We’ve dissected Richmond’s 2017 fixture to provide you with the most comprehensive summary imaginable of what’s in store for the Tigers next season.
MCG
- 11 games all-up (14 in 2016)
- 10 home games (10 in ’16)
- 1 away game (4 in ’16)
- 6 day games (6 in ’16)
- 4 night games (8 in ’16)
- 2 Thursday night games (1 in ’16)
- 0 Friday night games (3 in ’16)
- 2 Saturday afternoon games (4 in ’16)
- 1 Saturday night game (3 in ’16)
- 4 Sunday afternoon games (3 in ’16)
- 0 Sunday night games (1 in ’16)
- 1 Monday night game (0 in ’16)
*Note that the final home-and-away fixture for 2017, v St Kilda at the MCG, is a floating one, with date and time to be confirmed late in the season.
Etihad Stadium
- 4 games all-up at Etihad Stadium (2 in ’16)
- 1 home game (1 in ’16)
- 3 away games (1 in ’16)
- 1 day game (1 in ’16)
- 3 night games (1 in ’16)
- 0 Saturday afternoon games (1 in ’16)
- 3 Saturday night games (1 in ’16)
- 1 Sunday afternoon game (0 in ’16)
Interstate
- 6 games all-up interstate (6 in ’16)
- 1 Saturday twilight game at Spotless Stadium (v GWS)
- 1 Saturday night game at Adelaide Oval (v Port Adelaide)
- 1 Saturday night game at Metricon Stadium (v Gold Coast)
- 1 Sunday afternoon game at Domain Stadium (v Fremantle)
- 1 Sunday twilight game at Adelaide Oval (v Adelaide)
- 1 Sunday twilight game at the Gabba (v Brisbane)
Day by day
- 2 Thursday night games (1 in ’16)
- 0 Friday night games (6 in ’16)
- 3 Saturday afternoon games (5 in ’16)
- 1 Saturday twilight game (0 in ’16)
- 6 Saturday night games (5 in ’16)
- 5 Sunday afternoon games (3 in ’16)
- 3 Sunday twilight games (0 in ’16)
- 0 Sunday night game (1 in ’16)
- 1 Monday night game (0 in ’16)
- 2 Thursday games all-up (1 in ’16)
- 0 Friday games all-up (6 in ’16)
- 10 Saturday games all-up (10 in ’16)
- 8 Sunday games all-up (4 in ’16)
- 1 Monday game all-up (0 in ’16)
- 8 day games all-up (8 in ’16)
- 4 twilight games all-up (0 in ’16)
- 9 night games all-up (13 in ’16)
Them’s the breaks
- 1 14-day break (0 in ’16)
- 1 9-day break (4 in ’16)
- 7 8-day breaks (5 in ’16)
- 5 7-day breaks (3 in ’16)
- 6 6-day breaks (8 in ’16)
Network coverage
- 12 Foxtel games (5 in ‘16)
- 9 Channel Seven games (16 in ‘16)
Other fixture facts
- Play twice: Carlton, Brisbane, Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda.
- Play once: Collingwood, West Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Essendon, North Melbourne, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, Geelong.
- Play only one of the 2016 finalists twice in 2017 – Greater Western Sydney.
- Interstate trips to: Adelaide (twice), Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Sydney.
- Play at Geelong’s home ground, Simonds Stadium, for the first time since 2012.
- Play the opening three games of the season (and four of the first five) at the MCG.
- Play Essendon just once in a season for the first time since 2010.
- Play consecutive games at Etihad Stadium in Round 16-17 (v St Kilda and Brisbane).
- Have a bye in Round 12 (weekend of June 10).