Richmond Tigers odds

After 37 years of pain, frustration and humiliation, the Richmond Football Club won the 2017 AFL Grand Final in incredible fashion, climbing from 13th on the ladder in 2016 to blitz the competition and taste the ultimate success.

That made the Tigers the team to beat in 2018, and back-to-back flags looked all but inevitable until they were stunned by a rampaging Collingwood side in the preliminary finals.

Now, armed with more firepower than ever after signing Tom Lynch from the Gold Coast Suns, Richmond are hell bent on returning to the top. Let’s take a look at their title odds for the 2019 AFL season and find some value for punters.

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• Richmond 2019 premiership betting
  The Tigers were the team to beat all the way through to last year’s prelims, when they were jumped by Collingwood. But there is no doubting the quality of Damien Hardwick’s squad, which has only improved with the acquisition of key forward Tom Lynch. The yellow and black will be there or thereabouts again in 2019.
  
• Top 4 betting
  After claiming the minor premiership last year, Richmond are now aiming at a hat-trick of top-four finishes. Their main rivals are the grand finalists, West Coast and Collingwood, while the likes of Essendon and Melbourne are well backed to replace Hawthorn in the upper half of the eight. Whichever way you swing it, the Tigers look a good bet to finish near the top again.
  
• Brownlow Medal betting
  Keen observers of the game will tell you Dustin Martin was rarely at his influential best in 2018, yet the Richmond superstar polled 19 votes to finish tied for sixth in the Brownlow Medal count. If ‘Dusty’ gets back to the levels he delivered in 2017, there are maybe only two players – Patrick Dangerfield and Nat Fyfe – who can match him.
  
• Coleman Medal betting
  Jack Riewoldt delivered big value for those who backed him in the Coleman Medal betting at the start of last season, but now there is a new sheriff in town. Tom Lynch consistently booted over 40 goals a year in a rapidly declining Gold Coast Suns side and looks the better bet with Riewoldt expected to play a more team-oriented role across half-forward.
  

Richmond 2019 AFL fixture

Richmond players to watch in 2019

Tom Lynch
Born: 31/10/1992
Games: 131
Goals: 254
Position: Forward

Lynch’s arrival transforms the small, speedy Richmond forward line of the past few years into a veritable forest of tall timber. With support from Jack Riewoldt and Josh Caddy, the former Gold Coast Suns co-captain looks primed for his biggest year yet.

Daniel Rioli
Born: 16/4/1997
Games: 55
Goals: 51
Position: Forward

A foot injury kept Rioli out of the senior side until round 13 last year, but he slotted back in like he had never been away. The small forward is renowned for his pressure acts, but he has plenty more in his locker and will look to reach a new level in 2019.

Noah Balta
Born: 23/10/1999
Games: –
Goals: –
Position: Utility

There are a few likely types floating around the fringes of Richmond’s best 22, but Balta is the one who stood out in the JLT Community Series. The versatile tall can play just about anywhere and is all but certain to get his first taste of AFL footy this year.

Richmond Tigers records

Most matches: Kevin Bartlett – 403 (1965–1983)
Most goals kicked in one match: Doug Strang – 14 goals (R2, 1931)
Most Best & Fairest awards: Jack Dyer – 6 (1932, 1937-1940, 1946)
Most matches as coach: Tom Hafey – 248 (1966–1976)
Most goals in a season: Michael Roach – 112 (1980)
Most career goals: Jack Titus – 980 (1926–1943)

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