Talented teenager Ben Lennon joined a select club within the Club last Saturday.

When the 18-year-old debutant goaled, after coming on to the ground as Richmond’s ‘sub’, early in the third quarter of the clash with Melbourne, he became just the 10^th player in the Tigers’ 106-year VFL/AFL history to score a goal with his first kick in league football.

Lennon, who was Richmond’s first pick (No. 12 overall) in the 2013 National Draft, had taken a clever mark about 45 metres out on a tight angle, almost immediately after entering the fray.  He went back and coolly slotted it through for a team-lifting goal.

Interestingly, one of those other Richmond players to achieve this rare feat of a goal with his first kick in league football, was Tommy Hafey, who the Club paid a special tribute to on Saturday, following his passing early in the week.

Hafey scored a goal with his first kick at senior league level for the Tigers in Round 6 of the 1953 season, against Collingwood at Victoria Park.

The detailed list of Richmond players who have goaled with their first kick in senior league ranks is:

• Tommy Hafey, Round 6, 1953 v Collingwood, Victoria Park.
• Ray Allsop, Round 7, 1955 v St Kilda, Punt Road.
• Edo Benetti, Round 8, 1961 v Carlton, Princes Park.
• David Miller, Round 4, 1977 v Collingwood, MCG.
• Dale Weightman, Round 1, 1978 v Carlton, MCG.
• Richard Lounder, Round 5, 1989 v North Melbourne, MCG.
• Nathan Bower, Round 24, 1991 v Carlton, MCG.
• Aaron Fiora, Round 7, 2000 v Carlton, MCG.
• Trent Cotchin, Round 8, 2008 v Geelong, MCG.
• Ben Lennon, Round 9, 2014 v Melbourne, MCG.