Richmond conceded 70 points or less in a match to opposition teams throughout its 2019 premiership season 16 times out of a total of 25 games, which shows just how defensively proficient the Tigers were.
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Only once during Richmond’s 12-game winning streak, culminating in the crushing Grand Final victory over Greater Western Sydney, did an opponent score more than 70 points – West Coast’s 13.4 (82) in Round 22 at the MCG.
Of course, the absence of champion key defender Alex Rance since the opening round of the season with a serious knee injury, makes it an even more meritorious achievement.
In the Tigers’ 2017 premiership year, they accomplished this highly-impressive defensive deed on 13 occasions.
Last year, when Richmond finished on top of the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season, before being beaten by Collingwood in the preliminary final, it restricted opposing sides to 70 points or under 11 times.
