• Richmond and Hawthorn have played 149 times, with the Tigers winning 82 and losing 67.

• Richmond has won three and lost seven of its past 10 encounters with Hawthorn.
 
• The two clubs have never played a drawn match.

• Richmond and Hawthorn have never met in a final, which is amazing when you consider that from 1967 to 1980, the two clubs won eight premierships between them (five to the Tigers and three to the Hawks).

• Richmond's highest score against Hawthorn is 29.14 (188), in Round 5, 1985 at Princes Park.
 
• Richmond's lowest score against Hawthorn is 2.20 (32), in Round 15, 1975 at Princes Park.
 
• Richmond's greatest winning margin against Hawthorn is 114 points, in Round 16, 1967 at Glenferrie Oval.

• Richmond's greatest losing margin against Hawthorn is 101 points, in Round 14, 1986 at the MCG.

• Richmond's longest winning sequence against Hawthorn is 21 (an overall Club record), from 1925-36.
 
• Richmond's longest losing sequence against Hawthorn is 16, from 1985-94.
 
• Richmond's most recent win against Hawthorn was in Round 20, 2008 (16.9 to 10.16).
 
• The highest individual goal tally by a Richmond player against Hawthorn is 11 by Michael Roach, in Round 5, 1985 at Princes Park.
 
• Richmond's biggest-ever crowd against Hawthorn is 57,572, in Round 12, 1980.
 
• Some Hawks-turned-Tigers: Ian Scrimshaw, Barry Rowlings, Peter Welsh, Kim Kershaw, Alan Martello, Terry Wallace, Greg Dear.

Richmond v Hawthorn the last five

Round 3, 2011 at the MCG

Richmond    1.3    2.7    4.11    6.16  (52)
Hawthorn    7.1    11.6    13.12    17.13  (115)

Goals - Richmond:  King 2, Grigg, Helbig, Riewoldt, Vickery.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Martin 25, Cotchin 24, Foley 24, Jackson 22, Grigg 19.

Goals - Hawthorn:  Franklin 5, Roughead 3, Hodge 2, Savage 2, Burgoyne, Ellis, Guerra, Hale, Osborne.

Leading possession-getters - Hawthorn:  Lewis 32, Shiels 27, Franklin 22, Birchall 21, Burgoyne 21, Ellis 21, Sewell 21, Suckling 21, Hodge 20, Savage 20.

Round 8, 2010 at the MCG

Richmond    3.1    6.5    8.5    13.8  (86)
Hawthorn    2.5    7.6    9.10    13.11  (89)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 4, Graham 2, Newman 2, Edwards, Jackson, Rance, Tambling, White.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Deledio 35, Jackson 31, Cotchin 27, Newman 27, Foley 24, White 21, Nason 20, Tuck 20.

Goals - Hawthorn:  Rioli 4, Franklin 2, Peterson 2, Roughead 2, Birchall, Lewis, Young.

Leading possession-getters - Hawthorn:  Mitchell 29, Hodge 27, Lewis 23, Burgoyne 20, Franklin 19, Sewell 18.

Round 21, 2009 at the MCG

Richmond    2.2    7.3    9.6    14.9  (93)
Hawthorn    2.6    8.11    13.14    20.15  (135)

Goals - Richmond:  Morton 3, Riewoldt 3, Deledio 2, Tuck 2, Brown, Cousins, Jackson, Tambling.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Deledio 36, Brown 25, Jackson 24, Tambling 22, Tuck 22, Simmonds 19.

Goals - Hawthorn:  Franklin 5, Dowler 4, Osborne 3, Rioli 2, Kennedy 2, McGlynn 2, Hodge, Lewis.

Leading possession-getters - Hawthorn:  Mitchell 35, Hodge 30, Bateman 29, Sewell 26, Birchall 25, Kennedy 22, Franklin 21, Muston 21, Tuck 21, Lewis 20, Shiels 20.

Round 20, 2008 at the MCG

Richmond    5.2    10.5    13.6    16.9  (105)
Hawthorn    2.5    4.10    7.15    10.16  (76)

Goals - Richmond:  Connors 3, Morton 3, Bowden, Cartledge, Cotchin, Deledio, Edwards, McMahon, Richardson, Tambling, Tuck, White.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Bowden 38, Tuck 36, McMahon 30, Deledio 29, Richardson 29, Schulz 29, Newman 27, Johnson 25.

Goals - Hawthorn:  Franklin 3, Brown 2, Bateman, Lewis, Osborne, Rioli, Williams.

Leading possession-getters - Hawthorn:  Mitchell 28, Lewis 26, Guerra 25, Sewell 24, Ellis 22, Birchall 20, Crawford 20.

Round 6, 2008 at the MCG

Richmond    4.1    6.1    11.4    15.4  (94)
Hawthorn    4.7    6.12    10.18    14.22  (106)

Goals - Richmond:  Richardson 4, Brown 3, Morton 2, Deledio, Johnson, Riewoldt, Schulz, Tambling, Tuck.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Tuck 33, Johnson 31, Deledio 30, King 29, McMahon 29, Richardson 27, Brown 22.

Goals - Hawthorn:  Roughead 5, Osborne 2, Rioli 2, Williams 2, Franklin, McGlynn, Young.

Leading possession-getters - Hawthorn:  Hodge 31, Mitchell 28, Osborne 26, Crawford 25, Ladson 24, Lewis 22, Birchall 20.