Why Does Richmond–Carlton in Round One Matter Beyond the Fixture?
Updated: Aug 30
The full RTSSG member feature, HANDS OFF OUR ROUND ONE TRADITION 🐯, starts with a set of facts worth putting back on the table.
Richmond and Carlton had spent years turning the MCG season opener into a recognisable part of the AFL calendar before venue pressures put its continuity under discussion.
When does a recurring fixture become part of supporter culture rather than just scheduling?
Is its value attendance, rivalry, ritual, commercial weight, memory — or the fact that generations of supporters learned to associate a new football year with the same opponent and place?
Is that actually the right way to read it? What changes when another piece of evidence is added? What would contradict the obvious explanation? Who or what does this put under pressure? What would Richmond need to prove next?
That is the member investigation. Read HANDS OFF OUR ROUND ONE TRADITION 🐯 for the evidence, the competing explanations and the conclusion RTSSG reached.
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