2015 Richmond Football Club season

Richmond Football Club
2015 season
President	Peggy O'Neal; (2nd season)
Coach	Damien Hardwick; (6th season);
Captains	Trent Cotchin; (3rd season);
Home ground	MCG
Pre-season	(1-2)
AFL season	5th; (15-7);
Finals series	7th; (0-1);
Jack Dyer Medal	Alex Rance
Leading goalkicker	Jack Riewoldt; (54);
Highest home attendance	83,804; (round 9 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	35,968; (round 14 vs. Greater Western Sydney);
Average home attendance	49,876; ( 6,681 / 15.5%)
Club membership	70,809; ( 4,687 / 7.09%)
	← 2014 2016 →

PresidentPeggy O'Neal
^{(2nd season)}

CoachDamien Hardwick
^{(6th season)}

CaptainsTrent Cotchin
^{(3rd season)}

Home groundMCG

The 2015 season marked the 108th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL.

Player	Reason	Club games	Career games	Ref
Daniel Jackson	Retired	156	156	^[1]
Jake King	Retired	107	107	^[2]
Matthew Arnot	Rookie Listed	4	4	^[3]
Brad Helbig	Delisted	16	16	^[3]
Aaron Edwards	Delisted	12	94	^[3]
Brett O'Hanlon	Delisted	9	9	^[3]
Orren Stephenson	Delisted	7	15	^[3]
Todd Banfield	Delisted	0	53	^[3]
Cadeyn Williams	Delisted	0	0	^[3]
Ben Darrou	Delisted	0	0	^[3]

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	12	Corey Ellis	VIC	Midfielder	Western Jets	TAC Cup	^[5]
2	33	Connor Menadue	VIC	Midfielder	Western Jets	TAC Cup	^[5]
3	52	Nathan Drummond	VIC	Midfielder	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	^[5]
4	67	Dan Butler	VIC	Midfielder	North Ballarat Rebels	TAC Cup	^[5]
5	77	Reece McKenzie	VIC	Tall Forward	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	^[5]

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	11	Jayden Short	VIC	Small Forward	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	^[6]
2	29	Jason Castagna	VIC	Midfielder	Northern Knights	TAC Cup	^[6]
3	46	Kane Lambert	VIC	Midfielder	Williamstown	VFL	^[6]
4	61	Matthew Arnot	VIC	Midfielder	Richmond	AFL	^[6]
5	68	Ivan Soldo^(B)	VIC	Ruck	3-year non-registered player		^[6]

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance
1	Saturday, 28 February 4:40pm	1.9.4 (67)	Western Bulldogs	0.12.17 (89)	Lost by 22 points	Away	Whitten Oval	9,513
2	Saturday, 14 March 4:40pm	1.14.10 (103)	Port Adelaide	0.5.7 (37)	Won by 66 points	Home	Lavington Sports Ground	8,451
3	Saturday, 21 March 1:10pm	2.12.16 (106)	North Melbourne	3.13.15 (120)	Lost by 14 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	9,327

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance	Ladder
1	Thursday, 2 April 7:20pm	15.15 (105)	Carlton	11.12 (78)	Won by 27 points	Away	MCG	83,493	3rd
2	Saturday, 11 April 1:45pm	9.12 (66)	Western Bulldogs	12.13 (85)	Lost by 19 points	Home	MCG	49,945	9th
3	Saturday, 18 April 7:20pm	21.11 (137)	Brisbane Lions	8.10 (58)	Won by 79 points	Away	The Gabba	22,441	5th
4	Friday, 24 April 7:50pm	6.15 (51)	Melbourne	12.11 (83)	Lost by 32 points	Home	MCG	58,175	9th
5	Saturday, 2 May 1:45pm	11.10 (76)	Geelong	12.13 (85)	Lost by 9 points	Home	MCG	45,228	11th
6	Saturday, 9 May 1:45pm	10.14 (74)	North Melbourne	16.13 (109)	Lost by 35 points	Away	Bellerive Oval	17,544	13th
7	Sunday, 17 May 3:20pm	16.9 (105)	Collingwood	15.10 (100)	Won by 5 points	Home	MCG	59,034	10th
8	Sunday, 24 May 4:10pm	11.10 (76)	Port Adelaide	5.13 (43)	Won by 33 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	44,451	8th
9	Saturday, 30 May 7:20pm	10.12 (72)	Essendon	8.11 (59)	Won by 13 points	Home	MCG	83,804	8th
10	Friday, 5 June 6:10pm	15.7 (97)	Fremantle	10.10 (70)	Won by 27 points	Away	Subiaco Oval	38,091	8th
11	BYE								8th
12	Friday, 19 June 7:50pm	10.10 (70)	West Coast	13.12 (90)	Lost by 20 points	Home	MCG	45,178	8th
13	Friday, 26 June 7:50pm	14.11 (95)	Sydney	11.11 (77)	Won by 18 points	Away	SCG	37,579	8th
14	Saturday, 4 July 1:40pm	10.18 (78)	Greater Western Sydney	10.9 (69)	Won by 9 points	Home	MCG	35,968	6th
15	Friday, 10 July 7:50pm	10.11 (71)	Carlton	5.11 (41)	Won by 30 points	Home	MCG	52,564	5th
16	Sunday, 19 July 4:40pm	13.11 (89)	St Kilda	13.13 (73)	Won by 16 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	45,722	5th
17	Saturday, 25 July 4:35pm	10.18 (78)	Fremantle	12.10 (82)	Lost by 4 points	Home	MCG	39,777	5th
18	Friday, 31 July 7:50pm	10.11 (71)	Hawthorn	7.11 (53)	Won by 18 points	Away	MCG	66,305	6th
19	Friday, 7 August 7:20pm	8.4 (52)	Adelaide	11.22 (88)	Lost by 36 points	Away	Adelaide Oval	49,116	7th
20	Sunday, 16 August 1:10m	22.6 (138)	Gold Coast	18.7 (55)	Won by 83 points	Home	MCG	38,508	6th
21	Saturday, 22 August 1:45pm	23.9 (147)	Collingwood	7.14 (56)	Won by 91 points	Away	MCG	63,178	5th
22	Saturday, 29 August 7:20pm	10.14 (74)	Essendon	7.5 (47)	Won by 27 points	Away	MCG	37,864	5th
23	Friday, 4 September 7:50pm	16.12 (108)	North Melbourne	10.7 (67)	Won by 41 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	40,461	5th

