1 Behind
22:58
GOAL
Sam Menegola
2 Goals 0 Behinds
13:13
GOAL
Dustin Martin
3 Goals 0 Behinds
10:57
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08:45
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Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 0 Behinds
07:08
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Q4 35:05
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 2 Behinds
G
Q4 33:06
GOAL
Dustin Martin
4 Goals 0 Behinds
G
Q4 31:17
GOAL
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 1 Behind
B
Q4 30:05
BEHIND
Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 1 Behind
B
Q4 26:24
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
1 Goal 1 Behind
G
Q4 22:58
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Sam Menegola
2 Goals 0 Behinds
G
Q4 13:13
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Dustin Martin
3 Goals 0 Behinds
B
Q4 10:57
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G
Q4 08:45
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Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 0 Behinds
B
Q4 07:08
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4th Quarter
35:05
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 2 Behinds
33:06
GOAL
Dustin Martin
4 Goals 0 Behinds
31:17
GOAL
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 1 Behind
30:05
BEHIND
Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 1 Behind
26:24
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
1 Goal 1 Behind
22:58
GOAL
Sam Menegola
2 Goals 0 Behinds
13:13
GOAL
Dustin Martin
3 Goals 0 Behinds
10:57
Behind Rushed
08:45
GOAL
Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 0 Behinds
07:08
Behind Rushed
B
Q4 35:05
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 2 Behinds
G
Q4 33:06
GOAL
Dustin Martin
4 Goals 0 Behinds
G
Q4 31:17
GOAL
Jack Riewoldt
2 Goals 1 Behind
B
Q4 30:05
BEHIND
Tom J. Lynch
1 Goal 1 Behind
B
Q4 26:24
BEHIND
Jack Riewoldt
1 Goal 1 Behind
G
Q4 22:58
GOAL
Sam Menegola
2 Goals 0 Behinds
G
Q4 13:13
GOAL
Dustin Martin
3 Goals 0 Behinds
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Q4 10:57
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19 min
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    GRAND FINAL PREVIEW: Tigers v Cats, stats that matter, who wins and why

    It all comes down to this. Who will prevail in the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final?

    Tigers and Cats facing off in historic Gabba Grand Final from 6.30pm AEST. Picture: AFL Photos

    SUMMARY

    For the first time since 2011, two Victorian teams will meet in a Toyota AFL Grand Final. And it proves to be a corker more than 1600km away from the MCG. Two of their generation's best players Dustin Martin (Richmond) and Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) will go head-to-head, while rival spearheads Tom Lynch and Tom Hawkins will lead their respective attacks. The Tigers are chasing their third premiership in four years in what would rubberstamp one of the most remarkable dynasties in the modern game. At the Cats, champion Gary Ablett is looking to finish his epic 357-game career with a third flag.   

    13:32

    WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, Saturday October 24, 6.30pm AEST (local), 7.30pm AEDT

    WEATHER: Brisbane is expected to reach a maximum of 28c throughout the day with a 40 per cent chance of rain from late morning.

    HOW MANY WILL BE THERE? Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the crowd has been capped at 30,000. After corporate tickets and members were allotted seats, tickets went on sale to the general public Tuesday and sold out within 20 minutes. 

    TV AND RADIO: Click here for broadcast guide

    ENTERTAINMENT (split pre-game and half-time): Rising rock trio DMA'S will headline a contingent of Australian artists that includes Cub Sport, Sheppard, Electric Fields, Wolfmother lead singer Andrew Stockdale and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 

    WHO WILL PRESENT THE CUP AND MEDALS? World No.1 tennis player and Tigers fan Ash Barty will present the cup to Richmond if successful, while Geelong champion Ian Nankervis is in line to take the honours should the Cats salute. 2004 Norm Smith medallist Byron Pickett will present this year's medal, while dual Adelaide premiership coach Malcolm Blight will hand over the Jock McHale Medal to the winning coach.

    UMPIRES: Matt Stevic (eighth Grand Final), Simon Meredith (sixth), Craig Fleer (first)

    WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR?

    Round 17: Richmond 7.15 (57) d Geelong 4.7 (31)
    The Tigers' manic pressure kept the Cats to their lowest score of the season. Emerging youngster Shai Bolton collected three Brownlow Medal votes for his 18 disposals on a night Jack Riewolt kicked four majors. The Cats were without Joel Selwood, Rhys Stanley, Gary Rohan and Gary Ablett, while the Tigers were missing Shane Edwards, Dion Prestia and David Astbury.

    WHAT TO WATCH FOR

    Richmond
    The Tigers' extra emphasis on winning the clearances compared to round 17. Despite winning that night over the Cats, they lost the stoppage count by 16. The Tigers were ranked 17th in the competition for clearance differential (-5.6) during the home and away season but have jumped to become the No.1 team this finals series with an average of +4.7 on their opponents. On the flipside, the Tigers have gone from the best team in scoring from opposition turnovers (45.4 points per game) to the third-worst in finals with 29.7 points per game. 

    Geelong
    Can the Cats avoid being sucked into Richmond's pressure and get the game on their terms? The Cats love to control possession but it's gone to a new level during finals with an average of 76 more disposals per game compared to their opponents. While the Cats recorded 32 more touches than the Tigers in round 17, most were while over-possessing trying to get out of trouble. For example, Mitch Duncan had 83 per cent of his touches in the defensive half compared to his season average of 56. There will also be a strong focus on who takes Dustin Martin. When he's forward expect Jake Kolodjashnij or Tom Stewart to get the job and in the midfield it is likely to be split between Cam Guthrie and Brandan Parfitt.

    02:52

    WHAT THE STATS SAY 

    - The Tigers defenders have been on song this finals series. Dylan Grimes has won six of 10 on-on-one contests to be the No.1 ranked player the category, while Nathan Broad, Nick Vlastuin and Jayden Short are yet to lose a one-on-one contest. 

    - The second-best team for turning rebound 50s into forward 50s during the season at 26.4 per cent per exit, the Tigers have been clogged up in the finals, dropping to 13 per cent.

    - Between the two sides, Dustin Martin and Joel Selwood have enjoyed the biggest jump between their home and away season and finals for this year. Martin's Champion Data average player rating has ballooned from 12.6 to 20.1 and Selwood's 8.3 to 13. 

    - Martin is vying to become the first player in history to win the Norm Smith Medal for a third time. The superstar has two medals along with Hawthorn legends Luke Hodge and Gary Ayres, as well as Adelaide champion Andrew McLeod. 

    - The Cats are unbeaten from five matches at the Gabba this season with an average winning margin of 53 points. The Tigers are 2-1, losing their last game at the venue in the qualifying final to Brisbane. 

    - The top-five players for retention of kicks inside forward 50 this finals series belong to the Cats. The Cats have retained 77.8 per cent of Sam Menegola's kicks with Gary Rohan (71.4), Luke Dahlhaus (71.4), Mitch Duncan (70) and Gary Ablett (66.7) the next best.

    - Selwood is aiming to become the club's first four-time premiership player. Selwood and Ablett are the only remaining members from the 2007 flag.

    - Should the Cats win, Ablett (2009-2020) will hold the third longest stint between flags after Drew Banfield (1994-2006) and Doug Wade (1963-1975).

    IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR …

    Richmond
    After a quiet 2019 season, Jack Riewoldt exploded in last year's decider with five majors. Can he do it again on Saturday night off a similar form line? Riewoldt has kicked three goals and had just 16 disposals from his three finals to date but will again be an important cog alongside Tom Lynch in attack. 

    Geelong
    Cats superstar Patrick Dangerfield has spoken openly in recent times about not being fulfilled as a player until he wins a premiership. Now at age 30, he gets his chance. Dangerfield starred as a forward in the semi-final win over Collingwood but was quiet by his standards in last week's preliminary final. Don't expect it to last on Saturday night. 

    PREDICTION: Richmond by five points, only splitting the two teams by the round 17 result. 

    Yellow and black to back: Tigers stun Cats in epic Grand Final comeback

    Richmond defends its premiership in a history-making Grand Final at the Gabba

    The Tigers celebrate winning the 2020 premiership. Picture: AFL Photos

    TWO OUT of three ain't bad, but three out of four is a whole other level. 

    Richmond has claimed back-to-back premierships, and made it three of the last four flags, after coming from behind to beat Geelong by 31 points in the historic first ever Toyota AFL Grand Final at the Gabba. It etched the Tiger dynasty into football history as one of the most dominant sides of this century. 

