2011 Richmond Football Club season

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Richmond Football Club
2011 season
President Gary March
(6th season)
Coach Damien Hardwick
(2nd season)
Captain(s) Chris Newman
(3rd season)
Home ground MCG
Pre-season Pool stage
(0-2)
AFL season 12th
(8-1-13)
Finals series DNQ
Jack Dyer Medal Trent Cotchin
Leading goalkicker Jack Riewoldt
(62)
Highest home attendance83,563
(round 9. vs Essendon)
Lowest home attendance10,832
(round 17. vs Gold Coast
Average home attendance42,784
(Increase2.svg 5,322 / Increase2.svg 14.2%)
Club membership40,184
(Increase2.svg 4,224 / Increase2.svg 11.7%)
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 season marked the 104th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. This season was Damien Hardwick's second season as senior coach. It was also the first season Richmond played against the Gold Coast, and was also the first time the club played a home-and-away game at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns.

Contents

Season summary

The start of the 2011 season was hopeful for the Tigers. In round 1, the Tigers were in front at three quarter time, to lose by 20 points to Carlton in the traditional blockbuster. Media commentators and AFL fans alike noted Richmond's improvement. In round 2, the Tigers shocked the AFL world when they drew with grand finalists from the previous year, St Kilda, even with their goal kicking star Jack Riewoldt going down with a concussion in the first quarter.

In rounds 3 and 4, the Tigers suffered significant losses to Hawthorn and Collingwood, but showed promise in their fightback in the third quarter against Collingwood. Their breakthrough came in round 5, when they beat North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in front of a packed crowd. This started a good run for the Tigers. Richmond defeated Brisbane in round 6, then Fremantle in round 7. This put them just outside the Top 8. They had a narrow loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 8.

In round 9, the Tigers had a big win against Essendon in the traditional "Dreamtime at the G" match after going in the underdogs. The crowd of over 80,000 people were treated to an intense game, with Richmond coming out victorious.

Richmond then had a complete form turn around, with a 15-point loss against bottom-ranked Port Adelaide in Alice Springs after the club decided to host the home game match interstate, a decision that was roundly questioned by fans and the media. [1] The bye followed, then another loss to Sydney. Richmond then had a return to form, beating Brisbane at the Gabba.

Richmond's poor form continued, with straight losses to Melbourne, Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast and Geelong. The Tigers got a badly needed bye in round 19 and then travelled to Perth in round 20 to face the West Coast Eagles where they were beaten.

Richmond had a win against Sydney in round 21 and then also won their next two games, against Melbourne and Adelaide, but lost their round 24 match to North Melbourne.

2010 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

PlayerReasonClub gamesCareer gamesRef
Troy Simmonds Retired93197 [2]
Graham Polak Retired38111 [3]
Ben Cousins Retired32270 [4]
Tom Hislop Re-rookied1724 [5]
Dean Polo Delisted5677 [5]
Jordan McMahon Delisted34148 [5]
Adam Thomson Delisted432 [5]
Relton Roberts Delisted22 [5]
Alroy GilliganDelisted00 [5]

Trades

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
7 OctoberEnd of first round compensation pick
Pick 51		 Richard Tambling Adelaide [6]
9 October Shaun Grigg Andrew Collins Carlton [7]

Note: All traded picks are indicative and do not reflect final selection position

National draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerStatePositionTeam fromLeague fromRef
16 Reece Conca WA Midfielder Perth WAFL [8]
230 Jake Batchelor VIC Midfielder Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup [8]
347 Brad Helbig VIC Defender West Adelaide SANFL [8]
351Dean MacDonald VIC Midfielder Gippsland Power TAC Cup [8]
463 Tom Derickx WA Ruck Claremont WAFL [8]
694

(Rookie Promotion)

 David Gourdis VIC Full Back Richmond AFL [8]

Preseason draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerPositionTeam fromLeague fromRef
13 Bachar Houli Half-Back Essendon AFL [9]

Rookie draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerStatePositionTeam fromLeague fromRef
111Ben Jakobi VIC Midfielder Coburg VFL [10]
228 Brad Miller VIC Utility Melbourne AFL [10]
345 Tom Hislop VIC Midfielder Richmond AFL [10]

2011 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Cruz Roja.svg Long-term injury list
  • Arrow-up.png Upgraded rookie
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • (vet) Veterans list
  • (ret) Retired

Updated: 18 August 2016
Source(s): , Coaching staff

2011 season

Pre-season

DateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendance
Friday, 4 February All-Stars Match cancelledAway TIO Stadium/
Traeger Park

Richmond was to have played an exhibition match against the Indigenous All-Stars on 4 February, but the match was cancelled. The match was originally to have been played at TIO Stadium in Darwin, but monsoonal rain made the surface unplayable; [11] the league worked to move the game to Traeger Park in Alice Springs, but after concerns that either the match or the transport of players into and out of Alice Springs could have been affected by Cyclone Yasi, the match was cancelled altogether. [12]

NAB Cup

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendance
PoolSaturday, 12 February 7:15 pm3.5 (23) Carlton 6.5 (41)Lost by 18 pointsAway Etihad Stadium 40,300
PoolSaturday, 12 February 8:20 pm1.1 (7) Collingwood 7.8 (50)Lost by 43 pointsHome Etihad Stadium 40,300

