Official RFC 2013 Draw

[Phil Mrakov]

makrov 





 

It's just another warm place

[Penelope]

 

[WilliamPowell]

Tigers Draw with details of TV Coverage

FTA TV games are in yellow

1   Thursday, Mar 28 (SEVEN, Thurs Night)   Carlton   MCG   Away   7:40pm

2   Friday, Apr 5 (SEVEN, Fri Night)   St. Kilda   MCG   Away   7:50pm

3   Sunday, Apr 14 (FOX, Sun Early)   Western Bulldogs   Etihad Stadium   Home   1:10pm

4   Saturday, Apr 20 (FOX, Sat Aft)   Collingwood   MCG   Home   2:10pm

5   Friday, Apr 26 (SEVEN, Fri Night)   Fremantle   Patersons Stadium   Away   6:40pm

6   Saturday, May 4 (SEVEN, Sat Night)   Geelong Cats   MCG   Home   7:40pm

7   Saturday, May 11 (SEVEN, Sat Aft)   Port Adelaide   AAMI Stadium   Away   1:15pm

8   Sunday, May 19 (SEVEN, Sun Aft)   Melbourne   MCG   Home   3:15pm

9   Saturday, May 25 (SEVEN, Sat Night)   Essendon   MCG   Home   7:40pm

10   Monday, Jun 3 (FOX, Mon Night)   West Coast Eagles   Patersons Stadium   Away   5:40pm

11   Bye

12   Saturday, Jun 15 (FOX, Sat Aft)   Adelaide Crows   MCG   Home   2:10pm

13   Saturday, Jun 22 (SEVEN, Sat Night)   Western Bulldogs   Etihad Stadium   Away   7:40pm

14   Sunday, Jun 30 (FOX, Sun Twi)   St. Kilda   MCG   Home   4:40pm

15   Saturday, Jul 6 (FOX, Sat Aft)   North Melbourne   Etihad Stadium   Away   2:10pm

16   Saturday, Jul 13 (FOX, Sat Twi)   Gold Coast SUNS   Cazaly's Stadium   Home   4:40pm

17   Sunday, Jul 21 (FOX, Sun Early)   Fremantle   MCG   Home   1:10pm

18   Sunday, Jul 28 (FOX, Sun Twi)   Sydney Swans   SCG   Away   4:40pm

19   Saturday, Aug 3 (FOX, Sat Aft)   Hawthorn   MCG   Away   2:10pm

20   Saturday, Aug 10 (SEVEN, Sat Aft)   Brisbane Lions   MCG   Home   1:45pm

21   Saturday, Aug 17 (SEVEN, Sat Aft)   Carlton   MCG   Home   1:45pm

22   Sunday, Aug 25 (SEVEN, Sun Aft)   GWS GIANTS   Skoda Stadium   Away   3:15pm

23   TBC   Essendon


http://win-cdn220-is-12.se.bptvpd.ngcdn.telstra.com/pd_afltigers0/2013richmondfixture.pdf

[WilliamPowell]

Club's reaction


"We were keen to maintain our season-opening fixture against Carlton. It launches the season in football's heartland and has grown into one of the biggest matches of the season. Playing 13 games at the MCG, including nine home games, is also something that will please our fans... From a commercial perspective, we are pleased our fans will be able to see Richmond on free-to-air television 12 times during the 2013 season. We have the same amount of Friday night games as we did in 2012, though next year they are both away games." - Tigers CEO Brendon Gale

From: http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150423/default.aspx

[cub]

and this is what i get from the cheats

woo hoo, the 4 point bye again....lock me in for 4 round one...happy easter....

[Chuck17]

2 games in Sydney, Oh yeh baby first time ever

[cub]

2 games in Sydney, Oh yeh baby first time ever

Nice easy trip, will do both - Hope we get a storm weekend to double the fun ......

[rogerd3]

the whole thing is a farce.

watch with interest the decline
in bums on seats over the next
few years.

AFL cant keep inventing teams
to pull dollars.

hail Fuhrur

[one-eyed]

Analysis of RFC’s 2013 fixture
richmondfc.com.au
10:06 AM Wed 31 Oct, 2012

MCG
•   13 games all-up at the ‘G’  (13 in ’12)
•   9 home games  (9 in ’12)
•   4 away games  (4 in ’12)

Etihad Stadium
•   3 games all-up at Etihad Stadium  (2 in ’12)
•   1 home game  (1 in ’12)
•   2 away games  (1 in ’12)

Interstate
•   6 games all-up interstate  (6 in ’12)

Day by day
•   1 Thursday night game  (1 in ’12)
•   2 Friday night games  (2 in ’12)
•   7 Saturday afternoon games  (6 in ’12)
•   1 Saturday twilight game (3 in ’12)
•   3 Saturday night games  (4 in ’12)
•   4 Sunday afternoon games  (5 in ’12)
•   2 Sunday twilight games  (0 in ’12)
•   1 Monday night game (0 in ’12)
•   1 Thursday game all-up  (1 in ’12)
•   2 Friday games all-up  (2 in ’12)
•   11 Saturday games all-up  (13 in ’12)
•   6 Sunday games all-up  (5 in ’12)
•   1 Monday game all-up (0 in ’12)
•   11 day games all-up (11 in ’12)
•   3 twilight games all-up (3 in ’12)
•   7 night games all-up (7 in ’12)


Them’s the breaks
•   1 12-day break  (0 in ’12)
•   1 nine-day break (1 in ’12)
•   7 eight-day breaks  (4 in ’12)
•   6 seven-day breaks  (9 in ’12)
•   5 six-day breaks  (5 in ’12)


Network coverage
•   10 Foxtel games (9 in ‘12)
•   12 Channel Seven games (12 in ‘12)


Other fixture facts
•   Play twice:  Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs.
•   Play once:  Collingwood, Geelong, West Coast, Sydney, Hawthorn, Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide, Gold Coast, North Melbourne, Brisbane, Melbourne, Port Adelaide.

