What Happens After Richmond Wins the Clearance?
Updated: Aug 30
The full RTSSG member feature, Clearance Is Not Control: Why Richmond’s Midfield Wins Do Not Become Scores, is the starting point for this Public investigation.
Richmond won the clearance count in four consecutive matches against Hawthorn, Melbourne, Carlton and Collingwood, its first such run since 2015. Yet the Tigers still sat 16th for points from stoppage.
How should those two facts be read together? Is winning the clearance the real measure, or does the more useful evidence sit in the next two possessions? What happens to the first advantage when the receiver, wing, forward movement or next contest is not ready for it?
Which parts of that chain belong to the inside midfield and which belong to the players around it? If Richmond’s stoppage work is genuinely developing, what should begin appearing next on the field and on the scoreboard?
The member feature follows the evidence further and resolves the question. Read the full RTSSG investigation here.
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