2015 Draw

[WilliamPowell]

No Cats in Geelong  and no tasmania game

Think you're going to be horribly disappointed then

only slightly , you were so sure WP 

Only because a very reliable Cats fan had heard we were playing down there, trust them, they got it wrong. Which means I got it wrong

[WilliamPowell]

Full 2015 Fixture

RD DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY LOCAL TIME HOST TV NETWORK

1 Thursday, April 2 Carlton MCG Away 7.20pm Seven

2 Saturday, April 11 Western Bulldogs MCG Home 1.45pm Seven

3 Saturday, April 18 Brisbane Lions The Gabba Away 7.20pm Foxtel

4 Friday, April 24 Melbourne MCG Home 7.50pm Seven

5 Saturday, May 2 Geelong Cats MCG Home 1.45pm Seven

6 Saturday, May 9 North Melbourne Blundstone Arena Away 1.45pm Seven

7 Sunday, May 17 Collingwood MCG Home 3.20pm Seven

8 Sunday, May 24 Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval Away 4.10pm Foxtel

9 Saturday, May 30 Essendon MCG Home 7.20pm Seven

10 Friday, June 5 Fremantle Patersons Stadium Away 6.10pm Seven

11 Bye

12 Friday, June 19 West Coast Eagles MCG Home 7.50pm Seven

13 Friday, June 26 Sydney Swans SCG Away 7.50pm Seven

14 Saturday, July 4 GWS GIANTS MCG Home 1.40pm Foxtel

15 Friday, July 10 Carlton MCG Home 7.50pm Seven

16 Sunday, July 19 St Kilda Etihad Stadium Away 4.40pm Foxtel

17 Saturday, July 25 Fremantle MCG Home 4.35pm Foxtel

18 Friday, July 31 Hawthorn MCG Away 7.50pm Seven

19 Friday, August 7 Adelaide Crows Adelaide Oval Away 7.20pm Seven

20 Sunday, August 16 Gold Coast SUNS MCG Home 1.10pm Foxtel

21 Saturday, August 22 Collingwood MCG Away 1.45pm Seven

22 Saturday, August 29 Essendon MCG Away 7.20pm Seven

23 TBC North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Home TBC TBC

[Phil Mrakov]

No Cats in Geelong  and no tasmania game

Think you're going to be horribly disappointed then

only slightly , you were so sure WP 

Only because a very reliable Cats fan had heard we were playing down there, trust them, they got it wrong. Which means I got it wrong

I think they played you like a fiddle just quietly WP

[one-eyed]

Breakdown of Richmond's Fixture

MCG

*    14 games all-up at the ‘G’  (12 in 2014)
*    10 home games  (10 in ’14)
*    4 away games  (2 in ’14)
*    6 day games  (6 in ’14)
*    1 twilight game  (1 in ’14)
*    7 night games  (5 in ’14)
*    1 Thursday night game  (1 in ’14)
*    4 Friday night games  (3 in ’14)
*    4 Saturday afternoon games  (4 in ’14)
*    1 Saturday twilight games (0 in ’14)
*    2 Saturday night game  (1 in ’14)
*    2 Sunday afternoon games  (2 in ’14)
*    0 Sunday twilight games  (1 in ’14)



Etihad Stadium

*    2 games all-up at Etihad Stadium  (4 in ’14)
*    1 home game  (1 in ’14)
*    1 away game  (3 in ’14)
*    0 day games (2 in ’14)
*    1 twilight game (0 in ’14)
*    0 night games (2 in ’14)
*    0 Saturday afternoon games (1 in ’14)
*    0 Saturday night games (1 in ’14)
*    0 Sunday afternoon games  (1 in ’14)
*    1 Sunday twilight game (0 in ’14)
*    0 Sunday night game (1 in ’14)

*Note that the final home-and-away fixture for 2015, (v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium) is a floating one, with date and time to be confirmed late in the season.


