2018 Richmond Football Club season

The 2018 season was the 111th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL.

Richmond Football Club
2018 season
Richmond players enter the MCG prior to their round 1 match with Carlton
PresidentPeggy O'Neal
(5th season)
CoachDamien Hardwick
(9th season)
Captain(s)Trent Cotchin
(6th season)
Home groundMCG
Pre-season2-0
AFL season18-4
Finals series3rd
(1-1)
Best and fairestJack Riewoldt
Leading goalkickerJack Riewoldt
(70)
Highest home attendance90,151
(Round 1 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance32,870
(Round 4 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance61,175
( 5,217 / 9.32%)
Club membership100,726
( 28,057 / 38.61%)
← 2017 2019 →

2017 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings
Player Reason Club games Career games Ref
Ivan MaricRetired80157[1]
Ben GriffithsRetired6363[2]
Steven MorrisDelisted8787[3]
Jake BatchelorDelisted8484[4]
Taylor HuntDelisted42105[3]
Ben LennonDelisted2121[4]
Todd EltonDelisted1010[3]

Trades
Date Gained Lost Trade partner Ref
19 October Pick 53 2018 third round pick Geelong [5]
19 October Pick 20 Pick 15 Brisbane Lions [5]
Pick 25 Pick 52

National draft
Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 17 Jack Higgins VIC Forward / midfielder Oakleigh Chargers TAC Cup [6]
2 20 Callum Coleman-Jones SA Ruck Sturt SANFL [6]
2 25 Noah Balta VIC Tall defender Calder Cannons TAC Cup [6]
2 34 (F/S) Patrick Naish VIC Small defender / wing Northern Knights TAC Cup [6]
4 63 Ben Miller WA Ruck Subiaco WAFL [6]

Rookie draft
Round Overall pick Player State Position Team from League from Ref
1 18 Liam Baker WA Small forward Subiaco WAFL [7]
Next Generation Academy zone selection (Indigenous) Derek Eggmolesse-Smith VIC Small defender Richmond VFL VFL [8]

2018 squad
Richmond Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie

Updated: 11 January 2018
Source(s): Senior list, Rookie list, Coaching staff

2018 season

Pre-season

AFLX
Match Date Score Opponent Opponent's score Result Venue Attendance
1 Saturday 17 February, 4:10pm 3.2.7 (49) Greater Western Sydney 2.2.2 (34) Won by 15 points Allianz Stadium 9,892
2 Saturday 17 February, 5:06pm 4.3.3 (61) Brisbane Lions 4.4.7 (66) Lost by 5 points Allianz Stadium 9,892

JLT Community Series
Match Date Score Opponent Opponent's score Result Home/away Venue Attendance
1 Saturday 24 February, 4:35pm 19.10 (124) Essendon 5.7 (37) Won by 87 points Away Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta 7,681
2 Wednesday 7 March, 7:05pm 19.14 (128) North Melbourne 8.10 (58) Won by 70 points Home Ikon Park 4,197

Home and away season
Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's score Result Home/away Venue Attendance Ladder
1 Thursday 22 March, 7:25pm 17.19 (121) Carlton 15.5 (95) Won by 26 points Home MCG 90,151 7th
2 Thursday 29 March, 7:20pm 12.10 (82) Adelaide 18.10 (118) Lost by 36 points Away Adelaide Oval 49,743 12th
3 Sunday 8 April, 1:10pm 15.12 (102) Hawthorn 13.11 (89) Won by 13 points Home MCG 70,701 9th
4 Saturday 14 April, 2:10pm 16.14 (110) Brisbane Lions 2.5 (17) Won by 93 points Home MCG 32,870 3rd
5 Tuesday 24 April 7:25pm 15.12 (102) Melbourne 8.8. (56) Won by 46 points Away MCG 77,071 1st
6 Sunday 29 April, 3:20pm 16.17 (113) Collingwood 10.10 (70) Won by 43 points Away MCG 72,157 1st
7 Sunday 6 May, 1:10pm 15.20 (110) Fremantle 4.9 (33) Won by 77 points Home MCG 43,240 1st
8 Sunday 13 May, 1:10pm 12.10 (82) North Melbourne 11.6 (72) Won by 10 points Away Etihad Stadium 29,153 1st
9 Sunday 20 May, 2:40pm 12.11 (83) West Coast 20.10 (130) Lost by 47 points Away Optus Stadium 57,616 2nd
10 Saturday 26 May, 1:45pm 15.15 (105) St Kilda 12.5 (77) Won by 28 points Home MCG 48,850 2nd
11 Saturday 2 June, 7:25pm 17.12 (114) Essendon 6.7 (43) Won by 71 points Away MCG 81,046 2nd
12 Friday 8 June, 7:20pm 8.10 (58) Port Adelaide 10.12 (72) Lost by 14 points Away Adelaide Oval 39,936 2nd
13 Sunday 17 June, 3:20pm 12.11 (83) Geelong 9.11 (65) Won by 18 points Away MCG 46,423 1st
14 BYE 1st
15 Thursday 28 June, 7:20pm 14.9 (93) Sydney 11.1 (67) Won by 26 points Home Etihad Stadium 43,519 1st
16 Friday 6 July, 7:50pm 15.13 (103) Adelaide 8.8 (56) Won by 47 points Home MCG 54,934 1st
17 Saturday 14 July, 7:25pm 10.17 (77) Greater Western Sydney 11.13 (79) Lost by 2 points Away Spotless Stadium 14,456 1st
18 Friday 20 July, 7:50pm 16.15 (111) St Kilda 8.9 (57) Won by 54 points Away Etihad Stadium 36,269 1st
19 Saturday 28 July, 1:45pm 16.9 (105) Collingwood 12.5 (77) Won by 28 points Home MCG 88,180 1st
20 Friday 3 August, 7:50pm 12.13 (85) Geelong 12.10 (82) Won by 3 points Home MCG 67,054 1st
21 Saturday 11 August, 2:10pm 19.11 (125) Gold Coast 7.9 (51) Won by 74 points Away Metricon Stadium 18,102 1st
22 Friday 17 August, 7:50pm 12.9 (81) Essendon 11.7 (73) Won by 8 points Home MCG 76,424 1st
23 Saturday 25 August, 2:10pm 15.8 (98) Western Bulldogs 14.11 (95) Won by 3 points Home MCG 56,998 1st

