en 2015 Richmond Football Club season

Richmond Football Club
2015 season
President	Peggy O'Neal; (2nd season)
Coach	Damien Hardwick; (6th season);
Captain(s)	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 →

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

2014 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

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]

Free agency

Date	Player	Free agent type	Former club	New club	Compensation	Ref
2 November	Taylor Hunt	Delisted	Geelong	Richmond	—	^[4]

National draft

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]

Rookie draft

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]

2015 squad

Richmond Football Club
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Chris Newman 2 Dylan Grimes 3 Brett Deledio (vc) 4 Dustin Martin 5 Brandon Ellis 6 Shaun Grigg 7 Matt Dea 8 Jack Riewoldt 9 Trent Cotchin (c) 10 Shane Edwards 11 Jake Batchelor 12 David Astbury 13 Ricky Petterd 14 Bachar Houli 15 Chris Knights 16 Shaun Hampson 18 Alex Rance 20 Ivan Maric (vc) 22 Nathan Gordon 24 Ben Griffiths		25 Troy Chaplin 26 Anthony Miles 27 Sam Lloyd 28 Taylor Hunt 29 Ty Vickery 30 Reece Conca 31 Nick Vlastuin 32 Corey Ellis 33 Kamdyn McIntosh 34 Liam McBean 35 Ben Lennon 36 Matt McDonough 37 Connor Menadue 38 Steven Morris 39 Nathan Drummond 40 Dan Butler 41 Nathan Foley 42 Reece McKenzie 43 Todd Elton				44 Matthew Arnot 45 Jayden Short 46 Jason Castagna 47 Ivan Soldo (B) 48 Kane Lambert		Head coach Damien Hardwick Assistant coaches Brendon Lade (midfield/stoppages) Ross Smith (defence) Ben Rutten (defence) Mark P. Williams (offense) Greg Mellor (forward) Mark M. Williams (senior development) Ryan Ferguson (development) Andrew McQualter (development) Tim Clarke (VFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie (B) Category B rookie (vet) Veterans list (ret) Retired Updated: 18 August 2016 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

2015 season

Pre-season

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

Source:AFL^[7]^[8]^[9]

Home and away season

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

Source: AFL Tables^[10]

Finals

Match	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Result	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance
Elimination Final	Sunday, 13 September 3:20pm	14.4 (88)	North Melbourne	15.15 (105)	Lost by 17 points	Home	MCG	90,186

Source: AFL Tables^[10]

Ladder

2015 AFL ladder
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

Source: ^[11]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

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

Rising Star

Nominations:

Round	Player	Ref
1	Kamdyn McIntosh	^[12]
22	Ben Lennon	^[13]

22 Under 22 team

	Player	Position	Appearance
Named	Brandon Ellis	Bench	3rd
Nominated	Nick Vlastuin	-	-

Brownlow Medal tally

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	-

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Position	Player	Votes	Medal
1st	Alex Rance	76	Jack Dyer Medal
2nd	Dustin Martin	60	Jack Titus Medal
3rd	Brett Deledio	54	Maurie Fleming Medal
4th	Anthony Miles	50	Fred Swift Medal
5th	Jack Riewoldt	48	Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th	Trent Cotchin	47
6th	Nick Vlastuin	47
8th	Bachar Houli	46
9th	Shaun Grigg	44
9th	Dylan Grimes	44

^[14]

Michael Roach Medal

Position	Player	Goals
1st	Jack Riewoldt	54
2nd	Ty Vickery	31
3rd	Brett Deledio	27
4th	Dustin Martin	24
5th	Shaun Grigg	16

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Reserves

For the second consecutive season, 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 finished 13th out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of five wins and thirteen losses.^[16] Each of the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval. Senior listed player Matt Dea won the Guanane Medal as the VFL side's best and fairest,^[17] while another senior listed player Liam McBean was awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal for the league's leading goalkicker.^[18]

References

^ "Jackson retires". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "King retires". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Paton, Al (9 September 2014). "Richmond delists seven players including Aaron Edwards". Herald SunAFL.com.au. News Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ Schmook, Nathan (2 November 2014). "It's official: Frawley joins the Hawks". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "AFL reveals the final draft order". 24 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2014 NAB AFL Rookie Draft indicative selection order". 2 December 2014.
^ afl.com.au
^ afl.com.au
^ afl.com.au
^ ^a ^b "AFL Tables - Richmond".
^ "2015 AFL Ladder". Zero Hanger. 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ King, Travis (6 April 2015). "Tiger's dream debut rewarded with Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ Waterworth, Ben (31 August 2015). "Ben Lennon is the Rising Star nominee for Round 22". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ "Jack Dyer Medal 2015 - richmondfc.com.au". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2015". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Current Ladder". Fox Sports Pulse. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ "Dea top VFL Tiger". Richmond Football Club. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "McBean ties for 'Frosty' Miller Medal". Richmond Football Club. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

External links

[table_hth_Ade0.56681517258604-11] The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

[1] "Jackson retires". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[2] "King retires". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[delist-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Paton, Al (9 September 2014). "Richmond delists seven players including Aaron Edwards". Herald SunAFL.com.au. News Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[4] Schmook, Nathan (2 November 2014). "It's official: Frawley joins the Hawks". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[nationaldraft-5] "AFL reveals the final draft order". 24 November 2014.

[rookiedraft-6] "2014 NAB AFL Rookie Draft indicative selection order". 2 December 2014.

[7] .com.au

[8] .com.au

[9] .com.au

[afltables.com-10] "AFL Tables - Richmond".

[12] "2015 AFL Ladder". Zero Hanger. 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[13] King, Travis (6 April 2015). "Tiger's dream debut rewarded with Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[14] Waterworth, Ben (31 August 2015). "Ben Lennon is the Rising Star nominee for Round 22". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[15] "Jack Dyer Medal 2015 - richmondfc.com.au". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[16] "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2015". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[17] "Current Ladder". Fox Sports Pulse. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[18] "Dea top VFL Tiger". Richmond Football Club. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[19] "McBean ties for 'Frosty' Miller Medal". Richmond Football Club. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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