when was last time richmond played in a grand final
2017
title: 2017 AFL Grand Final text: 2017 AFL Grand Final The 2017 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Football Club and the Richmond Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017. It was the 121st annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) staged to determine the premiers for the 2017 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,021 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 48 points, marking the club's eleventh premiership and first since 1980. Richmond's Dustin Martin was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player title: Rivalries in the Australian Football League text: Richmond in their last grand final appearance until their win over Adelaide in 2017. In 2013, Carlton beat Richmond by 20 points in an elimination final, which was Richmond's first final since 2001, and third final since 1982. Since 2008, the first game of each season played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has been played between Carlton and Richmond on a Thursday night early in the season, with an average crowd of 80,000 and a monster 90,000 crowd in 2018 when Richmond unflured their 2017 premiership flag. A record crowd of 94,690 attended the 2013 Elimination Final between these two title: 1982 VFL Grand Final text: the record, either outright or jointly with Essendon ever since. Carlton's next premiership success came five years later, when it won the 1987 VFL Grand Final against Hawthorn. Richmond would not appear in another grand final until 2017, 35 years later. 1982 VFL Grand Final The 1982 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1982. It was the 86th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1982 VFL season. title: 1934 VFL Grand Final text: Melbourne having won the 1933 VFL Grand Final. It was also the seventh occasion in eight years that Richmond had appeared in a Grand Final. It had won just one of those earlier contests, in 1932. 1934 VFL Grand Final The 1934 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 13 October 1934. It was the 38th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1934 VFL season. The match, attended by title: 1980 VFL Grand Final text: the era dubbed "the Colliwobbles". 1980 VFL Grand Final The 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1980 VFL season. The match, attended by 113,461 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 81 points, marking that club's 10th premiership victory. It was Richmond's first appearance in a premiership decider since winning the 1974 VFL