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Aug 16, 2009
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Locks:
Cotchin:
2x Premiership captain, Brownlow Medal Winner, 1x AA
Martin: 2x Premiership player, Brownlow Medal Winner, 2x Normsith Medal Winner, 2x BnF winner, 3x AA team
Riewoldt: 2x Permiership player, 3x Coleman Medal Winner, 9x leading goal kicker, 3x AA team
Rance: Premiership player, 5x AA (including one time captain), BnF winner
Richardson: 8x leading goal kicker, BnF winner, 1x AA team
Deledio: 2x BnF winner, Rising Star, 2x AA team
Prestia: 2x Premiership player, 1x BnF winner
Houli: 2x Premiership player, 1x AA team most consistant RFC AFL finals performer this century
Edwards: 2x Premiership player, 1x AA team
Grimes: 2x Premiership player, 1x AA team
Vlastuin: 2x Premiership player
Bowden: 2x BnF winner, 2x AA team

So only have Richardson, Deledio and Bowden as my own non-premiership team locks. That is 12 players.Recency bias for sure but that is where we have had success.

I think similarly there are players you could discard pretty easily.
Locks to miss out:
Pettifer:
Handy medium forward but not much else outside two solid seasons
Rogers: similar to above plus most of his career was in the 90s
Chaffey: like him but we have a wealth of medium defender options
Tivendale: a solider but we have better options in that role
Stafford: a few tiers below Richo, Ottens, Riewoldt as a forward and Simmonds, Maric and Nank as a fu**
Cameron: was awesome in the 2001 campaign but his best football was at the Dogs.

These leaves 22 players for 10 spots and a team that looks like this:
FB: Grimes Rance Bowden
HB: Vlastuin Houli
C: Deledio Martin
HF: Edwards Richardson
FF: Riewoldt
Ruck: Cotchin Prestia
Inter:

Position: Ruck
Comparison: Simmonds vs Maric vs Nankervis
All similar players. Simmonds played the most games and kicked the most goals (93 and 66 respectively). Maric was a cult hero and had was everyones favourite. But Nankervis was a key cog in 2x premierships esspecially as the lone hand in his first season in 2017 so he gets by nod.
Result: Nankervis

Position: Key Defender
Comparison: Kellaway vs Gasper vs Astbury
The team still needs one more key defender. Kellaway is a personal favourite of mine winning the 2000 BnF and AA the same year. However I think Grimes and Bowden have already taken his spots as the hybrid "third tall". So it comes down to Gasper vs Astbury. Gasper was our best player in 2000/2001 imo but the rest of his 2000's were spent often injured. Astbury was a late bloomer but his last 4 years have been integral. Recency bias again, but I go with Astbury. Probably the closest pick.
Result: Astbury

Position: Midfield (3 spots)
Comparison: Foley vs Coughlan vs Tuck vs Campbell vs Johnson vs Jackson vs Grigg vs Ellis
Some serious talent here. Coughlan could have been the best but was cut down by injury after his excellent 2003 so is probably the easiest to eliminate. Campbell and Johnson were both captains in tough times but I think Campbell had the greater impact, even though some of that was in 90s so he makes it. Foley, Tuck and Jackson were our mid 2005-2012 midfield. I think Foley was a greater offensive weapon with his speed and clearance work than the other two so I have him on the bench. These leves the two genuine wings in Grigg and Ellis. Ellis was much maligned but will end up a two time premiership player. I still think however Grigg had the greater impact so he gets the spot. Plus you know, back up ruck.
Result: Campbell, Foley, Grigg

Forwards: (3 spots)
Comparison:
Brown vs Caddy vs Castagna vs Krakouer vs Ottens vs Rioli vs Simmonds vs Lambert
Brown is in despite his injuries. He still ended up kicking 143 goals in 82 games and would be a tier ahead of the rest of the competition here. As far as specialist small forwards go Castagna has Rioli covered. He makes alot more mistakes but he is a goal a game player and is more active around the ground. In saying this, Krakouer did what Castagna and Rioli have done but for longer so he gets the spot in the pocket. Last spot goes to Lambert who I believe is an elite mid-forward. Simmonds was a better ruck than forward, Ottens was up and down with most of his success coming at Geelong and Caddy has only put in one really quality season.
Result: Brown, Krakouer, Lambert

This leaves two bench spots which I'm giving to Newman who I think was an excellent captain and helped shape the culture that we see today, and Jackson who was a ferocious compitor and BnF winner

FB: Grimes Astbury Bowden
HB: Vlastuin Rance Houli
C: Deledio Martin Grigg
HF: Edwards Richardson Lambert
FF: Brown Riewoldt Krakouer
Ruck: Nankervis Cotchin Prestia
Inter: Campbell Foley Newman Jackson
Would have thought 4x B&F, 2x AA, Captain and Hall of Famer Wayne Campbell would be a lock.
 

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Brownlow Medallist
Aug 16, 2009
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Threads like this (and every club has them) just highlight to me the players that woulda/coulda/shoulda been all-time club legends, but for injuries. The three that stand out here are Coughlan, Brown and Foley. At their best, they are all certainties in the team under discussion here.
And from years gone by, Alan Edwards looked like an absolute superstar until he did his knee. For that matter, even Royce Hart played a good deal of his reasonably short career under duress of a wonky knee. Even myself, if I had a bit more ticker....
 

mopsy

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Stuff the minimum games.

