We’ve dissected Richmond’s 2016 fixture to provide you with the most comprehensive assessment imaginable of what’s in store for the Tigers next season.
See Richmond's full 2016 fixture
MCG
- 14 games all-up at the ‘G’ (14 in 2015)
- 10 home games (10 in ’15)
- 4 away games (4 in ’15)
- 6 day games (6 in ’15)
- 8 night games (7 in ’15)
- 1 Thursday night game (1 in ’15)
- 3 Friday night games (4 in ’15)
- 3 Saturday afternoon games (4 in ’15)
- 3 Saturday night games (2 in ’15)
- 3 Sunday afternoon games (2 in ’15)
- 1 Sunday night game (0 in ’15)
Etihad Stadium
- 2 games all-up at Etihad Stadium (2 in ’15)
- 1 home game (1 in ’15)
- 1 away game (1 in ’15)
- 1 day game (0 in ’15)
- 1 night game (1 in ’15)
- 1 Saturday afternoon game (0 in ’15)
- 1 Saturday night game (0 in ’15)
Interstate
- 6 games all-up interstate (6 in ’15)
- 1 Friday night game at Domain Stadium (v West Coast)
- 1 Friday night game at Blundstone Arena (v North Melbourne)
- 1 Friday night game at Adelaide Oval (v Port Adelaide)
- 1 Saturday afternoon game at StarTrack Oval (v GWS)
- 1 Saturday night game at Domain Stadium (v Fremantle)
*Note that the final home-and-away fixture for 2016, v Sydney at the SCG, is a floating one, with date and time to be confirmed late in the season.
Day by day
- 1 Thursday night game (1 in ’15)
- 6 Friday night games (7 in ’15)
- 5 Saturday afternoon games (5 in ’15)
- 5 Saturday night games (3 in ’15)
- 3 Sunday afternoon games (3 in ’15)
- 1 Sunday night game (0 in ’15)
- 1 Thursday game all-up (1 in ’15)
- 6 Friday games all-up (7 in ’15)
- 10 Saturday games all-up (9 in ’15)
- 4 Sunday games all-up (4 in ’15)
- 8 day games all-up (8 in ’15)
- 13 night games all-up (11 in ’15)
Them’s the breaks
- 1 13-day break (0 in ’15)
- 4 9-day breaks (3 in ’15)
- 5 8-day breaks (3 in ’15)
- 3 7-day breaks (6 in ’15)
- 8 6-day breaks (7 in ’15)
Network coverage
- 5 Foxtel games (6 in ‘15)
- 16 Channel Seven games (16 in ‘15)
Other fixture facts
- Play twice: Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Sydney.
- Play once: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda, West Coast, Western Bulldogs.
- Play two of the 2015 finalists twice in 2016 – Hawthorn and Sydney.
- Interstate trips to: Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Perth (twice), Sydney.
- Play at StarTrack Oval in Canberra for the first time.
- Play Hawthorn twice in a season for the first time since 2008.
- Play six of the first eight matches at the MCG, including three home games in-a-row (Round 6 v Port Adelaide, Round 7 v Hawthorn, Round 8 v Sydney).
- Play five of the last seven matches at the MCG, including three consecutive home games (Round 20 v Collingwood, Round 21 v Geelong, Round 22 v St Kilda).
- Have a bye in Round 13 (weekend of June 18).