Almanac Teams: Very good players who were never All Australians

August 28, 2023 by 3 Comments

Rodney Boyd has created another cracking footy team – this time, of players who have never made an AFL All Australian side.

Grand Final – Richmond v Geelong: Dynasties

October 27, 2020 by 21 Comments

Old Dog reviews the Grand Final from the rainswept Otways. With Bourbon.

Balcony Banter Round 17 – Richmond v GWS: Winter Days

July 18, 2019 by 1 Comment

Almanac regular Joe De Petro saw his Tigers take on the Giants at the MCG on a dreary winter’s afternoon.

Round 18 – St Kilda v Richmond: A Quiet Storm

July 22, 2018 by 10 Comments

The battle of St Kilda v Richmond was the most agonizing kind of quiet storm, writes Joe De Petro.

Round 17 preview: It’s not going home! Sal’s picks and musings

July 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The World Cup has destroyed sleep patterns but we are nearly there, although England aren’t – Sal got a bit sick of the “It’s Coming Home”.  They played well but not being able to score in open play was a flaw, being dependent on set pieces is not a complete enough game.  Now for our footy it is on to this week.

Round 15 – Richmond v Sydney: Red-blooded humanity amidst the gloom.

June 29, 2018 by 5 Comments

For Stainless, Docklands Stadium despite its many re-brandings,has always been a cold, soulless venue as he recalls a disproportionate number of serious, freakish injuries on its hard, patchy surface sustained by Richmond players. But, Stainless was more than happy by the team’s performance against the Swans.

Finals Week 3 – Richmond v GWS: The Universe is Aligning

September 26, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Thomas Foster is seeing Richmond succeed in the finals for the first time in his life and and believes 2017 is already a big tick. A premiership win will only make things so much sweeter.

Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Richmond: The rough diamond

September 11, 2017 by 3 Comments

The rough diamond Dustin Martin blitzed the Cats midfield, helping the Tigers to a massive win and a home preliminary final.

Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Richmond: Tiger dreaming

September 11, 2017 by 15 Comments

Richmond fans enjoyed every second of their dominant performance against Geelong on Friday night. Now a Grand Final dream awaits.

Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Richmond: Musings on history

September 11, 2017 by 17 Comments

The Tigers broke their finals (and Cats) hoodoo with a brilliant win over Geelong. A home preliminary final awaits but Stainless is weary of history going against the Tigers.

Round 11 – North Melbourne v Richmond: Seventy points, three stretchers and plenty of questions

June 5, 2016 by 5 Comments

After a dismal Tiger performance in Hobart, Paddy Grindlay can see it coming. You know what it is.

Round 17 – Richmond v Fremantle: The hardest defeat to take

July 27, 2015 by 6 Comments

A tough loss for the Tiger army to take. Paddy Grindlay watches the battle-hardened Dockers capitalise on opportunity when it presented itself in the dying seconds of Saturday’s clash.