2018 Richmond Football Club season explained

Club:Richmond Football Club
Season:2018
President:Peggy O'Neal
(5th season)
Coach:Damien Hardwick
(9th season)
Captain:Trent Cotchin
(6th season)
Home Ground:MCG
Preseason Comp:Pre-season
Preseason Result:2-0
Regularseason Comp:AFL season
Regularseason Result:18-4
Finals Series:Finals series
Finals Result:3rd
(1-1)
Club B&Amp;F:Best and fairest
Best And Fairest:Jack Riewoldt
Leading Goalscorer:Jack Riewoldt
(70)
Highest Attendance:90,151
(Round 1 vs.)
Lowest Attendance:32,870
(Round 4 vs.)
Average Attendance:61,175
(5,217 / 9.32%)
Club Membership:100,726
(28,057 / 38.61%)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 season was the 111th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL.

2017 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player ReasonClub gamesCareer games Ref
Ivan MaricRetired80157[1]
Ben GriffithsRetired6363[2]
Steven MorrisDelisted8787[3]
Jake BatchelorDelisted8484[4]
Taylor HuntDelisted42105
Ben LennonDelisted2121
Todd EltonDelisted1010

Trades

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
19 OctoberPick 532018 third round pick[5]
19 OctoberPick 20Pick 15
Pick 25Pick 52

National draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
117Jack HigginsForward / midfielderOakleigh ChargersTAC Cup[6]
2 20Callum Coleman-JonesRuckSturtSANFL
2 25 Noah BaltaTall defenderCalder CannonsTAC Cup
2 34 (F/S)Patrick NaishSmall defender / wingNorthern KnightsTAC Cup
463Ben MillerRuckSubiacoWAFL

Rookie draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
118Liam BakerSmall forwardSubiacoWAFL[7]
Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous)Derek Eggmolesse-SmithSmall defenderRichmond VFLVFL[8]

2018 season

Pre-season

AFLX

MatchDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultVenueAttendance
1Saturday 17 February, 4:10pm 3.2.7 (49)2.2.2 (34)Won by 15 pointsAllianz Stadium9,892
2Saturday 17 February, 5:06pm4.3.3 (61)4.4.7 (66)Lost by 5 pointsAllianz Stadium9,892

JLT Community Series

MatchDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendance
1Saturday 24 February, 4:35pm 19.10 (124)5.7 (37)Won by 87 pointsAwayNorm Minns Oval, Wangaratta7,681
2Wednesday 7 March, 7:05pm19.14 (128)8.10 (58)Won by 70 pointsHomeIkon Park4,197

