diff --git a/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconduction.dgf b/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconduction.dgf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3b8edac50dbe7e12bb1d10ec7f368a8b45e1966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconduction.dgf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DGF
+Interval
+0 0   % first corner 
+5 1   % second corner
+200 1  % number of cells in x and y direction
+# 
+
+BOUNDARYDOMAIN
+default 1    % all boundaries have id 1
+#BOUNDARYDOMAIN
+# unitcube.dgf 
diff --git a/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconvection.dgf b/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconvection.dgf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83adf4b1bfef3e63d58d08dbad7ba314b94ac2ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/implicit/richards/grids/test_richardsniconvection.dgf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DGF
+Interval
+0 0   % first corner 
+20 1   % second corner
+80 1  % number of cells in x and y direction
+# 
+
+BOUNDARYDOMAIN
+default 1    % all boundaries have id 1
+#BOUNDARYDOMAIN
+# unitcube.dgf