2019 Richmond Football Club season

Richmond Football Club

2019 season
Richmond's AFL team during the round 10, Dreamtime at the 'G match in May 2019
President	Peggy O'Neal (6th season)
Coach	Damien Hardwick (10th season)
Captains	Trent Cotchin (7th season)
Home ground	MCG
Pre-season	(2-0)
AFL season	3rd 16-6
Finals series	1st (3-0)
Best and fairest	Dion Prestia
Leading goalkicker	Tom Lynch (63)
Highest home attendance	80,176 (Round 10 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	38,986 (Round 17 vs. Greater Western Sydney)
Average home attendance	59,987 ( 1,188 / 1.94%)
Club membership	103,358 ( 2,632 / 2.61%)
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The 2019 season was the 112th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL. The season ended with the club winning its 12th league premiership.

2018 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player	Reason	Club games	Career games	Ref
Shaun Hampson	Retired	35	98	[1]
Jacob Townsend	Re-rookied	19	47	[2]
Nathan Drummond	Delisted	5	5	[2]
Mabior Chol	Re-rookied	1	1	[2]

Free agency

Date	Player	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
5 October	Reece Conca	Unrestricted	Richmond	Fremantle	2nd round [a]	[3]
8 October	Tom Lynch	Restricted	Gold Coast	Richmond	1st round	[4]

• ^a Richmond received an end of second round compensation pick for Reece Conca, however this pick was later withdrawn due to signing Tom Lynch ^[5]

Trades

Date	Gained	Lost	Trade partner	Ref
8 October	2019 3rd round pick	Anthony Miles	Gold Coast	[6]
		Corey Ellis
		2019 3rd round pick
15 October	Pick 64	Sam Lloyd	Western Bulldogs	[7]
16 October	Pick 68	Tyson Stengle	Adelaide	[8]

National draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	20	Riley Collier-Dawkins	VIC	Midfielder	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	[9]
2	43	Jack Ross	VIC	Midfielder	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	[10]
4	58	Fraser Turner	TAS	Wing	Clarence	TSL	[11]
4	62	Luke English	WA	Midfielder	Perth	WAFL	[12]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	16	Jake Aarts	VIC	Small forward	Richmond reserves	VFL	[13]
2	32	Jacob Townsend	VIC	Midfielder / forward	Richmond	AFL	[14]
3	45	Mabior Chol	VIC	Key forward	Richmond	AFL	[14]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Date	Player	Team from	League from	Ref
21 November 2018	Mav Weller	St Kilda	AFL	[15]
11 February 2019	Sydney Stack	Perth	WAFL	[16]

Mid-season draft

Pick	Player	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
13	Marlion Pickett	Midfielder	South Fremantle	WAFL	[17]

2019 squad

Richmond Football Club

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Nick Vlastuin  2 Dylan Grimes  3 Dion Prestia  4 Dustin Martin  5 Brandon Ellis  6 Shaun Grigg  7 Dan Butler  8 Jack Riewoldt (vc)  9 Trent Cotchin (c) 10 Shane Edwards 11 Jason Castagna 12 David Astbury 13 Jack Higgins 14 Bachar Houli 15 Jayden Short 17 Daniel Rioli 18 Alex Rance (vc) 19 Tom Lynch 22 Josh Caddy		23 Kane Lambert 25 Toby Nankervis 26 Riley Collier-Dawkins 27 Jack Ross 28 Fraser Turner 29 Shai Bolton 31 Oleg Markov 32 Luke English 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 34 Jack Graham 35 Nathan Broad 36 Callum Moore 37 Connor Menadue 38 Noah Balta 40 Callum Coleman-Jones 42 Ryan Garthwaite 45 Patrick Naish 46 Ben Miller 47 Ivan Soldo				16 Mav Weller 21 Jacob Townsend 39 Jake Aarts 41 Mabior Chol 43 Derek Eggmolesse-Smith (B) 44 Sydney Stack 48 Liam Baker 50 Marlion Pickett		Head coach Damien Hardwick Assistant coaches Blake Caracella (offensive) Andrew McQualter (forwards) Justin Leppitsch (defence) Adam Kingsley (midfield stoppage) Ivan Maric (ruck) Xavier Clarke (development/VFL midfield) Ryan Ferguson (development/VFL defence) Craig McRae (VFL coach/development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie Upgraded Cat-B rookie Updated: 16 January 2026 Source(s): Senior list, Rookie list, Coaching staff

