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Jeremy Cameron, Gary Ablett jnr and Jack Riewoldt in their draft years before they became AFL stars.

From teens to titans: How 16 of the AFL’s biggest names looked in their draft year

Some are unrecognisable, others haven’t changed a bit. We revisited these stars to see what they looked like and what was said about them as AFL wannabes.

  • Greg Dundas

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Richmond’s first-round draftees in 2024, from left to right: Luke Trainor, Harry Armstrong, Josh Smillie, Sam Lalor, Jonty Faull and Taj Hotton.

Inside Richmond’s flag blueprint: The hunt for the next Riewoldt and Rance

In place of a series of high-profile departures is a big group of exciting kids – seven of them selected within the first 28 picks of last year’s draft – who promise a brighter future at Punt Road.

  • Marc McGowan
Bruce McAvaney

How Bruce McAvaney helped Adelaide snare the AFL Gather Round

McAvaney had a hand in the event going to South Australia, although he tried to play it down at Channel Seven’s big reveal of its expanded football coverage.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Richmond.

The ‘Dusty clone’ who wowed Richmond fans during family day

One new Tiger has Richmond fans impressed during the club’s family day on Friday as the young Tigers prepare for their first taste of AFL footy in a match simulation against West Coast.

  • Roy Ward
Patrick Cripps.

‘Totally skewed the voting’: Was Cripps’ 2024 season the best Brownlow year this century?

Patrick Cripps toasted a record-breaking 45 votes to claim this year’s Brownlow Medal, but was it really the greatest season on record?

  • Jon Pierik
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Our great, meritocratic game of footy’s shrinking talent pool

Readers discuss the number of AFL draftees plucked from private boys’ schools and argue it sells public school football talent short.

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367 Victoria Street, Abbotsford.

Tigers star Dusty Martin kicks off $25m property portfolio sale

Retiring Richmond footy star Dustin Martin and his manager Ralph Carr are selling a string of Victoria Street properties in Abbotsford.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Dustin Martin farewelled the Richmond faithful at the MCG earlier this year.

The Dusty dilemma: The questions Gold Coast and Martin are asking

Dustin Martin is likely to land at the Suns – but once, a team asking if it wanted Dusty would have been a rhetorical question. It is not now.

  • Michael Gleeson
Former Rebels bikie club president Dean Martin will not be deported following the federal government’s backtrack.

Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle avoids deportation after proving Indigenous heritage

Dean Martin, a former Rebels bikie president who was once in a relationship with ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe, has been released from immigration detention.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Pivotal decisions loom for Richmond around Shai Bolton and Daniel Rioli.

Trade tightrope: The huge calls Richmond face on their stars

The path that Richmond takes on whether to trade out Daniel Rioli and/or Shai Bolton represents the most consequential decision the club has faced since the exit of Damien Hardwick.

  • Jake Niall

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