RICHMOND may have accidentally revealed its draft hand with a profile of young WA gun Reece Conca appearing briefly today on the Tigers' website.
The Tigers say the appearance of Conca's profile this morning was a fluke and does not guarantee the West Australian under-18 vice-captain will be heading to Punt Rd.
But Conca has been strongly linked to Richmond's No.6 selection, and has been tipped to go there by Herald Sun draft expert Jay Clark in his phantom draft.
A strong-bodied midfielder, Conca has shot up the draft order in recent days.
The website sportal.com.au reports the Tigers website displayed key stats and background information.
Under the heading "What the RFC recruiters say" was the following glowing description:
"The club is extremely excited to have Reece at the club and feel he will add to our ever growing band of quality midfielders as well as having significant impact on the group off the field with his strong leadership qualities."
But Tigers media manager Adrian Ceddia told sportal pages were created for all the top draft candidates and Conca's page wasn't published by the club.
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