2017 Richmond Football Club season

Richmond Football Club
2017 season
	Players celebrating on stage after winning the 2017 AFL Grand Final
President	Peggy O'Neal; (4th season)
Coach	Damien Hardwick; (8th season);
Captain(s)	Trent Cotchin; (5th season);
Home ground	MCG
Pre-season	(2-1)
AFL season	3rd; (15-7);
Finals series	1st; (3-0);
Best and fairest	Dustin Martin
Leading goalkicker	Jack Riewoldt; (54);
Highest home attendance	85,657; (Round 5 vs. Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance	28,188; (Round 17 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance	55,958; ( 14,403 / 34.66%)
Club membership	75,777; ( 391 / 0.54%)
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The 2017 season was the 110th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL. It ended with Richmond the premiers of the competition, the first time they had achieved it since 1980.

2016 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player	Reason	Club games	Career games	Ref
Troy Chaplin	Retired	75	215	^[1]
Reece McKenzie	Retired	0	0	^[2]
Andrew Moore	Delisted	5	60	^[3]
Liam McBean	Delisted	5	5	^[2]
Adam Marcon	Delisted	2	2	^[2]
Chris Yarran	Delisted	0	119	^[4]

Free agency

Date	Player	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
10 October	Ty Vickery	Restricted	Richmond	Hawthorn	2nd round	^[5]

Trades

Date	Gained	Lost	Trade partner	Ref
19 October	Dion Prestia	Pick 6	Gold Coast	^[6]
19 October	Pick 24	2017 2nd round pick	Gold Coast	^[6]
19 October	Toby Nankervis	Pick 46	Sydney	^[7]
20 October	Josh Caddy	Pick 24	Geelong	^[8]
20 October	Pick 56	Pick 64	Geelong	^[8]
20 October	2017 1st round pick (via Geelong)	Brett Deledio	Greater Western Sydney	^[9]
20 October	2017 3rd round pick	Brett Deledio	Greater Western Sydney	^[9]

National draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
2	29	Shai Bolton	WA	Forward / midfielder	South Fremantle	WAFL	^[10]
4	53	Jack Graham	SA	Midfielder	North Adelaide	SANFL	^[11]
5	72	Ryan Garthwaite	VIC	Tall defender	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	^[12]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	6	Tyson Stengle	SA	Small forward	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	^[13]

2017 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Nick Vlastuin 2 Dylan Grimes 3 Dion Prestia 4 Dustin Martin 5 Brandon Ellis 6 Shaun Grigg 7 Ben Lennon 8 Jack Riewoldt (vc) 9 Trent Cotchin (c) 10 Shane Edwards 11 Jake Batchelor 12 David Astbury 14 Bachar Houli 15 Jayden Short 16 Shaun Hampson 17 Daniel Rioli 18 Alex Rance (vc) 20 Ivan Maric 21 Jacob Townsend 22 Josh Caddy		23 Kane Lambert 24 Ben Griffiths 25 Toby Nankervis 26 Anthony Miles 27 Sam Lloyd 28 Taylor Hunt 29 Shai Bolton 30 Reece Conca 31 Oleg Markov 32 Corey Ellis 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 34 Jack Graham 35 Nathan Broad 37 Connor Menadue 38 Steven Morris 39 Nathan Drummond 40 Dan Butler 42 Ryan Garthwaite 43 Todd Elton				36 Callum Moore 41 Mabior Chol 44 Tyson Stengle 46 Jason Castagna 47 Ivan Soldo (B)		Head coach Damien Hardwick Assistant coaches Justin Leppitsch (forwards) Blake Caracella (midfield spread) Andrew McQualter (midfield stoppage) Ben Rutten (backline) Craig McRae (development (forwards)/VFL coach) Xavier Clarke (development (midfield)) Ryan Ferguson (development (backline)) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Upgraded rookie (B) Category B rookie Updated: 12 May 2017 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

2017 season

Pre-season

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance
1	Friday 24 February, 7:40pm	0.14.8 (92)	Adelaide	0.10.13 (73)	Won by 19 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	7,262
2	Sunday 5 March, 4:10pm	0.11.13 (79)	Port Adelaide	0.7.9 (51)	Won by 28 points	Away	Malseed Park, Mount Gambier	4,649
3	Saturday 11 March, 1:10pm	0.16.11 (107)	Collingwood	1.15.15 (114)	Lost by 7 points	Home	Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe	5,701

