Noah Balta joined a select group of players in Tigerland history at the MCG last Thursday night.

When the talented, tall, teenage debutant steered through a set-shot six-pointer, after receiving a 50-metre penalty in the opening quarter of the Round 1 match against Carlton, he became just the 16^th Richmond player to score a goal with his first kick in AFL/VFL football.

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Four of those players are current-day Tigers – Balta, Jack Higgins, Jayden Short and captain Trent Cotchin. 

The past 12 times this goalkicking feat has been achieved by Richmond players, it’s happened at the MCG.

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Here’s the full list of Tigers, who have goaled with their first kick in senior league ranks...

• Matt Incigneri, Round 10, 1911 v Collingwood, Punt Road
• Tommy Hafey, Round 6, 1953 v Collingwood, Victoria Park
• Ray Allsopp, Round 7, 1955 v St Kilda, Punt Road
• Edo Benetti, Round 8, 1961 v Carlton, Princes Park
• David Miller, Round 4, 1977 v Collingwood, MCG
• Dale Weightman, Round 1, 1978 v Carlton, MCG
• Richard Lounder, Round 5, 1989 v North Melbourne, MCG
• Nathan Bower, Round 24, 1991 v Carlton, MCG
• Ben Moore, Round 12, 1996 v Adelaide, MCG
• Aaron Fiora, Round 7, 2000 v Carlton, MCG
• Trent Cotchin, Round 8, 2008 v Geelong, MCG
• Sam Lloyd, Round 4, 2014 v Collingwood, MCG
• Ben Lennon, Round 9, 2014 v Melbourne, MCG
• Jayden Short, Round 2, 2016 v Collingwood, MCG
• Jack Higgins, Round 3, 2018 v Hawthorn, MCG
• Noah Balta, Round 1, 2019 v Carlton, MCG