Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin bromance, Will Dustin Martin stay at Richmond?Herald Sun
26 July 2017IT IS gaining momentum as the AFL’s biggest bromance, but what are Trent Cotchin and Dustin Martin really like behind closed doors at the Richmond Football Club?
The Tiger duo has been compared to Swiss tennis superstars Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.
Granted, they are self-comparisons, but they are comparisons nonetheless.
But the big question is, who is the Federer of the pair?
“Dusty and I have some fierce battles on the table tennis table,” Cotchin said.
“We went through a phase where he had the momentum, but it evened right up and he has become really poor.
“If you likened him to Stan Wawrinka at the back of the baseline, a lot of power but when you’re a bit more crafty like myself and Roger Federer, we like to work the angles of the court and use a bit more spin at times.
“I would well and truly have him covered now. He’s become; you could almost call B-Grade level.”
Cotchin provided the insight as part of the Unscriptd video series.
In the video, Cotchin opened up on his first impression of an 18-year-old Martin, who joined the Tigers in 2009.
However, it didn’t take him long to realise appearances can be deceiving.
“My first memory of Dusty, if I’m honest I probably pigeon holed him the same as what the media did,” Cotchin said.
“And when he was drafted at the Tigers, (he) had the tattoo ‘live free, die free’ and (I) just thought we were from different worlds.
Trent Cotchin and Dustin Martin share a moment on the field. Picture: AAP Images
“It’s a bit ying and yang in some regards. The Dustin people see on the footy field ... the tattoos, isn’t the one that walks inside our home. He’s got a massive, massive, massive heart. He genuinely cares about people and the way he embraces our kids, my wife is special.”
While Cotchin and Martin have formed a dynamic midfield duo, Cotchin said the pair had learnt plenty of lessons from each other.
“It’s amazing the power of some of the changes I’ve made in my life are on the back of the lessons I’ve learned from someone as raw and unique as Dusty,” Cotchin said.
“It’s pretty special when you reflect on him in that way. I’d like to think that some of the way I live my life and the values I have, have helped him in some way.”
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