Home and away season

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance	Ladder
1	Thursday, 23 March 7:20pm	20.12 (132)	Carlton	14.5 (89)	Won by 43 points	Away	MCG	73,137	3rd
2	Thursday, 30 March 7:20pm	14.15 (99)	Collingwood	11.14 (80)	Won by 19 points	Home	MCG	58,236	3rd
3	Saturday, 8 April 2:10pm	11.10 (76)	West Coast	8.17 (65)	Won by 11 points	Home	MCG	42,523	2nd
4	Sunday, 16 April 4:40pm	17.17 (119)	Brisbane Lions	10.7 (67)	Won by 52 points	Away	The Gabba	21,669	3rd
5	Monday 24 April 7:25pm	12.16 (88)	Melbourne	11.9 (75)	Won by 13 points	Home	MCG	85,657	3rd
6	Sunday, 30 April 4:10pm	10.4 (64)	Adelaide	21.14 (140)	Lost by 76 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	51,069	4th
7	Saturday, 6 May 7:25pm	11.9 (75)	Western Bulldogs	11.14 (80)	Lost by 5 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	46,387	6th
8	Sunday, 14 May 1:10pm	10.10 (70)	Fremantle	10.12 (72)	Lost by 2 points	Home	MCG	31,200	7th
9	Saturday 20 May 4:35pm	10.15 (75)	Greater Western Sydney	11.12 (78)	Lost by 3 points	Away	Spotless Stadium	10,677	7th
10	Saturday, 27 May 7:25pm	11.15 (81)	Essendon	10.6 (66)	Won by 15 points	Home	MCG	85,656	5th
11	Saturday 3 June, 7:25pm	14.17 (101)	North Melbourne	9.12 (66)	Won by 35 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	36,100	4th
12	BYE								4th
13	Saturday 17 June, 1:45pm	10.11 (71)	Sydney	12.8 (80)	Lost by 9 points	Home	MCG	58,721	6th
14	Sunday 25 June, 3:20pm	11.18 (84)	Carlton	8.10 (58)	Won by 26 points	Home	MCG	64,448	6th
15	Saturday 1 July, 7:10pm	11.10 (76)	Port Adelaide	8.15 (63)	Won by 13 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	39,979	4th
16	Saturday 8 July, 7:25pm	10.11 (71)	St Kilda	21.12 (138)	Lost by 67 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	47,514	6th
17	Sunday 16 July, 1:10pm	16.16 (112)	Brisbane Lions	12.9 (81)	Won by 31 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	28,188	5th
18	Sunday 23 July, 1:10pm	9.10 (64)	Greater Western Sydney	6.9 (45)	Won by 19 points	Home	MCG	33,467	4th
19	Saturday 29 July, 7:25pm	14.14 (98)	Gold Coast	10.5 (65)	Won by 33 points	Away	Metricon Stadium	16,207	4th
20	Sunday 6 August, 3:20pm	13.15 (93)	Hawthorn	9.10 (64)	Won by 29 points	Home	MCG	58,342	3rd
21	Saturday 12 August, 2:10pm	9.12 (66)	Geelong	11.14 (80)	Lost by 14 points	Away	Kardinia Park	32,266	4th
22	Sunday 20 August, 2:40pm	25.5 (155)	Fremantle	7.9 (51)	Won by 104 points	Away	Domain Stadium	34,204	4th
23	Sunday 27 August, 3:20pm	19.8 (122)	St Kilda	12.9 (81)	Won by 41 points	Home	MCG	69,104	3rd

Finals

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Result	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance
Qualifying final	Friday 8 September, 7:50pm	13.13 (91)	Geelong	5.10 (40)	Won by 51 points	Away	MCG	95,028
Preliminary final	Saturday 23 September, 4:45pm	15.13 (103)	Greater Western Sydney	9.13 (67)	Won by 36 points	Home	MCG	94,258
Grand final	Saturday 30 September, 2:30pm	16.12 (108)	Adelaide	8.12 (60)	Won by 48 points	Away	MCG	100,021

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	2415	1776	136.0	62	2017 finals
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	2134	1818	117.4	62
3	Richmond (P)	22	15	7	0	1992	1684	118.3	60
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	14	6	2	2081	1812	114.8	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2168	1671	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2093	1651	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2135	2004	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1964	1858	105.7	48
9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2035	1934	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	1857	1913	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	1925	1986	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1864	2055	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	1944	1963	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1607	2160	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1983	2264	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	1594	2038	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1756	2311	76.0	24
18	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1877	2526	74.3	20

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Alex Rance	Full Back	4th
Named	Dustin Martin	Centre	2nd

Brownlow Medal tally

Player	3 vote games	2 vote games	1 vote games	Total votes	Place
Dustin Martin	11	0	3	36	1st
Trent Cotchin	0	3	2	8	51st
Alex Rance	0	2	4	8	51st
Shaun Grigg	1	2	0	7	57th
Jack Riewoldt	1	1	1	6	66th
Dion Prestia	0	2	1	5	77th
Josh Caddy	1	0	0	3	106th
Kane Lambert	0	1	0	2	132nd
Toby Nankervis	0	1	0	2	132nd
Jacob Townsend	0	0	1	1	162nd
Bachar Houli	0	0	1	1	162nd
Brandon Ellis	0	0	1	1	162nd
Total	14	12	14	80	-

