2017 Richmond Football Club season

Australian rules football club season

Richmond Football Club2017 season

Players celebrating on stage after winning the 2017 AFL Grand Final

President| Peggy O'Neal
(4th season)
Coach| Damien Hardwick
(8th season)

Captain(s)| Trent Cotchin
(5th season)

Home ground| MCG
Pre-season| (2-1)
AFL season| 3rd
(15-7)

Finals series| 1st
(3-0)

Best and fairest| Dustin Martin
Leading goalkicker| Jack Riewoldt
(54)

Highest home attendance| 85,657
(Round 5 vs. Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance| 28,188
(Round 17 vs. Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance| 55,958
( 14,403 /  34.66%)
Club membership| 75,777
( 391 /  0.54%)

<- 2016

2018 ->

The 2017 season was the 110th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL. It ended with Richmond the premiers of the competition, the first time they had achieved it since 1980.

## 2016 off-season list changes

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### Retirements and delistings

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Player  | Reason  | Club games  | Career games  | Ref

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Troy Chaplin | Retired | 75 | 215 | [1]
Reece McKenzie | Retired | 0 | 0 | [2]
Andrew Moore | Delisted | 5 | 60 | [3]
Liam McBean | Delisted | 5 | 5 | [2]
Adam Marcon | Delisted | 2 | 2 | [2]
Chris Yarran | Delisted | 0 | 119 | [4]

### Free agency

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Date  | Player  | Free agent type  | Former club  | New club  | Compensation  | Ref

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10 October | Ty Vickery | Restricted | Richmond | Hawthorn | 2nd round | [5]

### Trades

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Date  | Gained  | Lost  | Trade partner  | Ref

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19 October  | Dion Prestia | Pick 6  | Gold Coast | [6]
Pick 24  | 2017 2nd round pick
19 October  | Toby Nankervis | Pick 46  | Sydney | [7]
20 October  | Josh Caddy | Pick 24  | Geelong | [8]
Pick 56  | Pick 64
20 October  | 2017 1st round pick (via Geelong)  | Brett Deledio | Greater Western Sydney | [9]
2017 3rd round pick

### National draft

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Round  | Overall pick  | Player  | State  | Position  | Team from  | League from  | Ref

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2 | 29 | Shai Bolton | WA | Forward / midfielder  | South Fremantle | WAFL | [10]
4 | 53 | Jack Graham | SA | Midfielder | North Adelaide | SANFL | [11]
5 | 72 | Ryan Garthwaite | VIC | Tall defender | Murray Bushrangers | TAC Cup | [12]

### Rookie draft

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Round  | Overall pick  | Player  | State  | Position  | Team from  | League from  | Ref

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1 | 6 | Tyson Stengle | SA | Small forward | Woodville-West Torrens | SANFL | [13]

## 2017 squad

[edit]

Richmond Football Club  Senior list  | Rookie list  | Coaching staff

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* 1  Nick Vlastuin
* 2  Dylan Grimes
* 3  Dion Prestia
* 4  Dustin Martin
* 5  Brandon Ellis
* 6  Shaun Grigg
* 7  Ben Lennon
* 8  Jack Riewoldt (vc)
* 9  Trent Cotchin (c)
* 10  Shane Edwards
* 11  Jake Batchelor
* 12  David Astbury
* 14  Bachar Houli
* 15  Jayden Short
* 16  Shaun Hampson
* 17  Daniel Rioli
* 18  Alex Rance (vc)
* 20  Ivan Maric
* 21  Jacob Townsend
* 22  Josh Caddy

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* 23  Kane Lambert
* 24  Ben Griffiths
* 25  Toby Nankervis
* 26  Anthony Miles
* 27  Sam Lloyd
* 28  Taylor Hunt
* 29  Shai Bolton
* 30  Reece Conca
* 31  Oleg Markov
* 32  Corey Ellis
* 33  Kamdyn McIntosh
* 34  Jack Graham
* 35  Nathan Broad
* 37  Connor Menadue
* 38  Steven Morris
* 39  Nathan Drummond
* 40  Dan Butler
* 42  Ryan Garthwaite
* 43  Todd Elton

