Friday, October 28, 2011

2012 Richmond Tigers Fixture Analysis

Here are the key points in the Richmond Fixture for 2012


13 Matches at the MCG
2 Matches at Etihad
1 Match at Geelong 
6 Matches will be Interstate


Bye will be round 13


1 Tursday night and 2 Friday night Games same as last season, the biggest change is Saturday Afternoon Games playing 6 up from 3 last season and no Sunday twilight games.


Richmond will travel to Adelaide twice, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Cairns


Teams to play twice :
Carlton, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Essendon, Fremantle


Teams to play once:
Collingwood, Geelong, West Coast, Sydney, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide, Gold Coast, North Melbourne, Brisbane, Western Bulldogs 


Richmond will once again open the season with the Thursday night game against Carlton.


All in all this is a good draw for the Tigers they don't have to play any of the top 4 twice and have 13 games at the MCG and only 2 at Etihad. There is a bit of travel in the middle of the season between rounds 12 and 16 but there is also the bye in there as well.


RDDATEOPPONENTVENUEH/ALOCAL TIME
1Thursday, March 29 CarltonMCGHome7:40pm
2Saturday, April 7 CollingwoodMCGAway7:40pm
3Saturday, April 14 MelbourneMCGHome1:45pm
4Sunday, April 22 Geelong CatsSimonds StadiumAway1:10pm
5Sunday, April 29 West Coast EaglesEtihad StadiumHome3:15pm
6Sunday, May 6 Port AdelaideAAMI StadiumAway2:45pm
7Saturday, May 12 Sydney SwansMCGHome4:40pm
8Saturday, May 19 EssendonMCGAway7:45pm
9Saturday, May 26 HawthornMCGHome1:45pm
10Friday, June 1 St. KildaEtihad StadiumAway7:50pm
11Saturday, June 9 FremantleMCGHome2:10pm
12Saturday, June 16 GWS GIANTSSkoda StadiumAway2:10pm
13Bye
14Saturday, June 30 Adelaide CrowsAAMI StadiumAway1:40pm
15Saturday, July 7 MelbourneMCGAway2:10pm
16Saturday, July 14 Gold Coast SUNSCazaly's StadiumHome4:40pm
17Sunday, July 22 North MelbourneMCGHome3:15pm
18Saturday, July 28 CarltonMCGAway7:40pm
19Saturday, August 4 Brisbane LionsGabbaAway7:40pm
20Sunday, August 12 Western BulldogsMCGHome3:15pm
21Saturday, August 18 FremantlePatersons StadiumAway2:40pm
22Friday, August 24 EssendonMCGHome7:50pm
23TBCPort AdelaideMCGHomeTBC