2012 Richmond Football Club season explained

Club:Richmond Football Club
Season:2012
President:Gary March
(7th season)
Coach:Damien Hardwick
(3rd season)
Captain:Chris Newman
(4th season)
Home Ground:MCG
Preseason Comp:Pre-season
Preseason Result:7th
(2-2)
Regularseason Comp:AFL season
Regularseason Result:12th
(10-1-11)
Finals Series:Finals series
Finals Result:DNQ
Club B&Amp;F:Jack Dyer Medal
Best And Fairest:Trent Cotchin
Leading Goalscorer:Jack Riewoldt
(65)
Highest Attendance:78,285
(round 1. vs)
Lowest Attendance:10,961
(round 16. vs
Average Attendance:41,319
(1,465 / 3.42%)
Club Membership:53,027
(12,843 / 32.0%)
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 season marked the 105th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL.

2011 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player ReasonClub gamesCareer games Ref
Will ThursfieldRetired7777[1]
Mitch FarmerDelisted2831
Ben NasonDelisted2323
Tom HislopDelisted2027
Troy TaylorDelisted44
Jamie O'ReillyDelisted44
Robbie HicksDelisted33
Nick WestoffDelisted 00
Pat ContinDelisted00
Ben JakobiDelisted00

Trades

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
10 OctoberSteve Morris,Pick 15Pick 14
14 OctoberIvan MaricPick 37
17 OctoberPick 79Mitch Morton
Note: All traded picks are indicative and do not reflect final selection position

National draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 15Brandon EllisVICMidfielderCalder CannonsTAC Cup
2 26Todd EltonTall ForwardDandenong StingraysTAC Cup
3 55Matthew ArnotVICMidfielderOakleigh ChargersTAC Cup

Rookie draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 7Addam MaricMidfielderAFL
2 25Ben Darrou-Sandringham DragonsTAC Cup
3 43Steven Verrier-South FremantleWAFL
460Gibson Turner-GlenelgWAFL
574Piva Wright-Dandenong StingraysTAC Cup
790John Heslin-WestmeathGAA

2012 season

Pre-season

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendance
1Friday, 17 February 6:45pm0.6.5 (30)0.7.2 (44)Lost by 3 pointsHomeEtihad Stadium28,228
1Friday, 17 February 8:55pm0.6.4 (40)0.5.7 (37)Won by 3 pointsAwayEtihad Stadium28,228
2Sunday, 4 March 5:10pm1.4.12 (105)0.10.7 (67)Lost by 38 pointsAwaySubiaco Oval7,294
3Saturday, 10 March 3:10pm1.14.15 (108)0.6.13 (49)Won by 59 pointsAwayKardinia Park9,393
4Saturday, 17 March 12:30pm20.20 (140)10.6 (66)Won by 74 pointsAwayManuka Oval4,222
Note: Round 4 matches were conducted under normal AFL Premiership season rules and did not count towards the NAB Cup Ladder.

