2020 Richmond Football Club season

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Richmond Football Club
2020 season
President Peggy O'Neal
(7th season)
CoachAFL: Damien Hardwick
(11th season)
AFLW: Tom Hunter
(1st season)
Captain(s)AFL: Trent Cotchin
(8th season)
AFLW: Katie Brennan
(1st season)
Home groundAFL: MCG
AFLW: Princes Park
Pre-season AFL: (0-2)
AFLW: DNP
AFL season AFL: 3rd (12-1-4)
AFLW: (0-6)
AFL finals AFL: 1st
AFLW: DNP
Best & fairest AFL: Jayden Short
AFLW: Monique Conti
Leading goalkickerAFL: Jack Riewoldt
(33)
AFLW: Courtney Wakefield
(4)
Highest home attendanceAFLW: 15,337
(Round 1 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendanceAFLW: 3,697
(Round 3 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendanceAFLW: 9,517
Club membership100,420 [1]
  2019
2021  

The 2020 season was the 113th season in which the Richmond Football Club has participated in the VFL/AFL and the first season in which it participated in the AFL Women's competition.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, eight days prior to the scheduled start of the AFL premiership season and 18 days prior to the final round of the AFL season.

AFL

Prior to the commencement of the season, the fixture was shortened from 22 matches per team to 17, under the expectation that matches would be forced to stop at the peak of the disease. [2]

The season commenced on 19 March as originally scheduled, but the introduction of restrictions (and later of formal quarantines) on interstate travel, resulted in suspension of the season after round one. [3] During that round, matches were played in empty stadiums for the first time in the league's history. [4]

Throughout the season, matches were played for a shortened length of 16 minutes plus time on per quarter, instead of 20 minutes plus time on. This was originally done at the start of the season, in the hope that playing shorter games could facilitate more frequent games than weekly, maximising the games which could be played before the anticipated suspension of the season. [5] Though the initial run of games lasted just one week, the shortened game time was retained after the season's resumption to allow make-up games to be more easily scheduled between rounds when matches were postponed or refixtured. [6]

On 15 May, as most states began easing restrictions, the league's plan to resume the season was announced: clubs began non-contact training from 18 May, and full contact training from 25 May, ahead of resuming competitive matches from 11 June, with the revised fixture released gradually throughout the year, and changing regularly and often at short notice when the situation forced it. [7]

The sizes of allowable crowds changed as the season progressed, with early season Queensland and New South Wales crowds limited to only a few hundred, while half crowds were allowed in the largely virus-free Western Australia from Round 7.

Following a virus outbreak in Melbourne in June, Richmond's base of operations was relocated to the Gold Coast, alongside eight other Victorian clubs. [8] The club played the remainder of their home games in the state, other than when travelling to other virus-free locations.

AFLW

In the AFLW, all matches played from 14 March onwards were played to empty stadiums. [9] The final two rounds of the home-and-away season were scratched and though Richmond did not qualify, the finals series was brought forward by two weeks and cancelled without a premier being awarded after just four finals matches were played. [10]

VFL and VFLW

The final weeks of the VFL pre-season series and the commencement of the season-proper were delayed in March due to the greater risk of external threats in the semi-professional state league environment. [11] Eventually, all AFL clubs withdrew from the competition and the season was cancelled in June. Richmond reserves players participated in ad hoc scratch matches against other clubs during the season and on occasion played in multi-club teams alongside rival players. [12] The VFLW season was likewise delayed and eventually cancelled.

