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Rising Star Round by Round. Rising Star Nominees. Rising Star Winners. Full Season. Live Ladder. Get yours today. The following week, however, Richmond was brought back to earth with a thud, suffering a thumping point loss to Melbourne.
It proceeded to get a lot worse for the Tigers after that, with St Kilda defeating them by 45 points in Round 3, and star spearhead Matthew Richardson sustaining a hamstring injury early in the match. Five rounds into season , the Tigers were on the bottom of the ladder with just one win and a paltry percentage of They managed to dig deep, however, and grab a thrilling one-point victory over Hawthorn in Round 6.
Suddenly, the Tigers were roaring again, and they approached their Round 8 match against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG full of confidence. Those back-to-back successes had enabled them to jump ahead of the Dogs on the ladder 11 th to 13 th and, with Matthew Richardson in red-hot form after his enforced lay-off, they were warm favorites to make it a hat-trick of wins.
Before a small, but parochial Yellow and Black crowd of 33,, Richardson again proved the difference — in emphatic style! There were several more lead changes in the third term and the match remained in the balance until deep into the last quarter.
The Bulldog just had no answer to his strength, marking prowess, mobility and nous around the big sticks. His 10 th goal, which he kicked late in the game through a superb snap with his left foot from about 30 metres out, at the Punt Road end of the ground, propelled the Tiger Army into a state of sheer bliss. Richardson finished the match with 16 kicks, one handball, 13 marks and 10 goals Not surprisingly, he was rewarded with the three Brownlow Medal votes for the game.
It was one of many iconic images from that day that will live on for decades. I could see they were getting upset and that was the trigger for me.
The last few years of his life he was just hoping to see another premiership and unfortunately it didn't happen. I started thinking about him and I just lost it.
I didn't even think about it because you just get let down if you get too excited. In the same year, he won his first ever club best-and-fairest, beating young teammate Nathan Foley by a single vote. Richardson spent a large part of the season playing on the wing, rather than in the forward line, which allowed him to have a much larger part in the play than previously. Although he did not win the club best-and-fairest, he was selected on the bench in the All-Australian team and finished third in the Brownlow Medal.
Later in the same match, he partially tore his hamstring off the bone; he missed the remainder of the season with the injury, and announced his retirement after the season. He received a rousing send-off in Round 1, , appearing before the match in Richmond's season opener against Carlton.
Richardson retired in after senior games for Richmond; he became an Richmond Football Club life member after playing more than games for the club and an Australian Football League life member after playing more than games including representative and pre-season matches. His career tally of goals was the eleventh-highest at the time of his retirement, and remained so until Lance Franklin passed him in Round 6 of the season.
Richardson took a total of 2, marks during his AFL career, which was the second-highest of any player at the time of his retirement since the statistic was recorded, starting in In , Richardson became part of the Seven Network AFL telecast team, initially as a boundary rider and then as a member of the Friday and Saturday night commentary teams, providing expert comments. In September , Richardson became a father for the first time when partner Genevieve Holliday gave birth to their daughter Zoey.
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