King hails Dusty 2.0: “Everything he touched turned to gold”By Andrew Slevison
SEN
14 March 2025SEN Breakfast’s David King saw what most of us saw in Lalor - a striking comparison to Tigers great Dustin Martin.
He says the Bacchus Marsh product is a Dusty reincarnate.
“It was an unbelievable game,” King said on SEN Breakfast.
“It was good to be there and see these young kids just go crazy and this young bloke (Lalor) announcing the fact that they’ve got the No.1 pick absolutely spot on.
“Oh my god, how good was he! If I’m Adem Yze, I’m taking him to the tattoo parlour today, I’m getting at least a dozen stickers up and down both sleeves, a few on the thighs.
“He is No.4 reincarnated. He was amazing. Everything he touched turned to gold.
“His handball inside traffic to outside created so many easy scores for his teammates. How is this guy seeing the game so clearly in his first 100 minutes of footy?”
Co-host Kane Cornes was also effusive in his praise of Lalor who was one of three Tigers debutants alongside fellow 2024 draftees Luke Trainor and Harry Armstrong.
He also sees the Martin similarities.
“He is all of that,” Cornes added.
“When he took that floating mark on the outer wing in the first quarter… then the belief that they’ve got in him already, to start him centre bounce in the last quarter.
“The game is on the line, you go to Cripps, no worries. He was able to equip himself so well.
“When have you known you’ve got someone good? Whatever happens, Richmond have got this guy for 15 years, hopefully, to go and watch him, and that’s enough.
“There were about five ‘can’t teach that’ moments. A phenomenal debut.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/03/13/no-4-reincarnated-sam-lalor-is-richmonds-second-coming-of-dusty
