It was round four when we played the Tigers and beat them to give ourselves a 2/2 record.

RICHMOND

Backs Shane Edwards Alex Rance Matthew Dea

Half backs Mitchell Farmer Kelvin Moore Matt White

Centreline Dustin Martin Brett Deledio Trent Cotchin

Half forwards Troy Taylor Jack Riewoldt Mitch Morton

Forwards Ben Nason Jayden Post Richard Tambling

Followers Troy Simmonds Daniel Jackson Shane Tuck

Interchange David Astbury Andrew Collins Tom Hislop Tyrone Vickery

Emergencies Jake King Robin Nahas Graham Polak 

In David Astbury Andrew Collins Matthew Dea Mitchell Farmer Tom Hislop Troy Taylor

Out Daniel Connors (club suspension) Ben Cousins (club suspension) Luke McGuane (club suspension) Chris Newman (leg) Dean Polo (club suspension) Relton Roberts

New David Astbury (North Ballarat) Matthew Dea (North Ballarat) Troy Taylor (South Alice Springs/NT Thunder) 

MELBOURNE

Backs James McDonald Matthew Warnock James Frawley

Half backs Cameron Bruce Colin Garland Lynden Dunn

Centreline Jack Trengove Aaron Davey Clint Bartram

Half forwards Brad Green Ricky Petterd Nathan Jones

Forwards Colin Sylvia Matthew Bate, Rohan Bail

Followers Mark Jamar Jack Grimes Brent Moloney

Interchange Jamie Bennell Joel MacDonald Jordie McKenzie Tom Scully 

Emergencies Kyle Cheney Michael Newton Jake Spencer

In Colin Sylvia

Out Michael Newton

In Colin Sylvia

Out Michael Newton

Selection meeting would've been intense that week!

There's likely to be only three outs from that team compared to the one we may field on Sunday - Warnock, Petterd and Bate. That just shows that we're much more of a settled unit this year than in the past. I think we can win this one and keep our chances alive.

The Tiges had 3 players on debut last time. They'll be a fairly different article this time around with inclusions like Newman and Cousins. I'd also be alot warier of Dustin Martin who is growing into a very dangerous player when it comes to clearances and winning contested ball.

No doubt this is a big danger game for us. Points in our favour are that Jamar is going to kill them in the ruck, we have a great backline that should be able to contain Riewoldt and we have some very good defensive forwards who can hurt their ability to create from the half back line. However, their midfield has been looking really good lately and they should be able to go with us for pace, so it won't be another Swans game. If they can gain the upper hand through the midfield they could get enough good delivery into the forward line to hurt us, and also cause our delivery to fall off to the point where their sub-standard defence becomes competitive.