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* 36  Callum Moore
* 41  Mabior Chol
* 44  Tyson Stengle
* 46  Jason Castagna
* 47  Ivan Soldo (B)

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Head coach

* Damien Hardwick

Assistant coaches

* Justin Leppitsch (forwards)

* Blake Caracella (midfield spread)

* Andrew McQualter (midfield stoppage)

* Ben Rutten (backline)

* Craig McRae (development (forwards)/VFL coach)

* Xavier Clarke (development (midfield))

* Ryan Ferguson (development (backline))

* * *

Legend:

* (c) Captain(s)
* (vc) Vice-captain(s)
* Upgraded rookie

* (B) Category B rookie

* * *

Updated: 12 May 2017
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

## 2017 season

[edit]

### Pre-season

[edit]

Match  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Opponent's score  | Result  | Home/away  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | Friday 24 February, 7:40pm  | 0.14.8 (92) | Adelaide | 0.10.13 (73)  | Won by 19 points | Home  | Etihad Stadium | 7,262
2  | Sunday 5 March, 4:10pm  | 0.11.13 (79) | Port Adelaide | 0.7.9 (51)  | Won by 28 points | Away  | Malseed Park, Mount Gambier | 4,649
3  | Saturday 11 March, 1:10pm  | 0.16.11 (107)  | Collingwood | 1.15.15 (114) | Lost by 7 points  | Home  | Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe | 5,701

### Home and away season

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Round  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Opponent's score  | Result  | Home/away  | Venue  | Attendance  | Ladder

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1  | Thursday, 23 March 7:20pm  | 20.12 (132) | Carlton | 14.5 (89)  | Won by 43 points | Away  | MCG | 73,137  | 3rd
2  | Thursday, 30 March 7:20pm  | 14.15 (99) | Collingwood | 11.14 (80)  | Won by 19 points | Home  | MCG | 58,236  | 3rd
3  | Saturday, 8 April 2:10pm  | 11.10 (76) | West Coast | 8.17 (65)  | Won by 11 points | Home  | MCG | 42,523  | 2nd
4  | Sunday, 16 April 4:40pm  | 17.17 (119) | Brisbane Lions | 10.7 (67)  | Won by 52 points | Away  | The Gabba | 21,669  | 3rd
5  | Monday 24 April 7:25pm  | 12.16 (88) | Melbourne | 11.9 (75)  | Won by 13 points | Home  | MCG | 85,657  | 3rd
6  | Sunday, 30 April 4:10pm  | 10.4 (64)  | Adelaide | 21.14 (140) | Lost by 76 points  | Away  | Adelaide Oval | 51,069  | 4th
7  | Saturday, 6 May 7:25pm  | 11.9 (75)  | Western Bulldogs | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 5 points  | Away  | Etihad Stadium | 46,387  | 6th
8  | Sunday, 14 May 1:10pm  | 10.10 (70)  | Fremantle | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 2 points  | Home  | MCG | 31,200  | 7th
9  | Saturday 20 May 4:35pm  | 10.15 (75)  | Greater Western Sydney | 11.12 (78) | Lost by 3 points  | Away  | Spotless Stadium | 10,677  | 7th
10  | Saturday, 27 May 7:25pm  | 11.15 (81) | Essendon | 10.6 (66)  | Won by 15 points | Home  | MCG | 85,656  | 5th
11  | Saturday 3 June, 7:25pm  | 14.17 (101) | North Melbourne | 9.12 (66)  | Won by 35 points | Away  | Etihad Stadium | 36,100  | 4th
12  | BYE | 4th
13  | Saturday 17 June, 1:45pm  | 10.11 (71)  | Sydney | 12.8 (80) | Lost by 9 points  | Home  | MCG | 58,721  | 6th
14  | Sunday 25 June, 3:20pm  | 11.18 (84) | Carlton | 8.10 (58)  | Won by 26 points | Home  | MCG | 64,448  | 6th
15  | Saturday 1 July, 7:10pm  | 11.10 (76) | Port Adelaide | 8.15 (63)  | Won by 13 points | Away  | Adelaide Oval | 39,979  | 4th
16  | Saturday 8 July, 7:25pm  | 10.11 (71)  | St Kilda | 21.12 (138) | Lost by 67 points  | Away  | Etihad Stadium | 47,514  | 6th
17  | Sunday 16 July, 1:10pm  | 16.16 (112) | Brisbane Lions | 12.9 (81)  | Won by 31 points | Home  | Etihad Stadium | 28,188  | 5th
18  | Sunday 23 July, 1:10pm  | 9.10 (64) | Greater Western Sydney | 6.9 (45)  | Won by 19 points | Home  | MCG | 33,467  | 4th
19  | Saturday 29 July, 7:25pm  | 14.14 (98) | Gold Coast | 10.5 (65)  | Won by 33 points | Away  | Metricon Stadium | 16,207  | 4th
20  | Sunday 6 August, 3:20pm  | 13.15 (93) | Hawthorn | 9.10 (64)  | Won by 29 points | Home  | MCG | 58,342  | 3rd
21  | Saturday 12 August, 2:10pm  | 9.12 (66)  | Geelong | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 14 points  | Away  | Kardinia Park | 32,266  | 4th
22  | Sunday 20 August, 2:40pm  | 25.5 (155) | Fremantle | 7.9 (51)  | Won by 104 points | Away  | Domain Stadium | 34,204  | 4th
23  | Sunday 27 August, 3:20pm  | 19.8 (122) | St Kilda | 12.9 (81)  | Won by 41 points | Home  | MCG | 69,104  | 3rd

