Tigers chase Demons' caretaker to join coaching panel (afl site)

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Tigers chase Demons' caretaker to join coaching panel

Richmond is hoping Troy Chaplin will return to Punt Road as an assistant to Adem Yze

By Josh Gabelich
afl.com.au
Sep 11, 2025

RICHMOND has approached Melbourne assistant coach Troy Chaplin about a homecoming at Punt Road.

The Tigers are in the market for a new backline coach this off-season, following Steve Morris' departure at the end of the season.

Richmond coach Adem Yze spent three years working alongside Chaplin when they were line coaches at Melbourne, where they were both involved in the 2021 premiership.

Chaplin finished his 215-game playing career at Richmond in 2016, spending the final four seasons with the Tigers after nine years at Port Adelaide.

The former defender joined the Demons in the months after his retirement and has spent the past nine seasons working as an assistant coach at Melbourne, where he coached the forwards in 2025.

Chaplin stepped up as Melbourne's caretaker coach for the final three games of the home and away season after the Demons sacked Simon Goodwin at the start of August.

The 39-year-old made it clear from his first press conference that he wouldn’t be pursuing the vacancy and stated he is happy to remain at the club if the new coach has a role for him.

Chaplin is contracted at Melbourne in 2026, along with midfield coach Nathan Jones and backline coach Nathan Bassett, but the new coach is expected to implement changes.

The Demons are set to appoint a new senior coach by the end of next week and are currently interviewing former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, Western Bulldogs midfield coach Brendon Lade, Essendon midfield coach Daniel Giansiracusa and Geelong assistants Steven King and James Kelly.

Collingwood senior assistant coach Hayden Skipworth was shortlisted for the role but has opted against pursuing the position after running second behind Andrew McQualter for the West Coast job in 2024.

The Tigers are understood to be keen on adding Chaplin to Yze’s coaching panel but don’t expect too many other changes. Ben Rutten, Blake Caracella, Chris Newman, Jack Ziebell and Sam Lonergan are all contracted for 2026.

Chaplin was named the 2022 assistant coach of the year by the AFL Coaches Association.

 https://www.afl.com.au/news/1416433/richmond-tigers-chase-demons-caretaker-troy-chaplin-to-join-coaching-panel

[ajGreen]

Oh no

[one-eyed]

Tigers miss out on Demons coach

By Andrew Slevison
SEN
18 Sep 2025

Richmond senior coach Adem Yze says the club has missed out on luring Troy Chaplin back to the club.

The former defender has been an assistant coach at Melbourne since 2016, stepping into the coaching caper after he retired at the Tigers.

Yze and Chaplin worked together at the Demons where they were part of Simon Goodwin’s 2021 premiership coaching staff. Chaplin stepped in as interim coach at the Dees late this season when Goodwin was sacked.

After highly-rated assistant coach Steve Morris opted to depart the Tigers to spend more time with his young family, Yze asked the question of Chaplin who is contracted with the Dees for next year.

“He (Morris) had to step away from AFL footy for the next year or so and they’ve got another little one on the way,” Yze said on SEN Breakfast.

“We had a position that we needed filled. We’ll have a couple of interviews later this afternoon with different coaches.

“‘Chappy’ is someone I worked with so we just sounded him out. He was contracted so once we found out he another year to go obviously that didn’t last too long.

“You’ve got to ask the question. When you’re missing a coach or a position, what I wanted to do was to go and look at the best coaches. Their team defence when I first got there at Melbourne was top four and had been for a long time.

“So I just wanted to ask the question and unfortunately we missed out.”

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/09/17/afl-2025-troy-chaplin-richmond-adem-yze-tigers-to-hit-draft

[Tigeritis™©®]

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[Tiger Khosh]

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Don’t remind me of that game 

[Hard Roar Tiger]

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Exactly

[Damo]

10 seconds of a playing career means he can’t coach ?

[ajGreen]

10 seconds of a playing career means he can’t coach ?

He was consistently rubbish

[Andyy]

10 seconds of a playing career means he can’t coach ?

He was consistently rubbish

He wasn't. He was quite solid for plenty of time.

Don't understand the crap given to a bloke that wore the jumper and did more for the club in any given moment than you have your whole lives.

[camboon]

Well said Andy , I don’t understand the disloyalty ?

[ajGreen]

Well said Andy , I don’t understand the disloyalty ?

Thinking a former player was shyte isn't disloyal

[Hard Roar Tiger]

It was an awful moment. Have not heard amazing things about him

[Andyy]

Well said Andy , I don’t understand the disloyalty ?

Thinking a former player was shyte isn't disloyal

He wasn't though.

Or at least not all the time.

It's as silly and people think Kel Moore was amazing once his hip went lol

[WilliamPowell]

Well said Andy , I don’t understand the disloyalty ?

Thinking a former player was shyte isn't disloyal

It was a shocking moment that's not in question

But outside of that he was for the majority of time more than serviceable

[Francois Jackson]

10 seconds of a playing career means he can’t coach ?

He was consistently rubbish

He wasn't. He was quite solid for plenty of time.

Don't understand the crap given to a bloke that wore the jumper and did more for the club in any given moment than you have your whole lives.

and got paid more than most people in the country would ever. 

lets not make it sound like he did us a favour. Its a job and some are better at it than others.

he was average, but not totally poo.