Finals
Match Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Home/Away Venue Attendance
Qualifying final Thursday 7 September, 7:20pm 13.17 (95) Hawthorn 9.10 (64) Won by 31 points Home MCG 91,446
Preliminary final Friday 21 September, 7:50 pm 8.10 (58) Collingwood 15.7 (97) Lost by 39 points Home MCG 94,959

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Richmond 22 18 4 0 2143 1574 136.1 72 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P) 22 16 6 0 2012 1657 121.4 64
3 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2046 1699 120.4 60
4 Hawthorn 22 15 7 0 1972 1642 120.1 60
5 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2299 1749 131.4 56
6 Sydney 22 14 8 0 1822 1664 109.5 56
7 Greater Western Sydney 22 13 8 1 1898 1664 114.1 54
8 Geelong 22 13 9 0 2045 1554 131.6 52
9 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 1950 1790 108.9 48
10 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1780 1654 107.6 48
11 Essendon 22 12 10 0 1932 1838 105.1 48
12 Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1941 1865 104.1 48
13 Western Bulldogs 22 8 14 0 1575 2037 77.3 32
14 Fremantle 22 8 14 0 1556 2041 76.2 32
15 Brisbane Lions 22 5 17 0 1825 2049 89.1 20
16 St Kilda 22 4 17 1 1606 2182 73.6 18
17 Gold Coast 22 4 18 0 1308 2182 59.9 16
18 Carlton 22 2 20 0 1353 2282 59.3 8
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team
PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedDustin MartinCentre3rd
NamedAlex RanceFull-back5th
NamedJack RiewoldtFull-forward3rd
NamedShane EdwardsBench1st
NominatedJosh Caddy--
NominatedTrent Cotchin--
NominatedDylan Grimes--
NominatedKane Lambert--

Brownlow Medal tally
Main article: 2018 Brownlow Medal
Player3 vote games2 vote games1 vote gamesTotal votesPlace
Dustin Martin 2 6 1 19 6th
Kane Lambert 2 2 2 12 28th
Trent Cotchin 2 1 2 10 35th
Jack Riewoldt 2 1 2 10 35th
Shane Edwards 1 1 2 7 55th
Josh Caddy 0 2 2 6 64th
Dion Prestia 1 0 0 3 105th
Toby Nankervis 1 0 0 3 105th
Shaun Grigg 0 1 0 2 142nd
Nick Vlastuin 0 1 0 2 142nd
Daniel Rioli 0 0 1 1 169th
Jayden Short 0 0 1 1 169th
David Astbury 0 0 1 1 169th
Reece Conca 0 0 1 1 169th
Total 11 15 15 78 -

[9]

Rising Star

Nominations:

RoundPlayerPlacingRef
18 Jack Higgins 4th [10]

22 Under 22 team
PlayerPositionAppearance
NamedJayden ShortHalf-back1st
NamedDan ButlerBench2nd

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal
Main article: Jack Dyer Medal
PositionPlayerVotesMedal
1st Jack Riewoldt 81 Jack Dyer Medal
2nd Kane Lambert 68 Jack Titus Medal
3rd Dustin Martin 66 Maurie Fleming Medal
4th Shane Edwards 65 Fred Swift Medal
5th Dylan Grimes 64 Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th Alex Rance 63
7th Trent Cotchin 58
8th Nick Vlastuin 51
9th Jayden Short 47
10th Josh Caddy 45
Source:[11]

