Here is a concise summary of the recent, and overall, history of Richmond and Collingwood on-field battles...
Recent history
Round 20, 2016, MCG
Richmond 3.0 7.3 10.7 14.8 (92)
Collingwood 5.2 6.3 8.7 11.11 (77)
Goals – Richmond: Riewoldt 4, Vickery 2, Drummond, B. Ellis, Grigg, Lloyd, Marcon, Martin, A. Moore, Rioli.
Leading possession-winners – Richmond: Martin 34, Houli 30, Cotchin 28, Grigg 26, Markov 26, Rance 26, Miles 24, Marcon 22, Short 22, Vlastuin 22, A. Moore 20.
Goals – Collingwood: Aish 2, Cox 2, Adams, Cloke, Crocker, Pendlebury, Varcoe, White, Willis.
Leading possession-winners – Collingwood: Adams 25, Crisp 25, Treloar 24, Sidebottom 22, Smith 20, Wills 20.
Round 2, 2016, MCG
Richmond 2.2 3.8 7.12 12.14 (86)
Collingwood 2.1 3.3 7.7 13.9 (87)
Goals – Richmond: Riewoldt 3, Short 3, Lambert 2, Vickery 2, Lloyd, Martin.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 38, Houli 35, B. Ellis 30, Grigg 30, Martin 30, McIntosh 28, Miles 19.
Goals – Collingwood: Fasolo 6, Grundy 2, Aish, Cloke, de Goey, Langdon, Moore.
Leading possession-getters – Collingwood: Treloar 32, Pendlebury 26, Ramsay 23, Adams21, Greenwood 21, Oxley 21.
Round 21, 2015, MCG
Richmond 7.3 10.6 14.9 23.9 (147)
Collingwood 3.3 3.10 6.13 7.14 (56)
Goals – Richmond: Vickery 6, Deledio 3, Lloyd 3, Houli 2, Riewoldt 2, B. Ellis, Grigg, Lambert, Lennon, Maric, Martin, Newman.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Martin 32, B. Ellis 31, Houli 29, Hunt 25, Miles 25, Grigg 24, Rance 22, Batchelor 21, Newman 21, Vickery 21, Deledio 20.
Goals – Collingwood: Swan 2, Blair, Cloke, Elliott, Greenwood, Pendlebury.
Leading possession-getters – Collingwood: Pendlebury 33, Sidebottom 32, Adams 28, Swan 28, Greenwood 24, Sinclair 20.
Round 7, 2015, MCG
Richmond 1.2 9.5 12.6 16.9 (105)
Collingwood 4.4 7.5 12.7 15.10 (100)
Goals – Richmond: Riewoldt 4, Vickery 3, Cotchin 2, Deledio 2, Grigg 2, B. Ellis, Maric, McIntosh.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Cotchin 32, Deledio 30, B. Ellis 29, Grigg 28, Martin 26, Rance 23, Houli 22, Miles 21.
Goals – Collingwood: Cloke 3, Crisp 2, Elliott 2, Swan 2, White 2, Blair, Broomhead, de Goey, Witts.
Leading possession-getters – Collingwood: Swan 32, Adams 23, Seedsman 22, Crisp 20.
Round 4, 2014, MCG
Richmond 1.4 2.7 3.10 10.12 (72)
Collingwood 4.3 7.5 10.10 16.14 (110)
Goals – Richmond: Lloyd 3, Riewoldt 2, Arnot, S. Edwards, Martin, Newman.
Leading possession-getters – Richmond: Martin 29, Jackson 27, Conca 25, Houli 22, Lloyd 22, Thomas 22, Ellis 20, Vlastuin 20.
Goals – Collingwood: Beams 3, Pendlebury 3, White 3, Elliott 2, Swan 2, Ball, Blair, Sidebottom.
Leading possession-getters – Collingwood: Beams 30, Swan 27, Pendlebury 24, Ball 22, Sidebottom 22, Young 21, Fasolo 20.
Richmond v Collingwood head-to-head
- Richmond and Collingwood have played 205 times, with the Tigers winning 87, losing 117 and drawing one.
- Richmond last defeated Collingwood in Round 20, 2016 at the MCG – 14.8 (92) to 11.11 (77).
- Richmond has lost seven of its past 10 games against Collingwood.
- Richmond and Collingwood have met in nine finals matches, with the Tigers winning six and losing three.
- The two teams have met in six league Grand Finals, with Richmond winning two (1920 and 1980) and losing four (1919, 1927, 1928 and 1929).
- Richmond’s best winning sequence against Collingwood is six, from 1920-22.
- Richmond’s longest losing sequence against Collingwood is 11, from 1909-14.
- Richmond’s highest score against Collingwood is 25.25 (175) in Round 3, 1942 season at Punt Road.
- Richmond’s lowest score against Collingwood is 1.7 (13) in the 1927 Grand Final at the MCG.
- Richmond’s greatest winning margin against Collingwood is 138 points in Round 3, 1942 at Punt Road.
- Richmond’s biggest losing margin against Collingwood is 101 points in Round 21, 1986 at Victoria Park.
- Richmond and Collingwood’s one and only drawn match was in Round 6 of the 1917 season at Punt Road.
- The most goals kicked by a Richmond player in a match against Collingwood is shared by Jack Titus, 10 goals, Round 3, 1942 at Punt Road, and Jeff Hogg, 10 goals, Round 8, 1991 at the MCG.
- Richmond’s biggest-ever crowd against Collingwood is 113,461 in the 1980 Grand Final.