Richmond FC

The Richmond Football Club is a member of the Australian Football League (AFL), which is the top sports league in Australia. With a dedicated membership of 105,084, the Club focuses on creating a "strong and bold" future. Established in 1885, the Club has achieved significant success, claiming 13 Premiership titles throughout its history in the VFL/AFL, with notable victories in 2017, 2019, and 2020.

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Vale Len Gardner

1 week ago | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

Len Gardner, the Richmond utility who captained the Under 19s, won a Reserves Best and Fairest, and played five senior games, has died. He was 94. Gardner died on Saturday May 17th, 2025, his son Mark told Rhett Bartlett. Born on February 16th, 1931, the passionate Tiger supporter grew up in Burnley, and worked as a truck driver for Lou Arthur, transporting the barley and malt from the wharf to the silos in Richmond.
Every Richmond Under 19s player ever

2 weeks ago | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

A landmark six-year research project documenting every known Richmond Under 19s player has been completed. The result is a list of 1,054 players who suited up for the Under 19s between 1946–1991. That list is available to view on the Tigerland Archive site here: https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=Under+19+Players.
Yze deflated, but proud, after Giants defeat

3 weeks ago | richmondfc.com.au | Martin Pegan

Richmond coach Adem Yze admits the Tigers had “a split personality in the rooms” after a heartbreaking three-point loss to GWS. The Tigers led by as much as 34 points halfway through the third term in the Round 12 clash, as they went on to dominate centre clearances 16-5 and contested ball 149-120, leaving even Giants coach Adam Kingsley to concede "we didn't deserve to win that game".
Young Tigers fall short against the Giants

4 weeks ago | richmondfc.com.au | Martin Pegan

After a dream start for the travelling Tigers, the young side couldn't hold on, going down by three points late in the fourth to a gutsy Giants outfit. Richmond managed to pile on six goals in the opening term, charging forward to a 28-point quarter-time lead over the Giants, who managed just two majors. The early surge was led by returning veteran Dion Prestia, who snapped a crucial goal in the opening minutes to announce his comeback to the big time perfectly.
Vale Frank Dunin

1 month ago | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

Frank Dunin, the CSIRO scientist who was Richmond’s key position player in the 1950s, and member of the demonstration football match at the Melbourne Olympics, has died. Dunin died May 13th 2025, his son Ben told Rhett Bartlett. In 1953 and 1955-1959, the right-footer played 69 senior games as a centre-half-forward, centre half-back and ruckman, kicking 30 goals. He also played 13 Reserves games and kicked nine goals.
Vale Peter Nixon AO

1 month ago | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

Peter Nixon AO, the universally admired politician who, as a staunch supporter of the Richmond Football Club, was Club Patron for over 40 years, has died. Mr Nixon died May 1st 2025, aged 97. Whilst serving under five former Prime Ministers - Harold Holt, John McEwen, John Gorton, Billy McMahon, and Malcolm Fraser - he followed the fortunes of Tigerland from within the inner sanctum, always having the ear and respect of powerbrokers Graeme Richmond, Alan Schwab, and Ian Wilson.
Vale Edo Benetti

Mar 15, 2025 | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

Edo Benetti, the Italian son of a coal miner, who played nine senior games as Richmond’s full-forward in the early 1960s, has died. He was 83. Benetti died March 3, 2025, his daughter Jan advised the Richmond Former Players and Officials. His career at Tigerland spanned 1960-1962 for nine Senior games and seven goals, and 23 Reserves matches for 43 goals. In 1962 he won the Reserves goalkicking with 22.
Vale Kevin Webb

Mar 7, 2025 | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

Kevin Webb, Richmond’s second-oldest living footballer, who played seven games in 1949, has died. Webb died February 26, 2025, aged 96, his daughter Jenny wrote in an email to Rhett Bartlett. “He had lived a great and full life.”One of our last living players to take the field in the 1940s, Webb was recruited from Sunshine, played for the Richmond Thirds in 1947, and 21 games for the Reserves between 1947 and 1949. The Argus, May 21st 1947 detailing his clearance to Tigerland.
Earliest Richmond Home and Away broadcast discovered

Feb 25, 2025 | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

The earliest surviving complete Richmond Home and Away broadcast - Round 22, 1977 - has been discovered. The two U-Matic tapes covering Channel 7’s telecast was saved by, would you believe, a Carlton supporter named Al, who rescued them from being trashed at a storage facility back in the 1980s. They have now been digitised and uploaded to Rhett Bartlett’s YouTube channel.
Richmond Football Club celebrates 140th birthday

Feb 19, 2025 | richmondfc.com.au | Rhett Bartlett |Richmond Historian

To celebrate the Richmond Football Club’s 140th birthday today, Graeme Charles - the great grandson of the club’s founder James Charles – visited Tigerland to be photographed with the entire playing group, and CEO Shane Dunne. It was on this date in 1885 that James Charles the Richmond Cricket Club committeeman - who worked at the Glasgow Book Warehouse - founded the footy club at the Royal Hotel on Punt Road.