[30] He suffered a concussion early in the club's round 2 match with St Kilda and was substituted before he was able to record an impact in any major statistical category.

[33] Riewoldt earned criticism from coach Damien Hardwick in April, told he needed to change his on-field demeanour after being seen yelling at teammate Dustin Martin and giving the finger to the Hawthorn bench in round 3.

[17] His form remained strong for the rest of the season, despite lower goal kicking tallies the result of Hardwick enacting his pre-season plan to play Riewoldt further up the ground.

[45] Before the season had officially begun Riewoldt had already shown his worth, kicking a goal after the siren to win Richmond's pre-season match-up with Hawthorn.

[47][48] While he was held goal-less in round 1's win over Carlton, Riewoldt responded the following week with a seven-goal haul against St Kilda.

[52] He was reported to have received offers from Fremantle, but preempted trade approaches by signing a new three-year deal with Richmond in late July.

[59] This, along with a plan by the coach to play him in a "traditional centre half forward role", saw Riewoldt approaching the season differently than he had in some time.

[72] All-in-all 2015 proved an excellent year for Riewoldt, winning a sixth straight club leading goalkicker award (54) and setting then career highs for marks and disposals.

[96][97] The injury resulted in him missing Richmond's round 19 match against the Gold Coast and brought to an end Riewoldt's streak of 86 consecutive games played.

[103] After raising the proposition with club and AFL media managers in the week prior, Riewoldt was famously invited to join the band on-stage to sing their 2005 single "Mr.

[105][106] Leading into the 2018 season Riewoldt showed strong goal-kicking form, booting seven goals for Richmond's seniors in an intra-club match against the club's VFL side.

[109] In round 7 Riewoldt captained Richmond in a home and away match for the first time in his career after Trent Cotchin was a late withdrawal due to injury.

[111] In that same game he laid a bump on West Coast's Liam Duggan late in the third quarter, the result of which saw him coughing up blood at the next break.

[111] Though he made a full recovery to play the following week, he was unable to make any meaningful contribution after being concussed by a hit to the head during an errant spoil from St Kilda defender Jake Carlisle just five minutes into the first quarter of that round 10 match.

[116] Riewoldt did not miss a full match as a result of the concussion, lining up the following week in his side's Dreamtime at the 'G victory over Essendon.

[126] Speaking in his regular panelist role on Fox Footy's AFL360, Riewoldt claimed to have taken a pay cut in what was restructuring of his existing contract formerly in place until the end of 2019.

[128] Riewoldt followed that with his third career ten-goal haul in a round 21 win over the Gold Coast in which he also gathered a career-high 26 disposals and vaulted into league-leading position for goals kicked that season.

[149][150][151] 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.

[154] Scans completed the following day revealed Riewoldt had suffered a small un-displaced fracture of the radius and some wrist ligament damage.

[156][157] After missing three matches due to those injuries, Riewoldt returned to football and kicked two goals in Richmond's round 6 ANZAC Day eve win over Melbourne.

[166][167] He added three more goals the following week in his best output of the season thus far, while coach Damien Hardwick praised his unselfish play in support of in-form teammate Lynch through the rest of July.

[179][180] In the grand final, Riewoldt kicked a match-high five goals as Richmond won a second premiership in three years, exploiting the lack of speed of Giants defender Phil Davis who was almost a late withdrawal with a calf injury.

[188][189] Despite an uninterrupted pre-season, the rapid progression of the coronavirus pandemic into Australia by mid-March saw the future of the season in doubt, including Riewoldt and Richmond's premiership defence.

[190][191] The AFL commission eventually announced the start of the season would proceed as scheduled, but without fans in attendance due to public health prohibitions on group gatherings.

[194] Under those conditions, Riewoldt kicked an equal team-high three goals in a round 1 win over Carlton which saw him named in AFL Media's Team of the Week.

[195][196] Just three days later however, the AFL commission suspended the season for an indefinite period after multiple states enforced quarantine conditions on their borders.

[197][198] Riewoldt attracted media scrutiny for poor performances when the season resumed in early-June after an 11-week hiatus, following goalless matches in rounds 2 and 3.

[199][200][201] He began a seven-week unbroken goalkicking run the following round, during which time he and the club were relocated to the Gold Coast in response to a virus outbreak in Melbourne.

[212][213] Despite that poor statistical showing, Riewoldt was praised by coach Damien Hardwick for that performance during the week that followed, in particular for an ability to negate opposition intercept defenders in marking contests.

[214][215][216] Riewoldt earned more scoreboard recognition the following week, becoming a three-time premiership player while kicking two goals in a 31-point grand final victory over Geelong.