2019 season

Pre-season

JLT Community Series

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance
1	Sunday 3 March, 4:40pm	16.17 (113)	Melbourne	16.5 (101)	Won by 12 points	Home	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton	5,190
2	Saturday 9 March, 7:10pm	14.11 (95)	Hawthorn	13.9 (87)	Won by 8 points	Away	University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston	6,982

Home and away season

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance	Ladder
1	Thursday 21 March, 7:20pm	14.13 (97)	Carlton	9.10 (64)	Won by 33 points	Away	MCG	85,016	5th
2	Thursday 28 March, 7:20pm	10.6 (66)	Collingwood	17.8 (110)	Lost by 44 points	Home	MCG	70,699	13th
3	Saturday 6 April, 4:35pm	10.16 (76)	Greater Western Sydney	19.11 (125)	Lost by 49 points	Away	Spotless Stadium	12,697	14th
4	Saturday 13 April, 4:05pm	15.9 (99)	Port Adelaide	14.8 (92)	Won by 7 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	38,864	13th
5	Saturday 20 April 7:25pm	13.11 (89)	Sydney	10.7 (67)	Won by 22 points	Home	Marvel Stadium	40,053	10th
6	Wednesday 24 April, 7:35pm	12.13 (85)	Melbourne	6.6 (42)	Won by 43 points	Home	MCG	72,704	8th
7	Saturday 4 May, 7:25pm	7.10 (52)	Western Bulldogs	15.9 (99)	Lost by 47 points	Away	Marvel Stadium	36,151	9th
8	Sunday 12 May, 3:20pm	17.9 (111)	Fremantle	12.14 (86)	Won by 25 points	Away	Optus Stadium	42,641	6th
9	Sunday 19 May, 3:20pm	14.11 (95)	Hawthorn	8.11 (59)	Won by 36 points	Home	MCG	64,936	5th
10	Saturday 25 May, 7:25pm	10.13 (73)	Essendon	6.14 (50)	Won by 23 points	Home	MCG	80,176	4th
11	Friday 31 May, 7:50pm	9.8 (62)	North Melbourne	15.9 (99)	Lost by 37 points	Away	Marvel Stadium	29,326	6th
12	Friday 7 June, 7:50pm	5.7 (37)	Geelong	16.8 (104)	Lost by 71 points	Home	MCG	65,214	7th
13	Thursday 13 June, 7:20pm	9.14 (68)	Adelaide	15.11 (101)	Lost by 33 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	40,837	8th
14	BYE								9th
15	Sunday 30 June, 1:10pm	16.7 (103)	St Kilda	10.10 (70)	Won by 33 points	Away	Marvel Stadium	40,962	7th
16	Saturday 6 July, 2:10pm	23.12 (150)	Gold Coast	9.4 (58)	Won by 92 points	Away	Metricon Stadium	16,031	6th
17	Sunday 14 July, 1:10pm	13.16 (94)	Greater Western Sydney	9.13 (67)	Won by 27 points	Home	MCG	38,986	5th
18	Saturday 20 July, 1:45pm	15.11 (101)	Port Adelaide	9.9 (63)	Won by 38 points	Home	MCG	41,642	5th
19	Friday 26 July, 7:50pm	14.14 (98)	Collingwood	9.12 (66)	Won by 32 points	Away	MCG	78,722	4th
20	Saturday 3 August, 7:25pm	13.15 (93)	Melbourne	9.6 (60)	Won by 33 points	Away	MCG	37,254	4th
21	Sunday 11 August, 3:20pm	11.7 (73)	Carlton	6.9 (45)	Won by 28 points	Home	MCG	51,039	4th
22	Sunday 18 August, 1:10pm	13.10 (88)	West Coast	13.4 (82)	Won by 6 points	Home	MCG	57,415	4th
23	Sunday 25 August, 3:20pm	12.10 (82)	Brisbane Lions	8.7 (55)	Won by 27 points	Home	MCG	76,995	3rd

