It will be Hardwick’s 300th official game as a league player and coach, since making his playing debut for Essendon in 1994.
Hardwick, who turns 40 later this month, played 153 premiership matches and 13 pre-season games with the Bombers, 54 premiership matches and five pre-season games for Port Adelaide, plus four International matches for Australia.
He’s now coached Richmond in 62 premiership matches and eight pre-season games.
In 11 seasons as a player at the game’s highest level, Hardwick achieved the ultimate success - a premiership - on two occasions.
He played in Essendon’s 2000 premiership team and was a member of Port Adelaide’s 2004 flag side, in what was his last game of league football.
