Jack Graham, 23, and Jayden Short, 25, both dual-premiership players, are considered the leading captaincy candidates of the next generation of Tigers beneath Lynch, Vlastuin, Grimes and Martin, according to insiders.
Ruckman Toby Nankervis and veteran Shane Edwards are other experienced players considered by sources to be outsiders for the role.
Richmond senior club adviser Neil Balme told The Age on Wednesday that he expected Martin would be open to taking on the captaincy, but that it was way too early to start seriously narrowing down what he said is a wide field.
“We haven’t spoken to him about it,” Balme said.
“I imagine he probably would [put his hand up].
“But if you look at it, there’s probably a dozen or 10 or something who really could well be contenders for it. It’s a matter of which way we want to go and how we want to do it.
“So there’s no rush, we’ll just have a bit of a think about it, see what the coaches think, talk to them and let them talk about it. I wouldn’t be mentioning any names yet, we’ll see what happens.”
Balme said the Tigers were yet to determine their process for choosing the next skipper.
“We’ll look at what we’ve got, what do we need, what sort of leadership do we require, who’s available, who will it be good for, and then talk to the players about what they think they need as well. We’ll go through all of those processes but, fortunately, there’s no rush,” he said.
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