Following Richmond’s recruitment of star key forward Tom Lynch via the recent AFL free agency period, Tony Greenberg has compiled a team of players secured by the Tigers from rival league clubs during the past half-century. It’s a powerful line-up, with some mighty impressive achievements by the selected players throughout their time at Tigerland.
B: Mick Malthouse (ex-St Kilda), Darren Gaspar (ex-Sydney), Gareth Andrews (ex-Geelong)
HB: Bachar Houli (ex-Essendon), Robert McGhie (ex-Footscray), Leon Cameron (ex-Bulldogs)
C: Michael Gale (ex-Fitzroy), Ian Stewart (ex-St Kilda), Wayne Walsh (ex-South Melbourne)
HF: Nathan Brown (ex-Bulldogs), Troy Simmonds (ex-Fremantle), Barry Rowlings (ex-Hawthorn)
F: Josh Caddy (ex-Geelong), Ricky McLean (ex-Carlton), Dion Prestia (ex-Gold Coast)
R: Toby Nankervis (ex-Sydney), Paul Broderick (ex-Fitzroy), Paul Sproule (ex-Essendon)
IC: David Thorpe (ex-Footscray), Shaun Grigg (ex-Carlton), Kane Johnson (ex-Adelaide), Peter Welsh (ex-Hawthorn)
Richmond premiership players: Malthouse (1980), Andrews (1974), Houli (2017), McGhie (1973, 1974), Stewart (1973), Walsh (1973, 1974), Rowlings (1980), Caddy (2017), Prestia (2017), Nankervis (2017), Sproule (1973, 1974), Thorpe (1974), Grigg (2017), Welsh (1980)
Jack Dyer Medallists: Gaspar (2001), Stewart (1971), Rowlings (1979), Broderick (1996), Johnson (2006)
Brownlow Medallists: Stewart (1971)
Richmond captains: Rowlings (1983-84), Johnson (2005-08)
Richmond leading goalkicker in a season: McLean, 55 goals in 1972
