# 2015 Richmond Football Club season

The 2015 season marked the 108th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL.

## 2014 off-season list changes
### Retirements and delistings

| Player | Reason | Club games | Career games |
| Daniel Jackson | Retired | 156 | 156 |
| Jake King | Retired | 107 | 107 |
| Matthew Arnot | Rookie Listed | 4 | 4 |
| Brad Helbig | Delisted | 16 | 16 |
| Aaron Edwards | Delisted | 12 | 94 |
| Brett O'Hanlon | Delisted | 9 | 9 |
| Orren Stephenson | Delisted | 7 | 15 |
| Todd Banfield | Delisted | 0 | 53 |
| Cadeyn Williams | Delisted | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Darrou | Delisted | 0 | 0 |

### Free agency

| Date | Player | Free agent type | Former club | New club | Compensation | Ref |
| 2 November | Taylor Hunt | Delisted | Geelong | Richmond | — | |

### National draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 12 | Corey Ellis | VIC | Midfielder | Western Jets | TAC Cup |
| 2 | 33 | Connor Menadue | VIC | Midfielder | Western Jets | TAC Cup |
| 3 | 52 | Nathan Drummond | VIC | Midfielder | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup |
| 4 | 67 | Dan Butler | VIC | Midfielder | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup |
| 5 | 77 | Reece McKenzie | VIC | Tall Forward | Northern Knights | TAC Cup |

### Rookie draft

| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 11 | Jayden Short | VIC | Small Forward | Northern Knights | TAC Cup |
| 2 | 29 | Jason Castagna | VIC | Midfielder | Northern Knights | TAC Cup |
| 3 | 46 | Kane Lambert | VIC | Midfielder | Williamstown | VFL |
| 4 | 61 | Matthew Arnot | VIC | Midfielder | Richmond | AFL |
| 5 | 68 | Ivan Soldo$^{(B)}$ | VIC | Ruck | 3-year non-registered player | 3-year non-registered player |

## 2015 season
### Pre-season

| Match | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's score | Result | Home/away | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, 28 February 4:40pm | 1.9.4 (67) | Western Bulldogs | 0.12.17 (89) | Lost by 22 points | Away | Whitten Oval | 9,513 |
| 2 | Saturday, 14 March 4:40pm | 1.14.10 (103) | Port Adelaide | 0.5.7 (37) | Won by 66 points | Home | Lavington Sports Ground | 8,451 |
| 3 | Saturday, 21 March 1:10pm | 2.12.16 (106) | North Melbourne | 3.13.15 (120) | Lost by 14 points | Home | Etihad Stadium | 9,327 |
Source:AFL

### Home and away season

| Round | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's score | Result | Home/away | Venue | Attendance | Ladder |
| 1 | Thursday, 2 April 7:20pm | 15.15 (105) | Carlton | 11.12 (78) | Won by 27 points | Away | MCG | 83,493 | 3rd |
| 2 | Saturday, 11 April 1:45pm | 9.12 (66) | Western Bulldogs | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 19 points | Home | MCG | 49,945 | 9th |
| 3 | Saturday, 18 April 7:20pm | 21.11 (137) | Brisbane Lions | 8.10 (58) | Won by 79 points | Away | The Gabba | 22,441 | 5th |
| 4 | Friday, 24 April 7:50pm | 6.15 (51) | Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 32 points | Home | MCG | 58,175 | 9th |
| 5 | Saturday, 2 May 1:45pm | 11.10 (76) | Geelong | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 9 points | Home | MCG | 45,228 | 11th |
| 6 | Saturday, 9 May 1:45pm | 10.14 (74) | North Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | Lost by 35 points | Away | Bellerive Oval | 17,544 | 13th |
| 7 | Sunday, 17 May 3:20pm | 16.9 (105) | Collingwood | 15.10 (100) | Won by 5 points | Home | MCG | 59,034 | 10th |
| 8 | Sunday, 24 May 4:10pm | 11.10 (76) | Port Adelaide | 5.13 (43) | Won by 33 points | Away | Adelaide Oval | 44,451 | 8th |
| 9 | Saturday, 30 May 7:20pm | 10.12 (72) | Essendon | 8.11 (59) | Won by 13 points | Home | MCG | 83,804 | 8th |
| 10 | Friday, 5 June 6:10pm | 15.7 (97) | Fremantle | 10.10 (70) | Won by 27 points | Away | Subiaco Oval | 38,091 | 8th |
| 11 | BYE | | | | | | | | 8th |
| 12 | Friday, 19 June 7:50pm | 10.10 (70) | West Coast | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 20 points | Home | MCG | 45,178 | 8th |
| 13 | Friday, 26 June 7:50pm | 14.11 (95) | Sydney | 11.11 (77) | Won by 18 points | Away | SCG | 37,579 | 8th |
| 14 | Saturday, 4 July 1:40pm | 10.18 (78) | Greater Western Sydney | 10.9 (69) | Won by 9 points | Home | MCG | 35,968 | 6th |
| 15 | Friday, 10 July 7:50pm | 10.11 (71) | Carlton | 5.11 (41) | Won by 30 points | Home | MCG | 52,564 | 5th |
| 16 | Sunday, 19 July 4:40pm | 13.11 (89) | St Kilda | 13.13 (73) | Won by 16 points | Away | Etihad Stadium | 45,722 | 5th |
| 17 | Saturday, 25 July 4:35pm | 10.18 (78) | Fremantle | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 4 points | Home | MCG | 39,777 | 5th |
| 18 | Friday, 31 July 7:50pm | 10.11 (71) | Hawthorn | 7.11 (53) | Won by 18 points | Away | MCG | 66,305 | 6th |
| 19 | Friday, 7 August 7:20pm | 8.4 (52) | Adelaide | 11.22 (88) | Lost by 36 points | Away | Adelaide Oval | 49,116 | 7th |
| 20 | Sunday, 16 August 1:10m | 22.6 (138) | Gold Coast | 18.7 (55) | Won by 83 points | Home | MCG | 38,508 | 6th |
| 21 | Saturday, 22 August 1:45pm | 23.9 (147) | Collingwood | 7.14 (56) | Won by 91 points | Away | MCG | 63,178 | 5th |
| 22 | Saturday, 29 August 7:20pm | 10.14 (74) | Essendon | 7.5 (47) | Won by 27 points | Away | MCG | 37,864 | 5th |
| 23 | Friday, 4 September 7:50pm | 16.12 (108) | North Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | Won by 41 points | Home | Etihad Stadium | 40,461 | 5th |
Source: AFL Tables

