Does Richmond need a Jack Riewoldt replacement?Jon Ralph
HeraldSun
5 June 2023Tom Lynch might be back for the last month of the AFL season, although he didn’t seem hugely optimistic late last week about how quickly he was progressing.
With Lynch on deck for round 1 next year, and Jack Riewoldt almost certainly retired, who is the ex-Gold Coast forward’s wingman?
Samson Ryan has massive upside — 12 goals in 11 weeks and halving the decisive contest to allow Marlion Pickett to kick the match-winner on Sunday — but he is a baby in footy terms.
So how hard does Richmond go for a Harry Himmelberg-type second forward?
Or is it prepared for a year of growing pains as Ryan gets chances and flankers like Noah Cumberland and Judson Clark (a remarkably accurate 9.1 this year) develop?
Lynch isn’t exactly injury prone, but he has only played 20 or more games once since 2016 – with season tallies of 19, 10, 25, 19, 18, 19 and four (this year) since then.
Richmond needs a foil for Lynch – and it doesn’t have a first-round pick – so how do the Tigers find one if Himmelberg stays put?
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