Here is a summary of the recent, and overall, history of the on-field battles between Richmond and Fremantle.
Recent history
Round 9, 2016, Domain Stadium
Richmond 2.3 6.10 9.10 11.17 (83)
Fremantle 1.1 2.3 5.7 6.9 (45)
Goals – Richmond: Edwards 2, Miles 2, Riewoldt 2, Griffiths, Grigg, Lloyd, Menadue, Morris.
Leading possession-winners – Richmond: Cotchin 39, Martin 30, Grigg 24, Edwards 22, Hunt 22, Miles 22, Deledio 20.
Goals – Fremantle: Ballantyne 3, Langdon, Taberner, Walters.
Leading possession-winners – Fremantle: Neale 37, Mundy 23, Pearce 23, Blakely 22, Suban 20.
Round 17, 2015, MCG
Richmond 1.4 5.8 8.14 10.18 (78)
Fremantle 1.4 5.6 8.9 12.10 (82)
Goals – Richmond: Lennon 2, Maric 2, Newman 2, Deledio, Lloyd, McIntosh, Riewoldt.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: B. Ellis 31, Cotchin 24, Chaplin 23, Grigg 22, Lambert 22, Martin 22, Miles 21, Houli 20, Rance 20.
Goals – Fremantle: Pavlich 3, Crozier 2, Barlow, Fyfe, Hill, Mayne, Mundy, Sheridan, Taberner.
Leading possession-getters – Fremantle: Mundy 28, Barlow 26, Fyfe 25, Hill 24, Sheridan 21.
Round 10, 2015, Domain Stadium
Richmond 8.1 12.3 13.4 15.7 (97)
Fremantle 3.1 5.2 8.5 10.10 (70)
Goals – Richmond: Vickery 3, Deledio 2, Griffiths 2, Riewoldt 2, Edwards, B. Ellis, C. Ellis, Grigg, Martin, Morris.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Martin 34, B. Ellis 26, Cotchin 25, Edwards 25, Miles 24, Houli 23.
Goals – Fremantle: Walters 3, Crozier 2, Ballantyne, Barlow, Fyfe, Sandilands, Taberner.
Leading possession-getters – Fremantle: Neale 28, Fyfe 26, Hill 2 1, Barlow 20.
Round 13, 2014, MCG
Richmond 1.3 5.9 7.11 12.13 (85)
Fremantle 3.1 7.5 13.8 16.9 (105)
Goals – Richmond: Deledio 2, Petterd 2, Batchelor, Ellis, Foley, Maric, Martin, Miles, Newman, Riewoldt.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Miles 30, Ellis 29, Rance 29, Martin 28, Cotchin 27, Foley 27, Houli 25, Petterd 23, Deledio 21.
Goals – Fremantle: Ballantyne 6, Pavlich 3, Barlow 2, Clarke, Fyfe, Mundy, Pearce, Spurr.
Leading possession-getters – Fremantle: Fyfe 33, Hill 24, Mundy 24, Barlow 23, Spurr 20.
Round 17, 2013, MCG
Richmond 3.3 4.6 9.9 12.12 (84)
Fremantle 2.2 2.5 6.6 8.9 (57)
Goals – Richmond: Riewoldt 4, Cotchin, Deledio, S. Edwards, Jackson, King, Martin, Vickery, White.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 34, Martin 30, Rance 30, Ellis 24, Grigg 24, Jackson 22, Petterd 22, S. Edwards 20, Houli 20, Newman 20.
Goals – Fremantle: Mzungu 3, Mayne 2, de Boer, Silvagni, Walters.
Leading possession-getters – Fremantle: Fyfe 27, Mundy 24, Barlow 22, Johnson 21, Mzungu 21, Neale 21, Pearce 20, Walters 20.
Head-to-head
- Richmond and Fremantle have played 33 times with the Tigers winning 18 and losing 15.
- Richmond last defeated Fremantle in Round 9, 2016 at Domain Stadium – 11.17 (83) to 6.9 (45).
- Richmond has won five and lost five of its past 10 against Fremantle.
- Richmond and Fremantle have never met in a league final.
- Richmond’s best winning sequence against Fremantle is three, from 2008-09.
- Richmond’s longest losing sequence against Fremantle is three, from 2005-07, and 2012-13.
- Richmond’s highest score against Fremantle is 23.10 (148) in Round 7, 2011 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s lowest score against Fremantle is 5.12 (42) in Round 19, 1997 at the WACA.
- Richmond’s greatest winning margin against Fremantle is 90 points in Round 14, 1998 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s greatest losing margin against Fremantle is 66 points in Round 4, 2002 at Subiaco.
- The most goals kicked by a Richmond player in a match against Fremantle is six by Matthew Richardson (three times), in Round 13, 1999 at Subiaco, Round 19, 2002 at the MCG and Round 4, 2005 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s biggest-ever crowd against Fremantle is 43,801 in Round 11, 2012 at the MCG.