In the lead up to the big Friday night clash against Collingwood, Tony Greenberg looks at the recent history between the two teams.
• Richmond has played Collingwood 197 times for 84 wins, 112 losses and one draw.
• Richmond last defeated Collingwood in Round 19 of the 2007 season at the MCG.
• Richmond has lost its last three games against Collingwood.
• Richmond and Collingwood have met in six Grand Finals, with the Tigers winning two - 1920, 1980, and the Magpies winning four - 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929.
• Richmond and Collingwood have met in 16 finals all-up, with the Tigers winning nine and the Magpies winning seven.
• Richmond and Collingwood’s one drawn match was in Round 6 of the 1917 season.
• 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 at Punt Road.
• Richmond’s lowest score against Collingwood is 1.7 (13) v 2.13 (25) 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 greatest losing margin against Collingwood is 101 points in Round 21, 1986 at Victoria Park.
• The most goals kicked in a match by a Richmond player against Collingwood is 10 by Jack Titus in Round 3, 1942 at Punt Road, and 10 by Jeff Hogg in Round 8, 1991 at the MCG.
• Richmond’s biggest-ever crowd against Collingwood is 113,839 in the 1980 Grand Final.
• Some Magpies-turned-Tigers: Dan Minogue, Alby Pannam, Mick Erwin, Bob Heard, John Annear, Craig Stewart, Phillip Walsh, Terry Keays, John Mrakov, David Cloke (a Tiger-turned-Magpie-turned Tiger again).
Richmond v Collingwood the last five
Round 17, 2010 at the MCG
Richmond 2.2 4.4 6.7 6.9 (45)
Collingwood 6.1 11.3 15.10 19.13 (127)
Goals - Richmond: Riewoldt 2, Collins, Cousins, Graham, Martin.
Leading possession-getters - Richmond: Morton 25, Tuck 25, Cousins 24, Rance 23, Astbury 20, Deledio 19, Edwards 19, Polo 19.
Goals - Collingwood: Davis 4, Brown 3, Didak 3, Macaffer 3, Jolly 2, Beams, Dawes, Pendlebury, Swan.
Leading possession-getters - Collingwood: Swan 37, Pendlebury 30, Didak 28, Thomas 26, Johnson 26, Reid 22, Sidebottom 22, Ball 21.
Round 20, 2009
Richmond 2.1 3.3 6.5 8.11 (59)
Collingwood 7.8 13.13 20.18 22.20 (152)
Goals - Richmond: Hislop 2, Nahas 2, Deledio, Morton, Riewoldt, Tambling.
Leading possession-getters - Richmond: Deledio 31, Tuck 26, Newman 25, Bowden 24, Cousins 19, McMahon 19, Nahas 19.
Goals - Collingwood: Davis 4, Anthony 3, Cloke 2, Dick 2, Didak 2, Swan 2, Beams, Johnson, Lockyer, Medhurst, O’Brien, Pendlebury, Shaw.
Leading possession-getters - Collingwood: Swan 34, O’Bree 33, Pendlebury 31, Beams 30, Didak 29, Johnson 27, Lockyer 24, Cloke 21, Shaw 21, Davis 20, O’Brien 20, Wood 20.
Round 3, 2008 at MCG
Richmond 1.1 4.5 9.10 11.12 (78)
Collingwood 5.2 11.7 15.9 18.14 (122)
Goals - Richmond: Pattison 2, Pettifer 2, Brown, King, Morton, Newman, Polak, Richardson, Tambling.
Leading possession-getters - Richmond: Tuck 29, Johnson 27, King 27, McMahon 25, Deledio 24, Bowden 22, Brown 20.
Goals - Collingwood: Medhurst 3, Rocca 3, Thomas 3, Anthony 2, Cloke 2, Davis, Fraser, Johnson, Maxwell, Wood.
Leading possession-getters - Collingwood: H. Shaw 33, Lockyer 26, R. Shaw 26, Davis 24, Medhurst 24, Didak 23, Pendlebury 21, Johnson 20.
Round 19, 2007 at MCG
Richmond 6.4 11.4 15.5 18.8 (116)
Collingwood 3.3 9.8 12.10 14.12 (96)
Goals - Richmond: Deledio 5, Pettifer 2, Polak 2, Richardson 2, Brown, Edwards, Foley, Howat, Pattison, Tivendale, Tuck.
Leading possession-getters - Richmond: Bowden 31, Foley 27, Johnson 26, King 26, Tuck 25, Jackson 24, Pettifer 20.
Goals - Collingwood: Medhurst 3, Rocca 3, Davis 2, Thomas 2, Burns, Lockyer, R. Shaw, Swan.
Leading possession-getters - Collingwood: O’Bree 18, Licuria 17, Lockyer 17, H. Shaw 15, Burns 14, Davis 14, Thomas 14.
Round 3, 2007 at MCG
Richmond 5.5 7.10 11.10 13.12 (90)
Collingwood 2.3 4.6 11.10 17.13 (115)
Goals - Richmond: Krakouer 3, Richardson 3, Schulz 3, Tivendale 2, Johnson, Pettifer.
Leading possession-getters - Richmond: Foley 26, Johnson 25, Deledio 23, Tuck 23, Tivendale 21.
Goals - Collingwood: Medhurst 4, Rocca 3, Toovey 3, Davis 2, Dick 2, Pendlebury 2, Swan.
Leading possession-getters - Collingwood: Swan 35, Lockyer 32, Licuria 26, O’Bree 26, R. Shaw 25, Thomas 25, Burns 20.
