We’ve dissected Richmond’s 2017 fixture to provide you with the most comprehensive summary imaginable of what’s in store for the Tigers next season.

MCG

  • 11 games all-up (14 in 2016)
  • 10 home games  (10 in ’16)
  • 1 away game  (4 in ’16)
  • 6 day games  (6 in ’16)
  • 4 night games  (8 in ’16)
  • 2 Thursday night games  (1 in ’16)
  • 0 Friday night games  (3 in ’16)
  • 2 Saturday afternoon games  (4 in ’16)
  • 1 Saturday night game  (3 in ’16)
  • 4 Sunday afternoon games  (3 in ’16)
  • 0 Sunday night games  (1 in ’16)
  • 1 Monday night game (0 in ’16)

*Note that the final home-and-away fixture for 2017, v St Kilda at the MCG, is a floating one, with date and time to be confirmed late in the season. 

Etihad Stadium

  • 4 games all-up at Etihad Stadium  (2 in ’16)
  • 1 home game  (1 in ’16)
  • 3 away games  (1 in ’16)
  • 1 day game (1 in ’16)
  • 3 night games (1 in ’16)
  • 0 Saturday afternoon games (1 in ’16)
  • 3 Saturday night games (1 in ’16)
  • 1 Sunday afternoon game (0 in ’16)

Interstate

  • 6 games all-up interstate  (6 in ’16)
  • 1 Saturday twilight game at Spotless Stadium (v GWS)
  • 1 Saturday night game at Adelaide Oval (v Port Adelaide)
  • 1 Saturday night game at Metricon Stadium (v Gold Coast)
  • 1 Sunday afternoon game at Domain Stadium (v Fremantle)
  • 1 Sunday twilight game at Adelaide Oval (v Adelaide)
  • 1 Sunday twilight game at the Gabba (v Brisbane)

Day by day

  • 2 Thursday night games  (1 in ’16)
  • 0 Friday night games  (6 in ’16)
  • 3 Saturday afternoon games  (5 in ’16)
  • 1 Saturday twilight game (0 in ’16)
  • 6 Saturday night games  (5 in ’16)
  • 5 Sunday afternoon games  (3 in ’16)
  • 3 Sunday twilight games (0 in ’16)
  • 0 Sunday night game (1 in ’16)
  • 1 Monday night game (0 in ’16)
  • 2 Thursday games all-up  (1 in ’16)
  • 0 Friday games all-up  (6 in ’16)
  • 10 Saturday games all-up  (10 in ’16)
  • 8 Sunday games all-up  (4 in ’16)
  • 1 Monday game all-up (0 in ’16)
  • 8 day games all-up (8 in ’16)
  • 4 twilight games all-up (0 in ’16)
  • 9 night games all-up (13 in ’16)

Them’s the breaks

  • 1  14-day break  (0 in ’16)
  • 1  9-day break  (4 in ’16)
  • 7  8-day breaks  (5 in ’16)
  • 5  7-day breaks (3 in ’16)
  • 6  6-day breaks (8 in ’16)

Network coverage

  • 12 Foxtel games (5 in ‘16)
  • 9  Channel Seven games (16 in ‘16)

Other fixture facts

  • Play twice:  Carlton, Brisbane, Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda.
  • Play once:  Collingwood, West Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Essendon, North Melbourne, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, Geelong.
  • Play only one of the 2016 finalists twice in 2017 – Greater Western Sydney.
  • Interstate trips to:  Adelaide (twice), Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Sydney.
  • Play at Geelong’s home ground, Simonds Stadium, for the first time since 2012.
  • Play the opening three games of the season (and four of the first five) at the MCG.
  • Play Essendon just once in a season for the first time since 2010.
  • Play consecutive games at Etihad Stadium in Round 16-17 (v St Kilda and Brisbane).
  • Have a bye in Round 12 (weekend of June 10).