Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| melbourne | 24.17 (161) | st kilda | 12.24 (96) | mcg | 18435 | 25 august 1979 |
| hawthorn | 7.18 (60) | north melbourne | 24.21 (165) | princes park | 18501 | 25 august 1979 |
| geelong | 17.13 (115) | richmond | 12.17 (89) | kardinia park | 18039 | 25 august 1979 |
| fitzroy | 22.19 (151) | footscray | 14.16 (100) | junction oval | 12076 | 25 august 1979 |
| collingwood | 18.12 (120) | carlton | 14.17 (101) | victoria park | 36509 | 25 august 1979 |
| essendon | 13.17 (95) | south melbourne | 10.16 (76) | vfl park | 32127 | 25 august 1979 |
Title:
1979 vfl season
Statement:
the richmond away team played before august 25 , 1979
Answer:
refuted