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2011 Richmond Football Club season

Field	Value
club	Richmond Football Club
season	2011
president	Gary March
(6th season)

coach	Damien Hardwick
(2nd season)

captain	Chris Newman
(3rd season)

home ground	MCG
preseason comp	[Pre-season](2011-nab-cup)
preseason result	Pool stage
(0-2)

regularseason comp	[AFL season](2011-afl-season)
regularseason result	12th
(8-1-13)

finals series	[Finals series](2011-afl-finals-series)
finals result	DNQ
club b&f	Jack Dyer Medal
best and fairest	Trent Cotchin
leading goalscorer	Jack Riewoldt
(62)

highest attendance	83,563
(round 9. vs )

lowest attendance	10,832
(round 17. vs

average attendance	42,784
( 5,322 / 14.2%)
club membership	40,184
( 4,224 / 11.7%)
prevseason	[2010](2010-richmond-football-club-season)
nextseason	[2012](2012-richmond-football-club-season)

(6th season)

(2nd season)

(3rd season)

(0-2)

(8-1-13)

| club b&f = Jack Dyer Medal (62)

(round 9. vs )

(round 17. vs

( 5,322 / 14.2%) ( 4,224 / 11.7%)

The 2011 season marked the 104th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. This season was Damien Hardwick's second season as senior coach. It was also the first season Richmond played against the Gold Coast, and was also the first time the club played a home-and-away game at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns.

Season summary

The start of the 2011 season was hopeful for the Tigers. In round 1, the Tigers were in front at three quarter time, to lose by 20 points to Carlton in the traditional blockbuster. Media commentators and AFL fans alike noted Richmond's improvement. In round 2, the Tigers shocked the AFL world when they drew with grand finalists from the previous year, St Kilda, even with their goal kicking star Jack Riewoldt going down with a concussion in the first quarter.

In rounds 3 and 4, the Tigers suffered significant losses to Hawthorn and Collingwood, but showed promise in their fightback in the third quarter against Collingwood. Their breakthrough came in round 5, when they beat North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in front of a packed crowd. This started a good run for the Tigers. Richmond defeated Brisbane in round 6, then Fremantle in round 7. This put them just outside the Top 8. They had a narrow loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 8.

In round 9, the Tigers had a big win against Essendon in the traditional "Dreamtime at the G" match after going in the underdogs. The crowd of over 80,000 people were treated to an intense game, with Richmond coming out victorious.

Richmond then had a complete form turn around, with a 15-point loss against bottom-ranked Port Adelaide in Alice Springs after the club decided to host the home game match interstate, a decision that was roundly questioned by fans and the media. The bye followed, then another loss to Sydney. Richmond then had a return to form, beating Brisbane at the Gabba.

Richmond's poor form continued, with straight losses to Melbourne, Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast and Geelong. The Tigers got a badly needed bye in round 19 and then travelled to Perth in round 20 to face the West Coast Eagles where they were beaten.

Richmond had a win against Sydney in round 21 and then also won their next two games, against Melbourne and Adelaide, but lost their round 24 match to North Melbourne.

2010 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

Player	Reason	Club games	Career games	Ref
Troy Simmonds	Retired	93	197
Graham Polak	Retired	38	111
Ben Cousins	Retired	32	270
Tom Hislop	Re-rookied	17	24
Dean Polo	Delisted	56	77	title=Clubs Delist And More Retire	url=http://www.afana.com/drupal5/news/2010/10/17/delistings_more_retirements-2781	accessdate=25 August 2016}}
Jordan McMahon	Delisted	34	148
Adam Thomson	Delisted	4	32
Relton Roberts	Delisted	2	2
Alroy Gilligan	Delisted	0	0

Trades

Date	Gained	Lost
7 October	End of first round compensation pick
Pick 51	Richard Tambling
9 October	Shaun Grigg	Andrew Collins

Note: All traded picks are indicative and do not reflect final selection position

National draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	6	Reece Conca	WA	Midfielder	Perth	WAFL	url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/2010-afl-national-draft-who-your-club-picked-20101118-17zfd.html	title=2010 AFL National Draft: who your clu	date=19 November 2010}}
2	30	Jake Batchelor	VIC	Midfielder	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
3	47	Brad Helbig	VIC	Defender	West Adelaide	SANFL
3	51	Dean MacDonald	VIC	Midfielder	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup
4	63	Tom Derickx	WA	Ruck	Claremont	WAFL
6	94	David Gourdis	VIC	Full Back		AFL

Preseason draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	3	Bachar Houli	Half-Back		AFL	last=The Learned One	title=2011 AFL Pre-Season Draft	url=http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news//blog/2011-afl-preseason-draft/20101207-au4p.html	publisher=Triple M	accessdate=7 December 2010	date=7 December 2010	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108153009/http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news//blog/2011-afl-preseason-draft/20101207-au4p.html	archivedate=8 January 2011	url-status=live }}

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	11	Ben Jakobi	VIC	Midfielder	Coburg	VFL	url=http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_drafts?year=2010&t=R&s=P	title = 2010 AFL Rookie Draft}}
2	28	Brad Miller	VIC	Utility		AFL
3	45	Tom Hislop	VIC	Midfielder		AFL

2011 squad

2011 season

Pre-season

Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance
Friday, 4 February		All-Stars		Match cancelled	Away	TIO Stadium/
Traeger Park

Richmond was to have played an exhibition match against the Indigenous All-Stars on 4 February, but the match was cancelled. The match was originally to have been played at TIO Stadium in Darwin, but monsoonal rain made the surface unplayable; the league worked to move the game to Traeger Park in Alice Springs, but after concerns that either the match or the transport of players into and out of Alice Springs could have been affected by Cyclone Yasi, the match was cancelled altogether.

NAB Cup

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance
Pool	Saturday, 12 February 7:15 pm	3.5 (23)		6.5 (41)	Lost by 18 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	40,300
Pool	Saturday, 12 February 8:20 pm	1.1 (7)		7.8 (50)	Lost by 43 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	40,300

Home and away season

Round	Date	Score	Opponent's score	Result	Home/away	Venue	Attendance	Ladder
1	Thursday, 24 March 7:40 pm	13.6 (84)	14.20 (104)	Lost by 20 points	Away	MCG	60,654	14th
2	Friday, 1 April 7:40pm	14.11 (95)	13.17 (95)	Draw	Away	MCG	41,465	12th
3	Saturday, 9 April 7:10pm	6.16 (52)	17.13 (115)	Lost by 63 points	Home	MCG	46,369	13th
4	Friday, 15 April 7:40pm	13.12 (90)	24.17 (161)	Lost by 71 points	Home	MCG	58,050	14th
5	Sunday, 24 April 4:40pm	17.10 (112)	14.19 (103)	WON by 9 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	36,461	12th
6	Saturday, 30 April 7:10pm	18.16 (124)	14.14 (98)	WON by 26 points	Home	MCG	37,438	10th
7	Saturday, 7 May 4:10pm	23.10 (148)	14.15 (99)	WON by 49 points	Home	MCG	34,090	9th
8	Sunday, 15 May 1:10pm	18.10 (118)	23.15 (153)	Lost by 35 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	39,141	10th
9	Saturday, 21 May 7:40pm	16.9 (105)	13.11 (89)	WON by 16 points	Home	MCG	83,563	9th
10	Saturday, 28 May 8:10pm	10.14 (74)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 15 points	Home	TIO Stadium	11,506	9th
11	BYE							9th
12	Sunday, 12 June 2:10 pm	9.11 (65)	9.21 (75)	Lost by 10 points	Away	SCG	23,782	11th
13	Saturday, 18 June 7:10 pm	18.17 (125)	14.10 (94)	WON by 31 points	Away	Gabba	21,510	10th
14	Saturday, 25 June 2:10 pm	13.13 (91)	17.16 (118)	Lost by 27 points	Home	MCG	61,900	11th
15	Saturday, 2 July 2:10 pm	12.9 (81)	28.16 (184)	Lost by 103 points	Home	MCG	59,650	13th
16	Saturday, 9 July 7:10 pm	9.12 (66)	15.15 (105)	Lost by 39 points	Away	MCG	55,442	13th
17	Saturday, 16 July 2:10 pm	9.16 (70)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 15 points	Home	Cazaly's Stadium	10,382	13th
18	Sunday, 24 July 1:10 pm	7.9 (51)	17.11 (113)	Lost by 62 points	Away	Etihad Stadium	33,761	13th
19	BYE
20	Sunday, 7 August 2:40 pm	14.6 (90)	22.15 (147)	Lost by 57 points	Away	Patersons Stadium	38,106	14th
21	Sunday, 14 August 2:10 pm	14.15 (99)	7.14 (56)	WON by 43 points	Home	MCG	34,337	13th
22	Sunday, 21 August 4:40 pm	17.15 (117)	17.8 (110)	WON by 7 points	Away	MCG	36,321	12th
23	Sunday, 28 August 12:40 pm	17.19 (121)	15.9 (99)	WON by 22 points	Away	AAMI Stadium	38,023	11th
24	Sunday, 4 September 4:40 pm	13.13 (91)	15.14 (104)	Lost by 13 points	Home	Etihad Stadium	32,890	12th

