League gives Richmond the travel bug
By Michael Gleeson
The Age
September 29, 2005
RICHMOND will travel interstate six times next season, including back-to-back trips with only a six-day break.
The Tigers are not thrilled with the new draw, which schedules them to play West Coast in Perth in round three before a six-day break and a trip to play Brisbane at the Gabba. They play twice in Perth, once in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and against Hawthorn in Tasmania.
"It's not ideal — from the footy side of things, it could certainly be better," said Richmond director of football Greg Miller.
"Look, we understand that every club has got a wish-list and some years it is fulfilled and other years it isn't. You can't have it all all of the time so we are not complaining about it."
Collingwood will travel interstate four times next season, playing in Adelaide twice, Sydney and against West Coast in Perth, but do not fly to Brisbane.
As reported in The Sunday Age, round one will include an extraordinary six night games, including one on Sunday and one on Monday night at Telstra Dome during the grand prix long weekend. The game of the round will be at Subiaco Oval on March 30 between West Coast and St Kilda.
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