Damien Hardwick will surpass Tommy Hafey for the most games as Richmond’s senior coach in Friday night’s qualifying final against Brisbane at the Gabba.
It will be Hardwick’s 249th game in charge of the Tigers, one more than Hafey, who coached the Club from 1966-76, winning four premierships during his magnificent coaching career at Punt Road.
Hardwick, a dual premiership coach with Richmond, has an overall wining strike-rate throughout his tenure at Tigerland of 57.5 per cent (142 wins, 103 losses, three draws).
Since 2013, Hardwick’s winning strike-rate with the Tigers is 64.6 per cent (117 wins, 63 losses, one draw from 181 games).
Throughout the past four seasons, Hardwick’s winning strike-rate has risen to a highly-impressive 74.7 per cent.
He also joins Hafey in the most finals campaigns by a Richmond coach.
Hafey led the Tigers to seven finals series – 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
Hardwick has guided the Club into the finals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
