As delighted and honoured as Richmond captain Trent Cotchin was to retrospectively receive the 2012 Brownlow Medal at yesterday’s special ceremony, it’s team success with the Tigers that he craves.

Cotchin is totally focused on achieving the ultimate from a team perspective at Tigerland.

“What I’m striving to do as a football player, especially for the Richmond Football Club, is win a premiership . . . It’s pretty special, and that’s what we’re striving to do at Richmond,” Cotchin said.

And Cotchin believes the Tigers are well placed to quickly turn around their fortunes after a bitterly disappointing 2016 season, which saw them slump to 13^th place on the ladder with just eight wins, following three consecutive finals campaigns.

“The change that we’ve had over the off-season and some of the players we’ve brought in, whether it be tried players or some youth, we’re really excited . . .

“We feel reinvigorated, and that energy’s important.  We lost our mojo a little bit last season. 

“The challenge for us is just to take steps forward . . . embrace it.”

Cotchin was reminded of his all-round football capabilities through a highlights package of his 2012 season that was shown at the Brownlow presentation function.

“Watching those highlights back, I pushed forward and impacted on the scoreboard as well,” he said.

“I’m not suggesting that I haven’t played good footy since, but what I’m looking forward to doing, is playing my best footy going forward.

“I hope that I’ve got a fair bit of footy left ahead of me and, hopefully, it’s good footy.”