Round 11, 1995 - Richmond vs West Coast

Richmond have retained its top placing on the AFL ladder with a resounding 60-point win over reigning premiers West Coast at Optus Oval.

A hot start in the first quarter, including three very early goals, the best you're likely to see, stunned the Eagles, who weren't able to recover from the early onslaught, with the Tigers going on with it to win 18.15 (123) to 9.9 (63).

Ruckman Greg Dear climbs to take a wonderful pack mark.

Richmond bookended the performance with a scintillating final quarter, where they booted six of their seven goals in a 15-minute patch to blow the reigning premiers out of the water.

It was a whole of team performance from Richmond who had lost some key players in previous weeks, which highlighted the depth that the club now has.

The Tigers had 11 goalkickers for the day, showing clearly that they will be able to effectively spread the offensive load despite losing young spearhead Matthew Richardson for the remainder of the season.

It was Richmond's engine room that did most of the damage in this match, with the three-headed monster of Matthew Knights, Wayne Campbell and Paul Broderick dominating with 78 disposals and three goals between them. Broderick's goal actually brought up his 100th for his career.

It was also another week where Richmond's fringe players, who have all had to step up in the absence of key players, took centre stage.

Nathan Bower had his best game of the season to date with 14 disposals, 8 tackles and a goal, providing some excellent run for his side between the arcs.

Another Tiger to play his best game of the season to date was Matthew Rogers. After playing the first handful of game in the ones, Rogers was only a few games into his return after missing six weeks, but proved to be a great link up man between the wing and half forward, finishing with 16 disposals.

Duncan Kellaway was also excellent with 18 disposals but it was his one percenters, a trademark of his game, that was the best aspect of his performance.

Fullback Scott Turner moved through a few forward opponents during the game but the one constant was his excellent intercept marking and direct kicks out from full back. He finished with 15 disposals and six marks, helping the Tigers often turn defence into attack.

And not for the first time this season, Stuart Edwards bobbed up in the final term to kick multiple goals and finish with four for the day.

With big Brendan Gale missing through injury, the Tigers brought in Stephen Jurica for his AFL debut. The big man started on the bench and had minimal gametime, but it showed that the Tigers weren't afraid to blood youngsters against the league's best teams.

The Tigers injury curse continued somewhat in this one, with Paul Bulluss seemingly hurting his wrist late in the game, followed by Mark Neeld and Jamie Tape colliding with one another which saw Neeld being stretchered from the field.

Stats for the game courtesy of AFL Tables

A Fighting Fury player ratings - click here for explanation

Paul Broderick	9
Matthew Knights	9
Wayne Campbell	9
Nathan Bower	9
Scott Turner	9
Matthew Rogers	8
Ashley Prescott	8
Chris Naish	6
Duncan Kellaway	5
Stuart Edwards	5
David Bourke	5
Stuart Maxfield	5
Greg Dear	4
Michael Gale	4
Paul Bulluss	4
Chris Bond	3
Nick Daffy	3
Jamie Tape	3
Mark Neeld	3
Stephen Jurica	1
Mark Merenda	0