Richmond has assigned playing numbers to its new recruits for the 2013 season.

Chris Knights will wear the number 15, Troy Chaplin will run out in jumper number 25, and Aaron Edwards will retain same number 27 he wore at North Melbourne.

In other changes to player numbers, Chris Newman will return to the number 1 jumper he wore between 2006-08, after relinquishing the number 17 captain’s guernsey at the end of the 2012 season. 

And Brandon Ellis has been rewarded for an outstanding debut season at Tigerland, by moving from number 42 to five.

The Tigers' relocated international scholarship holder, Gideon Simon, will wear number 50 in 2013.

Richmond’s new draftees will be allocated their guernsey numbers at the conclusion of the 2012 draft period.