So much is happening in Adelaide and the Barossa Valley during Gather Round including a celebration of footy art. You are invited to the exhibition ‘Gather’ (April 10-14) and the launch (April 4). The details are in this post.
Almanac Teams: Diamond dozens (1980- )
When it comes to Rodney Boyd’s best of Number 12 side since 1980, it’s hard to go past the two ‘Big Rs’ in the forward 50…or maybe they’d be happier further up the ground?
Round 1 (2009) – Richmond v Carlton: Ransacked by Visigoths
This piece by John Harms was published just after the opening round in 2009. Stainless Steele’s series reminded us to reprise it here.
The Tigers’ Almanac 2017 Extract: Richo the Hound and the after glow of the Grand Final
The minutes, hours and days which followed the Grand Final win were quite dreamy for Tiges’ fans. Writer James Weston recalls the feeling in his piece published in The Tigers’ Almanac 2017 (details are at the end of this article) in a section called ‘After Glow’.
AFL Round 9 – GWS (aka Harlem Globetrotters) v Richmond: Irrationality, Rationality
The Tigers have fallen just short again in a nail biter for the third week in a row, this time against the AFL’s team of superstars.
Richo: Richmond personified, for better or for worse
He may have retired in 2009 but Richo is still the key to understanding the Richmond Football Club according to Alex Darling
The Eye of the Tiger
Tess Pryor makes her Almanac debut with a beaut story of not being tooted by the great man: Richo. [Welcome Tess – Ed]
Grand Final Week
JTH on some of the festivities from the prelims to the Brownlow to the Grand Final
Richo is back, and his name is Jack
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Hawks pound the Tigers on Saturday night, dishing out a 63 point lesson in all things football. Buddy was at his best, aided by the class of Burgoyne, Sewell, Gibson, Hodge, Ellis, Guerra, Hale and a host of others. The pundits are on the money in predicting a […]
Richo
Matty Richardson is known to the people on the ridge. To every one of us. When he was in his prime – fast, unstoppable, winning matches, splitting packs, dominating the air- one of the kids from up here got cancer. Denis was the oldest of six, from a battler’s family, up in the cold drizzle […]











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