# 2016 Richmond Football Club season

The 2016 season marked the 109th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL.

## 2015 off-season list changes
### Retirements and delistings

| Player | Reason | Club games | Career games |
| Chris Newman | Retired | 268 | 268 |
| Nathan Foley | Retired | 154 | 154 |
| Ricky Petterd | Retired | 30 | 84 |
| Matt Thomas | Retired | 15 | 102 |
| Chris Knights | Retired | 6 | 102 |
| Matt Dea | Delisted | 31 | 31 |
| Nathan Gordon | Delisted | 21 | 23 |
| Matt McDonough | Delisted | 10 | 10 |
| Matthew Arnot | Delisted | 8 | 8 |

### Trades

| Date | Gained | Lost | Trade partner |
| 16 October | Jacob Townsend | Pick 70 | Greater Western Sydney |
| 16 October | Pick 120 | Pick 70 | Greater Western Sydney |
| 20 October | Pick 19 | Pick 31 | Gold Coast |
| 20 October | Pick 19 | 2016 2nd round pick | Gold Coast |
| 22 October | Chris Yarran | Pick 19 | Carlton |
Note: All traded picks are indicative and do not reflect final selection position

### Free agency

| Date | Player | Free agent type | Former club | New club | Compensation | Ref |
| 6 November | Andrew Moore | Delisted | Port Adelaide | Richmond | - | |

### National draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 15 | Daniel Rioli | VIC | Small-Forward | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup |
| 3 | 50 | Oleg Markov | SA | Half-Forward | North Adelaide | SANFL |
| 5 | 67 | Nathan Broad | WA | Defender | Swan Districts | WAFL |

### Rookie draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 12 | Callum Moore | VIC | Tall Forward | Calder Cannons | TAC Cup |
| 2 | 30 | Mabior Chol | QLD | Tall Forward | Aspley | NEAFL |
| 3 | 47 | Adam Marcon | VIC | Midfielder | Williamstown | VFL |

## 2016 season
### Pre-season

| Match | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's score | Result | Home/away | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Friday, 19 February 4:10pm | 0.4.6 (30) | Fremantle | 0.14.6 (90) | Lost by 60 points | Away | Rushton Park | 7,500 |
| 2 | Saturday, 27 February 1:35pm | 1.15.5 (104) | Hawthorn | 0.4.9 (33) | Won by 71 points | Home | Holm Park, Beaconsfield | 6,384 |
| 3 | Thursday, 10 March 7:10pm | 1.4.12 (45) | Port Adelaide | 0.13.15 (93) | Lost by 48 points | Home | Etihad Stadium | 6,584 |
Source:AFL

### Home and away season

| Round | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's score | Result | Home/away | Venue | Attendance | Ladder |
| 1 | Thursday, 24 March 7:20pm | 14.8 (92) | Carlton | 12.11 (83) | Won by 9 points | Home | MCG | 75,706 | 7th |
| 2 | Friday, 1 April 7:50pm | 12.14 (86) | Collingwood | 13.9 (87) | Lost by 1 point | Away | MCG | 72,761 | 10th |
| 3 | Saturday, 9 April 2:10pm | 13.14 (92) | Adelaide | 19.14 (128) | Lost by 36 points | Home | Etihad Stadium | 29,951 | 12th |
| 4 | Friday, 15 April 6:10pm | 9.3 (57) | West Coast | 18.17 (125) | Lost by 68 points | Away | Subiaco Oval | 38,860 | 13th |
| 5 | Sunday, 24 April 7:10pm | 14.12 (96) | Melbourne | 20.9 (129) | Lost by 33 points | Away | MCG | 59,968 | 14th |
| 6 | Saturday, 30 April 7:25pm | 8.11 (59) | Port Adelaide | 13.16 (94) | Lost by 35 points | Home | MCG | 27,077 | 15th |
| 7 | Friday, 6 May 7:50pm | 13.12 (90) | Hawthorn | 21.10 (136) | Lost by 46 points | Home | MCG | 49,678 | 15th |
| 8 | Saturday, 14 May 7:25pm | 14.17 (101) | Sydney | 15.10 (100) | Won by 1 point | Home | MCG | 36,014 | 15th |
| 9 | Saturday, 21 May 5:40pm | 11.17 (83) | Fremantle | 6.9 (45) | Won by 38 points | Away | Subiaco Oval | 20,184 | 14th |
| 10 | Saturday, 28 May 7:25pm | 16.9 (105) | Essendon | 10.7 (67) | Won by 39 points | Away | MCG | 56,948 | 14th |
| 11 | Friday, 3 June 7:50pm | 7.12 (54) | North Melbourne | 18.16 (124) | Lost by 70 points | Away | Bellerive Oval | 17,844 | 14th |
| 12 | Sunday, 12 June 3:20pm | 17.12 (114) | Gold Coast | 15.7 (97) | Won by 17 points | Home | MCG | 30,448 | 13th |
| 13 | BYE | | | | | | | | 13th |
| 14 | Saturday, 25 June 1:40pm | 17.15 (117) | Brisbane Lions | 11.9 (75) | Won by 42 points | Home | MCG | 28,883 | 11th |
| 15 | Friday, 1 July 7:20pm | 8.8 (56) | Port Adelaide | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 38 points | Away | Adelaide Oval | 37,848 | 12th |
| 16 | Saturday, 9 July 7:25pm | 11.9 (75) | Western Bulldogs | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 10 points | Away | Etihad Stadium | 39,679 | 13th |
| 17 | Saturday, 16 July 1:40pm | 16.6 (102) | Essendon | 11.17 (83) | Won by 19 points | Home | MCG | 44,908 | 13th |
| 18 | Sunday, 24 July 3:20pm | 5.14 (44) | Hawthorn | 16.18 (114) | Lost by 70 points | Away | MCG | 51,892 | 13th |
| 19 | Saturday, 30 July 1:45pm | 3.5 (23) | Greater Western Sydney | 17.9 (111) | Lost by 88 points | Away | Manuka Oval | 14,974 | 13th |
| 20 | Friday, 5 August 7:50pm | 14.8 (92) | Collingwood | 11.11 (77) | Won by 15 points | Home | MCG | 49,122 | 13th |
| 21 | Sunday, 14 August 3:20pm | 12.16 (78) | Geelong | 10.22 (82) | Lost by 4 points | Home | MCG | 45,667 | 13th |
| 22 | Saturday, 20 August 2:10pm | 6.10 (46) | St Kilda | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 9 points | Home | MCG | 35,255 | 13th |
| 23 | Saturday, 27 August 4:35pm | 7.9 (51) | Sydney | 23.14 (164) | Lost by 113 points | Away | SCG | 36,570 | 13th |
Source: AFL Tables