Home and away season

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendanceLadder
1Thursday, 29 March 7:45pm12.9 (81)18.17 (125)Lost by 44 pointsHomeMCG78,28515th
2Saturday, 7 April 7:40pm8.16 (64)12.13 (85)Lost by 21 pointsAwayMCG57,26815th
3Saturday, 14 April 1:45pm20.13 (133)11.8 (74)Won by 59 pointsHomeMCG49,82610th
4Sunday, 22 April 1:10pm9.11 (65)11.9 (75)Lost by 10 pointsAwayKardinia Park21,92613th
5Sunday, 29 April 3:15pm14.13 (97)16.11 (107)Lost by 10 pointsHomeEtihad Stadium28,46414th
6Sunday, 6 May 2:45pm13.13 (91)8.6 (54)Won by 37 pointsAwayFootball Park18,52212th
7Saturday, 12 May 4:40pm13.13 (91)8.14 (62)Won by 29 pointsHomeMCG40,35212th
8Saturday, 19 May 7:50pm15.9 (109)19.14 (128)Lost by 19 pointsAwayMCG80,90013th
9Saturday, 26 May 1:45pm21.11 (137)10.15 (75)Won by 62 pointsHomeMCG51,61712th
10Friday, 1 June 7:50pm18.13 (121)16.17 (113)Won by 8 pointsAwayEtihad Stadium49,33710th
11Saturday, 9 June 1:40pm9.12 (66)12.6 (78)Lost by 12 pointsHomeMCG43,80111th
12Saturday, 16 June 2:10pm11.20 (86)12.2 (74)Won by 12 pointsAwayShowground Stadium7,53810th
13BYE10th
14Saturday, 30 June 1:40pm13.9 (87)17.4 (106)Lost by 19 pointsAwayFootball Park33,78011th
15Saturday, 7 July 2:10pm13.23 (101)11.12 (78)Won by 23 pointsAwayMCG46,77310th
16Saturday, 14 July 4:40pm13.10 (88)13.12 (90)Lost by 2 pointsHomeCazaly's Stadium10,96111th
17Saturday, 22 July 3:15pm14.15 (99)15.13 (103)Lost by 4 pointsHomeMCG47,43212th
18Saturday, 28 July 7:40pm13.13 (91)14.11 (95)Lost by 4 pointsAwayMCG46,01312th
19Saturday, 4 August 7:40pm20.12 (132)12.12 (84)Won by 48 pointsAwayThe Gabba22,19312th
20Sunday, 12 August 3:15pm22.1 (150)12.8 (80)Won by 70 pointsHomeMCG28,28612th
21Saturday, 18 August 2:40pm11.6 (72)13.16 (94)Lost by 22 pointsAwaySubiaco Oval37,72112th
22Friday, 24 August 7:50pm13.24 (102)8.9 (57)Won by 45 pointsHomeMCG47,59012th
23Sunday, 2 September 3:15pm16.10 (106)16.10 (106)DrawHomeMCG27,89312th
Source: AFL Tables[2]

Awards

League awards

Brownlow Medal - Trent Cotchin

All-Australian team

!PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedTrent CotchinWing1st
NamedBrett DeledioBench1st
NominatedIvan Maric--
NominatedJack Riewoldt--

Rising Star

Nominations:

RoundPlayerRef
3Dylan Grimes[3]
17Brandon Ellis[4]

22 Under 22 team

!PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedTrent CotchinRover1st
NamedDustin MartinHalf-forward1st
NamedAlex RanceBack pocket1st

Brownlow Medal tally

See main article: article and 2012 Brownlow Medal.

Player 3 vote games 2 vote games 1 vote games Total votes Place
Trent Cotchin632261st*
Brett Deledio2151319th
Shaun Grigg2211126th
Shane Tuck1311032nd
Jack Riewoldt111660th
Dustin Martin102579th
Nathan Foley0113104th
Alex Rance1003104th
Ivan Maric0022137th
Shane Edwards0102137th
Robin Nahas0011177th
Reece Conca0011177th
Total14121783-

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

See main article: article and Jack Dyer Medal.

Position Player Votes Medal
1stTrent Cotchin296Jack Dyer Medal
2ndBrett Deledio263Jack Titus Medal
3rdIvan Maric248Maurie Fleming Medal
4thShane Tuck207Fred Swift Medal
5thShaun Grigg198Kevin Bartlett Medal
[5]

Michael Roach Medal

See main article: article and List of Richmond Football Club leading goalkickers.

Position Player Goals
1stJack Riewoldt65
2ndRobin Nahas34
3rdShane Edwards29
4thDustin Martin23
5thTrent Cotchin21
[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Club by club: draft picks, trades and delistings. 28 August 2016.
  2. Web site: AFL Tables - Richmond.
  3. Web site: Luke. Holmesby. Grimes time. https://web.archive.org/web/20120420061021/http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/newsId/133262/Default.aspx. dead. 20 April 2012. AFL BigPond Network. 17 April 2012. 17 April 2012.
  4. News: Richmond defender Brandon Ellis earns NAB Rising Star nomination for round 17 outing against Roos.
  5. Web site: Trent Cotchin wins second Jack Dyer Medal as Richmond best-and-fairest . 2016-08-28.
  6. Web site: AFL Statistics for 2012 . www.footywire.com . 2016-08-28.

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