2017 Richmond Football Club season

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.

Richmond Football Club
2017 season
Players celebrating on stage after winning the 2017 AFL Grand Final
PresidentPeggy O'Neal
(4th season)
CoachDamien Hardwick
(8th season)
Captain(s)Trent Cotchin
(5th season)
Home groundMCG
Pre-season(2-1)
AFL season3rd
(15-7)
Finals series1st
(3-0)
Best and fairestDustin Martin
Leading goalkickerJack Riewoldt
(54)
Highest home attendance85,657
(Round 5 vs. Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance28,188
(Round 17 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance55,958
(Increase 14,403 / Increase 34.66%)
Club membership75,777
(Increase 391 / Increase 0.54%)
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2016 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings
Player Reason Club games Career games Ref
Troy ChaplinRetired75215[1]
Reece McKenzieRetired00[2]
Andrew MooreDelisted560[3]
Liam McBeanDelisted55[2]
Adam MarconDelisted22[2]
Chris YarranDelisted0119[4]

Free agency
Date Player Free agent type Former club New club Compensation Ref
10 OctoberTy VickeryRestrictedRichmondHawthorn2nd round[5]

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

National draft
Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
229Shai BoltonWAForward / midfielder South FremantleWAFL[10]
453Jack GrahamSAMidfielderNorth AdelaideSANFL[11]
572Ryan GarthwaiteVICTall defenderMurray BushrangersTAC Cup[12]

Rookie draft
Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
16Tyson StengleSASmall forwardWoodville-West TorrensSANFL[13]

2017 squad
Richmond Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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 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

All-Australian team
PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedAlex RanceFull Back4th
NamedDustin MartinCentre2nd

Brownlow Medal tally
Main article: 2017 Brownlow Medal
Player3 vote games2 vote games1 vote gamesTotal votesPlace
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 -

[14]

Rising Star

Nominations:

RoundPlayerRef
11 Dan Butler [15]
19 Jason Castagna [16]

22 Under 22 team
PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedDaniel RioliInterchange1st
NominatedDan Butler--

Jack Dyer Medal
Main article: Jack Dyer Medal
PositionPlayerVotesMedal
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
Main article: List of Richmond Football Club leading goalkickers
PositionPlayerGoals
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)
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

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
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  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.
  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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