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Richmond Rant / Pre-season Starts 10/11/2025

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 10:19:07 PM »

Just a reminder that Pre-season starts tomorrow

1-3 year players officially

Reckon some of the older blokes will be there as well

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Fixture discussion

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Yesterday at 09:38:42 PM »

First opening round and now this. I’m sure they’ll trumpet this as a decision made for the benefit of the fans, but just like opening round, it’s all about the $$$ and appeasing the tv execs.

Also how exactly is it a wild card round, if the format is the exact same as a ‘finals game’? Atleast with the NBA the wild card round is a best of 3 with the winners entering the best of 7 playoff tournament.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Fixture discussion

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:27:20 PM »

I reckon the best way to get footy played on the bye week is to scrap the bye. Seems to me that the AFL are reluctant to back flip on the bye weekend, which is deeply unpopular, and this is a way they can avoid it. Same with stand rule. I also love my American sports, but I also love our sport because it’s not American and it feels like we are very much headed down that path.

 

Agree 100%

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Richmond Rant / Re: Tigers to Tassie

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:25:31 PM »

Don’t mind it at all especially when it’s trading one of our marvel games. Should keep it going for as long as we are rebuilding, extra $$$ will come in handy for the redevelopment I’m sure.

I'm not sure why people keep saying it is replacing "one of our Marvel games"

We have only had 1 Marve home game per season for over 5 years now

This deal replaces our 1 Marvel home game.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Tigers to Tassie

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:23:05 PM »

Would have been good for the member's to be told first.

As long as the money goes solely to the redevelopment then I've changed my view. No issue with this decision

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Fixture discussion

« Last post by Go Richo 12 on Yesterday at 09:22:12 PM »

Sounds like afl introduced top10 for finals next season.

Bollocks.

Yep and yep, it is bollocks.

I love the idea
Reckon it’s fantastic

Big advantage for 5th and 6th which is a good thing
Means there is some football during the bye week as well which is great

Also gives two more teams a crack at it

And another advantage is lowers the amount of games where neither team has anything to play for in the last couple of rounds

It’s worked well in the NBA with their play in tournament

I reckon the best way to get footy played on the bye week is to scrap the bye. Seems to me that the AFL are reluctant to back flip on the bye weekend, which is deeply unpopular, and this is a way they can avoid it. Same with stand rule. I also love my American sports, but I also love our sport because it’s not American and it feels like we are very much headed down that path.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Tigers to Tassie

« Last post by Tiger Khosh on Yesterday at 09:19:16 PM »

Don’t mind it at all especially when it’s trading one of our marvel games. Should keep it going for as long as we are rebuilding, extra $$$ will come in handy for the redevelopment I’m sure.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Tigers to Tassie

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:15:38 PM »

On Ch7 news tonight Xander McGuire said it was 1 game a season for the next 2 seasons. $1mil for each game. Said it would replace our 1 Marvel home game. We keep our 10 MCG home games

From Mitch Cleary X

It will be a big financial boost for Richmond - moving their Marvel ‘home’ match to Hobart. They’re also expected to retain their 10x MCG home matches.

This year’s Marvel crowd of 18,423 v Gold Coast was the Tigers’ lowest ‘home’ attendance in Vic since 2003 (outside of COVID)

https://x.com/cleary_mitch/status/1987454648077406224?t=OScx7xWk8_zS0PM2yk-h9A&s=19

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Richmond Rant / Re: Tigers to Tassie

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:01:08 PM »

Tassie Tigers: Richmond locks in two-year Hobart deal

The Tigers are heading to Tassie. Richmond has signed a two-year deal to play home games in Hobart ahead of the Devils’ launch in the 2028 season after the Roos’ contract ended. SUBSCRIBE for the full details.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Fixture discussion

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 08:57:44 PM »

Finals shake-up looms as clubs get set for wildcard round in 2026


By Peter Ryan
November 9, 2025 — 4.14pm

The AFL will introduce a wildcard round in 2026, giving teams that finish as low as 10th on the ladder after the home-and-away season a chance to win the flag.

The wildcard round would mean the team that finishes seventh on the ladder in the home-and-away season would play the team that finished 10th, and the team that finished eighth would play the ninth-placed team.

It would add intrigue to where clubs finish inside the top eight, too, as the top six would be rewarded with the week’s break, while teams finishing seventh and eighth would earn a hosting rights in the wildcard round.

The winners would then advance to play elimination finals under the same final eight system as has been in place since 2000.

It means the teams which finish seventh and eighth on the ladder will now need to win five elimination matches to win a flag. The Western Bulldogs are the only team to win the flag after finishing lower than sixth under the current final eight system – they entered the 2016 finals series in seventh position.

The decision, which will be part of Thursday’s official finals fixture announcement, according to three competition sources who preferred to remain anonymous, comes after a season when nine teams were virtually out of finals contention with six rounds remaining (when ninth place was three wins ahead of 10th-placed Sydney on the ladder).

Although Sydney remained fixed in 10th spot after each of their final eight matches, the diminished number of potential outcomes led to a flat end to the season. If a wildcard round had been in place, Fremantle, the Giants, Gold Coast and Hawthorn would have been in a battle for the coveted fifth and sixth spots as all four teams spent a week in that position over the concluding four rounds.

The wildcard round or wildcard weekend would be played on the weekend of the pre-finals bye, which was introduced in 2016. It would be a money-spinner for the league and good for the broadcasters.

By the end of the 2025 season, the Western Bulldogs finished ninth to miss finals, despite winning 14 matches. They were one game below eighth spot but had the third-best percentage at season’s end. Sydney finished three matches out of the final eight in 10th spot.

The opening round for 2026 has already been locked in. Sydney will play Carlton, Geelong will play Gold Coast, Hawthorn will face the Giants and the Brisbane Lions will host the Western Bulldogs. Collingwood, who made it clear they did not want to play outside Victoria in opening round in 2026, will play against St Kilda at the MCG on Sunday night before the Labour Day holiday.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/finals-shake-up-looms-as-clubs-get-set-for-wildcard-round-in-2026-20251109-p5n8vw.html