Home and away season

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendanceLadder
1Thursday 22 March, 7:25pm 17.19 (121)15.5 (95)Won by 26 pointsHomeMCG90,1517th
2Thursday 29 March, 7:20pm 12.10 (82)18.10 (118)Lost by 36 pointsAwayAdelaide Oval49,74312th
3Sunday 8 April, 1:10pm15.12 (102)13.11 (89)Won by 13 pointsHomeMCG70,7019th
4Saturday 14 April, 2:10pm16.14 (110)2.5 (17)Won by 93 pointsHomeMCG32,8703rd
5Tuesday 24 April 7:25pm15.12 (102)8.8. (56)Won by 46 pointsAwayMCG77,0711st
6Sunday 29 April, 3:20pm16.17 (113)10.10 (70)Won by 43 pointsAwayMCG72,1571st
7Sunday 6 May, 1:10pm15.20 (110)4.9 (33)Won by 77 pointsHomeMCG43,2401st
8Sunday 13 May, 1:10pm12.10 (82)11.6 (72)Won by 10 pointsAwayEtihad Stadium29,1531st
9Sunday 20 May, 2:40pm12.11 (83)20.10 (130)Lost by 47 pointsAwayOptus Stadium57,6162nd
10Saturday 26 May, 1:45pm15.15 (105)12.5 (77)Won by 28 pointsHomeMCG48,8502nd
11Saturday 2 June, 7:25pm17.12 (114)6.7 (43)Won by 71 pointsAwayMCG81,0462nd
12Friday 8 June, 7:20pm8.10 (58)10.12 (72)Lost by 14 pointsAwayAdelaide Oval39,9362nd
13Sunday 17 June, 3:20pm12.11 (83)9.11 (65)Won by 18 pointsAwayMCG46,4231st
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15Thursday 28 June, 7:20pm14.9 (93)11.1 (67)Won by 26 pointsHomeEtihad Stadium43,5191st
16Friday 6 July, 7:50pm15.13 (103)8.8 (56)Won by 47 pointsHomeMCG54,9341st
17Saturday 14 July, 7:25pm10.17 (77)11.13 (79)Lost by 2 pointsAwaySpotless Stadium14,4561st
18Friday 20 July, 7:50pm16.15 (111)8.9 (57)Won by 54 pointsAwayEtihad Stadium36,2691st
19Saturday 28 July, 1:45pm16.9 (105)12.5 (77)Won by 28 pointsHomeMCG88,1801st
20Friday 3 August, 7:50pm12.13 (85)12.10 (82)Won by 3 pointsHomeMCG67,0541st
21Saturday 11 August, 2:10pm19.11 (125)7.9 (51)Won by 74 pointsAwayMetricon Stadium18,1021st
22Friday 17 August, 7:50pm12.9 (81)11.7 (73)Won by 8 pointsHomeMCG76,4241st
23Saturday 25 August, 2:10pm15.8 (98)14.11 (95)Won by 3 pointsHomeMCG56,9981st

Finals

MatchDateScoreOpponentOpponent's ScoreResultHome/AwayVenueAttendance
Qualifying finalThursday 7 September, 7:20pm13.17 (95)9.10 (64)Won by 31 pointsHomeMCG91,446
Preliminary finalFriday 21 September, 7:50 pm8.10 (58)15.7 (97)Lost by 39 pointsHomeMCG94,959

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

!PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedDustin MartinCentre3rd
NamedAlex RanceFull-back5th
NamedJack RiewoldtFull-forward3rd
NamedShane EdwardsBench1st
NominatedJosh Caddy--
NominatedTrent Cotchin--
NominatedDylan Grimes--
NominatedKane Lambert--

Brownlow Medal tally

See main article: 2018 Brownlow Medal.

Player 3 vote games 2 vote games 1 vote games Total votes Place
Dustin Martin261196th
Kane Lambert2221228th
Trent Cotchin2121035th
Jack Riewoldt2121035th
Shane Edwards112755th
Josh Caddy022664th
Dion Prestia1003105th
Toby Nankervis1003105th
Shaun Grigg0102142nd
Nick Vlastuin0102142nd
Daniel Rioli0011169th
Jayden Short0011169th
David Astbury0011169th
Reece Conca0011169th
Total11151578-
[9]

Rising Star

Nominations:

22 Under 22 team

!PlayerPositionAppearance
Named Half-back 1st
Named Bench 2nd

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

See main article: Jack Dyer Medal.

Position Player Votes Medal
1stJack Riewoldt81Jack Dyer Medal
2ndKane Lambert68Jack Titus Medal
3rdDustin Martin66Maurie Fleming Medal
4thShane Edwards65Fred Swift Medal
5thDylan Grimes64Kevin Bartlett Medal
6thAlex Rance63
7thTrent Cotchin58
8thNick Vlastuin51
9thJayden Short47
10thJosh Caddy45
Source:[11]

Michael Roach Medal

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

Position Player Goals
1stJack Riewoldt70
2ndJosh Caddy46
3rdDustin Martin31
4thJason Castagna26
5thDan Butler18
Source:[12]

Reserves

The 2018 season marked the fifth consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team was captained by former AFL listed defender Steve Morris. Hugh Beasley, Jake Aarts, Jacob Ballard and Tom Silvestro are also in the team's 2018 leadership group.[13]