•   Play only one of the 2012 finalists twice in 2013 - Fremantle.

•   Interstate trips to:  Adelaide, Cairns, Sydney, Perth (twice).

•   Play Adelaide at the MCG for only the third time since 2001.

•   Play Geelong at the MCG for the first time since 2008 and just the second time since 2005.

•   No trip to Geelong for only the third time in the past nine seasons.

Full article here:http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/150540/default.aspx

[one-eyed]

Tigers' easy run a double-edged sword for Damien Hardwick

    Mark Stevens
    From: Herald Sun
    November 01, 2012

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick might have had mixed feelings when the AFL fixture lobbed on his Punt Rd desk.

He would have quickly noted the Tigers have a dream run, with only nine of its 22 games against top eight sides from 2012.

But in a flash, reality would have set in. It only adds to the pressure and expectation surrounding the perennial under-achievers from Tigerland.

They must make the finals next season. There are no more excuses.

Using a formula to gauge the toughness of each Victorian club's fixture, the Tigers tie with Melbourne in the easy street stakes.

Richmond plays each of this season's top four - Sydney, Hawthorn, Adelaide and Collingwood - only once.
The only 2012 top eight side the Tigers play twice is Fremantle.

They also get a chance to play the rebuilding Western Bulldogs twice.

It is more understandable, given the AFL has dipped its big toe into the world of handicapping, that Melbourne has been delivered a soft fixture.

Again, the Dees play only one 2012 finalist twice - the Dockers.

At the lower end, they have been handed double-up games against GWS, Gold Coast and the Bulldogs.

Then there is the matter of 12 of the first 14 games at the MCG. They are going through a tough week at the Demons, but there were no complaints on this front yesterday.

No one does it tougher than Geelong and North Melbourne. The Cats play every one of last season's top four twice.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/tigers-easy-run-a-double-edged-sword-for-damien-hardwick/story-e6frf9mx-1226507873377

[mightytiges]

All up, not an easy draw as we only play GWS, GC and Melbourne only once but not a bad one either. If we're good enough and have improved as much as we think we have and will further then we should play finals next year barring a horrible run with injuries especially if it's big Ivan. We'll still need to reach 13 wins like this year as there'll still be a heap of rubbish and/or young teams at the bottom of the ladder that will struggle to win a game. The important thing this year is to get off to a reasonable start in the first month so we aren't playing catch up and if we do stumble in those middle rounds for a couple of weeks it won't be costly or curtains for our season as we'll have some leeway.

You've got to love the logic of the AFL though. We play our home game at the Dogs home ground yet the week before that we play the Saints away at the 'G which isn't their home ground . The ugly part of the draw is the two trips to Perth including one off a six day break  . We also only have two prime time Friday nighters. I would've thought we would've at one or two more after the game against St Kilda was a ratings smash. I'm not a fan of Sunday twilight games either.

[cub]

7 Saturday Arvos, 5 at the G getting there 

[WA Tiger]

Tigers' easy run a double-edged sword for Damien Hardwick

    Mark Stevens
    From: Herald Sun
    November 01, 2012

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick might have had mixed feelings when the AFL fixture lobbed on his Punt Rd desk.

He would have quickly noted the Tigers have a dream run, with only nine of its 22 games against top eight sides from 2012.

But in a flash, reality would have set in. It only adds to the pressure and expectation surrounding the perennial under-achievers from Tigerland.

They must make the finals next season. There are no more excuses.

Using a formula to gauge the toughness of each Victorian club's fixture, the Tigers tie with Melbourne in the easy street stakes.

Richmond plays each of this season's top four - Sydney, Hawthorn, Adelaide and Collingwood - only once.
The only 2012 top eight side the Tigers play twice is Fremantle.

They also get a chance to play the rebuilding Western Bulldogs twice.

It is more understandable, given the AFL has dipped its big toe into the world of handicapping, that Melbourne has been delivered a soft fixture.

Again, the Dees play only one 2012 finalist twice - the Dockers.

At the lower end, they have been handed double-up games against GWS, Gold Coast and the Bulldogs.

Then there is the matter of 12 of the first 14 games at the MCG. They are going through a tough week at the Demons, but there were no complaints on this front yesterday.

No one does it tougher than Geelong and North Melbourne. The Cats play every one of last season's top four twice.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/tigers-easy-run-a-double-edged-sword-for-damien-hardwick/story-e6frf9mx-1226507873377

 

[WilliamPowell]

Tigers' easy run a double-edged sword for Damien Hardwick

    Mark Stevens
    From: Herald Sun
    November 01, 2012

They must make the finals next season. There are no more excuses.

Using a formula to gauge the toughness of each Victorian club's fixture, the Tigers tie with Melbourne in the easy street stakes.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/tigers-easy-run-a-double-edged-sword-for-damien-hardwick/story-e6frf9mx-1226507873377

 

Will admit I did a double check to make sure the HUN article wasn't written WAT when I saw that line 

[WA Tiger]

Tigers' easy run a double-edged sword for Damien Hardwick

    Mark Stevens
    From: Herald Sun
    November 01, 2012

They must make the finals next season. There are no more excuses.

Using a formula to gauge the toughness of each Victorian club's fixture, the Tigers tie with Melbourne in the easy street stakes.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/teams/tigers-easy-run-a-double-edged-sword-for-damien-hardwick/story-e6frf9mx-1226507873377

 

Will admit I did a double check to make sure the HUN article wasn't written WAT when I saw that line 

True though, oh so true..