    TIGERS v CATS Full match coverage and stats

    Dustin Martin, Richmond's inimitable, incredible midfielder, also made history by becoming the first player to win three Norm Smith Medals as the best on ground in the 12.9 (81) to 7.8 (50) win by booting four goals from 21 disposals.

    04:18

    The under lights Gabba clash had it all: injury carnage, a remarkable recovery, a comeback, two stretchers, pitch invaders, pyrotechnics and an entertainment package that will make the debate for day Grand Finals a harder sell in 2021. 

    UNFORGETTABLE Gabba delivers a night Grand Final to savour

    But mainly it again illustrated the brilliance of Martin and the Tigers, who came from 15 points down at half-time to secure their 13th flag and first consecutive flag since their 1973-4 triumphs. It was their third premiership under coach Damien Hardwick and skipper Trent Cotchin. 

    07:54

    After more than 110 days on the road living in Queensland after COVID-19's second wave forced the competition to relocate out of Victoria, the Tigers will return with the premiership cup later this week after storming home in the second half. 

    TIGERS PLAYER RATINGS No passengers on the Tiger train

    Gary Ablett's farewell did not go as hoped, with the champion Cat injuring his shoulder in the opening minutes immediately after Tigers defender Nick Vlastuin was concussed in a wild piece of play

    00:38

    Ablett returned later in the quarter after receiving medical attention in the rooms, but continued to nurse the injury throughout the game, struggling to use his arm for the rest of the night and enduring serious pain throughout. His hope of ending his glittering 357-game career with a third flag was dashed as the Tigers booted nine goals to two in the second half. 

    In a game full by superstars on both sides, it was Richmond's who rose to the occasion. Martin was again exceptional, following his 2017 and 2019 deciders with another standout game. The game's best player proved it with a high-impact game across half-forward, while Patrick Dangerfield, Geelong's own match-winner, was subdued. Geelong Coleman medallist Tom Hawkins kicked one goal from 10 disposals, with Mitch Duncan (25 disposals, one goal) the Cats' best. 

    CATS PLAYER RATINGS Was age a factor as the Cats faded away? 

    There was drama everywhere in the first term. Six minutes into the game it changed: Vlastuin was knocked out by a stray Dangerfield elbow (which will certainly come under Match Review Officer scrutiny) and in the following contest Ablett's shoulder dislocated as he was tackled by Cotchin. 

    THINGS WE LEARNED Tigers skipper writes his name into club folklore

    As Vlastuin was taken by stretcher from the field, Ablett left cradling his arm. The shock left the players and crowd stunned, and after a six-minute break in the game, it resumed to more action, including two fans who ran onto the field that almost got involved in the play. 

    Although the Tigers kicked the first two goals, the Cats settled to take a one-point lead into the first change. Ablett, too, returned to the field – a sight that looked unimaginable minutes earlier after what appeared set to be an anticlimactic end to his phenomenal career. 

    00:24

    Geelong took that momentum into the second term, dominating Richmond in the pressure stakes and using their strength at the contest to push aside the Tigers. The Tigers, so renowned for their tenacious attack, were being beaten at their own game. 

    The Cats kicked three goals to one in the quarter but should have been further ahead after some straightforward misses. They are sprayed kicks which will linger in the minds of the Cats well beyond the final siren. 

    THE MOMENT With hope dangling by a thread, up stepped a superstar

    Richmond's single goal came via Martin – an astonishing snap while fending off some Cats opponents – with the Tigers struggling in attack. 

    00:23

    Key forward pair Tom Lynch and Jack Riewoldt combined for one kick in the first half as Geelong's defence, led by the insurmountable Tom Stewart and veteran Harry Taylor, controlled proceedings. 

    But Richmond wasn't done. Riewoldt kicked the opening goal of the third term after a free kick, before a Jason Castagna outswinger curled through. Martin's brilliance again rose to the top, with the key Tiger's on-the-run checkside trickling through to give Richmond a two-point edge by three-quarter time.

    TIGERS PLAYER RATINGS No passengers on the Tiger train

    The Tigers powered home in the final quarter, kicking five goals to one to end up comfortable premiers. The final goal came, of course, via Martin in the last two minutes, who shrugged off a tackle from Dangerfield pinned up against the boundary line and snapped an amazing goal. In doing so, the Tigers’ tattooed champion confirmed his status as perhaps the best big-game player in football history. 

    ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

    RICHMOND     2.1     3.2     7.4     12.9     (81)
    GEELONG        2.2     5.5     6.8     7.8     (50)

    GOALS
    Richmond:
    Martin 4, Prestia 2, Riewoldt 2, Castagna, Lambert, Lynch, McIntosh
    Geelong: Menegola 2, Dangerfield, Duncan, Guthrie, Hawkins, Miers

    BEST
    Richmond:
    Martin, Short, Edwards, Prestia, Cotchin, Bolton
    Geelong: Duncan, Stewart, Selwood, Menegola, Dahlhaus

    INJURIES
    Richmond:
    Vlastuin (concussion), Houli (calf)
    Geelong: Ablett (shoulder), Simpson (concussion)

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        Gary Ablett350012481101185071
        David Astbury profile picture
        12
        David Astbury27007521100138086
        Liam Baker profile picture
        7
        Liam Baker4900141043201361388
        Noah Balta profile picture
        21
        Noah Balta470012932221181067
        Jed Bews profile picture
        24
        Jed Bews29009540201128072
        Mark Blicavs profile picture
        46
        Mark Blicavs4700134904102164077
        Shai Bolton profile picture
        29
        Shai Bolton8101161153704381288
        Nathan Broad profile picture
        35
        Nathan Broad34008712200165096
        Jason Castagna profile picture
        11
        Jason Castagna591111832400178081
        Trent Cotchin profile picture
        9
        Trent Cotchin7200191362406305082
        Luke Dahlhaus profile picture
        40
        Luke Dahlhaus490014771300205186
        Patrick Dangerfield profile picture
        35
        Patrick Dangerfield531112751303202093
        Mitch Duncan profile picture
        22
        Mitch Duncan11210251967404470088
        Shane Edwards profile picture
        10
        Shane Edwards75012715120209389089
        Jack Graham profile picture
        34
        Jack Graham5900177100502198187
        Dylan Grimes profile picture
        2
        Dylan Grimes17004312000450100
        Cameron Guthrie profile picture
        29
        Cameron Guthrie7111141224305375072
        Tom Hawkins profile picture
        26
        Tom Hawkins531210373341105096
        Lachie Henderson profile picture
        25
        Lachie Henderson17007521100215093
        Jack Henry profile picture
        38
        Jack Henry490014863101190084
        Bachar Houli profile picture
        14
        Bachar Houli30001147110164080
        Jake Kolodjashnij profile picture
        8
        Jake Kolodjashnij42008624201137096
        Kane Lambert profile picture
        23
        Kane Lambert661013674400158282
        Tom J. Lynch profile picture
        19
        Tom J. Lynch45118713302166096
        Dustin Martin profile picture
        4
        Dustin Martin9840211651305457190
        Kamdyn McIntosh profile picture
        33
        Kamdyn McIntosh571013853200261062
        Sam Menegola profile picture
        27
        Sam Menegola6320131035001306183
        Gryan Miers profile picture
        32
        Gryan Miers7011141045200247188
        Toby Nankervis profile picture
        25
        Toby Nankervis64008530625460087
        Mark O'Connor profile picture
        42
        Mark O'Connor26009360101115078
        Brandan Parfitt profile picture
        3
        Brandan Parfitt50007521701150151
        Marlion Pickett profile picture
        50
        Marlion Pickett550014680500194083
        Dion Prestia profile picture
        3
        Dion Prestia592014770504207079
        Jack Riewoldt profile picture
        8
        Jack Riewoldt63229813300229194
        Daniel Rioli profile picture
        17
        Daniel Rioli29006151400-5089
        Gary Rohan profile picture
        23
        Gary Rohan2500532120048191
        Joel Selwood profile picture
        14
        Joel Selwood8800211473506284187
        Jayden Short profile picture
        15
        Jayden Short10200251873602771086
        Sam Simpson profile picture
        37
        Sam Simpson31001239010233075
        Rhys Stanley profile picture
        1
        Rhys Stanley82011410431292183083
        Tom Stewart profile picture
        44
        Tom Stewart8700201646300624083
        Harry Taylor profile picture
        7
        Harry Taylor1700716010036092
        Zach Tuohy profile picture
        2
        Zach Tuohy450114682103109064
        Nick Vlastuin profile picture
        1
        Nick Vlastuin10001010200-906

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