In 2010 – Damien Hardwick’s first season as Richmond’s coach – the Tigers’ playing list contained just seven players with 100 games or more experience – Chris Newman, Brett Deledio, Shane Tuck, Troy Simmonds (who retired midway through the year), Graham Polak, Richard Tambling and Ben Cousins (a 200-game plus veteran then).
Three years on, Richmond will enter the 2013 season with eight 100-gamers – Newman, Deledio, Tuck, Shane Edwards, Daniel Jackson, Jack Riewoldt, Nathan Foley and Port Adelaide import Troy Chaplin.
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And, by season’s end, that tally of ‘centurians’ at Tigerland may have doubled, with a further eight players within reach of the 100-game milestone in 2013 – new captain Trent Cotchin (86 games), Ivan Maric (98), Luke McGuane (93), Matthew White (89), Jake King (87), Shaun Grigg (86), Adelaide recruit Chris Knights (96) and ex-Kangaroo Aaron Edwards (82).
Richmond has a further seven players in the 50 games-plus bracket – Dustin Martin (63), Robin Nahas (77), Alex Rance (66), Ty Vickery (54), Bachar Houli (70), Sam Lonergan (79) and Ricky Petterd (54).
