Richmond Kicked 25 Goals in the Qualifying Final. Seven Days Later It Had One Goal at Half-Time. What Did Carlton Take Away?
Richmond kicked 25.14 against Collingwood in the 1972 qualifying final. Royce Hart kicked six goals, while Neil Balme, Barry Richardson and Paul Sproule kicked four each. The six-pronged attack looked almost impossible to reduce to one problem.
Seven days later, against Carlton, Richmond reached half-time with 1.8. One goal. Nine scoring shots. The same club, the same finals series and the same attacking reputation had suddenly been dragged into a completely different game.
Was that simply a bad half in front of goal — or had Carlton removed something Richmond’s score against Collingwood depended on? And if the Blues had found a way to alter the forward contest, how did Richmond recover enough to drag the game back to a draw?
The question Tiger supporters should be asking is simple: what did Carlton actually take away?
Because that is exactly what the full feature examines.
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