Richmond starts its 2019 September campaign with the most combined player finals experience the Club has had since the 1982 Grand Final.
The 22 players who will represent the Tigers in Saturday night’s qualifying final against Brisbane at the Gabba have a total of 116 games finals experience between them, with Josh Caddy heading the list on 11 appearances (five for Richmond and six at Geelong).
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That losing ’82 Grand Final line-up contained 164 games of finals experience, headed by Kevin Bartlett on 27.
The Tigers’ team that thumped Collingwood in the 1980 Grand Final had 152 games of finals experience.
And, five years before then, the Richmond side that was defeated by North Melbourne in the 1975 preliminary final, had 226 games of finals experience, coming off the back-to-back premierships of 1973-74 and a Grand Final berth in 1972.
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Given the Tigers are guaranteed at least two finals this season, they’re set to add significantly to their September experience.
Here’s how the members of Richmond’s team for Saturday night’s qualifying final stack up in terms of their overall experience on the AFL finals stage...
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11 games – Josh Caddy
8 games – Trent Cotchin, Shane Edwards, Dylan Grimes, Bachar Houli, Dustin Martin, Jack Riewoldt, Nick Vlastuin
6 games – Brandon Ellis, Kane Lambert
5 games – David Astbury, Nathan Broad, Jason Castagna, Jack Graham, Toby Nankervis, Dion Prestia, Daniel Rioli
2 games – Jayden Short
0 games – Liam Baker, Shai Bolton, Tom Lynch, Ivan Soldo
Total: 116 games