Michael Roach Medal
PositionPlayerGoals
1st Jack Riewoldt 70
2nd Josh Caddy 46
3rd Dustin Martin 31
4th Jason Castagna 26
5th Dan Butler 18
Source:[12]

Reserves
The reserves side playing a practice match against the Northern Blues in March 2018

The 2018 season marked the fifth 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 was captained by former AFL listed defender Steve Morris. Hugh Beasley, Jake Aarts, Jacob Ballard and Tom Silvestro are also in the team's 2018 leadership group.[13]

The team finished the home and away season with 14 wins and four losses, earning the minor premiership as a result.[14] They were eliminated from the finals series after successive qualifying and semi finals matches against Williamstown and Essendon respectively.[15]

AFL-listed midfielder Anthony Miles won the club's best and fairest award for the second year running, along with the league's best and fairest award, the J. J. Liston Trophy.[16] AFL-listed small forward Tyson Stengle led the team's goal-kicking with 33 across his 19 matches.[17] Another AFL-listed small forward, Shai Bolton, received both the league's Mark and Goal of the Year awards.[18]

Playing squad
Richmond Football Club (reserves)
Playing list Coaching staff
  • 51 Steven Morris (c)
  • 52 Shaun Mannagh
  • 53 Hugh Beasley
  • 54 Jacob Ballard
  • 55 Ryan Bathie
  • 56 Blake Grewar
  • 57 Brandon Wood
  • 58 Jake Aarts
  • 59 Harry Tanner
  • 60 Charlie Thompson
  • 61 James Fletcher
  • 62 Max O'Sullivan
  • 64 Thomas Silvestro
  • 65 Joel Cusack
  • 66 Harry Conway
  • 67 Brenton Credlin
  • 68 Connor Riley
  • 69 Chris Grigoriadis
  • 70 Danko Bzenic
  • 72 Bailey Lambert
  • 73 Joel Ernest
  • 74 Rueben Hayward
  • 78 Daniel Coffield
  • 79 Billy Coates

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 27 March 2017
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Women's team

The 2018 season marked the first year the Richmond Football club ran a women's team and the first year in the VFL Women's competition (VFLW). Former men's VFL assistant coach Tom Hunter was named the team's head coach in November 2017.[19] Jess Kennedy was named the team's inaugural captain in May 2018.[20] The team finished the season with four wins and 10 losses, placing 11th on the ladder of 13 teams and failing to qualify for the finals competition.[21][22]

Playing squad
Richmond Football Club (VFLW)
Playing list Coaching staff
  • 51 Jess Kennedy (c)
  • 52 Elise Hogan (vc)
  • 53 Kate Dixon (vc)
  • 54 Courtney Musico
  • 55 Alana Woodward
  • 56 Kate Dempsey
  • 57 Trish Muller
  • 58 Jacqueline Graham
  • 59 Emma Gunn
  • 60 Emma King
  • 61 Alice Edmonds
  • 62 Georgia Fisher
  • 63 Evelyn Burry
  • 64 Jenna Colwell
  • 65 Courtney Wakefield
  • 66 Emily Findlay
  • 67 Natarsha Bamblett
  • 68 Lisa Davie
  • 69 Bethany Lynch
  • 70 Lauren Tesoriero
  • 71 Ella Ross
  • 72 Jacinta Louttit
  • 73 Justine Hocking
  • 74 Vittoriana Tonin
  • 75 Ellie George
  • 76 Grace Bibby
  • 77 Jess Gardner
  • 78 Louise Stephenson
  • 79 Louise Bieniara
  • 80 Nuala Clarke
  • 81 Niamh Clarke
  • 82 Kirra Grimes
  • 83 Amelia Barden
  • 87 Jessica Provan
  • 88 Grace Egan
  • 89 Sophie Damon

Head coach

  • Tom Hunter

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 5 May 2018
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

VFLW Best and Fairest
PositionPlayerVotes
1st Jess Kennedy 49
2nd Jacqui Graham 48
3rd Evelyn Burry 45
3rd Lisa Davie 45
3rd Phoebe Monahan 45
Source:[23]
gollark: Two points in a circuit, or just in general really.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Voltage is electric potential difference.
gollark: Why do I keep typing that?
gollark: Without the minus.

References
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  9. "Brownlow 2017". AFL Tables.
  10. McGowan, Mark (23 July 2018). "Higgins wins Round 18 Rising Star nomination". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. AFL Media. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. Greenberg, Tony (2 October 2018). "It's Jack for Jack". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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  16. Greenway, Beau (4 October 2018). "North Albury product Anthony Miles wins VFL best and fairest at Richmond". The Border Mail. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  17. "Scoring Summary". Peter Jackson VFL 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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