Star Richmond key forward Jack Riewoldt will tonight be inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame at a gala function at Hobart’s Wrest Point Casino.

He will join some of the Tigers’ all-time greats – players such as Royce Hart, Ian Stewart, Michael Roach and Matthew Richardson – in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame, along with his father, Chris, who was a top-class ruckman for Clarence and Tassie at state level.

Jack Riewoldt made his senior debut for Clarence in 2005 at just 16 years of age. By season’s end, he had well and truly grabbed the attention of AFL talent scouts following an excellent finals series that culminated with him kicking four goals in the team’s grand final loss.

Young Riewoldt continued his impressive progress the following year, producing standout performances at the under-18 national championships, playing VFL football for the Tasmanian Devils, and winning a premiership medal as a member of Clarence’s senior side.

Richmond subsequently drafted Riewoldt with its first pick (No. 13 overall) in the 2006 AFL National Draft, and he’s gone on to carve out a superb career at Tigerland.

With 567 goals in 238 games for the Tigers, he’s the fifth greatest goalkicker in the Club’s history, behind Jack Titus (970), Matthew Richardson (800), Kevin Bartlett (778) and Michael Roach (607).

He’s a dual Coleman Medallist (2010, 2012), two-time All-Australian representative (2010, 2015), a Jack Dyer Medallist (2010), eight-time Michael Roach Medallist (as the Club’s leading goalkicker in a season), a Richmond life member, and a co vice-captain of the Tigers.

Last year, Riewoldt played a major role in Richmond’s drought-breaking premiership triumph through his selfless, intelligent work as the team’s sole tall forward and leader of the attack.

Riewoldt has continued his fine form this season and is currently in fifth place on the competition’s goalkicking list with 30 goals, just five behind Coleman Medal leader, North Melbourne’s Ben Brown.