Finals

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Result	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance
Qualifying final	Saturday 7 September, 7:25pm	18.4 (112)	Brisbane Lions	8.17 (65)	Won by 47 points	Away	The Gabba	37,478
Preliminary final	Friday 20 September, 7:50pm	12.13 (85)	Geelong	9.12 (66)	Won by 19 points	Home	MCG	94,423
Grand final	Saturday 28 September, 2:30pm	17.12 (114)	Greater Western Sydney	3.7 (25)	Won by 89 points	Home	MCG	100,014

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Geelong	22	16	6	0	1984	1462	135.7	64	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	22	16	6	0	2004	1694	118.3	64
3	Richmond (P)	22	16	6	0	1892	1664	113.7	64
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	1885	1601	117.7	60
5	West Coast	22	15	7	0	1902	1691	112.5	60
6	Greater Western Sydney	22	13	9	0	1926	1669	115.4	52
7	Western Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	1941	1810	107.2	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	1702	1784	95.4	48
9	Hawthorn	22	11	11	0	1742	1602	108.7	44
10	Port Adelaide	22	11	11	0	1806	1714	105.4	44
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	1776	1761	100.9	40
12	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	1824	1834	99.5	40
13	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	1579	1718	91.9	36
14	St Kilda	22	9	13	0	1645	1961	83.9	36
15	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1706	1746	97.7	32
16	Carlton	22	7	15	0	1609	1905	84.5	28
17	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1569	1995	78.6	20
18	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	1351	2232	60.5	12

Source: AFL Tables ^[18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Dylan Grimes	Back pocket	1st
Named	Bachar Houli	Half back	1st
Nominated	Dustin Martin	-	-
Nominated	Dion Prestia	-	-

Brownlow Medal tally

Main article: 2019 Brownlow Medal

Player	3 vote games	2 vote games	1 vote games	Total votes	Place
Dustin Martin	7	0	2	23	6th
Bachar Houli	1	3	2	11	32nd
Dion Prestia	1	2	1	8	46th
Trent Cotchin	2	0	0	6	59th
Shai Bolton	1	1	0	5	70th
Nick Vlastuin	1	0	1	4	90th
Kane Lambert	0	1	2	4	90th
Dylan Grimes	1	0	0	3	104th
Tom Lynch	0	1	1	3	104th
Jason Castagna	0	1	0	2	128th
Toby Nankervis	0	0	1	1	156th
Jack Graham	0	0	1	1	156th
Mabior Chol	0	0	1	1	156th
Total	14	9	12	72	-

^[19]

Rising Star

Nominations:

Round	Player	Placing	Ref
10	Liam Baker	9th	[20]
11	Sydney Stack	3rd	[21]
17	Shai Bolton	-	[22]

22 Under 22 team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Sydney Stack	Back pocket	1st
Nominated	Shai Bolton	–	–

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Main article: Jack Dyer Medal

Position	Player	Votes	Medal
1st	Dion Prestia	91	Jack Dyer Medal
2nd	Shane Edwards	79	Jack Titus Medal
3rd	Dylan Grimes	75	Maurie Fleming Medal
4th	Nick Vlastuin	70	Fred Swift Medal
5th	Tom Lynch	69	Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th	Dustin Martin	67
7th	Bachar Houli	64
8th	Kane Lambert	63
9th	David Astbury	55
10th	Jason Castagna	47
10th	Daniel Rioli	47
Source: [23]

