Coaches 2026

[captain cotch 9]

Jon Ralph on the Midweek Tackle saying that Breust could join Richmonds coaching ranks under Adem Yze. Think they probably worked together at the Hawks. Not sure if it is a line coach or development coach, but I would guess it is as a development coach

Was Jon wearing his tiger scalf?
Would Zeibell step up into a more senior role?

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Was Jon wearing his tiger scalf?
Would Zeibell step up into a more senior role?

Jon Ralph is a NewsCorp spokesperson for the AFL and avoids making controversial comments about the league to ensure his accreditation remains intact.

The Blancmange of Journalism.

 

[tiger_tough]

Chaplin no go

 

[thegcat]

Jon Ralph on the Midweek Tackle saying that Breust could join Richmonds coaching ranks under Adem Yze. Think they probably worked together at the Hawks. Not sure if it is a line coach or development coach, but I would guess it is as a development coach

One of the best hybrid forwards the game has ever seen. Would be perfect to teach Alger.

 

[_DBF_]

Batch and Lonergan promoted

 

[tiger_tough]

Batch and Lonergan promoted

Pretty damn uninspiring internal promotions tbh

Batchelor and Lonergan to step into AFL line roles

Batchelor and Lonergan to step into AFL line roles

Jake Batchelor and Sam Lonergan will step into new AFL coaching positions for the 2026 season.

www.richmondfc.com.au

 

[fargothegreat]

Pretty damn uninspiring internal promotions tbh

Batchelor and Lonergan to step into AFL line roles

Batchelor and Lonergan to step into AFL line roles

Jake Batchelor and Sam Lonergan will step into new AFL coaching positions for the 2026 season.

www.richmondfc.com.au

Seems like they missed out on the big fish, so they're going with two cheaper options instead of one.

Might not be so bad, given development is the big priority for our coaches at the moment. Bring in a new VFL coach, and someone fresh out of the game like Luke Bruest.

 

[Ctl]

Batchelor has done a pretty good job with the vfl program, it was a pretty solid set up before he arrived but did well nonetheless. It is an internal promotion but sounds like we went to market and batchelor stood out of the available candidates. Either a weak field or a good sign of the development of our off-field personal, tigers staff have been in pretty big demand league wide recently

 

[Toadvine]

Nice to bring in some hawks IP

 

[Truetiger]

Nice to bring in some hawks IP

He is well respected as well, Fantastic pick up if that’s the case.

 

[Toadvine]

 

[TheOptimum18]

Are we sure Breust isn't just here for Serpell to help out with his ACL/MCL injury?

All jokes aside, think he'll be a great mentor for some of our younger forwards, and adding fresh eyes from a Hawthorn program led by Sam Mitchell hopefully brings some fresh and innovating ideas for our program going forward.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Excellent get hopefully, teach our smalls where they need to be because none of them know how to crumb

 

[tigs2010]

That's Lachie Neale lol

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Taylor Duryea

15

Taylor Duryea

Age

34

Ht

181cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.8

4star

also linked to us on ch 7 News . Assuming as a development coach with Bruest

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Breust will be excellent for our young forwards

 

[_RT_]

TIGERS SHAPING AS NEW HOME FOR FORMER HAWKS​

Richmond has emerged as a likely new home for premiership Hawthorn teammates Luke Breust

22

Luke Breust

Age

35

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

4.8

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

1.8

5star

and Taylor Duryea

15

Taylor Duryea

Age

34

Ht

181cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.8

4star

as they step into coaching.

Both Breust and Duryea are deep in talks with the Tigers about joining what would be a stacked development team at Punt Rd, alongside North Melbourne great Jack Ziebell

7

Jack Ziebell

Age

34

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.6

5star

MG

369.5

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.6

3star

MG

125.8

2star

D

16.2

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.0

5star

.

Former head of development Sam Lonergan

Sam Lonergan

Age

38

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

7.7

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

3.6

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

(stoppages/midfield) and VFL coach Jake Batchelor

Jake Batchelor

Age

33

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

171.7

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

(defence) were recently moved into assistant coach line roles at Richmond.