### Finals

| Match | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's Score | Result | Home/Away | Venue | Attendance |
| Elimination Final | Sunday, 13 September 3:20pm | 14.4 (88) | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Lost by 17 points | Home | MCG | 90,186 |
Source: AFL Tables

## Ladder

2015 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Fremantle | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1857 | 1564 | 118.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | West Coast | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2330 | 1572 | 148.2 | 66 | Finals series |
| 3 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2452 | 1548 | 158.4 | 64 | Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2006 | 1578 | 127.1 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | Richmond | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1930 | 1568 | 123.1 | 60 | Finals series |
| 6 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2101 | 1825 | 115.1 | 56 | Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2107 | 1821 | 115.7 | 54 | Finals series |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2062 | 1937 | 106.5 | 52 | Finals series |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2002 | 1874 | 106.8 | 48 | |
| 10 | Geelong | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1853 | 1833 | 101.1 | 48 | |
| 11 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1872 | 1891 | 99.0 | 44 | |
| 12 | Collingwood | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1972 | 1856 | 106.3 | 40 | |
| 13 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1573 | 2044 | 77.0 | 28 | |
| 14 | St Kilda | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1695 | 2162 | 78.4 | 26 | |
| 15 | Essendon | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1580 | 2134 | 74.0 | 24 | |
| 16 | Gold Coast | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1633 | 2240 | 72.9 | 18 | |
| 17 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1557 | 2306 | 67.5 | 16 | |
| 18 | Carlton | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1525 | 2354 | 64.8 | 16 | |
* 1 2 The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

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

| | Player | Position | Appearance |
| Named | Alex Rance | Full back | 2nd |
| Named | Jack Riewoldt | Centre half-forward | 2nd |
| Named | Brett Deledio | Bench | 2nd |
| Nominated | Dustin Martin | - | - |

#### Rising Star

Nominations:
| Round | Player | Ref |
| 1 | Kamdyn McIntosh | |
| 22 | Ben Lennon | |

#### 22 Under 22 team

| | Player | Position | Appearance |
| Named | Brandon Ellis | Bench | 3rd |
| Nominated | Nick Vlastuin | - | - |

#### Brownlow Medal tally

| Player | 3 vote games | 2 vote games | 1 vote games | Total votes | Place |
| Dustin Martin | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7th |
| Trent Cotchin | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11th |
| Anthony Miles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35th |
| Alex Rance | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 40th |
| Brett Deledio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 40th |
| Brandon Ellis | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 50th |
| Shane Edwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 63rd |
| Taylor Hunt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 92nd |
| Ty Vickery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 92nd |
| Jack Riewoldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 109th |
| Ivan Maric | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 109th |
| Bachar Houli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 147th |
| Kamdyn McIntosh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 147th |
| Total | 16 | 17 | 12 | 94 | - |

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

| Position | Player | Votes | Medal |
| 1st | Alex Rance | 76 | Jack Dyer Medal |
| 2nd | Dustin Martin | 60 | Jack Titus Medal |
| 3rd | Brett Deledio | 54 | Maurie Fleming Medal |
| 4th | Anthony Miles | 50 | Fred Swift Medal |
| 5th | Jack Riewoldt | 48 | Kevin Bartlett Medal |
| 6th | Trent Cotchin | 47 | |
| 6th | Nick Vlastuin | 47 | |
| 8th | Bachar Houli | 46 | |
| 9th | Shaun Grigg | 44 | |
| 9th | Dylan Grimes | 44 | |

#### Michael Roach Medal

| Position | Player | Goals |
| 1st | Jack Riewoldt | 54 |
| 2nd | Ty Vickery | 31 |
| 3rd | Brett Deledio | 27 |
| 4th | Dustin Martin | 24 |
| 5th | Shaun Grigg | 16 |

## Reserves

For the second consecutive season, 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 13th out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of five wins and thirteen losses. Each of the club's nine home matches were played at the Punt Road Oval. Senior listed player Matt Dea won the Guanane Medal as the VFL side's best and fairest, while another senior listed player Liam McBean was awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal for the league's leading goalkicker.