Richmond development coach Xavier Clarke was selected as coach of the Northern Territory Thunder’s Team of the Decade at a gala ball held in Darwin last Saturday night.

Clarke coached the NT Thunder for three seasons from 2014-16, before joining the Tigers at the end of 2016.

He was named the North East Australian Football League’s Coach of the Year in 2014, guided the Thunder to the premiership in 2015, and was chosen as the NT Sports Awards Coach of the Year in 2016.

Clarke has been impressive in his development role at Tigerland and is tipped by some to be a future senior coach at the game’s highest level.