The team finished the home and away season with 14 wins and four losses, earning the minor premiership as a result.[14] They were eliminated from the finals series after successive qualifying and semi finals matches against and respectively.[15]

AFL-listed midfielder Anthony Miles won the club's best and fairest award for the second year running, along with the league's best and fairest award, the J. J. Liston Trophy.[16] AFL-listed small forward Tyson Stengle led the team's goal-kicking with 33 across his 19 matches.[17] Another AFL-listed small forward, Shai Bolton, received both the league's Mark and Goal of the Year awards.[18]

Playing squad

Women's team

The 2018 season marked the first year the Richmond Football club ran a women's team and the first year in the VFL Women's competition (VFLW). Former men's VFL assistant coach Tom Hunter was named the team's head coach in November 2017.[19] Jess Kennedy was named the team's inaugural captain in May 2018.[20] The team finished the season with four wins and 10 losses, placing 11th on the ladder of 13 teams and failing to qualify for the finals competition.[21] [22]

VFLW Best and Fairest

Position Player Votes
1stJess Kennedy49
2ndJacqui Graham48
3rdEvelyn Burry45
3rdLisa Davie45
3rdPhoebe Monahan45
Source:[23]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Maric to hang up boots at season’s end. 2 October 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 29 June 2017.
  2. News: Waterworth. Ben. Ben Griffiths drops AFL career to take up US scholarship and chase American football punting career. 11 January 2018. Fox Sports. News Corp Australia. 11 January 2018.
  3. News: Richmond list changes. 9 October 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 9 October 2017.
  4. News: Tigers make further lists changes. 26 October 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 26 October 2017.
  5. News: Ablett, Hodge, Gibbs and Stringer all find new homes. Lerner. Ronny. 19 October 2017. The Age. Fairfax Media. 20 October 2017.
  6. News: Tiger draftees’ dissection. 3 December 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 26 November 2017.
  7. News: Rookie draft wash-up: Who did your club get?. 3 December 2017. AFL Media. Telstra Media. 27 November 2017.
  8. News: Tigers land first Academy selection. 3 December 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 27 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Brownlow 2017. AFL Tables.
  10. News: McGowan . Mark . Higgins wins Round 18 Rising Star nomination . 26 August 2018 . Richmond FC . AFL Media . Telstra Media . 23 July 2018.
  11. News: Greenberg . Tony . It’s Jack for Jack . 3 October 2018 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 2 October 2018.
  12. Web site: AFL Goalkickers for Season 2017. www.footywire.com. 24 September 2018.
  13. News: Morris to lead VFL Tigers. 28 February 2018. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 February 2018.
  14. News: Kalac . Grace . VFL Tigers tame Dolphins to claim minor premiership . 26 August 2018 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 25 August 2018.
  15. News: Mann . Brenton . Sun sets on VFL Tigers' season . 10 September 2018 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 8 September 2018.
  16. News: Greenway . Beau . North Albury product Anthony Miles wins VFL best and fairest at Richmond . 7 October 2018 . The Border Mail . Fairfax Media . 4 October 2018.
  17. Web site: Scoring Summary. Peter Jackson VFL 2018. 10 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910074736/http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?client=1-118-0-477472-0&a=STATS&sgroup=scoring&sgstat=Gls. 10 September 2018.
  18. Web site: Bolton claims VFL Mark and Goal of the Year . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 4 October 2018.
  19. News: Tigers appoint inaugural VFLW coach. 10 November 2017. Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 10 November 2017.
  20. News: Cahill. Georgina. VFLW leadership group. 4 May 2018. Richmond FC. Telstra Media.
  21. Web site: CURRENT LADDER . VFLW . SportsTG . 26 August 2018.
  22. News: Kalac . Grace . VFLW: Tigers outplay Saints in thrilling final round . 26 August 2018 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 25 August 2018.
  23. News: Kennedy crowned inaugural VFLW Best and Fairest . 27 August 2018 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 27 August 2018.

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