Ricky Petterd is Richmond’s everywhere man.

The versatile 25-year-old has been used in just about every position on the ground so far in the 2014 season, with impressive results.

Despite being in and out of the side during this season, Petterd’s ability to fill a role within the senior team has kept him at the forefront of the coaches’ minds at the selection table each week.

He has been used as a marking forward, midfield runner, defender and run-with player – and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I don’t think I’m ever going to settle.  I think Dimma’s made that pretty clear to me,” Petterd told SEN.

“I just love getting roles.  I love getting opportunities to play on someone, or opportunities to play through the wings to try to use my marking ability, and my running.

“I like to get up around the ball as much as I can, but I’m happy playing roles.

“We do have a number of stars, but what’s forgotten is there are a lot of players out there that are role players, and I’m happy being one of those.”

In 10 games for the Tigers this season, Petterd has averaged 19 disposals, five marks, four tackles and almost one goal per match.

He said the playing group was disappointed with its 2014 campaign to date, however it remained hungry on the training track and determined to finish the season strongly.

“The one thing is the boys and coaching staff have driven the training standards, which haven’t dropped,” he said.

“We’ve been training really hard for a long time now.  The season hasn’t gone the way we would’ve liked, but we’re still doing a lot of good things within the four walls of the football club, which is the main thing.

“It’s the way we go about training, and how hard we work, the feedback sessions we have, and remaining on the straight and narrow on the way to improving.

“The thing we’re looking forward to is just winning the next few games, to finish the year strong, to get a reward for the hard work we’ve been doing.

“It’s more for our fans, because they deserve it more than anything.”