- Mar 1, 2010
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I have for a while formed the view, right or wrong, generally Richmond supporters make better footballers and/or have a very high strike rate at the absolute upper echelon level. I have reasons to induce this however I feel it might be more appropriate to deduce this with empirical backing.
Now I think it might not be a bad idea to put this to the test possibly drawing on all our posters/readers resourcefulness. I think it would not be a bad thing for us to celebrate the Richmond supporter as the arguably the greatest producer of elite footballers quite possibly ever.
Here is a starting point of players that supported RFC before they began their VFL/AFL careers I can think of off the top of my head but I know there are a lot more and I am missing some.
Full back line
Half Back Line N Lappin L Hodge
Centre Line Bartel N Fyfe Richo
Half Forward Line De Goey
Full Forward Line
Followers: Max Gawn Tim Watson
I will not worry about interchange for the purpose of this exercise but I will note I believe Noah Anderson in this years draft is a RFC supporter and also have a question, was Bontempelli a RFC supporter before he played for the bulldogs??
Heres a link to a herald sun article but I can read it because not subscribed to it. Hopefully a poster can put there version in the thread!!!
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscr...06842697ac3f30&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium
Now I think it might not be a bad idea to put this to the test possibly drawing on all our posters/readers resourcefulness. I think it would not be a bad thing for us to celebrate the Richmond supporter as the arguably the greatest producer of elite footballers quite possibly ever.
Here is a starting point of players that supported RFC before they began their VFL/AFL careers I can think of off the top of my head but I know there are a lot more and I am missing some.
Full back line
Half Back Line N Lappin L Hodge
Centre Line Bartel N Fyfe Richo
Half Forward Line De Goey
Full Forward Line
Followers: Max Gawn Tim Watson
I will not worry about interchange for the purpose of this exercise but I will note I believe Noah Anderson in this years draft is a RFC supporter and also have a question, was Bontempelli a RFC supporter before he played for the bulldogs??
Heres a link to a herald sun article but I can read it because not subscribed to it. Hopefully a poster can put there version in the thread!!!
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscr...06842697ac3f30&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium