Riewoldt booted five goals in the Tigers’ 70-point victory over the Western Bulldogs at the MCG yesterday (Sunday) to take his 2012 season’s tally to 54, with three home-and-away rounds remaining.
The 23-year-old, who won the competition’s Coleman Medal in 2010 with 78 goals and followed up with 62 last year, is currently second on the league’s goalkicking table, behind Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich, who has 57.
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The other Richmond players, who have achieved the 50-goal feat three years in-a-row, are Jack Titus, Dick Harris, Michael Roach and Kevin Bartlett.
Titus, in fact, accomplished the milestone twice - scoring 50-goals plus in five
successive seasons, from 1934-38, and completing a hat-trick of half-centuries from 1940-42.
The full list of Tiger players to reach the 50-goal milestone in three consecutive years is:
JACK TITUS
1934: 80 goals
1935: 83 goals
1936: 83 goals
1937: 65 goals
1938: 72 goals
JACK TITUS
1940: 100 goals
1941: 87 goals
1942: 67 goals
DICK HARRIS
1942: 63 goals
1943: 63 goals
1944: 63 goals
MICHAEL ROACH
1979: 90 goals
1980: 112 goals
1981: 86 goals
KEVIN BARTLETT
1980: 84 goals
1981: 58 goals
1982: 58 goals
JACK RIEWOLDT
2010: 78 goals
2011: 62 goals
2012: 54 goals (after Round 20)