Interstate

*    6 games all-up interstate  (6 in ’14)
*    1 Friday night game at Patersons Stadium (v Fremantle)
*    1 Friday night game at the SCG (v Sydney)
*    1 Friday night game at Adelaide Oval (v Adelaide)
*    1 Saturday afternoon game at Blundstone Arena (v North Melbourne)
*    1 Saturday night game at the Gabba (v Brisbane)
*    1 Sunday twilight game at Adelaide Oval (v Port Adelaide)


Day by day

*    1 Thursday night game  (2 in ’14)
*    7 Friday night games  (4 in ’14)
*    5 Saturday afternoon games  (6 in ’14)
*    1 Saturday twilight games (0 in ’14)
*    3 Saturday night games  (4 in ’14)
*    3 Sunday afternoon games  (3 in ’14)
*    1 Sunday twilight game  (1 in ’14)
*    0 Sunday night game (1 in ’14)

*    1 Thursday game all-up  (2 in ’14)
*    7 Friday games all-up  (4 in ’14)
*    9 Saturday games all-up  (10 in ’14)
*    4 Sunday games all-up  (5 in ’14)

*    8 day games all-up (9 in ’14)
*    2 twilight game all-up (1 in ’14)
*    11 night games all-up (11 in ’14)


Them’s the breaks

*    1  14-day break  (0 in ’14)
*    3  9-day breaks  (1 in ’14)
*    3  8-day breaks  (6 in ’14)
*    6  7-day breaks (4 in ’14)
*    7  6-day breaks (5 in ’14)


Network coverage

*    6 Foxtel games (7 in ‘14)
*    15 Channel Seven games (14 in ‘14)


Other fixture facts

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

*    Play three of the 2014 finalists twice in 2014 – Essendon, Fremantle, North Melbourne.

*    Interstate trips to:  Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide (twice), Perth, Sydney.

*    Play at Blundstone Arena in Hobart for the first time.
*    Play Gold Coast in Melbourne for the first time.
*    Play Collingwood twice in a season for the first time since 2007.
*    Play West Coast at the MCG for the first time since 2010.
*    Play four of the first five games, and three of the last four games, at the MCG.
*    Play nine of the last 10 games in Melbourne.

*    Have a bye between the Round 10 match against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium and the Round 12 match against West Coast at the MCG.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2014-10-30/analysis-of-the-tigers-2015-fixture

[Judge Roughneck]

pee easy

Top 4 or gtfo

[Phil Mrakov]

We got a better fixture than Collingwood suck on that eddie

[Chuck17]

14 wins minimum

[Phil Mrakov]

WP already booked his flight to Geelong 

[mightytiges]

On first glance, it's a tough draw for us  . We play many of our bogey sides twice and we only play most of the bottom sides once.

[Phil Mrakov]

On first glance, it's a tough draw for us  . We play many of our bogey sides twice and we only play most of the bottom sides once.

Agreed, we'll be lucky to sneak into the 8 again

[dwaino]

I've got us at 22 wins.

[cub]

I got 25

[one-eyed]

Rating your club's draw
Herald-Sun
October 30, 2014

RICHMOND

TICK: 14 games at the MCG.

TICK: Only five games against top-four teams.

TICK: Thursday night season-opener v Carlton.

TICK: First four games against bottom-six teams.

TICK: Bye after only Perth trip in Round 10.

CROSS: Tough run home over final seven matches of season.

CLUB SAYS: TBA

— WARWICK GREEN

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-fixture-2015-how-does-your-afl-clubs-fixture-rate-richmond-strikes-gold-under-friday-night-lights/story-fnelctok-1227107005864

[one-eyed]

Brendon Gale @brendongale25 twitter:

"Terrific @AFL fixture for @Richmond_FC Members & fans. 14 games @MCG, trad rivals & blockbusters a plenty. Fri nights, Sat arvos a feature👍👍"

"Big 👍👍 up to @AFL on '15 fixture. Must be toughest fixture in global elite sport to put together. Members and fans of clubs are the winners."

https://twitter.com/brendongale25

[JP Tiger]

I think its a good draw for us because every draw (fixture) is a good one!  We play games against other AFL teams, what else should a draw (fixture) be? 
I don't want a draw that I feel comfortable with, I want a draw that challenges us!  I don't want to sneak in again because of a lucky draw, I want to make it clearly & under our own steam.  No luck, no favours, no back scratching & absolutely no whinging - it is what it is!     
I'd rather see us challenged by a tough draw than to feel that our draw is loaded up with easy wins leading to another false result.  It is a 'bottom of the ladder attitude' to scour the draw for the 'certain wins', then complain that there are too few of them & to curl up into a little ball of conspiracies. Every game is a potential win if your whole club's attitude is right.   

You don't raise your standards by lowering the bar!