We take a look back at the recent and not so recent history between Richmond and Collingwood.

  • Richmond and Collingwood have played 199 times, with the Tigers winning 84, losing 114 and drawing one.
  • Richmond last defeated Collingwood in Round 19, 2007 at the MCG – 18.8 (116) to 14.12 (96).
  • Richmond has lost its past five 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.
  • Some Magpies-turned Tigers:  Charlie Pannam (the Tigers’ first captain in the VFL), Dan Minogue (the Tigers’ 1920-21 premiership captain-coach), Mick Erwin, Bob Heard, Craig Considine, Rod Oborne, Craig Stewart, John Annear, Neil Peart, John Mrakov, Phillip Walsh, Peter McCormack, Wally Lovett, Terry Keays, Clinton King.

Richmond v Collingwood the last five

Round 2, 2012 at the MCG

Richmond                 1.6      2.10   4.13    8.16  (64)
Collingwood                        2.8      5.10   11.12   12.13  (85)

 

Goals – Richmond:  Miller 4, Deledio 2, Conca, Edwards.

 

Leading possession-getters – Richmond:  Deledio 35, Rance 34, Grigg 30, Cotchin 26, Houli 26, Newman 25, Tuck 25, Batchelor 23, Conca 21, Martin 21, Morris 21, Grimes 20.

 

Goals – Collingwood:  Cloke 3, Thomas 3, Blair 2, Fasolo 2, Jolly, Paine.

 

Leading possession-getters – Collingwood:  Swan 32, Pendlebury 29, Sidebottom 24, O’Brien 23, Beams 22, Ball 20.

Round 4, 2011 at the MCG

Richmond                 2.2      5.7      11.10    13.12  (90)
Collingwood                        8.6      13.9   15.12    24.17  (161)

 

Goals – Richmond:  Riewoldt 4, Martin 2 White 2, Deledio, Graham, King, Miller, Vickery.

 

Leading possession-getters – Richmond:  Deledio 33, Cotchin 30, Grigg 30, Martin 28, Jackson 26, Newman 26, Conca 23, Edwards 22, Foley 19.

 

Goals – Collingwood:  Swan 4, Cloke 3, Sidebottom 3, Beams 2, Dawes 2, Thomas 2, Ball, Blair, Brown, Didak, Johnson, Pendlebury, Wellingham, Wood.

 

Leading possession-getters – Collingwood:  Swan 33, Didak 26, Pendlebury 26, Thomas 26, Sidebottom 25, Beams 23, Blair 21, Shaw 20.         

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.