2016 Richmond Football Club season

Richmond Football Club
2016 season
President Peggy O'Neal
(3rd season)
Coach Damien Hardwick
(7th season)
Captain(s) Trent Cotchin
(4th season)
Home ground MCG
Pre-season (1-2)
AFL season 13th
(8-14)
Finals series DNQ
Leading goalkicker Jack Riewoldt
(48)
Highest home attendance 75,706
(round 1 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance 27,077
(round 6 vs. Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance 41,155
(Decrease 8,722 / Decrease 17.5%)
Club membership 72,278
(Increase 1,469 / Increase 2.07%)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 season marked the 109th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL.

2015 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player Reason Club Games Career Games Ref
Chris NewmanRetired268268[1]
Nathan FoleyRetired154154 [2]
Ricky PetterdRetired3084 [3]
Matt ThomasRetired15102 [4]
Chris KnightsRetired6102 [5]
Matt Dea Delisted 3131[4]
Nathan Gordon Delisted 2123 [4]
Matt McDonough Delisted1010 [6]
Matthew Arnot Delisted 88 [6]

Trades

Date Gained Lost Trade Partner Ref
16 October Jacob Townsend
Pick 120 		Pick 70 Greater Western Sydney [7]
20 October Pick 19 Pick 31
2016 2nd round pick 		Gold Coast [8]
22 October Chris Yarran Pick 19 Carlton [9]

Note: All traded picks are indicative and do not reflect final selection position

Free agency

Date Player Free agent type Former club New club Compensation Ref
6 November Andrew Moore Delisted Port Adelaide Richmond - [10]

National draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 15Daniel Rioli VIC Small-ForwardNorth Ballarat Rebels TAC Cup [11]
3 50Oleg Markov SA Half-ForwardNorth AdelaideSANFL [11]
5 67Nathan BroadWADefenderSwan DistrictsWAFL [11]

Rookie draft

Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 12 Callum Moore VIC Tall ForwardCalder CannonsTAC Cup [12]
2 30 Mabior Chol QLD Tall ForwardAspleyNEAFL [12]
3 47 Adam Marcon VIC MidfielderWilliamstownVFL [12]

2016 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain
  • Long-term injury list
  • Upgraded rookie
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (vet) Veterans list
  • (ret) Retired

Updated: 25 August 2016
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

2016 season

Preseason

Match Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Home/Away Venue Attendance
1 Friday, 19 February 4:10pm 0.4.6 (30) Fremantle 0.14.6 (90) Lost by 60 points Away Rushton Park 7,500
2 Saturday, 27 February 1:35pm 1.15.5 (104) Hawthorn 0.4.9 (33) Won by 71 points Home Holm Park, Beaconsfield 6,384
3 Thursday, 10 March 7:10pm 1.4.12 (45) Port Adelaide 0.13.15 (93) Lost by 48 points Home Etihad Stadium 6,584

Source:AFL[13][14][15]