### Finals

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Match  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Opponent's Score  | Result  | Home/Away  | Venue  | Attendance

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Qualifying final  | Friday 8 September, 7:50pm  | 13.13 (91) | Geelong | 5.10 (40)  | Won by 51 points | Away  | MCG | 95,028
Preliminary final  | Saturday 23 September, 4:45pm  | 15.13 (103) | Greater Western Sydney | 9.13 (67)  | Won by 36 points | Home  | MCG | 94,258
Grand final | Saturday 30 September, 2:30pm  | 16.12 (108) | Adelaide | 8.12 (60)  | Won by 48 points | Away  | MCG | 100,021

## Ladder

[edit]

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Adelaide | 22  | 15  | 6  | 1  | 2415  | 1776  | 136.0  | 62  | 2017 finals
2  | Geelong | 22  | 15  | 6  | 1  | 2134  | 1818  | 117.4  | 62
3  | Richmond (P) | 22  | 15  | 7  | 0  | 1992  | 1684  | 118.3  | 60
4  | Greater Western Sydney | 22  | 14  | 6  | 2  | 2081  | 1812  | 114.8  | 60
5  | Port Adelaide | 22  | 14  | 8  | 0  | 2168  | 1671  | 129.7  | 56
6  | Sydney | 22  | 14  | 8  | 0  | 2093  | 1651  | 126.8  | 56
7  | Essendon | 22  | 12  | 10  | 0  | 2135  | 2004  | 106.5  | 48
8  | West Coast | 22  | 12  | 10  | 0  | 1964  | 1858  | 105.7  | 48
9  | Melbourne | 22  | 12  | 10  | 0  | 2035  | 1934  | 105.2  | 48  |
10  | Western Bulldogs | 22  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 1857  | 1913  | 97.1  | 44
11  | St Kilda | 22  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 1925  | 1986  | 96.9  | 44
12  | Hawthorn | 22  | 10  | 11  | 1  | 1864  | 2055  | 90.7  | 42
13  | Collingwood | 22  | 9  | 12  | 1  | 1944  | 1963  | 99.0  | 38
14  | Fremantle | 22  | 8  | 14  | 0  | 1607  | 2160  | 74.4  | 32
15  | North Melbourne | 22  | 6  | 16  | 0  | 1983  | 2264  | 87.6  | 24
16  | Carlton | 22  | 6  | 16  | 0  | 1594  | 2038  | 78.2  | 24
17  | Gold Coast | 22  | 6  | 16  | 0  | 1756  | 2311  | 76.0  | 24
18  | Brisbane Lions | 22  | 5  | 17  | 0  | 1877  | 2526  | 74.3  | 20