Home and away season

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendanceLadder
1Thursday, 24 March 7:40 pm13.6 (84) Carlton 14.20 (104)Lost by 20 pointsAway MCG 60,65414th
2Friday, 1 April 7:40pm14.11 (95) St Kilda 13.17 (95)DrawAway MCG 41,46512th
3Saturday, 9 April 7:10pm6.16 (52) Hawthorn 17.13 (115)Lost by 63 pointsHome MCG 46,36913th
4Friday, 15 April 7:40pm13.12 (90) Collingwood 24.17 (161)Lost by 71 pointsHome MCG 58,05014th
5Sunday, 24 April 4:40pm17.10 (112) North Melbourne 14.19 (103)WON by 9 pointsAway Etihad Stadium 36,46112th
6Saturday, 30 April 7:10pm18.16 (124) Brisbane Lions 14.14 (98)WON by 26 pointsHome MCG 37,43810th
7Saturday, 7 May 4:10pm23.10 (148) Fremantle 14.15 (99)WON by 49 pointsHome MCG 34,0909th
8Sunday, 15 May 1:10pm18.10 (118) Western Bulldogs 23.15 (153)Lost by 35 pointsAway Etihad Stadium 39,14110th
9Saturday, 21 May 7:40pm16.9 (105) Essendon 13.11 (89)WON by 16 pointsHome MCG 83,5639th
10Saturday, 28 May 8:10pm10.14 (74) Port Adelaide 13.11 (89)Lost by 15 pointsHome TIO Stadium 11,5069th
11BYE9th
12Sunday, 12 June 2:10 pm9.11 (65) Sydney 9.21 (75)Lost by 10 pointsAway SCG 23,78211th
13Saturday, 18 June 7:10 pm18.17 (125) Brisbane Lions 14.10 (94)WON by 31 pointsAway Gabba 21,51010th
14Saturday, 25 June 2:10 pm13.13 (91) Melbourne 17.16 (118)Lost by 27 pointsHome MCG 61,90011th
15Saturday, 2 July 2:10 pm12.9 (81) Carlton 28.16 (184)Lost by 103 pointsHome MCG 59,65013th
16Saturday, 9 July 7:10 pm9.12 (66) Essendon 15.15 (105)Lost by 39 pointsAway MCG 55,44213th
17Saturday, 16 July 2:10 pm9.16 (70) Gold Coast 12.13 (85)Lost by 15 pointsHome Cazaly's Stadium 10,38213th
18Sunday, 24 July 1:10 pm7.9 (51) Geelong 17.11 (113)Lost by 62 pointsAway Etihad Stadium 33,76113th
19BYE
20Sunday, 7 August 2:40 pm14.6 (90) West Coast 22.15 (147)Lost by 57 pointsAway Patersons Stadium 38,10614th
21Sunday, 14 August 2:10 pm14.15 (99) Sydney 7.14 (56)WON by 43 pointsHome MCG 34,33713th
22Sunday, 21 August 4:40 pm17.15 (117) Melbourne 17.8 (110)WON by 7 pointsAway MCG 36,32112th
23Sunday, 28 August 12:40 pm17.19 (121) Adelaide 15.9 (99)WON by 22 pointsAway AAMI Stadium 38,02311th
24Sunday, 4 September 4:40 pm13.13 (91) North Melbourne 15.14 (104)Lost by 13 pointsHome Etihad Stadium 32,89012th

Ladder

2011 AFL ladder
PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Collingwood 22202025921546167.780 Finals series
2 Geelong (P)22193025481619157.476
3 Hawthorn 22184023551634144.172
4 West Coast 22175022351715130.368
5 Carlton 22147122251700130.958
6 St Kilda 22129118911677112.850
7 Sydney 22129118971735109.350
8 Essendon 221110122172217100.046
9 North Melbourne 221012021062082101.240
10 Western Bulldogs 2291302060215595.636
11 Fremantle 2291301791215583.136
12 Richmond 2281312069239686.434
13 Melbourne 2281311974231585.334
14 Adelaide 2271501742219379.428
15 Brisbane Lions 2241801814224081.016
16 Port Adelaide 2231901718266364.512
17 Gold Coast 2231901534272656.312
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

PlayerPositionAppearance
Nominated Brett Deledio --

Rising Star

Nominations:

RoundPlayerRef
9 Reece Conca [13]
16 Jake Batchelor [14]

Brownlow Medal tally

Player3 vote games2 vote games1 vote gamesTotal votesPlace
Trent Cotchin 2411517th
Dustin Martin 2221221st
Nathan Foley 111650th
Brett Deledio 021563rd
Bachar Houli 300395th
Jack Riewoldt 0102128th
Ty Vickery 0022128th
Robin Nahas 0022128th
Chris Newman 0011167th
Shaun Grigg 0011167th
Total8101155-

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

PositionPlayerVotesMedal
1st Trent Cotchin 236Jack Dyer Medal
2nd Brett Deledio 203Jack Titus Medal
3rd Dustin Martin 198Maurie Fleming Medal
4th Bachar Houli 181Fred Swift Medal
5th Ty Vickery 161Kevin Bartlett Medal

[15]

Michael Roach Medal

PositionPlayerGoals
1st Jack Riewoldt 62
2nd Ty Vickery 36
3rd Dustin Martin 33
4th Robin Nahas 29
5th Jake King 25

[16]

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