Moppey will be fuming at this. He said he wanted Cripps, he outright demanded Van Rooyen. Not only did he not get Cripps or Van Rooyen, we can now establish Richmond will likely not take any further interstate players with go home factor attached with first round National Draft selections barring exceptional circumstances. The good news for Mopsy though is that second round and later picks are open slather. 
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Insiders have disclosed since Francis Jackson assumed his role as a full time recruiter for the 2006 draft, he has carefully avoided at almost any cost using a first round pick on any player with go home factor attached. This seems to be confirmed by the fact 15 of the 16 Rd 1 National Draft selections taken during this period were used on players from Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory, with no “go home factor.” Evidence this policy only applies to Rd 1 ND picks can be found in the fact 9 of the 20 Rd 2 National Draft selections taken by Richmond over the same period were from “go home factor” states, WA, SA & QLD. The only player to conquer the Round 1 pick edict was a Western Australian, appropriately named Reece Conca, who certainly divided opinion amongst Tiger supporters in his time at the club.
Sources close to Jackson divulged when the ace recruiter learned that Richmond’s first selection at that 2010 draft would be pick 6 after finishing second bottom he was incensed and decided to mock the AFL draft by taking a Western Australian with the club’s first round selection. He then took 8 other spuds as part of his protest in the National and Rookie Drafts before trolling the competition by taking future triple flag and AA 206 game player B Houli with his only selection in the Pre-Season Draft.
Richmond 1st round selections and state of origin from 2006….
2006 Jack Tas
2007 Trent Vic
2008 Tyronery Vic
2009 Dustin Vic
2010 Reece WA
2011 Brandon & Todd both Vic
2012 Nick Vic
2013 Ben Vic
2014 Corey Vic
2015 Daniel NT
2017 Jack - Higgins that is Vic
2018 Riley Vic
2019 Thomson Vic
2021 Josh & Tom both Vic
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Insiders have disclosed since Francis Jackson assumed his role as a full time recruiter for the 2006 draft, he has carefully avoided at almost any cost using a first round pick on any player with go home factor attached. This seems to be confirmed by the fact 15 of the 16 Rd 1 National Draft selections taken during this period were used on players from Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory, with no “go home factor.” Evidence this policy only applies to Rd 1 ND picks can be found in the fact 9 of the 20 Rd 2 National Draft selections taken by Richmond over the same period were from “go home factor” states, WA, SA & QLD. The only player to conquer the Round 1 pick edict was a Western Australian, appropriately named Reece Conca, who certainly divided opinion amongst Tiger supporters in his time at the club.
Sources close to Jackson divulged when the ace recruiter learned that Richmond’s first selection at that 2010 draft would be pick 6 after finishing second bottom he was incensed and decided to mock the AFL draft by taking a Western Australian with the club’s first round selection. He then took 8 other spuds as part of his protest in the National and Rookie Drafts before trolling the competition by taking future triple flag and AA 206 game player B Houli with his only selection in the Pre-Season Draft.
Richmond 1st round selections and state of origin from 2006….
2006 Jack Tas
2007 Trent Vic
2008 Tyronery Vic
2009 Dustin Vic
2010 Reece WA
2011 Brandon & Todd both Vic
2012 Nick Vic
2013 Ben Vic
2014 Corey Vic
2015 Daniel NT
2017 Jack - Higgins that is Vic
2018 Riley Vic
2019 Thomson Vic
2021 Josh & Tom both Vic
