he is probably the best key defender we have had in about 30 years IMHO.
Agree, best key defender since Jimmy Jess.
However, still needs to iron some disposal bugs out of his game and decision making is not yet completely elite.
I thought Jimmy played more as a forward.
An ebullient, larger than life character who played football with verve, persistence and no small amount of 'devil', Jim Jess was a firm favourite among Richmond fans throughout a 223 game VFL career that ran from 1976 to 1988. Known as 'The Ghost', he excelled in both defensive and attacking key positions, often during the course of the same game. Probably his best and certainly his most eventful season was 1980, when he was a major driving force behind a Richmond surge to the premiership.
Was also selected as 1980 AA defender.