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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by TigerLand on Yesterday at 11:25:32 PM »

Only 4 changes. Im honestly not surprised. This program is honestly amateurish. Not because of gender but because of the diabolical decisions that continue to be made by this wing of the club. 4 changes. My god.

Grace is not a perfect player but I'll die on the hill she fits in as a depth player in a top 4 side without blinking. At her age it's crazy to delist her, as I said if 10 go with her in a clean out I can accept a new era at the un with a heap of fresh players. But somehow. Same coach, same players minus the player who was rather by coaches as best player for Rich and the last 2 games ahead of Conti.. mind boggling.

I genuinely want the AFLW team to work and be successful but honestly there is only so much energy you can out towards supporting it when diabolically stupid decisions continue to be made and by people that simply don't seem qualified or experienced to do so.

Id welcome Grieves getting more opportunities, that can easily be done by playing behind Grace. We can simply rotate and modify roles without delisted our highest ranked players. Id consider that to be flexibly tactical coaching. Be interesting to see what that looks like one day for our AFLW side.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond ressies/VFL side [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:33:40 PM »

Hotton brothers Unite



Olli Hotton, brother of Taj Hotton, has joined Richmond’s VFL ranks for 2026.

By Henry Milic, Richmond Media

Nov 7, 2025, 4:40 pm

Richmond's VFL program continues to go from strength to strength, with the signing of Olli Hotton for the 2026 season.

Older brother to AFL player Taj Hotton, Olli is set to make his own mark at the Swinburne Centre, looking to bolster the VFL team.

The 21-year-old admitted that reuniting with his younger brother in the yellow and black was a major draw card. 

“It’s very exciting. That’s 99 per cent of the reason why I have come here,” Hotton told Richmond Media.

“We are very close, and we have had one year of proper footy together, and we loved our time.

“We played together really well, but hopefully I’m not playing with him at all next year, but it is very exciting to see.

“Travelling together sometimes and training together, running together, gym together, so I push him and he pushes me, and I know we will get a lot more out of it.”

After observing his brother’s first year at the elite level, Hotton engaged in discussions with Richmond’s recruiters about a potential move to the Club.

“I had a few chats with Taj, being here and loving his time so much, and everyone getting around him so much, and with Blair (Hartley) and (Adem) Yze talking to my parents a lot, it just started there,” Hotton said. 

“They were asking what I was doing next year, and then dad floated the question and asked if there would be a chance that I could come down here and see what the opportunities would be like, both with VFL and AFL, and just see what would happen.

“It kind of just snowballed from there, and with my limited opportunity last season on the VFL list that I was at, I thought a fresh start would be good, and Richmond seemed like the best place to be.”

Adem Yze and Taj Hotton head to the Hotton household to let Taj's family know that he is debuting this weekend against Essendon.

Drafted with pick 35 in the 2022 national draft to St Kilda, Hotton boasts elite pace and silky handball skills, with the ability to impact through the midfield and hit the scoreboard up forward.

The Haileybury product compared his game to that of his brothers, both impactful players who bring speed and contest.

“Similar to Taj, there are definitely similar traits, but I think he is a bit more zippy, side to side, whereas I’m more straight line with speed,” Hotton said.

“We are a similar player, inside, clean hands in the contest, I can do my thing in there and try to burst forward and if I can hit the scoreboard, which is my main impact.”

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1926247/hotton-brothers-reunite

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:27:08 PM »

Only 3 delisted 

Oops sorry not offered contracts 

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Yesterday at 09:17:08 PM »

ajGreen, the above is not good enough 

Post a proper link so any one click on it and go yhe site it comes from

If you refuse to ( again) then like the ones from yesterday it will be removed

Sick of asking you to follow site rules

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Richmond Rant / Re: Pass mark for 2026?

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 08:34:05 PM »

Imagine praising a club for finishing below 16th for over a half a decade.

 whos praising them for anything.

Fact is after 20 years of mostly middling finishes 2000 - 2019 they were getting nowhere.

iN 2020 they clearly made the choice to totally bottom out and they have been near the bottom for 6 years.

What was the choice that was forced upon us last year oh thats right bottom out and do the hard yards how stupid are some its not rocket science.

We can be nm of the 2000 - 2019 period or we can do the hard yards and actually fully embrace bottom finishes for three or four seasons and give ourselves a chance to climb out of the mire and actually be challengers again.

Like north we will have to keep on bringing in top talent and then get the games into them. Anyone who thinks just one draft or even two or three will be enough really are delusional.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond’s Rebuild Is Way Ahead of Schedule (ChatChit)

« Last post by camboon on Yesterday at 07:08:06 PM »

Of course they think we are flying  , they all put their hands on their hearts and said we would win a game in 2025 
I still think our rebuild is going well, a few gaps to fill with the heat on our recruiters to get it right.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Pass mark for 2026?

« Last post by Assange Tiger 😎 on Yesterday at 06:16:29 PM »

Imagine praising a club for finishing below 16th for over a half a decade.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Pass mark for 2026?