AFL

2019 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

PlayerReasonClub gamesCareer gamesRef
Alex Rance Retired200200 [13]
Shaun Grigg Retired171214 [14]
Mav Weller Retired2123 [15]
Connor Menadue Delisted3939 [16]
Jacob Townsend Delisted2048 [16]
Callum Moore Delisted88 [16]

Free agency

DatePlayerFree agent typeFormer clubNew clubCompensationRef
5 October Brandon Ellis Restricted Richmond Gold Coast 2nd round [17]

Trades

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
16 OctoberPick 56 Dan Butler St Kilda [18]

National draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerStatePositionTeam fromLeague fromRef
121 Thomson Dow VIC Midfielder Bendigo Pioneers NAB League [19] [20]
243 Noah Cumberland QLD Forward Brisbane Lions academy NEAFL [21]
244 Will Martyn QLD Midfielder/Wing Brisbane Lions academy NEAFL [22]
346 Hugo Ralphsmith VIC Wing/Forward Sandringham Dragons NAB League [23]
354 Bigoa Nyuon VIC Defender Dandenong Stingrays NAB League [24]

2020 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Cruz Roja.svg Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 17 December 2020
Source(s): Senior list, Rookie list, Coaching staff

2020 season

Marsh Community Series

MatchDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendance
1Sunday 1 March, 4:00pm6.8 (44) Collingwood 13.6 (84)Lost by 40 pointsHome Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta -
2Sunday 8 March, 12:40pm14.11 (95) Greater Western Sydney 17.7 (109)Lost by 14 pointsAway Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga 6,556

Home and away season

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendanceLadder
1Thursday 19 March, 7:25pm16.9 (105) Carlton 12.9 (81)Won by 24 pointsHome MCG 06th
2Thursday 11 June, 7:40pm5.6 (36) Collingwood 5.6 (36)DrawAway MCG 05th
3Thursday 18 June, 7:40pm5.9 (39) Hawthorn 11.5 (71)Lost by 32 pointsHome MCG 09th
4Saturday 27 June, 4:35pm10.7 (67) St Kilda 15.3 (93)Lost by 26 pointsAway Marvel Stadium 014th
5Sunday 5 July, 3:35pm12.7 (79) Melbourne 8.4 (52)Won by 27 pointsHome MCG 011th
6Sunday 12 July, 3:35pm4.10 (34) Sydney 3.8 (26)Won by 8 pointsHome/Neutral The Gabba 3,6066th
7Saturday 18 July, 7:40pm11.11 (77) North Melbourne 2.11 (23)Won by 54 pointsHome/Neutral Metricon Stadium 4,3374th
8Friday 24 July, 7:50pm6.14 (50) Greater Western Sydney 9.8 (62)Lost by 12 pointsAway GIANTS Stadium 5,5009th
9Wednesday 29 July, 7:10pm13.12 (90) Western Bulldogs 7.7 (49)Won by 41 pointsAway/Neutral Metricon Stadium 2,8245th
10Tuesday 4 August, 7:10pm12.10 (82) Brisbane Lions 4.17 (41)Won by 41 pointsHome/Neutral Metricon Stadium 5,6514th
11Saturday 8 August, 4:35pm11.6 (72) Port Adelaide 13.15 (93)Lost by 21 pointsAway Adelaide Oval 10,2566th
12Monday 17 August, 7:10pm8.5 (53) Gold Coast 4.8 (32)Won by 21 pointsHome/Neutral The Gabba 4,0626th
13Saturday 22 August, 7:40pm10.13 (73) Essendon 10.1 (61)Won by 12 pointsAway/Neutral TIO Stadium 5,4015th
14Thursday 27 August, 7:10pm14.4 (88) West Coast 9.7 (61)Won by 27 pointsHome/Neutral Metricon Stadium 3,6284th
15Wednesday 2 September, 7:10pm8.8 (56) Fremantle 4.5 (29)Won by 27 pointsHome/Neutral Metricon Stadium 1,8183rd
16BYE4th
17Friday 11 September, 7:50pm7.15 (57) Geelong 4.7 (31)Won by 26 pointsAway/Neutral Metricon Stadium 7,0613rd
18Saturday 19 September, 5:10pm12.5 (77) Adelaide 4.9 (33)Won by 44 pointsAway Adelaide Oval 17,7103rd

