Richmond’s brilliant ‘bookends’ Alex Rance and Jack Riewoldt, who will celebrate major milestones in the Tigers’ big 2019 season-opener against Carlton at the MCG, could one day have the Club’s highest individual accolade bestowed upon them.
Entry into the Richmond Hall of Fame seems certain, when their respective AFL playing careers are over, while Australian Football Hall of Fame induction appears likely for the dynamic duo.
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And, given what they’ve already achieved throughout their time at Tigerland, with plenty of good football seemingly still ahead of them, Club ‘Immortal’ status is certainly not beyond the realms of possibility for both of them down the track.
Rance, who will reach the AFL 200-game milestone in the Round 1 clash with Carlton, is a five-time All-Australian representative (the past five years in-a-row and captain of the 2017 AA team), he won the Jack Dyer Medal in 2015, has been runner-up in the Best and Fairest twice (2016, 2017) was co vice-captain of Richmond’s drought-breaking 2017 premiership side, and is widely acknowledged as one of the best key defenders in league football history.
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Riewoldt, who will play his 250th game in Thursday night’s season-opener, is a three-time All-Australian, a triple Coleman Medallist, dual Jack Dyer Medallist, a nine-time winner of the Tigers’ leading goalkicker award, and he also was co vice-captain of the Club’s 2017 premiership team.
At Richmond’s gala Hall of Fame function last Friday night, Jack Titus and Roger Dean became the latest Yellow and Black Immortals.
All-up, the Tigers now have a total of eight Immortals – Titus, Dean, Jack Dyer, Tommy Hafey, Kevin Bartlett, Francis Bourke, Royce Hart and Vic Thorp.
That’s illustrious company, indeed, but Alex Rance and Jack Riewoldt wouldn’t look out of place among it.
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