2026 Richmond season preview - The Big Questions (themongrelpunt)

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2026 Richmond Season Preview – The Big Questions

HB Meyers
themongrelpunt.com
January 17, 2026

It took one week for the Tigers to shut a few mouths in 2025.

Can the Tigers shut some more mouths in 2026? Or did they over-perform last season, and are staring down the possibility that they may fall back to Earth, this year?

1 – HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET GAME TIME INTO JOSH SMILLIE?

2 – AFTER A HORROR START TO 2025, WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM NOAH BALTA THIS SEASON?

3 – CAN MAURICE RIOLI BECOME AN ELITE PRESSURE SMALL FORWARD?

4 – CAN JOSH GIBCUS FINALLY BE A GAIN AFTER YEARS OF PAIN?

5 – OUTSIDE OF SAM LALOR, WHICH 2024 DRAFT PICK TAKES THE NEXT STEP?

Read the full season preview here: https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2026/2026/01/17/2026-richmond-season-preview-the-big-questions/