Finals

MatchDateScoreOpponentOpponent's ScoreResultHome/AwayVenueAttendance
Qualifying finalFriday 2 October, 7:50pm8.6 (54) Brisbane Lions 10.9 (69)Lost by 15 pointsAway The Gabba 22,104
Semi-finalFriday 9 October, 6:50pm12.8 (80) St Kilda 6.13 (49)Won by 31 pointsHome/Neutral Metricon Stadium 13,778
Preliminary finalFriday 16 October, 7:20pm6.10 (46) Port Adelaide 6.4 (40)Won by 6 pointsAway Adelaide Oval 24,292
Grand Final Saturday 24 October, 6:30pm12.9 (81) Geelong 7.8 (50)Won by 31 pointsHome/Neutral The Gabba 29,707

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Port Adelaide 1714301185869136.456 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 1714301184948124.956
3 Richmond (P)1712411135874129.950
4 Geelong 1712501233901136.848
5 West Coast 1712501095936117.048
6 St Kilda 1710701159997116.240
7 Western Bulldogs 17107011031034106.740
8 Collingwood 17971965881109.538
9 Melbourne 179801063986107.836
10 Greater Western Sydney 178901007105395.632
11 Carlton 1771001017107894.328
12 Fremantle 17710086692493.728
13 Essendon 176101938118579.226
14 Gold Coast 175111996109990.622
15 Hawthorn 1751201004119484.120
16 Sydney 175120890107782.620
17 North Melbourne 173140858120571.212
18 Adelaide 173140826128364.412
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team
PlayerPositionAppearance
Named Dustin Martin Forward pocket4th
Nominated Dylan Grimes --
Nominated Nick Vlastuin --
Brownlow Medal tally
Player3 vote games2 vote games1 vote gamesTotal votesPlace
Dustin Martin 322155th
Shai Bolton 300926th
Kane Lambert 200643rd
Trent Cotchin 110555th
Jack Graham 100386th
Dion Prestia 100386th
Jayden Short 011386th
Liam Baker 011386th
Jack Riewoldt 0102117th
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith 0102117th
Shane Edwards 0011157th
Jake Aarts 0011157th
Bachar Houli 0011157th
Nick Vlastuin 0011157th
Noah Balta 0011157th
Total117956-

[25]

22 Under 22 team
PlayerPositionAppearance
Named Noah Balta Centre half-back1st
Named Liam Baker Half-back1st
Nominated Shai Bolton

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal
PositionPlayerVotesMedal
1st Jayden Short 53Jack Dyer Medal
2nd Dustin Martin 50Jack Titus Medal
3rd Nick Vlastuin 49Maurie Fleming Medal
4th Shai Bolton 44Fred Swift Medal
5th Kamdyn McIntosh 43Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th Liam Baker 42
7th Dylan Grimes 41
8th Noah Balta 40
9th Kane Lambert 39
10th Trent Cotchin 37
Source: [26]
Michael Roach Medal
PositionPlayerGoals
1st Jack Riewoldt 33
2nd Tom Lynch 32
3rd Dustin Martin 22
4th Jason Castagna 17
5th Shai Bolton 15
Source: [27]

AFL Women's

List building and recruitment

Expansion signings

DatePlayerClub fromLeague fromRef
9 April Katie Brennan Western Bulldogs AFL Women's [28]
12 April Maddy Brancatisano Melbourne AFL Women's [29]
Phoebe Monahan Greater Western Sydney
Iilish Ross Collingwood
15 April Christina Bernardi Greater Western Sydney AFL Women's [30]

Trades

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
16 April Sabrina Frederick Pick 12 Brisbane [31]
24 April Monique Conti Pick 1 Western Bulldogs [32]

Academy/VFLW pre-list signings

DatePlayerClub fromLeague fromClassificationRef
30 April Hannah Burchell Geelong AFL Women's Delisted free agent [33]
16 May Courtney Wakefield Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [34]
21 May Tayla Stahl Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [35]
20 June Alice Edmonds Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [36]
23 July Grace Campbell Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [37]
Akec Makur Chuot
Rebecca Miller
Gabby Seymour Rookie
16 August Kodi Jacques Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [38]
6 September Alana Woodward Richmond VFL Women's Open-age [39]

National draft

RoundOverall pickPlayerPositionTeam fromLeague fromRef
17 Sophie Molan Midfielder GWV Rebels NAB League [40]
225 Laura McClelland Defender Eastern Ranges NAB League [40]
231 Ella Wood Midfielder GWV Rebels NAB League [40]
240 Sarah Sansonetti Half-back Northern Knights NAB League [40]
343 Holly Whitford Midfielder Melbourne University VFL Women's [40]
355 Nekaela Butler Small defender GWV Rebels NAB League [40]
458 Cleo Saxon-Jones Ruck / forward Western Jets NAB League [40]
471 Laura Bailey Defender Richmond VFL Women's [40]
573 Emma Horne Midfielder Richmond VFL Women's [40]
584 Kate Dempsey Defender Richmond VFL Women's [40]
687 Ciara Fitzgerald Defender Northern Knights NAB League [40]
693 Emily Harley Forward Oakleigh Chargers NAB League [40]
696 Lauren Tesoriero Midfielder Richmond VFL Women's [40]

2020 squad

Richmond Football Club (AFL Women's)
Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Jacob Thompson (midfield)
  • Jason Armistead (forwards)
  • Sam Shaw (backline)
  • Nathan Chapman (specialist/skills)
  • Liz Quinn (culture and leadership)

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


2020 season

Home and away season

Note: The final two rounds of the season were cancelled to bring forward the finals series in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's scoreResultHome/awayVenueAttendanceConference ladder
(of 7)
1Friday 7 February, 7:45pm2.2 (14) Carlton 6.12 (48)Lost by 34 pointsHome Ikon Park 15,3377th
2Saturday 15 February, 4:10pm2.10 (22) Gold Coast 5.3 (33)Lost by 11 pointsAway Metricon Stadium 7,0717th
3Sunday 23 February, 3:10pm2.8 (20) North Melbourne 12.4 (76)Lost by 56 pointsHome Ikon Park 3,6977th
4Saturday 29 February, 3:10pm7.3 (45) Geelong 10.7 (67)Lost by 22 pointsHome Queen Elizabeth Oval 4,9067th
5Saturday 7 March 5:10pm1.5 (11) Greater Western Sydney 7.14 (56)Lost by 45 pointsAway Robertson Oval 3,3777th
6Saturday 14 March, 5:10pm0.3 (3) St Kilda 6.6 (42)Lost by 39 pointsAway RSEA Park 07th
7Friday 20 March, 5:45pm Brisbane DNPHome Ikon Park
8Sunday 29 March, 1:10pm Adelaide DNPAway Unley Oval

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team
PlayerPositionAppearance
Nominated Monique Conti --
22 Under 22 team
PlayerPositionAppearance
Named Monique Conti Wing1st

Club awards

Best and Fairest award
PositionPlayerVotes
1st Monique Conti 25
2nd Phoebe Monahan 22
3rd Gabby Seymour 18
4th Christina Bernardi 16
4th Grace Campbell 16
4th Kodi Jacques 16
7th Sabrina Frederick 15
7th Sophie Molan 15
7th Sarah Sansonetti 15
10th Alice Edmonds 14
Source: [41]
Leading goalkicker award
PositionPlayerGoals
1st Courtney Wakefield 4
2nd Christina Bernardi 3
2nd Sabrina Frederick 3
4th Katie Brennan 1
4th Kodi Jacques 1
4th Laura McClelland 1
4th Tayla Stahl 1
Source: [42]

VFL/VFLW seasons (cancelled)

Richmond had been expected to field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League for a seventh consecutive season, defending their 2019 premiership. In March, the AFL issued a direction to all 18 clubs mandating that no AFL-listed player at a club could participate in a second-tier state league amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and in July, the season was formally cancelled for all participant clubs. [43] Likewise, the club did not field a team in the VFL Women's competition as that season was also cancelled. [44]

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