Breust was much sought-after in his retirement after 308 games and three flags with the Hawks, with his playing career ending this month with an unfortunate knee injury.

The small forward great is set to join good mate Duryea at Richmond, who won a VFL flag with Footscray in his last game for the club on Sunday, capping a 219-game AFL career with the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn.

Breust and Duryea played together in the 2014 and 2015 premierships at the Hawks, when Richmond senior coach Adem Yze

Adem Yze

Age

48

Ht

187cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

0.6

1star

T

0.6

3star

was at the club, creating a connection that brought the pair to the Tigers.

Yze and Duryea worked closely together when the Tigers coach was backline coach at the Hawks.

Richmond has consciously planned to deepen its development group given its young list, with Breust set to work with young forwards and Duryea defenders.

 

[fargothegreat]

TIGERS SHAPING AS NEW HOME FOR FORMER HAWKS​

Richmond has emerged as a likely new home for premiership Hawthorn teammates Luke Breust and Taylor Duryea as they step into coaching.

Both Breust and Duryea are deep in talks with the Tigers about joining what would be a stacked development team at Punt Rd, alongside North Melbourne great Jack Ziebell.

Former head of development Sam Lonergan (stoppages/midfield) and VFL coach Jake Batchelor (defence) were recently moved into assistant coach line roles at Richmond.

Breust was much sought-after in his retirement after 308 games and three flags with the Hawks, with his playing career ending this month with an unfortunate knee injury.

The small forward great is set to join good mate Duryea at Richmond, who won a VFL flag with Footscray in his last game for the club on Sunday, capping a 219-game AFL career with the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn.

Breust and Duryea played together in the 2014 and 2015 premierships at the Hawks, when Richmond senior coach Adem Yze was at the club, creating a connection that brought the pair to the Tigers.

Yze and Duryea worked closely together when the Tigers coach was backline coach at the Hawks.

Richmond has consciously planned to deepen its development group given its young list, with Breust set to work with young forwards and Duryea defenders.

That means we'll have two extra coaches than this year. I wonder who gets the VFL gig?

 

[Groupie_]

Nice to bring in some hawks IP

who?

 

[Groupie_]

TIGERS SHAPING AS NEW HOME FOR FORMER HAWKS​

Richmond has emerged as a likely new home for premiership Hawthorn teammates Luke Breust and Taylor Duryea as they step into coaching.

Both Breust and Duryea are deep in talks with the Tigers about joining what would be a stacked development team at Punt Rd, alongside North Melbourne great Jack Ziebell.

Former head of development Sam Lonergan (stoppages/midfield) and VFL coach Jake Batchelor (defence) were recently moved into assistant coach line roles at Richmond.

Breust was much sought-after in his retirement after 308 games and three flags with the Hawks, with his playing career ending this month with an unfortunate knee injury.

The small forward great is set to join good mate Duryea at Richmond, who won a VFL flag with Footscray in his last game for the club on Sunday, capping a 219-game AFL career with the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn.

Breust and Duryea played together in the 2014 and 2015 premierships at the Hawks, when Richmond senior coach Adem Yze was at the club, creating a connection that brought the pair to the Tigers.

Yze and Duryea worked closely together when the Tigers coach was backline coach at the Hawks.

Richmond has consciously planned to deepen its development group given its young list, with Breust set to work with young forwards and Duryea defenders.

too many piss and shite Tiges1229

 

[Toadvine]

who?

Lewk broost

 

[Truetiger]

too many piss and shite Tiges1229

You wanted coaches with success as a player, so stop complaining, lol.

 

[Groupie_]

You wanted coaches with success as a player, so stop complaining, lol.

im more interested in who grigg will bring with him

 

[Truetiger]

im more interested in who grigg will bring with him

Again, give it a rest. All you do is copy and paste that in all threads . New deal, Yze, deal with it.

 

[Groupie_]

Again, give it a rest. All you do is copy and paste that in all threads . New deal, Yze, deal with it.

a big mistake