How good is it to have footy again!
Carlton and Richmond have drawn for the primary time in 51 years in a shocking blockbuster to begin the 2023 AFL season.
Richmond tied it up within the closing 20 seconds when Tom Lynch took an enormous pack mark and went again and slotted a objective.
Carlton went ahead within the closing frantic 15 seconds however couldn’t discover the behind they wanted.
With Richmond saved goalless for a lot of the fourth quarter, it was Lynch’s solo effort that noticed them draw stage at 8.10 (58) to eight.10 (58).
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The end result left the footy world in awe after Richmond discovered one thing additional within the tank to return again from seven factors down within the closing dying minutes.
Both groups held ascendancy at completely different instances within the rollercoaster battle with Richmond taking a five-point lead into the ultimate time period.
The Tigers had come from 14-points down at half time and took the lead with three unanswered objectives late within the third time period.
In the tip the competition got here down to 1 candy swing of Lynch’s boot.
“They cannot believe it,” Channel 7’s James Brayshaw stated.
Brian Taylor stated in commentary: “This is nuts”.
Richmond ahead Jack Riewoldt appeared utterly deflated when chatting with Fox Footy straight after the sport.
“Everyone is a bit flat as shark s*** at the moment,” he stated.
“We felt we played the game on our terms… but we probably didn’t make the most of our opportunities tonight.”
Riewoldt now holds the file for many attracts skilled by an AFL participant within the historical past of the sport with eight attracts throughout the 34-year-old’s profession.
Carlton followers should have been dreaming of a nail-biting season-opening win when Sam Docherty kicked a bomb from outdoors the 50m arc to place them again in entrance early within the fourth quarter.
However, there have been few spectators among the many crowd of 88,084 — the second greatest Round 1 crowd ever — who would say the 4 factors didn’t need to be shared.
Source: www.news.com.au
