The Tigers’ victory over Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium last Saturday was the first time they’d taken the four points in their first outing at an interstate ground.
Previous to the 12-point win against GWS on Saturday, Richmond had lost 10 out of 10 of its inaugural games on ‘enemy’ territory interstate.
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That losing sequence stemmed all the way back to Round 8 of the 1952 season, when the Tigers were beaten by arch rival Collingwood in their first encounter at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The full list of Richmond’s first-up performances interstate is:
• SCG (Sydney), Round 8, 1952 - lost to Collingwood by 36 points.
• Subiaco (Perth, now Patersons Stadium), Round 1, 1987 - lost to West Coast Eagles by 14 points.
• Carrara (Gold Coast, now Metricon Stadium), Round 8, 1987 - lost to Brisbane Bears by 35 points.
• Football Park (Adelaide, now AAMI Stadium), Round 5, 1992 - lost to Adelaide by 34 points.
• Gabba (Brisbane), Round 17, 1993 - lost to Brisbane Bears by 19 points.
• WACA (Perth), Round 19, 1997 - lost to Fremantle by 43 points.
• Stadium Australia (Sydney), Round 22, 2002 - lost to Sydney by 40 points.
• York Park (Launceston), Round 12, 2006 - lost to Hawthorn by 41 points.
• TIO Stadium (Darwin), Round 10, 2011 - lost to Port Adelaide by 15 points.
• Cazaly’s Stadium (Cairns), Round 17, 2011 - lost to Gold Coast Suns by 15 points.
• Skoda Stadium (Sydney), Round 12, 2012 - defeated Greater Western Sydney by 12 points.
