The match: Point taken, Joel goal seals glory

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.This week he won another game far more gloriously - with a goal -22 seconds from the siren.
The ironic finish was accompanied by wild scenes from the Tigerswho gathered in the middle of the ground to celebrate a win, whichhad three times seemed beyond them.
After a controversial day off the field, they began slowly, foughttheir way back into the contest in the second term and were thenwiped away in the third to look down and out at three quarter-time.
But an eight-goal final term, with three from Bowden and three fromMatthew Richardson took them to a three-point victory, which haskept their finals hopes very much alive.
Even after wiping a 25-point deficit at the final change with thefirst six goals of the quarter, the Tigers looked gone again whenBrisbane kicked three goals to get back out to an eight-point lead.
Richardson, who took 17 marks in a typically breathtaking returnfrom injury, was freed in front at the 28-minute mark to give theTigers hope and Jonathan Brown just failed to put it out of theirreach when a shot soon after from outside 50m was touched on theline.
With less than 30 seconds to go, the Lions were attacking whenKelvin Moore took a great mark on the last line and the Tigersrebounded the ball to Bowden on the lead with only 22 seconds left.
After showing such a clear head last week, it was fitting he wasable to hold his nerve and drill his fourth for the match and thirdfor the term.
Richmond got back into the game for the first time in the secondquarter to turn a 22-point deficit at the three-minute mark into atwo-point lead at the long break.
Brisbane had started best in a scrappy first term with DanielBradshaw's strong leading and marking on Will Thursfield forcingTerry Wallace to move quickly to plan B in defence.
Bradshaw snapped the first goal, but squandered further chanceswhich could have given the Lions a handy early break.

Half way through the first term he had contributed 1.3 ofBrisbane's 1.4, the other behind rushed from one of his kicks.
Wallace moved Luke McGuane to full-back and he did much better.
But the Lions still looked more dangerous in attack and goals toTravis Johnstone, from a free after being struck in the throat, andBrown, on a lead from a severe angle, took them to a 10 point leadat quarter time.
Moore had drawn the short straw on Brown and theirs was the clashof the match. Brown booted three goals, but Moore can hold his headhigh - quite apart from his match-saving mark.
Up the other end, the Tigers had a familiar early dilemma - theyhad only one Richo. He started well on the wing, but while he waswinning possessions, the ball was rebounding out of the forwardline far too quickly.
Eventually he went forward, but they really needed his aerobic gamefurther afield as well.
Despite its key position changes, the Tiger revival came more fromtheir midfield with Troy Simmonds, Shane Tuck and Nathan Foley allhaving brilliant second terms.
Things had looked crook for the Tigers when the Lions got the firsttwo goals of the second term, but they suddenly started winning theball out of the centre and kicked three goals in four minutes andsix for the term to take the lead.
But Brisbane kicked 6.6 to 2.3 in the third term to break away to a25-point lead at the last change and looked home, even though Brownhad given the Tigers some hope with his third goal at the end ofthe term.
But when Richardson got the first goal of the last term it was gameon.
By now he was the focal point at full-forward and marked stronglyto convert a far more difficult shot than he had missed in thethird term.
Two minutes later he handballed to Brown for his fourth.
Kane Johnson could have run into an open goal soon after, butfluffed a handball before a strong Bowden tackle saved the day andwhen he goaled from the free the difference was back to eightpoints.
Richardson marked on a lead and kicked his second and when MattWhite ran into an open goal after Richo had created anothercontest, Richmond had kicked five goals in 12 minutes tomiraculously regain the lead.
The Lions were falling apart. From a rushed behind, Luke Power tookthe kick in and passed short - straight to Bowden who marked andkicked his second for the quarter.
The Tigers continued to press forward and were unlucky afterdominating the term to leave Jamie Charman loose in the forwardline as the Lions rebounded.
Another Lion attack from defence caught the Tigers out again withBradshaw on a lead and when Justin Sherman ran into an open goalthe Lions were back to eight points ahead.
But a free to Richardson for his third for the term and thenBowden's third was a dramatic end to a match which had weaved inmany different directions.