Ladder

Awards

League awards

All-Australian team

Player	Position	Appearance
Nominated	Brett Deledio	-

Rising Star

Nominations:

Round	Player	Ref
9	Reece Conca
16	Jake Batchelor

Brownlow Medal tally

Main article: 2011 Brownlow Medal

Player	3 vote games	2 vote games	1 vote games	Total votes	Place
Trent Cotchin	2	4	1	15	17th
Dustin Martin	2	2	2	12	21st
Nathan Foley	1	1	1	6	50th
Brett Deledio	0	2	1	5	63rd
Bachar Houli	3	0	0	3	95th
Jack Riewoldt	0	1	0	2	128th
Ty Vickery	0	0	2	2	128th
Robin Nahas	0	0	2	2	128th
Chris Newman	0	0	1	1	167th
Shaun Grigg	0	0	1	1	167th
Total	8	10	11	55	-

Club awards

Jack Dyer Medal

Main article: Jack Dyer Medal

Position	Player	Votes	Medal
1st	Trent Cotchin	236	Jack Dyer Medal
2nd	Brett Deledio	203	Jack Titus Medal
3rd	Dustin Martin	198	Maurie Fleming Medal
4th	Bachar Houli	181	Fred Swift Medal
5th	Ty Vickery	161	Kevin Bartlett Medal

Michael Roach Medal

Main article: List of Richmond Football Club leading goalkickers

Position	Player	Goals
1st	Jack Riewoldt	62
2nd	Ty Vickery	36
3rd	Dustin Martin	33
4th	Robin Nahas	29
5th	Jake King	25

References

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(17 August 2010). "Ben Cousins retires from AFL football". [[The Age]].
"Clubs Delist And More Retire".
(7 October 2010). "Crows to trade two prime draft picks for Richard Tambling". News Ltd..
(9 October 2010). "Carlton swap Shaun Grigg for Richmond's Andrew Collins". News Ltd..
(19 November 2010). "2010 AFL National Draft: who your clu".
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"2010 AFL Rookie Draft".
Foote, Nicole. (3 February 2011). "All Stars gets the go ahead". ABC.
Foote, Nicole. (4 February 2011). "All Stars saga ends with cancellation". ABC.
(23 May 2011). "Richmond's Reece Conca named the AFL's Rising Star for round nine after Jack Rieowldt breaks the news". [[News Ltd.]].
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