More a case of jumping at shadows rather than there being any smoke IMHO Flags. But if you want to believe there is even the slightest bit on merit to the comment then you go for it, personally I thought it was just this 
Al makes a great point - on draft day you can't read out a player rego number and then read out the wrong name. You do that and you lose that pick. Clubs don't make those types of mistakes
The point about rego numbers and names is that one would look up the number after deciding which player to nominate, based on their name.
Therefore if you got the wrong name you would put the "right" number to that wrong name
If there was a mistake made it would be before draft day and not picked up by anyone else.
So therefore, the idea that Richmond would get this wrong is totally impossible, absurd, inconceivable, preposterous and out of the question.
Not so much
but more
BTW this was the quote from Francis Jackson immediately after the draft.
RICHMOND
Recruiting manager Francis Jackson said the Tigers filled a number of holes around the ground with their selections.
Draft summary
"We've think we've got a good mix of talls and smalls, but they're also versatile players that can kick the ball well, which was a focus for us coming in.
"Reece is just the all-round package; Jake Batchelor is a half-back flanker;
Dean McDonald is a key forward and Tom Derickx is a big, strong ruckman, so we've covered a lot of bases with our picks."
DEAN MacDonald = 184cm, 87kg
