Michael Roach was interviewed about his footy career by Sam Edmund on SEN's 'This is your Sporting life':Listen here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=821321---------------------------------------------------------
Disco was also asked who was our greatest ever player: Michael Roach has two names in mind when it comes to Richmond's greatest ever player.
Roach, who kicked 607 goals in 200 games for the Tigers, has club champions Royce Hart and Dustin Martin right at the top of the tree.
“I always thought that Royce Hart was probably the best player Richmond have had, and then Kevin Bartlett, Francis Bourke, ‘Flea’ Weightman, Geoff Raines … all those great players," the 1980 premiership Tiger told SEN’s This Is Your Sporting Life thanks to Tobin Brothers Funerals.
“But I reckon ‘Dusty’ is knocking on Royce Hart’s door, if not, may have gone past Royce.
“Royce was a fella who could win the game off his own boot and we know that Dusty has done that in the finals.
“I would say him (Martin) and Royce would possibly be up there with the best Richmond players. I didn’t get to see the great Jack Dyer … but Dusty’s very good.”
Hart, 73, is four-time premiership player and a member of Richmond and the AFL's Teams of Century. He booted 369 goals in 187 games during his time at Punt Road.
Martin is the only player in VFL/AFL history to win three Norm Smith Medals and recently notched his 250th game for the club. The 29-year-old is a triple premiership player, Brownlow Medallist and a four-time All-Australian.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/05/02/who-is-richmonds-greatest-ever-player-roach-weighs-in/
