Round 22, 1995 - Adelaide vs Richmond

Richmond have finished the 1995 home and away season in great form, tasking apart the Crows on their home deck by 37 points in front of over 40,000 fans.

A scintillating first term saw the Tigers open up 28 point lead at the first change, and while Adelaide managed to peg that back a few times throughout the night, the visitors ran over the top of them in the end to win 19.9 (123) to 12.14 (86).

Paul Broderick was his sensational best against the Crows.

The win locked in another blockbuster game for Richmond against North Melbourne in a Qualifying Final at the MCG, where third placed sixth in the old finals eight system.

It was a milestone game for Tigers star Matthew Knights, who was playing his 150th AFL game, and didn't his teammates get off to a great start for him.

The Tigers kicked the first three goals of the match and had five within the first 15 minutes, with Paul Broderick dominant in that time with 13 touches in the first term alone.

In fact, it was arguably Richmond's best quarter of footy for the year, even eclipsing their mammoth opening term in Round 4 against the Kangaroos.

Richmond were relentless against an Adelaide side that seemingly came to fight, with the likes of Andrew Jarman being very physical, sometimes a bit uneccessarily so, against his Tiger opponents.

Unlike previous weeks, Richmond were able to find the goals a lot easier to come by, kicking 7.2 to 2,4 to start proceedings in the first quarter.

Adelaide pushed back in the second term, cutting the margin back to just two goals, before a very ugly hit from Mark Bickley on Duncan Kellaway left the courageous defender dazed and in the hands of trainer.

Kellaway came out of it with a horribly broken nose, and didn't take any further part in the match.

Richmond again gained the ascendancy in the third before the Crows made another push, and when Tony Modra booted his sixth, the game was back to nine points late in the third.

Desperate to get a different look up forward, Richmond coach John Northey moved his full-back Scott Turner to the forward line, which sparked an immediate return. He ran into an open goal early in the fourth to extend Richmond's advantage and they were never challenged again.

The game actually fizzled out in quite a big way late, with neither side seeming to want to risk anything in the final home and away game of the year.

For Richmond, the aforementioned Broderick was outstanding with 23 disposals and two goals, and really helped his side get up and goaling earlier in the game.

He was well supported by the milestone man Knights, who had 28 disposals and a goal, while Nathan Bower continued his strong run of form with 14 touches and a goal.

Justin Charles was dominant early and proved to be a real handful for the smaller Crows backline, kicking three goals in the first half. He did fade out in the second half however there was clearly something there to work with for John Northey heading into the finals. It was also his 50th AFL game.

Another milestone man of sorts was Adam Slater, who kicked his first AFL goal in what was his third AFL game. Unfortunately for him, it would be the last AFL game for the 200cm forward.

Stats for the game courtesy of AFL Tables

A Fighting Fury player ratings - click here for explanation

Paul Broderick	10
Jamie Tape	7
Scott Turner	6
Matthew Knights	6
Wayne Campbell	6
Matthew Rogers	6
Justin Charles	6
Nathan Bower	6
Chris Bond	5
Brendon Gale	5
Stuart Maxfield	4
Paul Bulluss	4
Chris Naish	3
Nick Daffy	3
Greg Dear	2
Duncan Kellaway	2
Mark Merenda	2
Ashley Prescott	2
Adam Slater	2
Stephen Jurica	1
Jason Torney	0