2015 Richmond Football Club season

Retirements and delistings

Free agency

National draft

Rookie draft

2015 squad

2015 season

Pre-season

Home and away season

Finals

Ladder

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

Rising Star

22 Under 22 team

Brownlow Medal tally

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Michael Roach Medal

Reserves

References

External links

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2015 season
President	Peggy O'Neal ^{(2nd season)}
Coach	Damien Hardwick ^{(6th season)}
Captains	Trent Cotchin ^{(3rd season)}
Home ground	MCG
Pre-season	(1-2)
AFL season	5th ^(15-7)
Finals series	7th ^(0-1)
Jack Dyer Medal	Alex Rance
Leading goalkicker	Jack Riewoldt ⁽⁵⁴⁾
Highest home attendance	83,804 ^{(round 9 vs. Essendon)}
Lowest home attendance	35,968 ^{(round 14 vs. Greater Western Sydney)}
Average home attendance	49,876 ^{( 6,681 / 15.5%)}
Club membership	70,809 ^{( 4,687 / 7.09%)}
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Fremantle	22	17	5	0	1857	1564	118.7	68	Finals series
2	West Coast	22	16	5	1	2330	1572	148.2	66
3	Hawthorn (P)	22	16	6	0	2452	1548	158.4	64
4	Sydney	22	16	6	0	2006	1578	127.1	64
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	1930	1568	123.1	60
6	Western Bulldogs	22	14	8	0	2101	1825	115.1	56
7	Adelaide	21	13	8	0	2107	1821	115.7	54^[a]
8	North Melbourne	22	13	9	0	2062	1937	106.5	52
9	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2002	1874	106.8	48
10	Geelong	21	11	9	1	1853	1833	101.1	48^[a]
11	Greater Western Sydney	22	11	11	0	1872	1891	99.0	44
12	Collingwood	22	10	12	0	1972	1856	106.3	40
13	Melbourne	22	7	15	0	1573	2044	77.0	28
14	St Kilda	22	6	15	1	1695	2162	78.4	26
15	Essendon	22	6	16	0	1580	2134	74.0	24
16	Gold Coast	22	4	17	1	1633	2240	72.9	18
17	Brisbane Lions	22	4	18	0	1557	2306	67.5	16
18	Carlton	22	4	18	0	1525	2354	64.8	16

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Alex Rance	Full back	2nd
Named	Jack Riewoldt	Centre half-forward	2nd
Named	Brett Deledio	Bench	2nd
Nominated	Dustin Martin	-	-

Player	3 vote games	2 vote games	1 vote games	Total votes	Place
Dustin Martin	3	5	2	21	7th
Trent Cotchin	3	3	2	17	11th
Anthony Miles	3	0	0	9	35th
Alex Rance	1	2	1	8	40th
Brett Deledio	2	0	2	8	40th
Brandon Ellis	0	3	1	7	50th
Shane Edwards	1	1	1	6	63rd
Taylor Hunt	1	0	1	4	92nd
Ty Vickery	1	0	1	4	92nd
Jack Riewoldt	1	0	0	3	109th
Ivan Maric	0	1	1	3	109th
Bachar Houli	0	1	0	2	147th
Kamdyn McIntosh	0	1	0	2	147th
Total	16	17	12	94	-

v t e Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Adam Yze AFL captain: Toby Nankervis AFLW coach: Ryan Ferguson AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
VFL/AFL home grounds	Punt Road Oval (1908–1964) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–) Punt Road Oval (2021–)
VFA premierships (2)	1902 1905
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020
Runner-up (12)	1919 1924 1927 1928 1929 1931 1933 1940 1942 1944 1972 1982
Seasons (136) (club articles in bold)	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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v t e 2015 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings