Richmond will return to Tasmania for the first time since 2010, when it takes on Hawthorn in Launceston in round three of the 2013 pre-season competition.
It will be only the third time the Tigers have played an official fixture in Tasmania.
The match will be played at Aurora Stadium on Saturday, March 9, commencing at 1.10pm.
Richmond has great links into Tasmania. In fact, no other AFL club in the land could point to such significant links.
Some of the greatest names the game has seen hailed from Tasmania and played at Richmond, including:
- Royce Hart - Four-time premiership player and centre half forward in the AFL Team of the Century
- Matthew Richardson - 282 games, 800 goals, three-time All Australian
- Ian Stewart - Triple Brownlow Medallist and 1973 premiership player
- Michael Roach - Two-time Coleman Medallist and one of only two Richmond players to kick 100 goals, and member of 1980 premiership side
- Jack Riewoldt - Two-time Coleman Medallist
- Brendon Gale - 244 games and current chief executive of the Richmond Football Club
Richmond’s results in Tasmania:
February 5, 2000
Brisbane 15.9 (99) v Richmond 11.16 (82)
Richmond squad that played that day - Craig Biddiscombe, Joel Bowden, Leon Cameron, Wayne Campbell (c), Mark Chaffey, Nick Daffy, Marc Dragicevic, Brendon Gale, Darren Gaspar, Ray Hall, Ben Harrison, Rory Hilton, Ben Holland, Andrew Kellaway, Duncan Kellaway, Mark Merenda, Brad Ottens, Ezra Poyas, Matthew Rogers, John Rombotis, Robbie Taylor, Greg Tivendale, Jason Torney, Scott Turner
February 18, 2001
Hawthorn 13.11(89) v Richmond 6.9 (45)
Richmond squad that played that day - Craig Biddiscombe, David Bourke, Joel Bowden, Paul Broderick, Leon Cameron, Wayne Campbell (c), Mark Chaffey, Nick Daffy, Aaron Fiora, Darren Gaspar, Rory Hilton, Ben Holland, Andrew Kellaway, Clinton King, Matthew Knights, Andrew Mills, Brad Ottens, Kayne Pettifer, Matthew Rogers, Paddy Stienfort, Steven Sziller, Greg Tivendale, Jason Torney, Royce Vardy
February 13, 2010
Hawthorn 3.16.12 (135) v Richmond 0.9.8 (62)
The Richmond squad that played that day - David Astbury, Andrew Collins, Daniel Connors, Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Shane Edwards, Mitch Farmer, David Gourdis, Angus Graham, Tom Hislop, Dustin Martin, Kelvin Moore, Mitch Morton, Robbie Nahas, Ben Nason, Chris Newman (c), Graham Polak, Dean Polo, Jayden Post, Alex Rance, Jack Riewoldt, Richard Tambling, Adam Thomson, Shane Tuck, Ty Vickery, Matt White.
The Tigers will play Essendon in Wangaratta in Round 2 of the 2013 pre-season competition. Richmond has never played an official fixture at the venue.
