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Richmond Rant / Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Last post by ajGreen on Yesterday at 08:10:09 PM »
Three tall defenders is likely the go, but which three?
If Balta shows nothing preseason we could go with Miller, Gibcus and Trainor. If Balta is a lock then it is going to be Miller, Balta, and one of Trainor, Gibcus.

Do we slide Broad out of defense reckon both Trainor and Brown can play his role. Do we go with more pace and rebound by playing Grlj and one of Banks or Smith if he takes a leap. Trezise is a hb imo is there now a place for him or Short for that matter?

Pure mids do we play all of McAuliffe, Lalor, Smillie, Cumming, Hotton meaning Only two of Hopper Taranto Prestia Ross Sonsie get a game.

Do we play Algar and Peucker in front of Green, Rioli Mansell Because Hotton will spend time here in rotations.

Do we dump HRS and Trezise from the wings and look to find some decent wingers for me Campbell and Retschko.

Do we play three tall forwards if yes it must be at lest two of the younger forwards with Lynch guiding them. Do we Play Sims as the ruck fwd ? giving Nankervis a chop out  instead of say Armstrong ?

We are in a good place questions are going to be asked.

For me it should now be full on kids with just enough experience to guide them.

Every position should be an open book with a priority on games into kids.

D Prestia   
T Lynch
N Broad   
N Vlastuin   
T Nankervis   

J Short   
J Hopper   
T Taranto   
B Miller   
N Balta   

R Mansell   
J Ross   


Reckon the powers that be will be wanting that group all playing for at least the first 4-6 ideally.  Prob also find a spot for Mykelti Lefau.



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Richmond Rant / Re: Rookie Draft
« Last post by Andyy on Yesterday at 08:05:30 PM »
Simple, they don't like him. Eek
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General Discussion / Re: Cricket thread
« Last post by Andyy on Yesterday at 08:03:49 PM »
I watched this live, checked in with Head on about 8.

Watched the hole lot.

Damned glad I turned the telly on.
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Richmond Rant / Re: How do we all rate our 2025 recruiting effort?
« Last post by Andyy on Yesterday at 08:02:25 PM »
Done well imo

Hit the draft hard again with 4 picks and grabbed someone we think may be useful in the Geelong kid
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lets hope he knows what he is doing or he will be looking for a job in a few years.

Don't think anyone will blame him too heavily if Puecker and Noah Roberts-Thomson don't work out. 
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lets hope he knows what he is doing or he will be looking for a job in a few years.

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Richmond Rant / Re: SSP
« Last post by ajGreen on Yesterday at 07:43:58 PM »
It's impressive to bring in 19 year old Retschko via trade and another 18 year old SSP.

Ideal this early in a rebuild imo
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Richmond Rant / Re: Rookie Draft
« Last post by ajGreen on Yesterday at 07:40:48 PM »
Not even invited to train for the spot? Dang
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Richmond Rant / SSP
« Last post by one-eyed on Yesterday at 07:31:28 PM »
The Tigers have invited a handful of players overlooked in both drafts to train with them in coming weeks but will go with youth instead of considering any recycled options.

Kellaway will not be in that mix as the Tigers consider other options.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/why-richmond-overlooked-fatherson-prospect-louis-kellaway-amid-speed-focus-in-draft-bonanza/news-story/c34094f79646e4e91727cd4523357d6b#selection-895.0-901.70
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Speed focus in draft bonanza

Richmond added some much-needed speed to its side during last week’s National Draft.

Jon Ralph
HeraldSun
November 23, 2025


Richmond believes it has quenched its need for speed with a quartet of national draft picks.

The Tigers believe they have finally rounded out their next generation midfield after securing “combative” South Australian midfielder Sam Cumming and Oakleigh speedster Sam Grlj with picks seven and eight in the national draft.

Richmond added 179cm mid-forward Zane Puecker at pick 31 then fellow South Australian Noah Roberts-Thomson (pick 54) as a genuine small forward who can also put on the afterburners.

The Tigers overlooked Rowville bolter Sullivan Robey to instead secure Grlj, with recruiting boss Rhy Gieschen telling Code Sports that Cumming and Grlj were simply higher up on the club’s draft board.

That pair will add to last year’s draft haul which includes midfielders Sam Lalor, Josh Smillie and Taj Hotton.

Gieschen says that all of the club’s new batch of mids can hit the scoreboard but believes coach Adem Yze also has some serious speed to add to the ball-winning brilliance.

“They do complement each other, it’s been a real conscious effort,” he said.

“We have (Jacob) Hopper, Tim Taranto, (Jack) Ross and (Dion) Prestia who are doing a super job for us at the moment but the plan has been to really bring in that next wave of guys to learn under them and eventually make the midfield their own.

“Lalor is a powerful mid forward. He’s unique because he’s classy with ball in hand, Hotton is agile and has speed and can go forward, Smillie is the big bodied 195cm mid who is good at the contest and is a nice kick. We also have (Kane) McAuliffe who has that power, grunt and aggression and then Cumming compliments them.

He’s genuinely combative, aggressive and he’s got a defensive mindset. He loves contact and they can all go forward and take a mark and kick a goal and be dangerous one-on-one.

“We had a real emphasis on speed. We wanted to add speed to our mix. That balance of speed, power, agility, competitiveness, we felt like we got that with all four boys.

It’s something we value highly and to bring in four guys who had that, we felt like we really added to our list.”

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/why-richmond-overlooked-fatherson-prospect-louis-kellaway-amid-speed-focus-in-draft-bonanza/news-story/c34094f79646e4e91727cd4523357d6b#selection-663.0-853.283
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