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

## Awards

[edit]

### League awards

[edit]

#### All-Australian team

[edit]

| Player | Position | Appearance

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Named | Alex Rance | Full Back | 4th
Named | Dustin Martin | Centre | 2nd

#### Brownlow Medal tally

[edit]

Main article: 2017 Brownlow Medal

Player | 3 vote games | 2 vote games | 1 vote games | Total votes | Place

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Dustin Martin | 11  | 0  | 3  | 36  | 1st
Trent Cotchin | 0  | 3  | 2  | 8  | 51st
Alex Rance | 0  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 51st
Shaun Grigg | 1  | 2  | 0  | 7  | 57th
Jack Riewoldt | 1  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 66th
Dion Prestia | 0  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 77th
Josh Caddy | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 106th
Kane Lambert | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 132nd
Toby Nankervis | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 132nd
Jacob Townsend | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 162nd
Bachar Houli | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 162nd
Brandon Ellis | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 162nd
Total | 14  | 12  | 14  | 80 | \-

[14]

#### Rising Star

[edit]

Nominations:

Round | Player | Ref

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11  | Dan Butler | [15]
19  | Jason Castagna | [16]

#### 22 Under 22 team

[edit]

| Player | Position | Appearance

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Named | Daniel Rioli | Interchange | 1st
Nominated | Dan Butler | - | \-

### Club awards

[edit]

#### Jack Dyer Medal

[edit]

Main article: Jack Dyer Medal

Position | Player | Votes | Medal

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1st  | Dustin Martin | 89  | Jack Dyer Medal
2nd  | Alex Rance | 80  | Jack Titus Medal
3rd  | Kane Lambert | 76  | Maurie Fleming Medal
4th  | Trent Cotchin | 72  | Fred Swift Medal
5th  | Dylan Grimes | 69  | Kevin Bartlett Medal
6th  | Shaun Grigg | 58  |
7th  | Jack Riewoldt | 57  |
8th  | Bachar Houli | 56  |
8th  | Dan Butler | 56  |
10th  | Dion Prestia | 52  |
Source:[17]

#### Michael Roach Medal

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Main article: List of Richmond Football Club leading goalkickers

Position | Player | Goals

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1st  | Jack Riewoldt | 54
2nd  | Dustin Martin | 37
3rd  | Dan Butler | 30
4th  | Jason Castagna | 26
5th  | Daniel Rioli | 25
Source:[18]

## Reserves

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The 2017 season marked the fourth consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players.

The team qualified for their first final series since being formed in 2014 and subsequently won final's against Collingwood, Casey and Box Hill to qualify for their first stand alone reserves grade grand final since 1997. They placed runners up after losing 11.8 (74) to 10.10 (70) to Port Melbourne.

Senior listed player Jacob Townsend won the J. J. Liston Trophy as the competition's best and fairest player.[19]

### Playing squad

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Richmond Football Club (reserves)  Playing list  |  | Coaching staff

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* 51  Sam Darley (c)
* 52  Anthony Scott
* 53  Hugh Beasley
* 54  Jacob Ballard
* 55  Ryan Bathie
* 57  Brandon Wood
* 58  Jake Aarts
* 59  Ash Morris
* 60  Tom Langford
* 61  James Fletcher
* 62  Jayden Cass
* 63  Jack Holden

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* 64  Thomas Silvestro
* 67  Brenton Credlin
* 69  Shaun Mannagh
* 74  Tyson Kruse
* 75  Lachlan McKenzie
* 76  Alex Harnett
* 78  Daniel Coffield
* 79  Billy Coates
* 80  Antony Forato
* 81  Danko Bzenic
* 86  Zak McCubbin
* 88  Max O'Sullivan

