# 2007 Richmond Football Club season

This article covers the 2007 season of the Richmond Football Club AFL team.

## Captains

* Captain: Kane Johnson
* Vice-Captain: Nathan Brown
* Deputy Vice-Captain: Joel Bowden

## Club List
### Player List

| Name | No. | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Debut | Previous Clubs | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals |
| Name | No. | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Debut | Previous Clubs | 2006 | 2007 | Total | Club | 2007 | Total |
| Bowden, Joel | 11 | 188 | 91 | 21 June 1978 | 1996 | West Alice Springs (NT) | 21 | 22 | 235 | 235 | 3 | 154 |
| Bowden, Patrick | 16 | 191 | 90 | 4 August 1981 | 2001 | Rovers (NT) / Western Bulldogs | 22 | 3 | 75 | 25 | 1 | 70 |
| Brown, Nathan | 7 | 181 | 80 | 10 February 1978 | 1997 | Golden Sq. / Bendigo U18 / Western Bulldogs | 10 | 11 | 188 | 51 | 21 | 298 |
| Casserly, Travis | 37 | 188 | 80 | 20 May 1987 | **** | Swan Districts (WAFL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics are to end of 2007 Season |||||||||||||

### Rookie List

| Name | No. | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Debut | Previous Clubs | Games | Games | Games | Games | Goals | Goals |
| Name | No. | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Debut | Previous Clubs | 2006 | 2007 | Total | Club | 2007 | Total |
| Clingan, Tasman | 45 | 183 | 70 | 4 July 1988 | **** | North Ballarat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham, Angus* | 44 | 200 | 96 | 16 April 1987 | 2007 | Currie (TAS) / Assumption College / Calder U18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Howat, Cameron* | 43 | 182 | 77 | 30 January 1985 | 2006 | Old Carey / Oakleigh U18 / Box Hill Hawks | 5 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 10 |
| King, Jake* | 46 | 174 | 74 | 26 March 1984 | 2007 | Coburg Tigers | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics are to end of 2007 Season (1 September 2007) *Promoted to senior list during the season |||||||||||||

## Changes from 2006 List
### Additions

* Graham Polak - Traded from Fremantle
* Jack Riewoldt - Pick 13 in 2006 AFL Draft
* Shane Edwards - Pick 26
* Daniel Connors - Pick 58
* Carl Peterson - Pick 60
* Andrew Collins - Pick 73
* Kent Kingsley - Pre Season Draft Pick 6
* Drew Moden - Pre Season Draft Pick 1 (brownlow contender)

### Deletions

* Mark Chaffey - Retired
* Greg Stafford
* Andrew Kellaway - Delisted
* Thomas Roach
* David Rodan
* Dean Limbach

## Games
### Wizard Cup

| Date and Local Time | Opponent | Home or Away | Venue | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| Date and Local Time | Opponent | Home or Away | Venue | Result | Home | Away |
| First Round (Eliminated) |||||||
| Sunday, February 25 - 3:40pm | Geelong | Away | Skilled Stadium | Lost by 43 | 3.17.10 (139) | 1.14.3 (96) |

### Home and Away

| Round | Date and Local Time | Opponent | Home or Away | Venue | Scores | Scores | Scores | Posn on Ladder |
| Round | Date and Local Time | Opponent | Home or Away | Venue | Result | Home | Away | Posn on Ladder |
| 1 | Sunday, April 1–5:10pm | Carlton | Away | MCG | Lost by 17 | 15.25 (115) | 15.8 (98) | 12 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 7 - 2:10pm | Sydney | Home | MCG | Lost by 16 | 11.6 (72) | 13.10 (88) | 15 |
| 3 | Friday, April 13 - 7:40pm | Collingwood | Away | MCG | Lost by 25 | 17.13 (57) | 13.12 (90) | 15 |
| 4 | Friday, April 20 - 7:40pm | Western Bulldogs | Home | MCG | Lost by 32 | 14.16 (100) | 10.12 (132) | 15 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 28 - 2:15pm | West Coast | Home | MCG | Lost by 33 | 11.10 (76) | 14.15 (99) | 15 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 6 - 5:10pm | Geelong | Home | Telstra Dome | Lost by 157 | 9.11 (65) | 35.12 (222) | 16 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 12 - 2:40pm | Port Adelaide | Away | AAMI Stadium | Lost by 40 | 16.19 (115) | 10.15 (75) | 16 |
| 8 | Friday, May 18 - 7:10pm | Adelaide | Away | AAMI Stadium | Lost by 9 | 14.15 (99) | 14.6 (90) | 16 |
| 9 | Saturday, May 26 - 7:40pm | Essendon | Home | MCG | Lost by 8 | 12.12 (84) | 12.20 (92) | 16 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 2–7:15pm | Brisbane Lions | Home | Telstra Dome | Draw | 10.13 (73) | 10.13 (73) | 16 |
| 11 | Sunday, June 10 - 2:40pm | Fremantle | Away | Subiaco | Lost by 21 | 18.15 (123) | 15.12 (102) | 16 |
| 12 | Friday, June 22 - 7:40pm | Melbourne | Home | MCG | Won by 49 | 18.16 (124) | 11.9 (75) | 16 |
| 13 | Saturday, June 30 - 7:15pm | St Kilda | Away | Telstra Dome | Lost by 17 | 17.15 (117) | 15.10 (100) | 16 |
| 14 | Sunday, July 8 - 5:10pm | Kangaroos | Home | Telstra Dome | Lost by 25 | 11.13 (79) | 14.20 (104) | 16 |
| 15 | Sunday, July 15 - 2:10pm | Hawthorn | Away | MCG | Lost by 53 | 19.15 (129) | 11.10 (76) | 16 |
| 16 | Sunday, July 22- 2:10pm | Port Adelaide | Home | MCG | Lost by 55 | 15.10 (100) | 24.11 (155) | 16 |
| 17 | Saturday, July 28- 7:15pm | Sydney | Away | SCG | Lost by 66 | 21.12 (138) | 10.12 (72) | 16 |
| 18 | Saturday, August 4- 2:10pm | Geelong | Away | Skilled Stadium | Lost by 70 | 21.13 (139) | 11.3 (69) | 16 |
| 19 | Friday, August 10- 7:40pm | Collingwood | Home | MCG | Won by 20 | 18.8 (116) | 14.12 (96) | 16 |
| 20 | Saturday, August 18- 5:40pm | West Coast | Away | Subiaco | Lost by 31 | 18.9 (117) | 12.14 (86) | 16 |
| 21 | Saturday, August 26- 5:10pm | Essendon | Away | MCG | Won by 27 | 13.14 (92) | 17.17 (119) | 16 |
| 22 | Saturday, September 1–2:10pm | St Kilda | Home | MCG | Lost by 10 | 13.14 (92) | 14.18 (102) | 16 |