Rnd 1 Carlton vs Richmond - Pre-Game

[kruddler]

The gate sharing existed for a while. I believe it was stopped in a year in which we only played the tigers once. (Which makes sense really) and it didn't get taken up again since.

From memory Richmond had the home game in the year we only played once and they refused, so we called it quits. But not 100% on that.

[Bear]

I think it is along those lines Kruddler... Richmond didn’t share the gate in a year we only played once, we then ended it the following year...

[ElwoodBlues1]

I think it is along those lines Kruddler... Richmond didn’t share the gate in a year we only played once, we then ended it the following year...

From memory we tore up the agreement not Richmond in 2015....

[DJC]

I think it is along those lines Kruddler... Richmond didn’t share the gate in a year we only played once, we then ended it the following year...

No, that’s incorrect.  We walked away in 2015 after sharing the 2014 gate.

[Bear]

No, that’s incorrect.  We walked away in 2015 after sharing the 2014 gate.

No, it isn't... and no, we didn't.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/blue...2vx73.html

Traditional rivals Carlton and Richmond will play each other only once in the next home-and-away season with the AFL abandoning a return fixture despite the two teams' record-setting attendances in 2013.

The Tigers will host the Blues in the first AFL game at the MCG for 2014 in round-two but will abandon the customary gate-sharing deal as that clash will be the only one between the two sides unless they meet in the finals.

This is despite the fact that the three Carlton and Richmond games in 2013 averaged almost 80,000 a game with the September crowd of more than 94,000 a record for an elimination final.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-06/bl...p-the-cash

CARLTON will keep all the gate takings from its season opener against Richmond after rejecting a gate-sharing deal.

In the past, when the two teams have met twice a season, profits from the attendance have been shared.

However last year, when the teams met just once, Richmond took all the money.

"Carlton people would want the best outcome for Carlton and I think it is the right outcome for Carlton," Blues chief executive Stephen Trigg told Fairfax Media.

"By that I mean, I am aware of co-promoting and supporting and gate-sharing.

"While that is not part of the landscape where I have been previously, I am very supportive of that, and continue to be in the principle of that.

"But given that last year there was one fixture ... and the gate wasn't shared then, and the entirety of the gate went to Richmond, it seemed appropriate that it would transpire that Carlton takes the gate in round one this year.

[kruddler]

I think it is along those lines Kruddler... Richmond didn’t share the gate in a year we only played once, we then ended it the following year...

Thanks.

Good to see my memory still works.

[tonyo]

It's the age old question - did the Crows lose it or did the Tigers win it ? I reckon the latter.

I know where the Premiership Cup resides, which is the only answer to the question about last year's GF.....

My one fervent hope is they see the flag unfurled before the first game and immediately get an increase in their delusions of grandeur. 

[PaulP]

I know where the Premiership Cup resides, which is the only answer to the question about last year's GF.....

My one fervent hope is they see the flag unfurled before the first game and immediately get an increase in their delusions of grandeur.

This is also my hope, but i see little evidence of a team with its head up its ar$e. They look pretty disciplined and focussed based on their admittedly rather scant 2018 form line.

[Thryleon]

This is also my hope, but i see little evidence of a team with its head up its ar$e. They look pretty disciplined and focussed based on their admittedly rather scant 2018 form line.

They are a very good chance of going back to back.  Unfortunately.  Richmond used to beat itself with its lack of faith in its ability.

A little hubris might serve them VERY well.

[flyboy77]

They are a very good chance of going back to back.  Unfortunately.  Richmond used to beat itself with its lack of faith in its ability.

A little hubris might serve them VERY well.

you're kidding surely.

I'm calling a return to 9th-mond - and Dusty getting his just desserts early in the season (ditto that sniper Cotchin).