John Green – and 40,000 other Richmond tragics – played a part in stopping at least one Adelaide goal at the MCG on Saturday. There’s much to love about these home games against interstate sides.
AFL Round 12 – Richmond v Adelaide: Season smashed to smithereens
June 17, 2013 by 15 Comments
Rajesh Singh missed Adelaide’s final quarter heroics against North Melbourne due to an early flight. History didn’t repeat, but what can the Crows do now to avoid a repeat of this season next year?
AFL Round 12 – Richmond v Adelaide: The Return from the Wilderness
June 15, 2013 by 3 Comments
Paddy Grindlay finds it a little difficult to listen to the footy while playing kick-to-kick with his little brother.
AFL Round 10 – West Coast v Richmond: The end of TV as we know it
June 7, 2013 by 9 Comments
Matt Quartermaine doesn’t have pay TV, hates shows that are about hard work, and wonders what happened to the Eagles on Monday night.
AFL Round 10 Preview: Wilburrrrr
May 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli took a look this week at which clubs (not including the new teams) are playing the most kids with 50 games or less. After Melbourne and the Dogs comes…Hawthorn. Worryingly for Richmond fans, they are fielding less new players than all but Sydney.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: Is there no place for Daniel Connors in Richmond’s best?
May 30, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Tigers were over-coached and under-led against Essendon, writes Paul Daffey. Surely there’s a place for Daniel Connors, who carved it up for Aberfeldie earlier in the day.
Tigers and Saints: Bottom of the pile
May 30, 2013 by 4 Comments
Sympathy will always be something I detest. I dread revealing I’m a St.Kilda supporter to new company for that very reason. It has nothing to do with shame and everything to do with the look of pity.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Essendon: The one where a wedding almost got in the way
May 29, 2013 by 1 Comment
Weddings during footy season are bad enough, but a phone ban until the end of the reception? It makes no sense to Bombers fan Sam Duncan.
AFL Round 8 – Richmond v Melbourne: The Curse of Norm Smith
May 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Although some Hawthorn supporters mutter darkly about the Kennett Curse, there is really one lasting curse in Australian Football, the Curse of Norm Smith, writes Robert Pascoe.
The Phantom speaks
May 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
Fresh from a rare trip to the mainland and an even rarer trip to the G, the Phantom offers some homespun wisdom on Geelong’s impact on this year’s flag.
AFL Round 8 – Richmond v Melbourne: Apollo Bay, Meat Pies and Brandon Ellis
May 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
An entertaining piece by emerging writer Paddy Grindlay on the breakout game of Richmond’s Brandon Ellis. He’s changing the number on his jumper now.
AFL Round 8 – Richmond v Melbourne: Old demons die hard
May 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
Be it Richo, Caroline Wilson or Catherine Durkin, a Richmond supporter’s pessimism never dies, even against the Demons.
AFL Round 8 – Richmond v Melbourne: The Sara Lee Cup
May 20, 2013 by 40 Comments
Tigers fan Cheryl Critchley sinks the boot into Melbourne fans. Where are they in their team’s time of need? [Methinks the author is hoping to be corrected, but I suspect her husband isn’t – Ed]
The Sky’s Limited
May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is the week the sky stopped falling. Losses were piling up for both the Saints and Tigers but a win always holds the sky in place.
AFL Round 6: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Richmond are pretty good, but they’re still flaky. Maybe it’s a club thing. All clubs have personalities and Richmond is the guy you like to have around at parties but never have dinner with.
AFL Round 6 – Richmond v Geelong: Get Kelly in the middle
May 7, 2013 by 5 Comments
David Treloar had a sense of trepidation entering this match against the Tigers. Old habits die hard. (Warning: David’s roll call of former Geelong greats could leave Cats fans a little misty eyed.)
AFL Round 6 – Richmond v Geelong: Second v First
May 6, 2013 by 12 Comments
When you have genuine feelings for your second favourite team, how does it feel when they come up against your favourite?
AFL Round 6 – Richmond v Geelong: The cave of no return
May 5, 2013 by 8 Comments
With a nod to the D-Generation’s Satanic Sketches, Saturday night was the cave of no return for the Tigers.
AFL Round 5 – Fremantle v Richmond: A desperate history
May 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Richmond and Fremantle share a particular and desperate history, writes Fremantle fan David Zampatti. One club was set up to be a joke; the other has become one over a horrible thirty years.
AFL Round 7 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: There are two teams out there
Channel 7 should have called it as it was, rather than cheering for a Port comeback, writes Cheryl Critchley.