What makes the 200-game milestone for Grimes even more meritorious is the hardship he endured early in his AFL career.
Grimes, who was Richmond’s first pick (No. 2 overall) in the AFL pre-season draft at the end of 2009, made his senior debut with the Tigers in the final home-and-away round of the 2010 season against Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium.
For the next three years, however, he was plagued with injuries, predominantly hamstring trouble.
From 2011-13, Grimes managed to play just 25 out of a possible 67 senior games for Richmond.
Eventually he was able to overcome his hamstring issues and become the Scarlett-like star defender McCartney predicted he would be.
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