Much to the delight of supporters of 17 other AFL clubs, reigning premiers Richmond find themselves 9th on the ladder, just outside of the top eight after Round 10.
Prior to the Tigers glorious run in 2017, the club built a reputation for finishing 9th and just missing the eight.
In fact, back in 1994, the very first season of the final eight, Richmond finished 9th which was the Tiger’s best season in a number of years and Australian Football Video released a season highlights tape to celebrate the occasion – TIGERS ON THE PROWL.
Richmond would finish in ninth place at the end of seasons 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2008.
Despite the fact the Tigers have won three out of the last four premierships and played in seven finals series since they last finished 9th, Richmond and 9th place on the ladder is up there with the ski season and Melbourne or Collingwood fans having no teeth.
It’s the stereotype that just won’t go away.
However, it’s been a fair while since the Tigers actully finished 9th, so we’ve wound the clock back to August 2008 – the last time Richmond finished a season in 9th spot on the ladder.
Lance Franklin kicked his 100th goal for the season
The young Hawthorn star Lance Franklin reached his “ton” tonight as the Hawks whipped Carlton by 78 points at Telstra Dome.
Fev was left stranded on 99 Goals.
Fevola nearly made this a tale of two tons in one game with seven goals in the second half, but despite some desperate efforts, he went one short of also reaching 100 goals for the season.
Matthew Richardson Needed to Get 2 or 3 Brownlow Votes in the Final Round To Win It…He Got None.
Richo got just 12 disposals for zero goals in Richmond’s Round 22 clash against Melbourne at the MCG.
The Tigers needed to win by 150+ points to make the finals.
They defeated the Dees by 80, and finished 9th
Adam Cooney won the Brownlow. Richo finished equal third in the count total.
Jack Riewoldt and Shane Edwards were playing in just their second seasons.
So young and innocent.
Jack still very much known as “Nicks Cousin” at the time.
Trent Cotchin was in his debut year.
The future 3-time Richmond premiership skipper made his debut for the Tigers in Round 8 of the 2008 season, and didn’t miss a match after his debut – playing 15 games for the season and showed plenty of promise.
Dustin Martin was one more year away from being drafted.
Just a sweet, innocent kid from Castlemaine was Dusty.
Terry Wallace was Richmond’s coach.
Wallace was in the 4th year of his famous 5 year plan at Richmond.
Damien Hardwick was an assistant at Hawthorn.
The first from Clarko’s Coaching Academy.
Geelong Were Red-Hot Favorites to Go Back-to-Back
The Cats had lost just the one game that home and away season, old mate had every right to jump the gun and update his tattoo.
The AFL floated the idea of adding teams on the Gold Coast and Western Sydney
Still no team in Tassie.
Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister
One year after Kevin07, here’s old mate Kev catching up with George W. Bush in the White House.
Things were starting to look bleak on Wall Street
Just a really, really bad multi gone wrong.
Steph Rice and Eamon Sullivan were Australia’s sweetheart sports glamour couple after the Beijing Olympics
Back when people used to beleive in love.
The iPhone First Went on Sale in Australia
Back then, you’d get an iPhone 3G from Optus on a $79 plan with no up front costs with 2GB of data. Those were the days.
People still engaged in POKING on Facebook
The great migration from MySpace to Facebook occured and nothing was more a bigger deal than a good poke.
“All Summer Long” by Kid Rock was top of the charts
Kid Rock took two great songs – Sweet Home Alabama and Warewolves of London and made one truly awful song in the process.
Packed to the Rafters was the biggest show on TV
Remeber Carbo and his zany antics?
Carbo! What a loose unit.
