Start of the big Tigers drought

David Cloke at Victoria Park as a Collingwood player after crossing from Richmond. Source: HWT Image Library

Cartoon by David 'Macca' McArthur. Source: Herald Sun

THE hatred between Richmond and Collingwood reached civil war proportions during their recruiting wars of 1983-84.

Tiger powerbroker, Graeme Richmond, declared war after the 1982 season when the Magpies lured Geoff Raines and David Cloke to Victoria Park.

The pair were key members of both Richmond's 1980 premiership side and its losing 1982 Grand Final team to Carlton, so the steely Richmond, who relished a fight more than a feed, was incensed.

Raines, who had won three of the four Richmond best and fairests between 1978-81, is aware that in the 30 years since no Victorian side has a worse finals record than the Tigers.

So was that the catalyst?

"We lost two club captains and multiple premiership players in David Cloke and Bryan Wood (Essendon) after 1982 and I went the same year," Raines recalled.

"I'm sure all us would agree that Tony Jewell should never have been sacked as coach a year after winning the 1980 premiership. It was very unsettling.

"Graeme Richmond did a lot of great things for the club but the fact was he had past his use-by date in the early 1980s. He had lost his grip on what was reality.

"It became crazy when the attitude was 'if they get one of ours then we will get one of theirs'.

"So Richmond recruited players from Collingwood like John Annear, Phillip Walsh, Wally Lovett, Neil Peart and Craig Stewart.

"GR (Richmond) didn't handle our 1982 loss to Carlton too well and blamed certain players for not reacting when the rough stuff started."

It was the most turbulent period in Richmond's history with nine coaches between 1983-99, and seven captains between 1977-87.

Richmond v Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday, 2:10pm

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