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Rising Star

Nominations:

Round	Player	Ref
11	Dan Butler	^[15]
19	Jason Castagna	^[16]

22 Under 22 team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Daniel Rioli	Interchange	1st
Nominated	Dan Butler	-	-

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Position	Player	Votes	Medal
1st	Dustin Martin	89	Jack Dyer Medal
2nd	Alex Rance	80	Jack Titus Medal
3rd	Kane Lambert	76	Maurie Fleming Medal
4th	Trent Cotchin	72	Fred Swift Medal
5th	Dylan Grimes	69	Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th	Shaun Grigg	58
7th	Jack Riewoldt	57
8th	Bachar Houli	56
8th	Dan Butler	56
10th	Dion Prestia	52
Source:^[17]

Michael Roach Medal

Position	Player	Goals
1st	Jack Riewoldt	54
2nd	Dustin Martin	37
3rd	Dan Butler	30
4th	Jason Castagna	26
5th	Daniel Rioli	25
Source:^[18]

Reserves

The 2017 season marked the fourth 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 qualified for their first final series since being formed in 2014 and subsequently won final's against Collingwood, Casey and Box Hill to qualify for their first stand alone reserves grade grand final since 1997. They placed runners up after losing 11.8 (74) to 10.10 (70) to Port Melbourne.

Senior listed player Jacob Townsend won the J. J. Liston Trophy as the competition's best and fairest player.^[19]

Playing squad

Richmond Football Club (reserves)
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Playing list								Coaching staff
51 Sam Darley (c) 52 Anthony Scott 53 Hugh Beasley 54 Jacob Ballard 55 Ryan Bathie 57 Brandon Wood 58 Jake Aarts 59 Ash Morris 60 Tom Langford 61 James Fletcher 62 Jayden Cass 63 Jack Holden		64 Thomas Silvestro 67 Brenton Credlin 69 Shaun Mannagh 74 Tyson Kruse 75 Lachlan McKenzie 76 Alex Harnett 78 Daniel Coffield 79 Billy Coates 80 Antony Forato 81 Danko Bzenic 86 Zak McCubbin 88 Max O'Sullivan						Head coach Craig McRae Assistant coaches Tom Hunter (forwards) Xavier Clarke (midfield) Ryan Ferguson (backline) Ben Waite (midfield stoppage) Marc Sophoulis (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 15 March 2017 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

References

^ "Chaplin announces retirement". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Richmond list changes". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Tigers make a further list change". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ "Club statement: Chris Yarran". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Vickery departs Richmond". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^ "Tigers land Prestia". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Nankervis traded to the Tigers". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Caddy becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "Deledio departs Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ "Tigers land Shai Bolton". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Graham joins Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Bushranger becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ "Tigers land Tyson Stengle". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "Brownlow 2017". AFL Tables.
^ McGowan, Marc (5 June 2017). "Tiger inks his name as latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "Tiger Rising Star has last laugh after 'stitch up'". AFL.com.au. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ Greenberg, Tony (2 October 2017). "Dusty's brilliant back-to-back Jack win". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2017". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^ Toby Prime (11 September 2017). "Jacob Townsend takes out J.J. Liston Trophy as VFL's best and fairest player". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

External links

[1] "Chaplin announces retirement". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[bean-2] "Richmond list changes". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[3] "Tigers make a further list change". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[4] "Club statement: Chris Yarran". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[5] "Vickery departs Richmond". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[6] "Tigers land Prestia". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[7] "Nankervis traded to the Tigers". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[8] "Caddy becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[9] "Deledio departs Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[10] "Tigers land Shai Bolton". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[11] "Graham joins Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[12] "Bushranger becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[13] "Tigers land Tyson Stengle". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[14] "Brownlow 2017". AFL Tables.

[15] McGowan, Marc (5 June 2017). "Tiger inks his name as latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[16] "Tiger Rising Star has last laugh after 'stitch up'". AFL.com.au. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[17] Greenberg, Tony (2 October 2017). "Dusty's brilliant back-to-back Jack win". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[18] "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2017". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

[liston-19] Toby Prime (11 September 2017). "Jacob Townsend takes out J.J. Liston Trophy as VFL's best and fairest player". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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v t e Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Adam Yze AFL captain: Toby Nankervis AFLW coach: Ryan Ferguson AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
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v t e 2017 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
See also	2017 AFL Women's season