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 05:26:23 PM »

North Melbourne well they made us look silly second time around  and actually have done a lot of hard yards that we haven't. Not sure where they will finish but i expect them to finish above us.

Done the hard yards that we haven’t?
Been stuck in a rebuild for an eternity, while we have been at that for 3 mins

While we were winning flags, they were winning spoons

And their grand plan was the gift us an early draft pick while they brought in fossils like Darling and Parker because they thought they were close to push for finals.

Give me a spell.

It’s an absolute disgrace they have been at it as long as they have.

There is zero excuse for them not to rise the ladder for goodness sakes.

Yeah they have done the hard yards the last 6 years they have not risen above 16th. yep 6 whole years and its that time they have got good draft picks to a decent number of games to enable them to start rising up the ladder.

The truth is they made us look second rate this year and if playing even more kids is the go they will and should do some real jobs on us for a few years.

Staying down and just putting games into as many of the kids as possible is doing the hard yards.

Us we have just begun this  year. you keep kidding yourself 2021 was the start ffs we sold our souls at the end of 2022 to get a crack at it again with Taranto and Hopper and how has that affected our draft hand? 
  how long will it take for us to get 10 or 12  to 100 games and add another 5 - 8  to 50 plus games or so all in the right age bracket..  its exactly that that will enable us to properly challenge.

Yep NM unlike us  have got a sizable amount of their youth to the point where they could   start filling gaps with mature players.And yeah to continue to fill in while some of the more recent picks mature.
Do they have all the pieces of course not. But they are way in front of us if we are talking time frames and games played yes the expectation should be  they start winning more than they lose.

Do you really believe they are going to be poo forever even we turned it around after how many seasons again.

Its laughable that people think after just one good draft and all the retirements and delistings that are still  to come that we won't be like NM in any way shape or form. 

Like them We will be bereft of experienced players at the end of next year or the one after or close to it. The middle tier is lousy and needs mostly replacing its why we needed to rebuild in the first place not that they realised it.

 its going to take us at least 5 years to get enough kids the experience they need to succeed. Yet the expectation of some  is we will climb rapidly.

5 wins last year was not the norm But with us being 17th in so many areas last year id say there is every chance of us winning less games.
Are we in a better position than most clubs in key metrics no we are probably 17th.

Winning games for us over the next few years is not a key measuring stick. It has little to do with improvement and more to do with impatient supporters  being unrealistic.

We are in for hard times i suggest people get used to it but enjoy the growth of our kids over the next 4 or 5 seasons.
We are no different to any other club who actually embraces a full on rebuild it takes time. Its the clubs who don't embrace proper rebuilds see us 1980 - 2016 or Carlton - 1995 - 2025  Essendon 2000 - 2025

It was not that long ago Hardwick took 7 seasons to break a 37 yr drought and he had Riewoldt, Martin, Cotchin Edwards, Rance and a few others to start with and still be young enough to  be there when we challenged. We don't have that luxury last years crop is hopefully the riewoldts etc. Our age demographic covered 12 seasons yet here we are in year 1 and people think winning games is more important than anything.

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond’s Rebuild Is Way Ahead of Schedule (ChatChit)

« Last post by the claw on Yesterday at 04:46:46 PM »

LOL at the simple minds of the sheep that write this stuff in the guise of being reporters.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2025 AFL Draft

« Last post by ajGreen on Yesterday at 04:33:23 PM »

I think saying Taylor is a medium defender is selling him short. Like vlastuin, atleast based on his profile and reports he couldd play as an unsersized kp, on mediums/small, as an interceptor/quarterback and provide run. He could still grow a few cms yet too.

Prefer Sharp too but would take Taylor as next best available talent if that’s where he falls.

Ed Pascoe: long time draft guru and talent scout for Oakleigh Chargers has said similar comments. In regards to Taylor.

His thoughts via the  Rookie Me Central website:  as follows.

 "

RICHMOND TIGERS

Main list 43 of 44

38 Senior

3 Rookies

2 Category B

3 National Picks

 

List balance targets

Tall Defenders 2- Xavier Taylor

Centre Midfielder – Sullivan Robey

Ruck/Tall Forward – Louis Emmett

 

Draft Selections

Pick 6  – Sullivan Robey

Pick 7 – Xavier Taylor

Pick 37 – Louis Emmett

Rookie – Louis Kellaway

Rookie upgrade – Seth Campbell

 

If not Eagles at pick two I can see Tigers going on a bidding spree with a few options who fit the list needs. The highest midfielder and tall defender left on my board were Taylor and Robey, and I didn’t think twice for the Tigers here. There is discussion about whether Richmond need another player like Lalor but midfielders who can hit the scoreboard are a rare breed and often end up stars of the game.

 

If Duff-Tytler is available I can’t see Tigers passing as he would make a great understudy for Nankervis, but could also end up a star key forward as well. A player like Emmett could also fit that bill and could be a real bargain down the line. Kellaway might get a bid but have him making it through the national draft and should provide handy midfield depth.

https://central.rookieme.com/afl/power-rankings/ed-pascoes-2025-phantom-afl-draft/


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