Grimes - Gaspar - Vlastuin
Bowden - Rance - Cameron

Ottens - Martin - Cotchin
Grigg - Knights - Deledio

Brown - Riewoldt - Richo
Castagna - Lynch - Edwards

Prestia - Broderick - Campbell - Foley
 
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B: Grimes Rance Kellaway
HB: Cameron Gaspar Newman
C: Bowden Foley Deledio
HF: Edwards Ottens Krakouer
FF: Brown Richardson Riewoldt
FOLL: Stafford Cotchin Martin
INT: Coughlan Houli Rioli Pettifer

Reserves:
Josh Caddy
Wayne Campbell
Jason Castagna
Mark Chaffey
Brandon Ellis
Shaun Grigg
Daniel Jackson
Kane Johnson
Kane Lambert
Ivan Maric
Toby Nankervis
Dion Prestia
Matthew Rogers
Troy Simmonds
Greg Tivendale
Shane Tuck
Nick Vlastuin
 

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B: Gasper Rance Grimes
HB: Vlastuin Bowden Houli
C: Campbell Cotchin Cameron
HF: Brown Richardson Deledio
F: Edwards Riewoldt Ottens
R: Maric Martin Prestia
INT: Coughlan Foley Newman - Duncan Kellaway (a bit token because he did the dirty jobs that nobody else could/would do)
now with Knighter in...
B: Gasper Rance Grimes
HB: Vlastuin Bowden Houli
C: Campbell Cotchin Cameron
HF: Brown Richardson Deledio
F: Edwards Riewoldt Martin

R: Ottens Knights Prestia

INT: Coughlan Foley Newman Maric
 

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now with Knighter in...
B: Gasper Rance Grimes
HB: Vlastuin Bowden Houli
C: Campbell Cotchin Cameron
HF: Brown Richardson Deledio
F: Edwards Riewoldt Martin

R: Ottens Knights Prestia

INT: Coughlan Foley Newman Maric
Gaspar no
No no no
 

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After 20 years of the century the club is looking to put together the Tigers Team of the 21st Century

They have picked a squad of 40 players and are asking the fans to select their sides over the next 40 days and will announce the team as selected by the fans in the lead up to round 1. To qualify for the squad players must played a minimum 50 senior games for Richmond in the 2000s

The 40 players in the squad are:
Joel Bowden
Nathan Brown
Josh Caddy
Leon Cameron
Wayne Campbell
Jason Castagna
Mark Chaffey
Trent Cotchin
Mark Coughlan
Brett Deledio
Shane Edwards
Brandon Ellis
Nathan Foley
Darren Gaspar
Shaun Grigg
Dylan Grimes
Bachar Houli
Daniel Jackson
Kane Johnson
Andrew Kellaway
Matthew Knights
Andrew Krakouer
Kane Lambert
Ivan Maric
Dustin Martin
Toby Nankervis
Chris Newman
Brad Ottens
Kayne Pettifer
Dion Prestia
Alex Rance
Matthew Richardson
Jack Riewoldt
Daniel Rioli
Matthew Rogers
Troy Simmonds
Greg Stafford
Greg Tivendale
Shane Tuck
Nick Vlastuin

FWIW here is my selected side

B: Vlastuin Gasper Grimes
HB: Bowden Rance Houli
C: Grigg Cotchin Deledio
HF: Brown Riewoldt Edwards
F: Rioli Richardson Krakouer
R: Maric Martin Prestia
INT: Ottens Newman Johnson Campbell
20 years of the century???
0r 19 years of the century???
 

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Nov 20, 2008
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TASMANIAN DEBILS!!!
B: Vlastuin Rance Grimes
HB: Cameron Nanks Houli
C: Bowden Cotchin Lambo
HF: Brown Riewoldt Lids
F: Edwards Richo Krakouer
R: Stafford Martin Prestia
INT: Ottens Tuck Jacko Knighta
 
Decade started in 2001
Makes 19 years
If you're born January 1 2000, how old are you at January 1 2020?
When a batter walks to the crease are they on 0 or 1 before they score a run?
 

Jono_Hain97

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FB: Vlastuin Astbury Grimes
HB: Bowden Rance Houli
C: Deledio Prestia Knights
HF: Brown Riewoldt Edwards
FF: Ottens Richo Krakouer
R: Maric Cotchin Martin
I: Newman Caddy Lambert Rioli

Note; Darren Gaspar was a bit before my time so i don’t remember much anout him. When i fest started watching footy he was in and out of the team while our young defenders- who were mcguane and thursfield at the time, were taking his spot
 
Oct 2, 2008
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Brothers of Destruction
B: Grimes, Astbury, Kellaway
HB: Houli, Rance, Vlastuin
C: Richardson, Deledio, Knights
HF: Bowden, Riewoldt, Edwards
F: Martin, Lynch, Castagna
R: Ottens, Cotchin, Campbell
I/C: Prestia, Newman, Lambert, Nathan Brown.

Don't care about rules, Lynch is in the team lol
 
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