Home and away season

Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Home/Away Venue Attendance Ladder
1 Thursday, 24 March 7:20pm 14.8 (92) Carlton 12.11 (83) Won by 9 points Home MCG 75,706 7th
2 Friday, 1 April 7:50pm 12.14 (86) Collingwood 13.9 (87) Lost by 1 point Away MCG 72,761 10th
3 Saturday, 9 April 2:10pm 13.14 (92) Adelaide 19.14 (128) Lost by 36 points Home Etihad Stadium 29,951 12th
4 Friday, 15 April 6:10pm 9.3 (57) West Coast 18.17 (125) Lost by 68 points Away Subiaco Oval 38,860 13th
5 Sunday, 24 April 7:10pm 14.12 (96) Melbourne 20.9 (129) Lost by 33 points Away MCG 59,968 14th
6 Saturday, 30 April 7:25pm 8.11 (59) Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) Lost by 35 points Home MCG 27,077 15th
7 Friday, 6 May 7:50pm 13.12 (90) Hawthorn 21.10 (136) Lost by 46 points Home MCG 49,678 15th
8 Saturday, 14 May 7:25pm 14.17 (101) Sydney 15.10 (100) Won by 1 point Home MCG 36,014 15th
9 Saturday, 21 May 5:40pm 11.17 (83) Fremantle 6.9 (45) Won by 38 points Away Subiaco Oval 20,184 14th
10 Saturday, 28 May 7:25pm 16.9 (105) Essendon 10.7 (67) Won by 39 points Away MCG 56,948 14th
11 Friday, 3 June 7:50pm 7.12 (54) North Melbourne 18.16 (124) Lost by 70 points Away Bellerive Oval 17,844 14th
12 Sunday, 12 June 3:20pm 17.12 (114) Gold Coast 15.7 (97) Won by 17 points Home MCG 30,448 13th
13 BYE 13th
14 Saturday, 25 June 1:40pm 17.15 (117) Brisbane Lions 11.9 (75) Won by 42 points Home MCG 28,883 11th
15 Friday, 1 July 7:20pm 8.8 (56) Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) Lost by 38 points Away Adelaide Oval 37,848 12th
16 Saturday, 9 July 7:25pm 11.9 (75) Western Bulldogs 12.13 (85) Lost by 10 points Away Etihad Stadium 39,679 13th
17 Saturday, 16 July 1:40pm 16.6 (102) Essendon 11.17 (83) Won by 19 points Home MCG 44,908 13th
18 Sunday, 24 July 3:20pm 5.14 (44) Hawthorn 16.18 (114) Lost by 70 points Away MCG 51,892 13th
19 Saturday, 30 July 1:45pm 3.5 (23) Greater Western Sydney 17.9 (111) Lost by 88 points Away Manuka Oval 14,974 13th
20 Friday, 5 August 7:50pm 14.8 (92) Collingwood 11.11 (77) Won by 15 points Home MCG 49,122 13th
21 Sunday, 14 August 3:20pm 12.16 (78) Geelong 10.22 (82) Lost by 4 points Home MCG 45,667 13th
22 Saturday, 20 August 2:10pm 6.10 (46) St Kilda 7.13 (55) Lost by 9 points Home MCG 35,255 13th
23 Saturday, 27 August 4:35pm 7.9 (51) Sydney 23.14 (164) Lost by 113 points Away SCG 36,570 13th

Source: AFL Tables[16]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA % Pts Qualification
1 Sydney 22 17 5 0 2221 1469 151.2 68 2016 finals
2 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2235 1554 143.8 68
3 Hawthorn 22 17 5 0 2134 1800 118.6 68
4 Greater Western Sydney 22 16 6 0 2380 1663 143.1 64
5 Adelaide 22 16 6 0 2483 1795 138.3 64
6 West Coast 22 16 6 0 2181 1678 130.0 64
7 Western Bulldogs (P) 22 15 7 0 1857 1609 115.4 60
8 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 1956 1859 105.2 48
9 St Kilda 22 12 10 0 1953 2041 95.7 48
10 Port Adelaide 22 10 12 0 2055 1939 106.0 40
11 Melbourne 22 10 12 0 1944 1991 97.6 40
12 Collingwood 22 9 13 0 1910 1998 95.6 36
13 Richmond 22 8 14 0 1713 2155 79.5 32
14 Carlton 22 7 15 0 1568 1978 79.3 28
15 Gold Coast 22 6 16 0 1778 2273 78.2 24
16 Fremantle 22 4 18 0 1574 2119 74.3 16
17 Brisbane Lions 22 3 19 0 1770 2872 61.6 12
18 Essendon 22 3 19 0 1437 2356 61.0 12
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedAlex RanceFull Back3rd
NamedDustin MartinInterchange1st

