Best 23 in 2025?

[Tiger Khosh]

Banks so good he’s named twice as a running back  . Just chuck in smithy to replace 1 of him.

Also defs need to list Prestia as an inside mid.

[tdy]

I reckon balta will play forward all year in the inevitable absence of lynch due to tweaking his fingernail.  I foresee some new kids being played in the backline to give them games after they realise miller is a spud and our backline leaking like a sieve.

[one-eyed]

Your club's best 22 in 2025

- Josh Gabelich
afl.com.au
2 Dec 2024




No team will look more different than Richmond in 2025. The Tigers lost some of their best players – Daniel Rioli, Shai Bolton, Liam Baker and Jack Graham – to other clubs, plus Dustin Martin and Dylan Grimes to retirement. It meant Richmond had six first-round picks in November's Telstra AFL Draft. Sam Lalor, Josh Smillie, Jonty Faull, Luke Trainor and Harry Armstrong are all expected to get plenty of opportunities in Adem Yze's second season in charge, while Taj Hotton is recovering from a knee reconstruction. Judson Clarke, Mykelti Lefau, Tylar Young and Josh Gibcus are all still recovering from ACL tears.

B: Nathan Broad        Noah Balta        Nick Vlastuin

HB: Jayden Short       Josh Gibcus         Tom Brown

C:     Jack Ross          Tim Taranto       Hugo Ralphsmith

HF: Rhyan Mansell    Harry Armstrong     Sam Lalor

F: Maurice Rioli jnr       Tom Lynch         Seth Campbell

Foll: Toby Nankervis     Dion Prestia       Jacob Hopper

I/C: Josh Smillie    Ben Miller    Steely Green      Jonty Faull

Emg: Sam Banks    James Trezise   Luke Trainor     Thomson Dow

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1260580/your-clubs-best-22-in-2025-whos-in-whos-out-whos-new

[tdy]

It's a bit sad Thompson Dow only makes the emergencies given we are playing how many 0 game newbies in that lineup.

[Andyy]

It's a bit sad Thompson Dow only makes the emergencies given we are playing how many 0 game newbies in that lineup.

Nah what was sad was seeing him get games ahead of a guy like McAuliffe last year and it will be sad AF if he gets games above either Lalor or Smillie in '25.

[Diocletian]

It's a bit sad Thompson Dow makes the emergencies should be playing 0 games.

efa

[yandb]

Your club's best 22 in 2025

- Josh Gabelich
afl.com.au
2 Dec 2024




No team will look more different than Richmond in 2025. The Tigers lost some of their best players – Daniel Rioli, Shai Bolton, Liam Baker and Jack Graham – to other clubs, plus Dustin Martin and Dylan Grimes to retirement. It meant Richmond had six first-round picks in November's Telstra AFL Draft. Sam Lalor, Josh Smillie, Jonty Faull, Luke Trainor and Harry Armstrong are all expected to get plenty of opportunities in Adem Yze's second season in charge, while Taj Hotton is recovering from a knee reconstruction. Judson Clarke, Mykelti Lefau, Tylar Young and Josh Gibcus are all still recovering from ACL tears.

B: Nathan Broad        Noah Balta        Nick Vlastuin

HB: Jayden Short       Josh Gibcus         Tom Brown

C:     Jack Ross          Tim Taranto       Hugo Ralphsmith

HF: Rhyan Mansell    Harry Armstrong     Sam Lalor

F: Maurice Rioli jnr       Tom Lynch         Seth Campbell

Foll: Toby Nankervis     Dion Prestia       Jacob Hopper

I/C: Josh Smillie    Ben Miller    Steely Green      Jonty Faull

Emg: Sam Banks    James Trezise   Luke Trainor     Thomson Dow

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1260580/your-clubs-best-22-in-2025-whos-in-whos-out-whos-new

I'm glad you have Banks as an emergency as he is a momentum killer. Whenever he gets a mark or free kick he often takes too long to decide where to kick the ball, by then all options are closed and he has to kick it

long to a pack. Our coaching staff need to coach him to to move the ball quickly even if the option is only 20 mt. away. (this presumes that he hasn't been instructed to hold it up).

[taztiger4]

Your club's best 22 in 2025

- Josh Gabelich
afl.com.au
2 Dec 2024




No team will look more different than Richmond in 2025. The Tigers lost some of their best players – Daniel Rioli, Shai Bolton, Liam Baker and Jack Graham – to other clubs, plus Dustin Martin and Dylan Grimes to retirement. It meant Richmond had six first-round picks in November's Telstra AFL Draft. Sam Lalor, Josh Smillie, Jonty Faull, Luke Trainor and Harry Armstrong are all expected to get plenty of opportunities in Adem Yze's second season in charge, while Taj Hotton is recovering from a knee reconstruction. Judson Clarke, Mykelti Lefau, Tylar Young and Josh Gibcus are all still recovering from ACL tears.

B: Nathan Broad        Noah Balta        Nick Vlastuin

HB: Jayden Short       Josh Gibcus         Tom Brown

C:     Jack Ross          Tim Taranto       Hugo Ralphsmith

HF: Rhyan Mansell    Harry Armstrong     Sam Lalor

F: Maurice Rioli jnr       Tom Lynch         Seth Campbell

Foll: Toby Nankervis     Dion Prestia       Jacob Hopper

I/C: Josh Smillie    Ben Miller    Steely Green      Jonty Faull

Emg: Sam Banks    James Trezise   Luke Trainor     Thomson Dow

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1260580/your-clubs-best-22-in-2025-whos-in-whos-out-whos-new

I'm glad you have Banks as an emergency as he is a momentum killer. Whenever he gets a mark or free kick he often takes too long to decide where to kick the ball, by then all options are closed and he has to kick it

long to a pack. Our coaching staff need to coach him to to move the ball quickly even if the option is only 20 mt. away. (this presumes that he hasn't been instructed to hold it up).

I attended a briefing held by Dimma about 5 years ago, he said he would hear the crowd yelling move it on, kick it , etc etc.

He said he'd be in the box saying slow it down, slow it down

[RedanTiger]

I have Lefau, Nankervis, Hopper, ,Lynch and Prestia playing only about half the year before they are injured. So there will be plenty of spots for kids.

Actually think we will start without all of Gibcus, Young, Lefau, Clarke to allow full recovery.
Also Lalor, Hotten, Trainor for recovery and Faull, Armstrong, Sims and Alger for physical development. Only Smillie to start.

Brown       Balta        Short
Banks       Blight       Vlastuin
McIntosh  Taranto     Ralphsmith
Mansell    Fawcett     Smillie
Ryan        Lynch       Campbell
Nank       Hopper      Sonsie
Broad    Ross    McAuliffe   Prestia

Over the season I expect Gibcus, Smith, Young, Trainor, Tresize to come into the backline.
Lalor, Hotten, Lefau, Clarke, Green and Smillie into the midfield.
Armstrong, Faull, Sims, Alger and any of the above into the forward line.

May well only have one or two wins by mid-season when we get a good look at all our players but no problem, 2 more gun mids in 2025.

[WilliamPowell]

Can't remember which news service it was (Ch7 perhaps) said Lalor is starting in the rehab group as the
Cub wants to manage him after his injury issues in 2024

[Tiger Khosh]

Gibcus should be good to go surely. Did his ACL in round 1. I don’t think playing 12 months later is rushing him back.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Agreed

[Andyy]

Lalor looks like such a tank already

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I wonder what he weighs… oh, that’s right. 

[Damo]

I wonder what he weighs… oh, that’s right. 

Yup 👍
Can’t be going there

One day they will ban height as well

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