See how he rates every player and how they should tackle the trade period. Dustin Martin is recovering from shocking weight loss after kidney surgery. See how the Tigers superstar is tracking for pre-season and what it means for his footy comeback. Jack Billings is set to sign a long-term deal to stay at the Saints, but a Bulldogs favourite is poised to leave the club. The AFL has named its man All-Australian squad and just like ever year, there are plenty of talking points to come out of it.
Richmond were the modern day marvels - seemingly an unstoppable force with three flags in four years. So how did it all fall apart so quickly?
Essendon has not won a final in more than days but it will enter September in red-hot form. See what every Round 23 result means and the final ladder after home-and-away games. Linked with another move to poach flag mastermind Neil Balme to South Australia, Adelaide is eyeing further prominent additions to bolster its football department. After yet another disappointing season, Carlton is faced with a host of big list calls.
The Richmond defence will have a whole new look in after the retirement of another premiership star. The Richmond Tigers are reportedly investigating an image of a star midfielder which was uploaded to Instagram over the weekend. Damien Hardwick is positive, but after Friday night, where does Richmond really believe its at? A few intriguing list calls will tell us more about what could hold.
Cotchin 32 M. Short 32 T. Lynch 2 S. Bolton 2 L. Lynch 3. AFL Statistics Home. AFL Fixture. Player Rankings. Team Rankings. Rising Stars. AFL Draft. Brownlow Medal. AFL Ladder. AFL Fantasy. AFL Highlights. AFL Team Selections. Past Players. AFL Player Contracts. AFL Injury List. Show games from another year. Select Year Season Games for Richmond Tigers. Graham Riewoldt 4. Prestia Baker Riewoldt 3. Martin Riewoldt 5. Bolton Edwards 2. Bolton 3. Aarts 3. Lambert They went premiership, year off, premiership, year off, premiership, but they got three and three seemed to be the limit.
As is normally the case with these conversations, personnel comes into the equation. Ultimately, it is the people who make this sort of success possible. Nothing can be achieved without the playing group in particular, but the inevitability is that players age, deal with injuries or just burn out. Richmond has already experienced that this week with the retirement of triple premiership defender David Astbury. There is uncertainty surrounding Bachar Houli, while the form of captain Trent Cotchin and forward Jack Riewoldt has been questioned, and the durability of the likes of Dion Prestia, Kane Lambert and Shane Edwards has been tested.
Former Essendon captain Tim Watson pondered what the playing group at Tigerland could be going through from a mindset point of view. That prompted plenty of further thought and discussion points from Lyon who suggests a broader extension of personnel in the form of coach Hardwick will sit so centrally to what is next achievable.
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