PREDICTING YOUR CLUB’S NEXT FIRST-TIME ALL-AUSTRALIANAndrew Slevison
SEN
13 December 2023Tim Taranto produced a stellar debut season for Richmond in 2023.
He won the Jack Dyer Medal as the club’s best and fairest, polled a career-high 19 Brownlow Medal votes and averaged a career-best 28.8 disposals in yellow and black.
The former Giant was agonisingly close to being included in the 44-man squad this year, with many onlookers suggesting he was extremely stiff to miss out.
There is a lengthy list of quality midfielders in the AFL so it will no easy feat, but if Taranto can replicate what he did last year then he’s every chance.
His fellow ex-GWS midfielder Jacob Hopper (2021), dashing half-back Dan Rioli (2022) and intercept defender Nick Vlastuin (2020) have all been closest of those Tigers who aren’t already All-Australians.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/12/13/predicting-your-clubs-next-first-time-all-australian/