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AFL Top 100: The Clubs Top 100 Game Players (Part 6)

Toby Nankervis needs only one game to become part of RICHMOND’s Top 100 AFL Game Players, so it would be expected that he will join Barry Richardson, Phil Egan and Ben Holland in equal 98th position on the Tigers Top 100 list when Richmond plays the Gold Coast Suns in the opening round at Carrara next Saturday. Like Geelong, Richmond have made a habit of renewing their team with new blood…

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Season previews: Richmond (14th)

Last season: 13th (10 wins, 12 losses, 1 draw, 93.6%) Notable ins: Jacob Koschitzke (Hawthorn) Notable outs: Trent Cotchin (retired), Jack Riewoldt (retired), Ivan Soldo (Port Adelaide)

When Damien Hardwick announced he was stepping down as coach of Richmond, their formline to that point of the season was three wins from ten games and they had just suffered the indignity of a loss to old rivals, Essendon. In his exit speech, he was gracious enough to suggest it was not the players but he and his coaching that had grown tired and stale (said with a casualness only a man that already had his next job lined up could muster). Setting aside conspiracy theories about when he first made contact with the Suns, Hardwick had clearly surveyed the sausages left at his disposal and determined it was they that were cooked.

Winning three flags eventually took a toll on the club's list as superstars aged and were rightly afforded the opportunity to play a season too long, the salary cap started to bulge and the trade moves required to keep the premiership window open had clogged the incoming pipeline of elite youngsters. Near the midpoint of the 2023 season it was clear that window was now firmly shut and while there is still enough talent at Punt Road to avoid a long and painful rebuild, a significant retooling at least is required. So - perhaps thinking of the way Alastair Clarkson was run out of town at Hawthorn, his volatile nature quickly starting to grate when the wins dried up - Hardwick jumped well before he might be pushed.

Richmond appear to be clear on where they are at heading into the new season. There may be some lingering regret over paying three first-round draft picks for Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper, a decision made at a time they were perhaps being less realistic. But attention now has turned to list regeneration with their trade period moves, largely bypassing the so-so 2023 draft class to amass a bevy of selections in 2024 (in addition to holding all of their own, they have added an additional second-, two third- and two fourth-round picks and will seek to add more later this year). The exits of Cotchin and Riewoldt were respectfully managed. They opted for an entirely fresh voice in Adam Yze as coach over the sense of continuity longserving assistant then interim, Andrew McQualter, would have signalled. One eye is firmly on the road ahead but it would not be consistent with the culture at Tigerland today to bottom out and they would still love to win enough games to sneak into September or more realistically break even with last year's result. Consider this a rebuild on the run, attempting to turn over the list whilst remaining relevant, perhaps even quickly enough to capitalise on the mature talent still remaining.

Of that older group, Dustin Martin is 32 with a year left on his contract but has more good football than that left in him if he wants it. You suspect he is swayed to join Hardwick at Gold Coast but will wait and see if his old coach quickly finds the magic there and then decide where he is most likely to play finals in 2025. Tom Lynch at 31 is younger but his longevity less assured. Despite carrying some injury concerns when he arrived from Gold Coast, Lynch had managed to stay mostly on the park during his Tiger tenure and importantly was there when it mattered in finals and Grand Finals. However he has now not been sighted since round 4 last year and still does not have a return date for this season, already ruled out of Opening Round. Dion Prestia, also 31, has a long history of soft-tissue injuries. Dylan Grimes, Marlion Pickett, Nathan Broad, Kamdyn McIntosh, Nick Vlastuin and Toby Nankervis make up the rest of the group that will be aged 30-plus before the end of this season but all managed to play the majority of their available games in 2023. Taranto, Hopper, Daniel Rioli, Liam Baker and Shai Bolton will all comfortably be a part of Richmond's next flag push if they can prise the window back open within the next three to four years.

As for Richmond's prospects right now, it is easier to find the potential triggers for a decline than for an improvement this season. After 13.5 years of 'Dimma' there will be growing pains as the side adapts to whatever new ideas Yze brings to the role. Goals will be hard to come by if Lynch is unavailable and they are left to rely for key forwards on Noah Balta (who has played most of his career as a defender) and Koschitzke (the recruit has kicked 54 goals from his 48 games). This is likely to be a year of transition for the Tigers with a few hazards to navigate. They will take their lumps this season when they have to and if it ever gets too depressing, can stroll to the trophy cabinet and remember better days.

How badly will it hurt if the Saints fall from heaven? Next up is St Kilda…

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A sketch of my favourite Aussie Rules player Toby ‘The Big Nanny’ Nankervis in action during a ball up in the Richmond-Melbourne game.

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Mixed news on AFL injury front for Tigers

Mixed news on AFL injury front for Tigers

Richmond superstar Dustin Martin could miss another two matches with his hamstring injury as the Tigers press their case for an AFL finals berth. Tom Lynch (hamstring) and Ivan Soldo (broken thumb) have also been ruled out of Saturday’s clash with North Melbourne, with Richmond looking to bounce back from a horror loss to Gold Coast. Toby Nankervis (knee) is “doubtful” this week but Noah Balta…

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Game day thread

Preliminary Final

Port Adelaide Vs Richmond

Richmond’s Preliminary Final team:

B David Astbury, Dylan Grimes, Noah Balta

HB Bachar Houli, Nick Vlastuin, Liam Baker

C Kamdyn McIntosh, Dion Prestia, Marlion Pickett

HF Kane Lambert, Dustin Martin, Jason Castagna

F Daniel Rioli, Tom Lynch, Jack Riewoldt

Foll Toby Nankervis, Trent Cotchin, Shane Edwards

I/C Jayden Short, Jack Graham, Shai Bolton, Nathan Broad

Emg Oleg Markov, Josh Caddy, Mabior Chol, Jake Aarts

No change

Milestone: Trent Cotchin (250th game)

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Nankervis and Grimes join Graham in re-signing with Tigers

Dylan Grimes and Toby Nankervis have joined Jack Graham in signing new deals with Richmond.

The premiership trio have all extended their contracts with the Tigers, with the club making the announcements on Tuesday.

Dylan Grimes in action last year Photo: AAP

Defender Grimes was due to come out of contract at the end of the season, but has re-signed until the end of 2021.

Ruckman Nankervis,…

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If Richmond turn up heat, Hawks may be cooked - The Age

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If Richmond turn up heat, Hawks may be cooked The Age He could also push Ben McEvoy forward to occupy Alex Rance, with Jonathan Ceglar handling Toby Nankervis. Such moves might create a goal or two, but it's more likely Hawthorn will try to control possession and deny Richmond the chance to engage in a ... AFL finals week one betting preview: Which clubs have the bookies nervous?NEWS.com.au all 23 news articles »

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Bomber blow: Star mid to miss six weeks

ESSENDON'S hopes of featuring in September action have been dealt a major blow, with star midfielder David Zaharakis to miss at least the next six weeks after scans revealed he will need surgery on his shoulder.

ESSENDON midfielder David Zaharakis will miss the next six weeks with a shoulder injury. The 28-year-old was crunched in a Toby Nankervis tackle in the first term of the Bombers' 71-point loss to Richmond in last Saturday night's Dreamtime at the 'G clash and sat out the remainder of the match. The Dons confirmed on Monday that Zaharakis would require surgery on his injured sternoclavicular joint. Zaharakis had been in strong form, averaging 29.1 possessions a game before the injury struck. Essendon will square off against Brisbane at the Gabba before having their bye in round 12. Read the full article

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Richmond to review ruck approach: Hardwick

The Tigers tactic of using “small” plays to ruck in tandem with Toby Nankervis will be looked at.

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Richmond Tigers: 2017 AFL Premiers

AFTER 37 long years Richmond has finally bared its fangs on Grand Final day again, mauling a lacklustre Adelaide with the relentless pressure that has become its trademark this September to seal an inspired 48-point premiership triumph before 100,021 fans at the MCG.

The Tigers sealed their 11th flag – and first since 1980 – with a run of seven unanswered goals from early in the second quarter that had the Crows staggering on the ropes just 10 minutes into the third term.

Richmond led by 28 points at that stage, having kept the Crows goalless for a quarter and a half. And when Taylor Walker finally broke Adelaide's goal drought with a 40m set shot midway through the third term, the Tigers swiftly killed off any hopes of a Crows comeback, rattling on the next four goals to take an unassailable 45-point lead early in the final term that had even the most pessimistic Richmond fans daring to believe.

Adelaide got three late consolation goals but nothing could take the gloss off Richmond's 16.12 (108) to 8.12 (60) triumph that Tigers fans had been dreaming about – often without much genuine hope – for a football eternity.

Adelaide's star-studded forward line loomed as a potential spoiler to the Tigers' fairytale, but Damien Hardwick's men provided the latest supporting argument for the football adage that defence wins premierships.

Alex Rance (11 possessions and six marks, three contested) was outstanding despite being manned by Crows forward Andy Otten, and was clearly best on ground when the game was at its fiercest in the first half.

Brownlow medallist Dustin Martin capped off a fairytale year for himself and his club when he won the Norm Smith Medal after starring with 29 possessions, six clearances and two goals.

David Astbury kept Walker to just two goals and little of his usual influence, while Dylan Grimes and Nick Vlastuin conspired to shut down dangerous goalsneaks Eddie Betts and Charlie Cameron, and Bachar Houli (25 possessions and four rebound 50s) provided much of Richmond's defensive rebound.

The Tigers smashed the Crows in contested possessions (170-140) and won the clearances (45-39), thanks largely to the stoppage work of Martin, Dion Prestia (27 possessions and three centre clearances) and Shane Edwards (25 possessions and seven clearances).

Jack Graham was only teenager playing on Saturday but was not overawed by the occasion, kicking three goals in the opening three quarters, while Jack Riewoldt and the Tigers' army of small forwards harassed Adelaide's defenders all day as Richmond finished with 11 separate goalkickers.

Hardwick said his team's pressure was "a little bit off" in the first quarter, but improved from there.

"They were probably kicking more, so we couldn't exert that influence, but then we started to get going. We know if we play a certain way we're going to give ourselves a chance to win," Hardwick said.

"It's funny, I was speaking to Clarko on Monday night about the eeriness to the 2008 Hawks. I think in 2008 the Hawks lost to Richmond in about round 20 and played their best football thereafter.

"We lost to Geelong round (21) and then we just went whack, whack, whack, whack, whack, whack.

"We learned a lot of lessons from the games that we lost and we played our best footy when it mattered most."

The Tigers' win came on the back of a 13th-place finish in 2016 that had many calling for the coach's head.

But Hardwick kept his head and held his nerve, simplifying the Tigers' game play over the 2017 pre-season to take advantage of their pace and, after Ben Griffiths' lingering concussion issues, fashioned an unfashionable attack around 'Jack and his midgets'.

Before this season, the Tigers had not won a final since 2001, having lost elimination finals under Hardwick from 2013-15.

In defeating the Crows, Richmond continued a perfect record in return matches against teams that defeated it earlier in the season.

On Saturday, the Tigers avenged their 76-point thumping by the Crows in round six at Adelaide Oval, having earlier avenged losses to Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda and Geelong. Richmond did not have return matches against its round seven conquerors, the Western Bulldogs, or Sydney, who defeated it in round 13.

Crows coach Don Pyke said his team's effort simply wasn't good enough.

"One of the things that is very hard from a coaching viewpoint is to provide effort. The players are responsible for effort. We try and encourage that, we try and demand that," Pyke said.