Michael Roach Medal

Main article: List of Richmond Football Club leading goalkickers

Position	Player	Goals
1st	Tom Lynch	63
2nd	Dustin Martin	32
3rd	Jason Castagna	27
4th	Jack Riewoldt	24
5th	Kane Lambert	18
Source: [24]

Reserves

The 2019 season marked the sixth 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. The team finished the home and away season with 16 wins and two losses, winning a second straight minor premiership. Finals wins over Essendon and Port Melbourne earned them a spot in the grand final, where they defeated Williamstown to win the club's first VFA/VFL premiership in 114 years and the club's first reserves grade premiership since 1997. AFL-listed midfielder Marlion Pickett won the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as the best on ground that day. ^[25]

VFL listed defender Daniel Coffield won the team's best and fairest award while three players tied for the goal kicking award (21 goals), Jacob Townsend, Dan Butler and Mabior Chol. ^{[26] [27]}

Playing squad

Richmond Football Club (reserves)

Playing list						Development list		Coaching staff
51 Steve Morris (c) 52 Shaun Mannagh 53 Hugh Beasley 54 Jacob Ballard 55 Lachlan Street 55 Blake Grewar 57 Nathan Oakes 58 Chad Harris 59 Lachie Haysman 60 Charlie Thompson 61 James Fletcher 62 Luke Nelson		64 Thomas Silvestro 65 Joel Cusack 67 Brenton Credlin 68 Connor Riley 69 Lewis Diggins 71 Nick Baltas 72 Bailey Lambert 73 Joel Ernest 74 Rueben Hayward 75 Hayden Bruce 78 Daniel Coffield 79 Billy Coates				63 Angus Hicks 74 Bailey Henderson 75 Alistair Richards 78 Finlay Bayne 79 Michael Caven		Head coach Craig McRae Assistant coaches Paul Griffiths (forwards) Xavier Clarke (midfield) Ryan Ferguson (backline) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 16 January 2026 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Women's team

The 2019 season was the second year the Richmond Football Club ran a team in the VFL Women's competition (VFLW). The team finished the season with nine wins and five losses, placing 4th on the ladder of 13 teams and earning a finals berth. ^[28] There they were eliminated in a loss to the Western Bulldogs. ^[29] AFLW-listed midfielder Monique Conti won the club's best and fairest award. ^[30] Conti also was runner's up in the league best and fairest award. ^[31]

Playing squad

Richmond Football Club (VFLW)

Playing list								Coaching staff
1 Jess Kennedy (c)  2 Phoebe Monahan  3 Katie Brennan  4 Monique Conti  5 Maddy Brancatisano  7 Lauren Tesoriero  8 Jacqueline Graham  9 Hannah Burchell 11 Alice Edmonds 12 Laura Bailey 13 Alana Woodward 14 Sabrina Frederick 15 Rebecca Miller 16 Courtney Wakefield 17 Emma Gunn 18 Lisa Davie 19 Kate Dempsey 20 Hannah McLaren 22 Shayla Marsh 23 Tamara Smith		24 Tayla Stahl-Smith 25 Grace Egan 26 Evelyn Burry 28 Gabrielle Seymour 29 Kodi Jacques 30 Dalia Edward 32 Imogen Milford 33 Jenna Colwell 34 Akec Makur Chuot 35 Natarsha Bamblett 36 Emily Paterno 37 Millie Kilngbeil 39 Mel Lindsay 41 Sarah Last 43 Grace Campbell 45 Rachel Poke 46 Hannah Ibrahim 52 Maddy Baldwin 54 Jordyn Jolliffe						Head coach Tom Hunter Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 10 May 2019 Source(s): List

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External links

• Richmond Tigers Official AFL Site
• Official Site of the Australian Football League