Richmond Tigers made plenty of mistakes early in the draftMick Stirling
Sporting News
14 Nov 2018Richmond’s draft history 1986 – 2017[/b][/u]
Number of top-20 selections: 39
Average games played at the Tigers by top-20 selections: 74.5
Most games played for the Tigers by a top-20 selection249 Jack Riewoldt (pick 13, 2006)
243 Brett Deledio (pick 1, 2004)
220 Trent Cotchin (pick 2, 2007)
Most games played for the Tigers by later selections297 Wayne Campbell (pick 29, 1989)
282 Matthew Richardson (father-son, 1992)
268 Chris Newman (pick 55, 2000)
Most games played by rookie draft selections:188 Greg Tivendale (1998)
154 Nathan Foley (2005)
In AFL draft history Richmond …… took a long time before they started getting it right with the top picks, with only one of their first 15 top-20 selections getting past 75 games. Richard Lounder’s four games after being taken with the number-one selection in 1987 is still a low point in draft history.
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