Matthew Richardson, by the numbers

This story is lifted from the AFL web site thanks to Luke Holmesby for the inforamtion on the Tigers champion Matthew Richardson.

800
Career goals kicked

551
Behinds kicked

282
Games played

12
The number worn in every one of those games

140
Career Brownlow votes, the most by any Tasmanian-born player

464
Goals kicked at the MCG, the most of any player

8
Marks averaged per game

3
All-Australian selections (1996, 1999, 2008)

13
Seasons he was Richmond’s highest goalkicker

1
Club best and fairest in 2007

3
Career finals

20
Disposals in his first AFL game against St Kilda in 1993

6
Goals kicked in his fourth AFL game against the Sydney Swans, earning him an AFL Rising Star nomination

0
Number of games missed through suspension

96
Number of games missed through injury or being omitted

11
Number of games Richardson played in the reserves; 10 for Richmond in 1993-4 and one for Coburg in 2009

22
Games played against Geelong, the most of any team he played against

6
Number of coaches Richardson played under at Richmond: John Northey, Robert Walls, Jeff Gieschen, Danny Frawley, Terry Wallace and Jade Rawlings. He also played under six captains: Jeff Hogg, Tony Free, Matthew Knights, Wayne Campbell, Kane Johnson and Chris Newman

116
Richmond wins he played in

Say it ain't so Richo!

In some very sad news for all Richmond supporters Matthew Richardson has called it quits.

He has been forced into retirement after recent scans showed he required more surgery on his injured hamstring.

There will be more news at 10:30am tomorrow morning when Richo will hold a press conference down at Tigerland.

Richardson had said he would begin the pre-season and see how the hamstring would go, I guess it is pretty clear it was no good, and at 34 his body was not getting better quick enough.

This news now really does bring an end to the last era at Punt Road, come 2010 this is now Damien Hardwick's team.