In the lead-up to Saturday night’s Round 23 Richmond v Essendon clash at the MCG, Tony Greenberg has compiled his best team of players who have represented both the Tigers and Bombers on the field of battle throughout the past half-century. Here is the line-up . . .

B: Michael Thomson, Brian Winton, Matt Dea

HB: Cameron Clayton, Barry Grinter, Bachar Houli

C: Peter Francis, Geoff Raines, Bryan Wood

HF: Justin Murphy, Alan Noonan, Barry Young

F: Sam Lonergan, Jacob Townsend, Tristan Cartledge

R: Steve Taubert, Justin Blumfield, Paul Sproule

IC: Mark Eustice, Gary Parkes, Andrew Underwood, Ty Zantuck