•    Overall, Richmond and Collingwood have met 198 times in league football history, with the Tigers winning 84, losing 113 and drawing one.

•    Richmond has lost its past four games against Collingwood.

•    The last time the Tigers beat the Magpies was in Round 19 of the 2007 season at the MCG - 18.8 (116) to 14.12 (96).

•    All-up, Richmond and Collingwood have met in nine finals matches, with the Tigers winning six and losing three.

•    The two teams have met in six league Grand Finals, with Richmond winning two (1920 and 1980) and losing four (1919, 1927, 1928 and 1929).

•    Richmond’s highest-ever score against Collingwood is 25.25 (175) in Round 3 of the 1942 season at Punt Road.

•    The Tigers biggest-ever win against Collingwood came in the same match in 1942 - 138 points.

•    Richmond and Collingwood’s one and only drawn match was in Round 6 of the 1917 season at Punt Road.

•    The record for the most goals kicked by a Richmond player in a match against Collingwood is shared by Jack Titus, 10 goals, Round 3, 1942 at Punt Road, and Jeff Hogg, 10 goals, Round 8, 1991 at the MCG.

•    Some players/coaches who went from Collingwood to Richmond:  Charlie Pannam (the Tigers’ first captain in the VFL), Dan Minogue (the Tigers’ 1920-21 premiership captain-coach), Mick Erwin, Bob Heard, Craig Considine, Rod Oborne, Craig Stewart, John Annear, Neil Peart, John Mrakov, Phillip Walsh, Peter McCormack, Wally Lovett, Terry Keays, Clinton King.

•    Some players/coaches who went from Richmond to Collingwood:  Tommy Hafey, Mick Malthouse, Kevin Morris, Stephen Roach, Geoff Raines, David Cloke, Brian Taylor, Michael Lockman, Stephen Ryan, Steve McKee.

•    Richmond’s biggest-ever win anywhere, anytime, was in Round 2 of the 1931 season, against North Melbourne at Punt Road.  The Tigers won by 168 points - 30.19 (199) to 4.7 (31).  That was the first time Richmond had kicked 30 goals in a match and it remained a Club record score for nearly 50 years.

•    Another major Tigerland record was set in that match, and remains to this day . . . Teenage full-forward, Doug Strang, booted 14 goals against North, in just his second game.  It’s the most goals kicked in a match by a Richmond player.

•    In Round 2, 1942 at Punt Road, the Tigers scored 30 goals in a match for the second time, registering 30.16 (196) to Melbourne’s 18.9 (117).

•    All-up, Richmond has kicked 30 goals or more in a match on four occasions, with two of them being in a Round 2 fixture.

•    Richmond’s only draw in Round 2 occurred last year against St Kilda at the MCG.  The Tigers scored 14.11 (95) to St Kilda’s 13.17 (95).

Richmond v Collingwood the last five

Round 4, 2011 at the MCG

Richmond        2.2    5.7    11.10    13.12  (90)
Collingwood    8.6    13.9    15.12    24.17  (161)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 4, Martin 2 White 2, Deledio, Graham, King, Miller, Vickery.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Deledio 33, Cotchin 30, Grigg 30, Martin 28, Jackson 26, Newman 26, Conca 23, Edwards 22, Foley 19.

Goals - Collingwood:  Swan 4, Cloke 3, Sidebottom 3, Beams 2, Dawes 2, Thomas 2, Ball, Blair, Brown, Didak, Johnson, Pendlebury, Wellingham, Wood.

Leading possession-getters - Collingwood:  Swan 33, Didak 26, Pendlebury 26, Thomas 26, Sidebottom 25, Beams 23, Blair 21, Shaw 20.   

Round 17, 2010 at the MCG

Richmond        2.2    4.4    6.7    6.9  (45)
Collingwood    6.1    11.3    15.10    19.13  (127)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 2, Collins, Cousins, Graham, Martin.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Morton 25, Tuck 25, Cousins 24, Rance 23, Astbury 20, Deledio 19, Edwards 19, Polo 19.

Goals - Collingwood:  Davis 4, Brown 3, Didak 3, Macaffer 3, Jolly 2, Beams, Dawes, Pendlebury, Swan.

Leading possession-getters - Collingwood:  Swan 37, Pendlebury 30, Didak 28, Thomas 26, Johnson 26, Reid 22, Sidebottom 22, Ball 21.

Round 20, 2009

Richmond        2.1    3.3    6.5    8.11  (59)
Collingwood    7.8    13.13    20.18    22.20  (152)

Goals - Richmond:  Hislop 2, Nahas 2, Deledio, Morton, Riewoldt, Tambling.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Deledio 31, Tuck 26, Newman 25, Bowden 24, Cousins 19, McMahon 19, Nahas 19.

Goals - Collingwood:  Davis 4, Anthony 3, Cloke 2, Dick 2, Didak 2, Swan 2, Beams, Johnson, Lockyer, Medhurst, O’Brien, Pendlebury, Shaw.

Leading possession-getters - Collingwood:  Swan 34, O’Bree 33, Pendlebury 31, Beams 30, Didak 29, Johnson 27, Lockyer 24, Cloke 21, Shaw 21, Davis 20, O’Brien 20, Wood 20.

Round 3, 2008 at MCG

Richmond        1.1    4.5    9.10    11.12  (78)
Collingwood    5.2    11.7    15.9    18.14  (122)

Goals - Richmond:  Pattison 2, Pettifer 2, Brown, King, Morton, Newman, Polak, Richardson, Tambling.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Tuck 29, Johnson 27, King 27, McMahon 25, Deledio 24, Bowden 22, Brown 20.

Goals - Collingwood:  Medhurst 3, Rocca 3, Thomas 3, Anthony 2, Cloke 2, Davis, Fraser, Johnson, Maxwell, Wood.

Leading possession-getters - Collingwood:  H. Shaw 33, Lockyer 26, R. Shaw 26, Davis 24, Medhurst 24, Didak 23, Pendlebury 21, Johnson 20.




Round 19, 2007 at MCG

Richmond        6.4    11.4    15.5    18.8  (116)
Collingwood    3.3    9.8    12.10    14.12  (96)

Goals - Richmond:  Deledio 5, Pettifer 2, Polak 2, Richardson 2, Brown, Edwards, Foley, Howat, Pattison, Tivendale, Tuck.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Bowden 31, Foley 27, Johnson 26, King 26, Tuck 25, Jackson 24, Pettifer 20.

Goals - Collingwood:  Medhurst 3, Rocca 3, Davis 2, Thomas 2, Burns, Lockyer, R. Shaw, Swan.

Leading possession-getters - Collingwood:  O’Bree 18, Licuria 17, Lockyer 17, H. Shaw 15, Burns 14, Davis 14, Thomas 14.
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