Most underrated Tiger of the last 25 years?

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Who has been the most underrated Tiger of the last 25 years?

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On SEN Mornings, Julian De Stoop has been running the ‘Club Calibration’ segment which asks various footy questions to see how in sync each fanbase is.

Now it is time for the most underrated player.

The below responses came through most frequently from SEN listeners.

Each AFL club’s most underrated player of the last 25 years:

Richmond: Kane Lambert

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/01/20/each-afl-clubs-most-underrated-player-of-the-last-25-years

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Tiv

[TigerLand]

I don't think it's Lambert. Lambert is very highly rated and rightfully so.

I think Bachar Houli is up there. Could easily have been a 2 time Norm Smith medalist.

Dylan Grimes up until he was made captain another.

At his peak I thought Josh Caddy was severely underrated. He had his poor games and went missing towards the end, but reckon he was brilliant in that 4 year window and was hugely underated.

[Damo]

Tiv

Gregg Swan was having a beer with my dad one night and told us how Collingwood had a BIG crack at signing Tivendale.

Far more cash than he signed for at Richmond.

The man was a loyal Tiger.

[Damo]

Nick Vlastuin.

Criminal how underrated he has been.

Been sensational for us.

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Tiv

Gregg Swan was having a beer with my dad one night and told us how Collingwood had a BIG crack at signing Tivendale.

Far more cash than he signed for at Richmond.

The man was a loyal Tiger.

More $ and more years on the contract.

[skiddymcghee]

When I saw Kane Lambert's name, I thought right choice.

Just watch a few replays in our 2017 - 2021 era as to how good he actually was.

[Tiger Khosh]

I’m gonna assume they mean underrated by external and not within the club and with that in mind:
Grimes
Houli
Shedda
Lambert
Vlas
Broad
Prestia

I know some of those guys did get AA honours but I scratch my head when I hear people saying we were carried by dusty and had a bunch of spuds outside of him and a few others. All of those guys and probably more would have easily been in the top 10-15 players at every other club during our dynasty, let alone making the 22. Defence in particular was just perfection, it’s a shame Rancey hung it up before 2019 because Rance, Astbury, Grimes, Broad, Vlas, Bach and Short were a joy to watch.

[Go Richo 12]

David Astbury

[Diocletian]

Tucky 

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Tucky 

[Andyy]

Vlastuin

Honourable mentions to Grimes, Tuck, Shedda

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I think Shedd was an absolute champion. He and Lambo’s retirement/decline was the beginning of the end. The link up from their hands was what set us up time and again, particularly on rebound or from clearance.

Meatie was/is still under rated in my view. I maintain that the deliberate knocking out of him by Tom Stewart (my view and it was in front of me - Stewart made a beeline for him was a ploy from the box and cost that game and won geelong the flag.
Not many make a coach do that these days but he was the one. From 2017 until the 2020 GF, he averaged 30 possessions and killed them each time.