 He was given the opportunity due to good form in the WAFL for South Fremantle and Jeff Farmer, an idol and mentor of Collard, being suspended by Fremantle
.On 22 October 2007 Clayton Collard was delisted by the Fremantle Football Club.He was then selected by Richmond in the 2008 Rookie Draft, but was delisted at the end of the 2008 season, having spent the year playing for Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), without making his debut for Richmond.