 Riewoldt followed that with appearances in each of Richmond's two pre-season matches in late February and early March before playing his 250th AFL game in the season-opening match against Carlton at the MCG in late March.He kicked one goal in the match, bringing his career total to 608 and passing Michael Roach for outright fourth place on Richmond's all-time goalkicking leaderboard.In a round 2 loss to , Riewoldt suffered an apparently minor wrist injury.