The numbers behind Richmond Tigers and Collingwood Magpies in AFL Finals history

Mick Stirling

The numbers behind Richmond Tigers and Collingwood Magpies in AFL Finals history image

Football games are played on grass, not calculators, but there’s a lot of numbers that go into every match up and, ultimately, that have a big influence on the result.

These are the figures that could be a factor in Friday’s AFL preliminary final between the Tigers and the Magpies.

Richmond v Collingwood

Games between these two clubs

Total: 208
Richmond wins: 90
Collingwood wins: 117
Draws: One

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Finals

Richmond wins: Nine
Collingwood wins: Seven

Collingwood’s last win in a final against Richmond was the 1937 Semi-Final: Collingwood 18.12 (120) d Richmond 10.9 (69)

Last time they met in a final

1980 Grand Final. Richmond 23.21 (159) d Collingwood 9.24 (78)

Since that day

Richmond wins: 30    Highest score: 159   Lowest score: 37   Biggest winning margin: 91

Collingwood wins: 31    Highest score: 161   Lowest score: 36   Biggest winning margin: 101

Preliminary final teams

Average age

Richmond: 25 years, 311 days
Collingwood: 25 years, 285 days

Over 30

Richmond: Two (Houli, Grigg)
Collingwood: Three (Goldsack, Pendlebury, Varcoe)

Under 21

Richmond: Two (Graham, Higgins)
Collingwood: Two (Stephenson, Sier)

Average games

Richmond: 120.18
Collingwood: 108.68

Over 200 games

Richmond: Five
Collingwood: Three

100-200 games

Richmond: Eight
Collingwood: Eight

50-100 games

Richmond: Six
Collingwood: Six

Under 50 games

Richmond: Three
Collingwood: Five

Collingwood has the most experienced player on the ground in captain Scott Pendlebury with 275 games, as well as the two least experienced, Brayden Sier (10) and Brodie Mihocek (14).

Average finals played

Richmond: 5.4
Collingwood: 5.5

Collingwood has 14 players who hadn’t fronted in a final before this year compared to just two at Richmond, but the five most experienced September campaigners are all Magpies (Pendlebury 19, Varcoe 19, Sidebottom 16, Goldsack 15, Mayne 13)

How players came to the club

Richmond

Draft
1st round: 10
2nd round: Four
3rd round: Three
5th round: One
Rookie: Three
Pre-season: One

Traded in from another AFL cub: Five

Collingwood

Draft
1st round: 10
2nd round: Four
3rd round: One
4th round: Three
5th round: One
Rookie: Three

Traded in from another AFL club: Eight

Mick Stirling