Youngest side last night since 1994

[mightytiges]

According to the Sunday Age today - 22 years 9 months and only 2 Tigers with 100+ games experience (Eagles had 6). 15 Tigers with less than 50 games.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=4193

West Coast are a young side too (23 y 3m and 14 Eagles under 50 games) but I can live our cubs learning than seeing the same olds let us down. Tonight Jade's team selection was vindicated.

[Ramps]

He can go further, Id be ommiting Pattison down the track and bringing in Post, and if Nahas continues along the same road then Id be dropping him and looking at giving young Elroy a go as well. Nahas needs to always understand that he is part of the team and isnt good enough to be trying to be a highlight reel all the time.

[mat073]

Richmond has 14 players on its list in the 22/23 age bracket.....I believe we have the most players in that age group in the league.

Most teams have about half that.

The players are....

Foley
Patterson
Raines
Thursfield
Jackson
Polo
Tambling
Thomson
Hughes
Morton
McGuane
White
Graham
Deledio

You can make up your own mind but I have about 8/9 core players out of that group....a few who could go either way and a couple who will be lucky to stay on the list next year.

I still think about Terrys famous 2011 comment......You would think that most of the above players will be around their peak in a couple of years.Plus we will have the best 21 year old in the country(Cotchin)

Compare the above players with our current bunch of 24/25 year olds
Moore
King
Polak
Silvester
Schultz

With the exception of Moore you can see why we are 3-9 and in struggle town.

[Judge Roughneck]

Cousins - 30
Tuck - 27
Newman - 27
Moore - 25

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Foley - 23
Tambling - 22
Polo - 22
McGaune - 22
Deledio - 22

Collins - 20
Cotchin - 19
Morton - 22
Nahas - 21
Edwards - 20

Jackson - 23
Rance - 19
Riewoldt - 20
Hislop - 21
Pattison - 23

Vickery - 19
Graham - 22
Thursfeild - 23

[Judge Roughneck]

You would assume White will come back in sometime soon.

 - Connors, Thomson  should be playing in the middle for the Burgers. JON and Gilligan  hopfully get a few kicks also.

 - Browne, Post, Gourdis, Putt  should be the KPP and next in line.

Also hoping Cogs is allowed to stay on the list 1 more season.
Hughes looks in trouble. I do not see Raines getting much of a chance. Too many more talented, younger players.

[one-eyed]

Like the Tiger cubs of old
richmondfc.com.au
By Tony Greenberg
Mon 15 June, 2009

The Richmond team that defeated the West Coast Eagles by 15 points at Etihad Stadium last Saturday night, was the Tigers’ most inexperienced for 15 years.
 
It contained a total of 1210 games experience, at an average of 55 per player. If you took Ben Cousins’ 243 games out of the equation, the average number of games among the other 21 players fell to only 46.
 
Just three members of the Tiger side who went into the Round 12, 2009 clash with the Eagles, had played more than 100 games – Cousins, captain Chris Newman (144) and Shane Tuck (102). Six players had played 10 games or less – Andrew Collins, Robin Nahas, Tom Hislop, Alex Rance, Angus Graham and debutant Ty Vickery.
 
You have to delve back into the Tigerland history books, to Round 20, 1994, to find the last time Richmond fielded a team with such little senior league experience.
 
On that occasion, the Tigers 12.21 (93) defeated St Kilda 9.7 (61), with a line-up containing a total of 1154 games.
 
Matthew Richardson was a 19-year-old veteran of just 29 games in that side, with Greg Dear (155 games), Matthew Knights (125 games) and Paul Broderick (111 games) the only Tiger “centurians”.
 
Another interesting sidelight to last Saturday night’s Yellow and Black inexperience, was the fact that it was the first time since 2004, and only the second time since 1998, that both Matthew Richardson and Joel Bowden had been missing from the Tiger team.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/78842/default.aspx