Jason Castagna retires from AFL football as one of only 23 players in Richmond’s history to be a member of three or more premiership teams.
Only five Tigers overall have played in more premierships than Castagna (three flags).
The full list of Tiger triple-plus premiership players is:
5 – Kevin Bartlett (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980), Francis Bourke (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980).
4 – Dick Clay (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974), Michael Green (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974), Royce Hart (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974).
3 – Mervyn Keane (1973, 1974, 1980), Barry Richardson (1967, 1969, 1974), Kevin Sheedy (1969, 1973, 1974), Bryan Wood (1973, 1974, 1980), David Astbury (2017, 2019, 2020), Nathan Broad (2017, 2019, 2020), Jason Castagna (2017, 2019, 2020), Trent Cotchin (2017, 2019, 2020), Shane Edwards (2017, 2019, 2020), Dylan Grimes (2017, 2019, 2020), Bachar Houli (2017, 2019, 2020), Kane Lambert (2017, 2019, 2020), Dustin Martin (2017, 2019, 2020), Toby Nankervis (2017, 2019, 2020), Dion Prestia (2017, 2019, 2020), Jack Riewoldt (2017, 2019, 2020), Daniel Rioli (2017, 2019, 2020), Nick Vlastuin (2017, 2019, 2020).
Castagna’s retirement means that half of Richmond’s drought-breaking 2017 premiership team are no longer on the Tigers’ playing list.
The 11 premiership players who have departed Punt Road since that glorious 2017 triumph are (in alphabetical order): David Astbury (retired in 2021), Dan Butler (now at St Kilda), Josh Caddy (retired in 2022), Jason Castagna (retired in 2023), Shane Edwards (retired in 2022), Brandon Ellis (at Gold Coast), Shaun Grigg (retired in 2019), Bachar Houli (retired in 2022), Kane Lambert (retired in 2022), Alex Rance (retired in 2019), Jacob Townsend (retired from AFL football in 2021 following short stints at Essendon and Gold Coast).