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Head coach

* Craig McRae

Assistant coaches

* Tom Hunter (forwards)

* Xavier Clarke (midfield)

* Ryan Ferguson (backline)

* Ben Waite (midfield stoppage)

* Marc Sophoulis (development)

* * *

Legend:

* (c) Captain(s)
* (vc) Vice-captain(s)

* * *

Updated: 15 March 2017
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Chaplin announces retirement". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
2. ^ a b c "Richmond list changes". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
3. ^ "Tigers make a further list change". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
4. ^ "Club statement: Chris Yarran". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
5. ^ "Vickery departs Richmond". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
6. ^ "Tigers land Prestia". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
7. ^ "Nankervis traded to the Tigers". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
8. ^ "Caddy becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
9. ^ "Deledio departs Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
10. ^ "Tigers land Shai Bolton". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
11. ^ "Graham joins Tigerland". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
12. ^ "Bushranger becomes a Tiger". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
13. ^ "Tigers land Tyson Stengle". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
14. ^ "Brownlow 2017". AFL Tables.
15. ^ McGowan, Marc (5 June 2017). "Tiger inks his name as latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
16. ^ "Tiger Rising Star has last laugh after 'stitch up'". AFL.com.au. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
17. ^ Greenberg, Tony (2 October 2017). "Dusty's brilliant back-to-back Jack win". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
18. ^ "AFL Goalkickers for Season 2017". www.footywire.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
19. ^ Toby Prime (11 September 2017). "Jacob Townsend takes out J.J. Liston Trophy as VFL's best and fairest player". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

## External links

[edit]

* Richmond Tigers Official AFL Site
* Official Site of the Australian Football League

* v
* t
* e

Richmond Football Club

* Nickname: Tigers

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Current squad
* Captains
* Coaches
* Awards
* Jack Dyer Medal
* Michael Roach Medal

* AFL coach: Adam Yze
* AFL captain: Toby Nankervis

* AFLW coach: Ryan Ferguson
* AFLW captain: Katie Brennan

VFL/AFL home grounds|

* Punt Road Oval (1908–1964)
* Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)

AFLW home grounds|

* Princes Park (2020–)
* Punt Road Oval (2021–)

VFA premierships (2)|

* 1902
* 1905

VFL/AFL premierships (13)|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1932
* 1934
* 1943
* 1967
* 1969
* 1973
* 1974
* 1980
* 2017
* 2019
* 2020

Runner-up (12)|

* 1919
* 1924
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1931
* 1933
* 1940
* 1942
* 1944
* 1972
* 1982

Seasons (136)
(club articles in bold)|

* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
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* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
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* 1939
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* 1946
* 1947
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* 1949
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* 1955
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* 1957
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* 1964
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* 1969
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* 1975
* 1976
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* 2014
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* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Related articles|

* Dreamtime at the 'G
* VFL team
* Women's teams

* v
* t
* e

2017 AFL season

Events|

* Pre-season matches
* Premiership season
* Finals series
* Grand Final
* International Rules Series

Awards|

* 22under22 team
* AFL Players Association awards
* All-Australian team
* Brownlow Medal
* Coleman Medal
* Goal of the Year
* Leigh Matthews Trophy
* Mark of the Year
* Norm Smith Medal
* Rising Star

Club overviews|

* Adelaide
* Brisbane Lions
* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Fremantle
* Geelong
* Gold Coast
* Greater Western Sydney
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Port Adelaide
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Sydney
* West Coast
* Western Bulldogs

Player changes|

* Trades
* National draft
* Pre-season draft
* Rookie draft
* Debuts
* Retirements and delistings

See also|

* 2017 AFL Women's season

*[Pos]: Position
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[D]: Drawn
*[PF]: Points for
*[PA]: Points against
*[PP]: Point percentage
*[Pts]: Points