Brownlow Medal tally

Main article: 2016 Brownlow Medal
Player 3 vote games 2 vote games 1 vote games Total votes Place
Dustin Martin 6 2 3 25 3rd
Trent Cotchin 0 3 3 9 42nd
Alex Rance 1 2 0 7 50th
Ben Griffiths 1 0 1 4 86th
Brandon Ellis 0 1 0 2 128th
Jack Riewoldt 0 1 0 2 128th
Anthony Miles 0 0 1 1 166th
Corey Ellis 0 0 1 1 166th
Shaun Grigg 0 0 1 1 166th
Total 8 9 10 52 -

[17]

Rising Star

Nominations:

RoundPlayerRef
22 Daniel Rioli [18]

22 Under 22 team

PlayerPositionAppearance
NominatedNick Vlastuin--

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Main article: Jack Dyer Medal
Position Player Votes Medal
1st Dustin Martin 62 Jack Dyer Medal
2nd Alex Rance 61 Jack Titus Medal
3rd Trent Cotchin 51 Maurie Fleming Medal
4th Jack Riewoldt 43 Fred Swift Medal
5th Shaun Grigg 35 Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th Anthony Miles 31
7th Dylan Grimes 30
7th Brandon Ellis 30
9th Nick Vlastuin 29
10th Brett Deledio 28

[19]

Michael Roach Medal

Position Player Goals
1st Jack Riewoldt 48
2nd Sam Lloyd 35
3rd Ty Vickery 26
4th Shane Edwards 15
5th Ben Griffiths 14

[20]

Reserves

The 2016 season marked the third consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the 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 finished 9th out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of 9 win and 9 losses.[21] Each of the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval.

Playing squad

Richmond Football Club (reserves)
Playing list Coaching staff
  • 51 Sam Darley(c)
  • 52 Anthony Scott
  • 53 Jarred Ellis
  • 54 Jacob Ballard
  • 55 Ryan Bathie
  • 56 Jonathan Daggian
  • 57 Jordan Perry
  • 58 Jake Aarts
  • 59 Ash Morris
  • 60 Tom Langford
  • 64 Thomas Silvestro
  • 65 Ryan Gale
  • 66 Gerald Gleeson
  • 67 Luke Conca
  • 68 Matthew Troutbeck
  • 70 Andrew McQualter
  • 71 Nick Mellington
  • 72 Ryan Thomson
  • 73 Tom Couch
  • 74 Tyson Kruse
  • 75 Kelvin Williams
  • 78 Daniel Coffield
  • 79 Sam Hibbins
  • 80 Antony Forato

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 10 October 2016
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ "Newman to retire". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (13 August 2015). "Axel calls time: Knee injury forces Nathan Foley to retire". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Foot injury forces Tiger Petterd to retire at just 27". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Phelan, Jennifer (28 October 2015). "Two more Tigers delisted as Matt Thomas retires". afl.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Knights retires". RichmondFC.com.au. Bigpond. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Tigers Delist Matt McDonough And Matt Arnot". Triple M Football. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Phelan, Jennifer (16 October 2015). "Tigers give Giants fourth-round pick for midfielder Jacob Townsend". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (22 October 2015). "Port Adelaide seals trade for Gold Coast key forward Charlie Dixon in three-club deal". The Advertiser. Adelaide Now. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Beveridge, Riley (22 October 2015). "AFL trades: Chris Yarran traded from Carlton to Richmond". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tigers snare Moore". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 "Final draft order: Which picks is your club taking to this year's draft?". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "Preseason and Rookie Draft Tracker". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/nab-challenge/2016/1/fre-v-rich
  14. ↑ http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/nab-challenge/2016/1/rich-v-haw
  15. ↑ http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/nab-challenge/2016/1/rich-v-port
  16. ↑ http://afltables.com/afl/teams/richmond_idx.html
  17. ↑ "Brownlow 2016". AFL Tables.
  18. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (22 August 2016). "Cyril Rioli's advice to nephew Daniel pays off". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Greenberg, Tony (8 September 2016). "Dusty's Jack triumph". Richmond FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2016". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  21. ↑ "Current Ladder". Fox Sports Pulse. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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