Obvious now but looking back to the start of the year in the above post, Lambert (3rd in our B&F), Graham, Broad & Townsend really did come out of nowhere. They weren't even mentioned as being on the fringe of our best 22 back then. Now they are premiership players and all played key parts throughout the finals.
Start of the season ---> Grand Final
Miles was replaced by Lambert
Lloyd was replaced by Graham
Conca was replaced by Broad
Griffiths was replaced by Townsend
The remaining 18 played throughout the whole season together.
Best 22: How your club could line up in 2018Dinny Navaratnam
afl.com.au
21 October 2017RICHMONDB: Dylan Grimes, Alex Rance, Bachar Houli
HB: Brandon Ellis, David Astbury, Nick Vlastuin
C: Kamdyn McIntosh, Dustin Martin, Kane Lambert
HF: Shane Edwards, Jack Riewoldt, Daniel Rioli
F: Jacob Townsend, Josh Caddy, Daniel Butler
R: Toby Nankervis, Trent Cotchin, Dion Prestia
INT: Shaun Grigg, Jack Graham, Nathan Broad, Jason Castagna
NOTES: This wasn't a hard team to put together, since the Tigers basically had a full list to pick from for the Grand Final and no players were traded in. On the fringes, the likes of Shai Bolton and Sam Lloyd have shown enough to indicate they could slot into the best-22 up forward, while Corey Ellis has the class to make this side better. If Damien Hardwick opts to pick a second tall in the forward line, Ben Griffiths looms as the obvious candidate, if he can overcome his concussion issues.
REMAINING SENIOR LIST: Jake Batchelor, Shai Bolton, Reece Conca, Nathan Drummond, Corey Ellis, Ryan Garthwaite, Ben Griffiths, Shaun Hampson, Ben Lennon, Sam Lloyd, Oleg Markov, Connor Menadue, Anthony Miles, Jayden Short
REMAINING ROOKIE LIST: Mabior Chol, Callum Moore, Ivan Soldo, Tyson Stengle
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/anthony-miles-has-to-decide-whether-to-stay-at-richmond-or-find-a-new-home/news-story/7e45e5f0a515a3d7059e50855e463b54