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
Jack Dyer Medal	Dustin Martin
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; ( 8,722 / 17.5%)
Club membership	72,278; ( 1,469 / 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 Newman	Retired	268	268	^[1]
Nathan Foley	Retired	154	154	^[2]
Ricky Petterd	Retired	30	84	^[3]
Matt Thomas	Retired	15	102	^[4]
Chris Knights	Retired	6	102	^[5]
Matt Dea	Delisted	31	31	^[4]
Nathan Gordon	Delisted	21	23	^[4]
Matt McDonough	Delisted	10	10	^[6]
Matthew Arnot	Delisted	8	8	^[6]

Trades

Date	Gained	Lost	Trade partner	Ref
16 October	Jacob Townsend	Pick 70	Greater Western Sydney	^[7]
16 October	Pick 120	Pick 70	Greater Western Sydney	^[7]
20 October	Pick 19	Pick 31	Gold Coast	^[8]
20 October	Pick 19	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	15	Daniel Rioli	VIC	Small-Forward	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	^[11]
3	50	Oleg Markov	SA	Half-Forward	North Adelaide	SANFL	^[11]
5	67	Nathan Broad	WA	Defender	Swan Districts	WAFL	^[11]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	12	Callum Moore	VIC	Tall Forward	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	^[12]
2	30	Mabior Chol	QLD	Tall Forward	Aspley	NEAFL	^[12]
3	47	Adam Marcon	VIC	Midfielder	Williamstown	VFL	^[12]

2016 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Nick Vlastuin 2 Dylan Grimes 3 Brett Deledio (vc) 4 Dustin Martin 5 Brandon Ellis 6 Shaun Grigg 7 Ben Lennon 8 Jack Riewoldt 9 Trent Cotchin (c) 10 Shane Edwards 11 Jake Batchelor 12 David Astbury 13 Chris Yarran 14 Bachar Houli 15 Andrew Moore 16 Shaun Hampson 17 Daniel Rioli 18 Alex Rance 20 Ivan Maric (vc) 21 Jacob Townsend		23 Kane Lambert 24 Ben Griffiths 25 Troy Chaplin 26 Anthony Miles 27 Sam Lloyd 28 Taylor Hunt 29 Ty Vickery 30 Reece Conca 31 Oleg Markov 32 Corey Ellis 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 34 Liam McBean 35 Nathan Broad 37 Connor Menadue 38 Steven Morris 39 Nathan Drummond 40 Dan Butler 42 Reece McKenzie 43 Todd Elton				36 Callum Moore 41 Mabior Chol 44 Adam Marcon 45 Jayden Short 46 Jason Castagna 47 Ivan Soldo (B)		Head coach Damien Hardwick Assistant coaches Brendon Lade (midfield/stoppages) Ross Smith (defence) Ben Rutten (defence) Mark P. Williams (offense) Greg Mellor (forward) Mark M. Williams (senior development) Ryan Ferguson (development) Andrew McQualter (development) Craig McRae (VFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) 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

Pre-season

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

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	3rd
Named	Dustin Martin	Interchange	1st

Brownlow Medal tally

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:

Round	Player	Ref
22	Daniel Rioli	^[18]

22 Under 22 team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Nominated	Nick Vlastuin	-	-

Club awards

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

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Reserves

The 2016 season marked the third 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 finished ninth out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of nine win and nine losses.^[21] Each of the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval.

Playing squad

Richmond Football Club (reserves)
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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 Craig McRae Assistant coaches Leigh Clarke (forwards) Andrew McQualter (midfield) Ryan Ferguson (backline) Tom Hunter (midfield assistant) Marc Sophoulis (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 10 October 2016 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

References

^ "Newman to retire". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ Schmook, Nathan (13 August 2015). "Axel calls time: Knee injury forces Nathan Foley to retire". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "Foot injury forces Tiger Petterd to retire at just 27". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Phelan, Jennifer (28 October 2015). "Two more Tigers delisted as Matt Thomas retires". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Knights retires". RichmondFC.com.au. Telstra Media. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Tigers Delist Matt McDonough And Matt Arnot". Triple M Football. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ Phelan, Jennifer (16 October 2015). "Tigers give Giants fourth-round pick for midfielder Jacob Townsend". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ 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.
^ Beveridge, Riley (22 October 2015). "AFL trades: Chris Yarran traded from Carlton to Richmond". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Tigers snare Moore". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Final draft order: Which picks is your club taking to this year's draft?". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Preseason and Rookie Draft Tracker". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ afl.com.au
^ afl.com.au
^ afl.com.au
^ "AFL Tables - Richmond".
^ "Brownlow 2016". AFL Tables.
^ Guthrie, Ben (22 August 2016). "Cyril Rioli's advice to nephew Daniel pays off". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ Greenberg, Tony (8 September 2016). "Dusty's Jack triumph". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2016". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "Current Ladder". Fox Sports Pulse. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

External links

[1] "Newman to retire". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 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. Telstra Media. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[3] "Foot injury forces Tiger Petterd to retire at just 27". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[thomasgordondea-4] Phelan, Jennifer (28 October 2015). "Two more Tigers delisted as Matt Thomas retires". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[5] "Knights retires". RichmondFC.com.au. Telstra Media. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[arnotmcdon-6] "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. Telstra Media. 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. Telstra Media. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[nationaldraft-11] "Final draft order: Which picks is your club taking to this year's draft?". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

[rookiedraft-12] "Preseason and Rookie Draft Tracker". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

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[16] "AFL Tables - Richmond".

[17] "Brownlow 2016". AFL Tables.

[18] Guthrie, Ben (22 August 2016). "Cyril Rioli's advice to nephew Daniel pays off". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[19] Greenberg, Tony (8 September 2016). "Dusty's Jack triumph". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[20] "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2016". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[21] "Current Ladder". Fox Sports Pulse. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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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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AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–) Punt Road Oval (2021–)
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v t e 2016 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final
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