In the lead-up to Richmond’s first-ever match for premiership points in Hobart, against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena on Saturday, Tony Greenberg turns selector, to name his best team of talented Tasmanians to have played for the Tigers . . .
These have been the finest products emanating from Tasmania over the years – not necessarily in the aforementioned order.
For the sake of the exercise, I’ll focus on those Tasmanian players who have made the move across Bass Strait to directly, or indirectly (ie via another league club) represent Richmond in the best football competition in the land.
It’s a more than handy team, too, containing six Richmond premiership players, five Jack Dyer Medallists, four Club leading goalkicker award winners, three Tiger Team of the Century members, three Hall of Fame inductees and an ‘Immortal’.
The team of Tassie Tigers is . . .
B: Chris Bond, Grant Allford, Ben Harrison
HB: Michael Gale, Stephen Mount, Shane Williams
C: Derek Peardon, Ian Stewart, Ray Stokes
HF: Justin Plapp, Royce Hart, Matthew Richardson
F: Jack Riewoldt, Michael Roach, Cameron Clayton
R: Brendon Gale, Paul Sproule, Noel Carter
IC: Trent Nichols, Mark McQueen, Darryl Sutton, Lance Cox
Premiership players: Hart (four times), Sproule (two), Stewart (one), Roach (one), Clayton (one), Carter (one)
Jack Dyer Medallists: Hart (two times), Bond (one), Stewart (one), Richardson (one), Riewoldt (one)
Club leading goalkicker award winners: Richardson (13 times), Roach (seven), Riewoldt (five), Hart (two)
Richmond Team of the Century members: Stewart, Hart, Richardson
Tiger Hall of Fame inductees: Stewart, Hart, Roach
Richmond Immortal: Hart