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2221 | 1469 | 151.2 | 68 | 2016 finals |
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2235 | 1554 | 143.8 | 68 | 2016 finals |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2134 | 1800 | 118.6 | 68 | 2016 finals |
| 4 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2380 | 1663 | 143.1 | 64 | 2016 finals |
| 5 | Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2483 | 1795 | 138.3 | 64 | 2016 finals |
| 6 | West Coast | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2181 | 1678 | 130.0 | 64 | 2016 finals |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1857 | 1609 | 115.4 | 60 | 2016 finals |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1956 | 1859 | 105.2 | 48 | 2016 finals |
| 9 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1953 | 2041 | 95.7 | 48 | |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2055 | 1939 | 106.0 | 40 | |
| 11 | Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1944 | 1991 | 97.6 | 40 | |
| 12 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1910 | 1998 | 95.6 | 36 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1713 | 2155 | 79.5 | 32 | |
| 14 | Carlton | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1568 | 1978 | 79.3 | 28 | |
| 15 | Gold Coast | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1778 | 2273 | 78.2 | 24 | |
| 16 | Fremantle | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1574 | 2119 | 74.3 | 16 | |
| 17 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1770 | 2872 | 61.6 | 12 | |
| 18 | Essendon | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1437 | 2356 | 61.0 | 12 | |

## Awards
### League awards
#### All-Australian team

| | Player | Position | Appearance |
| Named | Alex Rance | Full Back | 3rd |
| Named | Dustin Martin | Interchange | 1st |

#### Brownlow Medal tally

| Player | 3 vote games | 2 vote games | 1 vote games | Total votes | Place |
| Dustin Martin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 3rd |
| Trent Cotchin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 42nd |
| Alex Rance | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 50th |
| Ben Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 86th |
| Brandon Ellis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 128th |
| Jack Riewoldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 128th |
| Anthony Miles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 166th |
| Corey Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 166th |
| Shaun Grigg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 166th |
| Total | 8 | 9 | 10 | 52 | - |

#### Rising Star

Nominations:
| Round | Player | Ref |
| 22 | Daniel Rioli | |

#### 22 Under 22 team

| | Player | Position | Appearance |
| Nominated | Nick Vlastuin | - | - |

### Club awards
#### Jack Dyer Medal

| Position | Player | Votes | Medal |
| 1st | Dustin Martin | 62 | Jack Dyer Medal |
| 2nd | Alex Rance | 61 | Jack Titus Medal |
| 3rd | Trent Cotchin | 51 | Maurie Fleming Medal |
| 4th | Jack Riewoldt | 43 | Fred Swift Medal |
| 5th | Shaun Grigg | 35 | Kevin Bartlett Medal |
| 6th | Anthony Miles | 31 | |
| 7th | Dylan Grimes | 30 | |
| 7th | Brandon Ellis | 30 | |
| 9th | Nick Vlastuin | 29 | |
| 10th | Brett Deledio | 28 | |

#### Michael Roach Medal

| Position | Player | Goals |
| 1st | Jack Riewoldt | 48 |
| 2nd | Sam Lloyd | 35 |
| 3rd | Ty Vickery | 26 |
| 4th | Shane Edwards | 15 |
| 5th | Ben Griffiths | 14 |

## Reserves

The 2016 season marked the third consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team finished ninth out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of nine win and nine losses. Each of the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval.