- Apr 18, 2005
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- AFL Club
- Melbourne
Sacked Tony Jewell?Richmond 1980. Indeed The Herald's headline declared it "Tiger Time - Richmond set to dominate the 80's".
Michael Roach, leading goalkicker (112) @21
Mark Lee, season's dominant ruck @21
Dale Weightman, future HoF'er and already acknowledged by South coach Ian Stewart as "the most creative player in the game" @20
Geoff Raines, three-time b&f @24
stars David Cloke, Jim Jess & Robert Wiley @25
triple premiership wingman Bryan Wood @26
star veterans Bartlett, Bourke, Rowlings & Keane all going around next year
handy players Malthouse, Dunne, Strachan, Tempany, Landy all 27 & under
plus
Mark Jackson, century goalkicker in the Reserves @21
Peter Lane, century goalkicker in the U19's @19
Brian Taylor, just the one game @18
Maurice Rioli, teed up (arrived 1982)
Michael Aish, signed to a Form Four (never came)
The only downer was skipper Bruce Monteath returning to WA @25.
How did we screw it up?