Preview Round 19, 2023 : Richmond v Hawthorn, 1:45pm 22nd July, MCG

[Dewnior]

Happy to see they stuck with Denver, reckon he will play forward or back this week?

Forward. Frost will play back and take spells in the ruck to relieve Reeves

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Judging by the selections this is very much a win now team which I don't mind as I am really, really sick of losing to that mob of Membership Microwavers!

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

as a owner of sicily in fantasy I am very upset Blanck isn't playing

of course hope he gets right first

 

[lethalselbow]

People were calling for BB to be dropped all the time in in his first few years, which happened to be flag years. Tige 19 was particularly brutal on him.

Tige 19 brutal on a hawthorn player? Never................. .... .. .

 

[bigmaxi]

I worry about you mate.

ROUND 19 TEAM

Richmond vs Hawthorn
Saturday 22 July
MCG, 1.45pm

B: Jarman Impey, Sam Frost, James Sicily
HB: Jack Scrimshaw, Blake Hardwick, Will Day
C: Karl Amon, Dylan Moore, Josh Weddle
HF: Connor Macdonald, Conor Nash, James Worpel
F: Chad Wingard, Mitch Lewis, Luke Breust
R: Ned Reeves, Jai Newcombe, Finn Maginness
INT: Seamus Mitchell, Josh Ward, Tyler Brockman, Denver Grainger-Barras

Emer: Ned Long, Lloyd Meek, Cooper Stephens, Jai Serong.

In: Denver Grainger-Barras, Seamus Mitchell
Out: Fergus Greene (injured), Lloyd Meek (Omitted)

Ned Long Please.

 

[TylerDurden]

Hoping Stephens is sub.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Judging by the selections this is very much a win now team which I don't mind as I am really, really sick of losing to that mob of Membership Microwavers!

Were 2 games behind Freo plus percentage. Were pretty much entrenched in the bottom 4 so it doesn't really matter if we try to win as many games as we can. 6-8 wins could still see us bottom 3. It's free hit for a few weeks IMO.

 

[hawkheart]

I still reckon we’re a sneaky chance to overtake Freo by season’s end. That final round meeting will be fascinating.

 

[Threadkilla]

My guess is Long will be the sub. Offers some flexibility and will even help chop out in the ruck with Meek being axed.

 

[burger09]

I still reckon we’re a sneaky chance to overtake Freo by season’s end. That final round meeting will be fascinating.

Melbourne have Freos first.
They might out number Freo fans at this game if we are a chance to jump them.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Were 2 games behind Freo plus percentage. Were pretty much entrenched in the bottom 4 so it doesn't really matter if we try to win as many games as we can. 6-8 wins could still see us bottom 3. It's free hit for a few weeks IMO.

I meant it's a team picked with the intention of winning as its primary focus rather than player development.

TBH though by this stage of the year we should be finalising a best 22 for 2024, we have had plenty of time for development already.

 

[marklar]

Very happy with the team selection this week, I think it's a great sign that Sam wants to figure out what the future could look like against an opponent that has given us the irrits for his entire career and then some.

 

[grumbleguts]

Tige 19 brutal on a hawthorn player? Never................. .... .. .

His take on Nash is hilarious in retrospect.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Denver to CHF.

 

[Hodgey 15]

So if Tigers beat us does that mean we'll win the flag this season?

 

[Delecate Des]

Meh, already chalked this one down as a win.

 

[TassieGrown]

Feeling good about this one, we played our bad game last week.

Hawks by 33

 

[hawkers10]

I am so desperate to say hawks will win after last weeks dominant performance. This is definitely a winnable game if we come to play but im assuming the crowd is going to be above 60k, and every time we have played in front of a big crowd, we get slaughtered.

 

[barbster]

I am so desperate to say hawks will win after last weeks dominant performance. This is definitely a winnable game if we come to play but im assuming the crowd is going to be above 60k, and every time we have played in front of a big crowd, we get slaughtered.

Realistically with Lynch out we should win.
Would be great to dash all of Richmond’s hope of a finals appearance in front of a predominantly Tiger crowd, but it really depends on which Hawthorn team decides to show up.

 

[KermitJagger]

His take on Nash is hilarious in retrospect.

Bloke never shut up about ending the Irish experiment

 

[Yardie]

Bloke never shut up about ending the Irish experiment

Well Sam did agree with him........Sam just ended the experiment in the forward line......

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I am so desperate to say hawks will win after last weeks dominant performance. This is definitely a winnable game if we come to play but im assuming the crowd is going to be above 60k, and every time we have played in front of a big crowd, we get slaughtered.

Was at the Blues game when the crowd was 70k and can confirm we were god awful that day. That first half was as bad as I have seen us play for a long, long time.

Need to get that stage fright out of our system, Sam needs the boys fired up from the first bounce.

 

[barbster]

Big game at the MCG on a Saturday afternoon in front of a large crowd. If we want to play finals in the next couple of years then this is the perfect rehearsal.

 

[hawkers10]

Big game at the MCG on a Saturday afternoon in front of a large crowd. If we want to play finals in the next couple of years then this is the perfect rehearsal.

we have already played in big crowds this season. surely our players have gotten used to it because tmr is gonna be 65k again so hopefully they don't get stage fright like they did against Essendon, Geelong and Carlton

 

[Walshawk]

Blanck playing VFL…

Ins: D. Mascitti, J. Blanck, L. Meek

Outs: H. Hustwaite, C. Jiath, J. Thorpe

Squad: 1. H Morrison, 16. L Bramble, 17. L Meek, 21. C Stephens, 23. J Koschitzke, 27. N Long, 28. C Mackenzie, 29. J Serong, 30. S Butler, 35. J Morris, 36. J Blanck, 39. E Jeka, 41. J Bennetts, 42. B Macdonald, 45. C Tucker, 46. B Ryan, 50. D Mascitti, 55. C Porter, 60. E Phillips, 61. M Hall, 66. C Brown, 67. D Murr (23rd), 74. L Coghlan

Emergencies: H. Beasley, L. Bryce, L. D’Angelo, C. Bramble