2023 Richmond Football Club season explained

Club:	Richmond Football Club
Season:	2023
President:	John O'Rourke ^(1st season)
Coach:	AFL: Damien Hardwick ^(14th season) / Andrew McQualter ^(interim/1st season) AFLW: Ryan Ferguson ^(4th season)
Captain:	AFL: Dylan Grimes & Toby Nankervis ^(2nd season) AFLW: Katie Brennan ^(5th season)
Home Ground:	AFL: MCG AFLW: Ikon Park
Regularseason Comp:	AFL season
Regularseason Result:	AFL: 13th (10-12-1) AFLW: 10th (5-5-0)
Finals Result:	AFL: DNQ AFLW: DNQ
Best And Fairest:	AFL: Tim Taranto AFLW: Monique Conti
Leading Goalscorer:	AFL: Jack Riewoldt (32) AFLW: Katie Brennan (14)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 season was the 116th season in which the Richmond Football Club has participated in the VFL/AFL and the fourth season in which it participated in the AFL Women's competition.

AFL

2022 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player	Reason	Club games	Career games	Ref
Shane Edwards	Retired	303	303	^[1]
Kane Lambert	Retired	135	135	^[2]
Josh Caddy	Retired	79	174	^[3]
Matthew Parker	Retired	11	30	^[4]
Jake Aarts	Delisted	42	42	^[5]
Sydney Stack	Delisted	35	35
Riley Collier-Dawkins	Delisted	11	11
Will Martyn	Delisted	3	3

Trades

Date	Gained	Lost	Trade partner	Ref
3 October	Tim Taranto	Pick 12		^[6]
		Pick 19
11 October	Jacob Hopper	Pick 31		^[7]
	Pick 53	2023 first round pick
	Pick 63

National draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
3	49	Kaleb Smith		Half-back	East Fremantle	WAFL	^[8]
4	55	Steely Green		Small defender	South Fremantle	WAFL	^[9]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	12	Seth Campbell		Small forward	Tasmania Devils	NAB League	^[10]
2	26	Tylar Young		Tall defender	Richmond VFL	VFL	^[11]

Mid-season draft

Pick	Player	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
4	Matt Coulthard	Small forward	Glenelg	SANFL	^[13]
13	James Trezise	Half-back	Richmond VFL	VFL	^[14]

2023 squad

External links

• Richmond Tigers Official AFL Site
• Official Site of the Australian Football League

Notes and References

1. News: Edwards to retire as a Richmond legend. . 16 August 2022.
2. News: Triple premiership Tiger retires due to chronic hip injury. AFL Media. 25 July 2022.
3. News: Caddy calls time. 5 May 2022. RichmondFC.com.au. 5 May 2022.
4. News: Family comes first: Tiger calls time, heads back to WA. AFL Media. 26 July 2022.
5. Web site: Richmond announces list changes. 13 October 2022. Richmond has informed four players they will not be offered contracts for the 2023 season..
6. Web site: Taranto becomes a Tiger. Richmond is delighted to welcome former GWS midfielder Tim Taranto.. Telstra. RichmondFC.com.au. 3 October 2022.
7. Web site: Hopper lands at Richmond. Richmond has completed a trade with GWS, bringing Jacob Hopper to the Club.. Telstra. RichmondFC.com.au. 11 October 2022.
8. News: Tigers secure Smith . 25 August 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 29 November 2022.
9. News: Draft Steely as Green lands at Tigerland . 25 August 2023 . R . Telstra Media . 29 November 2022.
10. News: Campbell joins Richmond via rookie draft . 25 August 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 30 November 2022.
11. News: VFL Tiger Tylar Young recruited in rookie draft . 25 August 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 30 November 2022.
12. Web site: Tigers sign country star, knock back former Cat. Richmond has boosted its key forward stocks by signing Kaelan Bradtke ahead of the SSP deadline. 14 February 2023. AFL.com.au. 14 February 2023.
13. News: Glenelg Tiger Coulthard becomes a Richmond Tiger . 25 August 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 31 May 2023.
14. News: VFL Tiger Trezise recruited in Mid-Season Draft . 25 August 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 31 May 2023.