"We tried to do some structural things, but you're trying to put a patch on what's a fair wound, and when you're talking minus 25 (in contested possessions) in the third quarter, which is why we value it as a stat, and in fairness, a stat we've been very good at all year, that's probably the most disappointing part.

"It's an area of our game that we felt coming in we were strong and we didn't deliver today."

Life, death and a flag: meet the Tiger Army

On a nightmare day for the Crows, midfielders Matt Crouch (37 possessions and five clearances), Brad Crouch (29 and seven) and Rory Sloane (21 possessions and two goals) never stopped trying, Rory Laird (27 possessions at 88 per cent efficiency) tried to generate run from half-back, and Sam Jacobs dominated Toby Nankervis in the ruck contests, even if his midfielders could not take advantage of his tap work.

The Crows made the better start on Saturday. Sloane kicked the game's opening goal with a 40m set shot at the four-minute mark of the first term, then Betts added another a minute later when he capitalised on a Vlastuin fumble to run into an open goal.

The Tigers looked to be suffering some early Grand Final nerves and, although they had their share of the play, were struggling to get on the scoreboard, with spearhead Riewoldt kicking three consecutive behinds in less than four minutes.

Finally, at the 16-minute mark, Josh Caddy kicked their first goal and when Houli added another four minutes later the Tigers led for the first time, two points up on the Crows.

However, superb crumbing goals from Sloane and Hugh Greenwood late in the term sent Adelaide into the first break 11 points up.

The MCG's lights were switched on at the start of the second quarter as Melbourne skies clouded over, with rain starting to fall soon after.

The Crows had the first two scoring shots of the second term – behinds to Betts and Tom Lynch – but it was the Tigers' term from there.

With their tackling and chasing rising to 11 on the pressure-meter, Richmond piled on four unanswered goals, the first at the four-minute mark, when Riewoldt finally broke his duck with a 40m snap that was confirmed after a video review.

Jacob Townsend put the Tigers within two points midway through the term when he converted from 45m after a questionable holding free kick was paid against Jake Lever.

Graham and Martin then goaled in quick succession late in the quarter – Graham after a clever snap on the run, Martin following a strong mark in front of Luke Brown – to send the Tigers into half-time with a nine-point lead.

ADELAIDE       4.2     4.7      5.10     8.12       (60)

RICHMOND     2.3     6.4     11.8     16.12     (108)

GOALS

Adelaide: Sloane 2, Walker 2, Betts, Greenwood, B. Crouch, Cameron

Richmond: Graham 3, Townsend 2, Martin 2, Riewoldt 2, Caddy, Houli, Grigg, Lambert, Castagna, Prestia, Butler

BEST

Adelaide: M. Crouch, Jacobs, B. Crouch, Sloane, Laird

Richmond: Martin, Rance, Houli, Astbury, Prestia, Edwards, Graham, Grimes

INJURIES

Adelaide: Nil

Richmond: Rioli (ankle)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Stevic, Meredith, Ryan

Official crowd: 100,021 at the MCG

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Tigers cult figure Toby Nankervis toast of Richmond grand final victory | Toby Nankervis

Battle: Sam Jacobs and Rory Lobb contest possession. And despite calls to introduce a safety net in the form of Shaun Hampson in case Nankervis goes down, this unlikely double act reminiscent of 1998 comedy Twins is ready to roll on. Ivan Maric was fading into the twilight, Shaun Hampson injured. He might have known less about what to expect from Ivan Maric.

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Move from Sydney Swans to Richmond Tigers a winner for Toby Nankervis

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Richmond hang on for AFL win over Hawks

Richmond hang on for AFL win over Hawks

Richmond have won three games in a row for the first time since the start of the last AFL season, holding on for a 23-point win over Hawthorn. The Tigers continued their resurgence and improved to a 5-4 record on Saturday at the MCG, beating the Hawks 17.15 (115) to 14.10 (94). Co-captains Toby Nankervis and Dylan Grimes led superbly, while Shai Bolton’s barnstorming second term was also critical…