St KIlda is 2-0 to start the season under Ross Lyon thanks to a convincing win over the Western Bulldogs, while North Melbourne are close to an upset win over Fremantle
Earlier, Collingwood continued their incredible start to the season with a 71-point win over Port Adelaide at the MCG while Richmond saw off an Adelaide fight back to post a 32-point win.
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Tigers survive second-half scare to beat Crows
Richmond have survived an almighty second-half scare in a 32-point away win over Adelaide.
The Tigers led by 45 points at half-time before the storming Crows snuck within one point with 13 minutes remaining at Adelaide Oval.
But Richmond emphatically rallied, booting the last five goals of the game for 17.6 (108) to 10.16 (76) triumph, their first win of the season..
Tiger recruit Jacob Hopper suffered a knee injury while teammate Nathan Broad faces sanction for a sling tackle which concussed Adelaide defender Patrick Parnell.
The Broad incident came amid a fast opening from the visitors, who kicked 4.1 to 1.3 in the first quarter.
Second-gamer Samson Ryan scored two majors as Richmond beat-up the Crows around the ball, winning a dozen clearances to Adelaide’s six.
The trend continued in the second stanza as the Tigers cashed in on their ground-level domination with five consecutive goals, including two from Jack Riewoldt.
The visitors were seemingly in command at half-time, 11.3 to 3.6.
But the Crows produced an eye-catching third-term comeback, booting 5.8 to 1.1 to sneak within 14 points at the last change.
Second-year forward Josh Rachele booted two goals, Izak Rankine scored his second the Crows were sniffing their greatest comeback victory.
Their odds shortened when Adelaide’s Taylor Walker and Darcy Fogarty converted to leave the hosts one point down, 13 minutes into the final term.
But Richmond’s new and old answered the challenge in a stirring five minutes which reaped three goals.
Rhyan Mansell, in game 16, and Trent Cotchin, in game 288, snapped goals and when influential newcomer Ryan scored his third soon after, the Tigers were safe.
Richmond’s prized recruit Tim Taranto fired again with 28 disposals while Hopper collected 22 touches before being hurt in the last term.
Liam Baker (25) and Daniel Rioli (23) were creative in defence and Ryan and Tom Lynch kicked three goals apiece.
Adelaide’s Rory Laird collected a game-high 38 disposals, his teammates Lachie Sholl (27) and Jordan Dawson (27) were prominent and Fogarty finished with three goals.
Pies irresistible in Port thumping
Collingwood young gun Nick Daicos has dealt with close-checking opponents and kicked a goal that would make his mercurial father proud, playing an influential role in his side’s 71-point rout of Port Adelaide.
Daicos was shadowed by a Power combination of Lachie Jones and Sam Powell-Pepper for long periods of the Magpies’ 21.9 (135) to 9.10 (64) victory at the MCG.
But the 20-year-old — last year’s unanimous Rising Star winner — booted two majors from a game-high 32 disposals as a nine-goal run by the home side broke the game open before half-time.
Brody Mihocek kicked three goals before being substituted out with a finger injury and Jamie Elliott was among five players who kicked two each as the Magpies posted their biggest score since 2018.
Daicos started the game in his customary role at half-back and had periods on a wing and through the midfield as he tried to shake his taggers.
He extracted the biggest roar from the 60,744-strong crowd — the highest-ever attendance for a home-and-away clash between the two sides — with a stunning goal during the Magpies’ second-quarter surge.
Daicos received a handpass from Daniel McStay, dished the ball off to Scott Pendlebury, received it back through the veteran’s instinctive flick over his head, brushed a tackle and straightened up before steering his shot straight through the middle.
Older brother Josh Daicos (26 disposals, two goals) was equally influential and Bobby Hill brought the crowd to its feet when he played a one-two with Elliott in the forward pocket and snapped a clever goal early in the final term.
Port Adelaide forward Charlie Dixon kicked two early goals — the first courtesy of a 50m penalty against ex-Power defender Billy Frampton — and the lead changed hands five times in the opening exchanges.
But a five-goal burst in 11 minutes gave Collingwood a 23-point buffer at quarter-time, and it grew to 55 before the main break as the domination continued.
Power coach Ken Hinkley called on Travis Boak to give his side a lift, injecting the veteran into the game as the substitute early in the third quarter, and the visitors narrowly won the term.
The final quarter belonged to Collingwood, however, as they piled on six goals to one.
Boak had 11 disposals in his first game back after an interrupted pre-season but Port Adelaide had few winners, with Dixon (three) and Todd Marshall (two) both kicking multiple goals.
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