Tigers’ burning question: Was it the right call to cull ‘Kapps’?Jack Jovanovski, Ben Waterworth and Will Faulkner
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21 August 2025Kamdyn McIntosh is a heart and soul Richmond premiership stalwart, but that’s not the only reason why the club’s call to delist him at the end of this season is a perplexing one.
McIntosh is one of just six Tigers to play all 22 games this year, and while four of those have come as the sub, there’s no mistaking why he’s been out there every week.
As well as continuing to contribute to the way Adem Yze’s side wants to play on a wing, he acts as a necessary veteran presence within a side that is the league’s least-experienced based on average games played this year (52.7).
The only three Richmond players older than McIntosh are Dion Prestia, Tom Lynch and Nathan Broad; all 32 years of age.
And for a club that will only add more young talent at this year’s national draft, next year will again present the need for the Tigers to offset their widespread youth with older heads.
It comes as little surprise that McIntosh — who has played at least 21 senior games in each of the past four seasons — reportedly wants to play on for another year.
And it’s not as if the Tigers are chock-full of options on the wing.
Hugo Ralphsmith has played the role when healthy, while draftee Luke Trainor has spent time on the flanks in addition to in defence and up forward — but there’s an easy argument to make that McIntosh is still the most tried and tested wing option Richmond will have in 2026.
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