Our Best 22 in 2026

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By 2026 Pickett, McIntosh, Prestia Grimes, Dusty and maybe Lynch will likely be retired and Broad, Baker and Graham will have headed west ... our Best 22 will look something like this

And we have a team full of backman

B: Blight Miller Tresize
HB: Smith Balta Banks
C: Bauer MRJ Ralphsmith
HF: Short Gibcus D Rioli
F: Bolton LeFau Ryan
Foll: Nankervis Taranto Hopper

Int from: Vlastuin, Pick 1 2024 ... Sonsie, MacAuliffe, Campbell, Pick 1 2025, Clarke, Fawcett, Kosi

Can anyone put together a better side?

We could be playing most of this side now, wouldn't that make more sense to do that now?
 
Growapair said:
By 2026 Pickett, McIntosh, Prestia Grimes, Dusty and maybe Lynch will likely be retired and Broad, Baker and Graham will have headed west ... our Best 22 will look something like this

And we have a team full of backman

B: Blight Miller Tresize
HB: Smith Balta Banks
C: Bauer MRJ Ralphsmith
HF: Short Gibcus D Rioli
F: Bolton LeFau Ryan
Foll: Nankervis Taranto Hopper

Int from: Vlastuin, Pick 1 2024 ... Sonsie, MacAuliffe, Campbell, Pick 1 2025, Clarke, Fawcett, Kosi

Can anyone put together a better side?

We could be playing most of this side now, wouldn't that make more sense to do that now?
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Back 7
Miller Blight Gibcus
D Rioli Short Vlastuin Brown

Wing 3
Ralphsmith Banks Ross

Mid 4
Hopper Taranto, McAuliffe, Bolton/Pick1 2024

Rucks
Nankervis/Balta

F7
Balta Lynch Lefau
Bolton/Pick 1 2024, Maurice, Clarke, Campbell

Sub: Trezise

Traded out: Baker, Graham

Fringe: Mansell, Koschitzke, Ryan, Gray, Sonsie, Smith, pick 12 2024, Pick 9 2025, MSD pick 6 2025
 

Richmond 2025​


FB: Gibcus, Balta, Broad
HB: Short, Vlastuin, Rioli
CEN: Ralphsmith, Hopper, Pickett (90)
FOL: Nankervis, Taranto, O’Sullivan
HF: Rioli Jnr, Bolton, Campbell
FF: Mansell, Lynch (89), Lefau

BEN: Brown, Ross, Clarke, Prestia, Koschitzke

(games played for richmond)

Richmond 2026​


FB: Gibcus, Balta, Brown
HB: Short, Vlastuin, Rioli
CEN: Ralphsmith, Hopper, Smith
FOL: Nankervis, Taranto, O’Sullivan
HF: Rioli Jnr, Bolton, Campbell
FF: Mansell, Lynch (89), Lefau

BEN: Miller, Tresize, Ross, Clarke, Koschitzke
 

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Meteoric Rise said:
Back 7
Miller Blight Gibcus
D Rioli Short Vlastuin Brown

Wing 3
Ralphsmith Banks Ross

Mid 4
Hopper Taranto, McAuliffe, Bolton/Pick1 2024

Rucks
Nankervis/Balta

F7
Balta Lynch Lefau
Bolton/Pick 1 2024, Maurice, Clarke, Campbell

Sub: Trezise

Traded out: Baker, Graham

Fringe: Mansell, Koschitzke, Ryan, Gray, Sonsie, Smith, pick 12 2024, Pick 9 2025, MSD pick 6 2025
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This is all the same players being played in the same positions ... that has given us less than 10 wins over the last 2 seasons ... are we this faarked?
 
Growapair said:
By 2026 Pickett, McIntosh, Prestia Grimes, Dusty and maybe Lynch will likely be retired and Broad, Baker and Graham will have headed west ... our Best 22 will look something like this

And we have a team full of backman

B: Blight Miller Tresize
HB: Smith Balta Banks
C: Bauer MRJ Ralphsmith
HF: Short Gibcus D Rioli
F: Bolton LeFau Ryan
Foll: Nankervis Taranto Hopper

Int from: Vlastuin, Pick 1 2024 ... Sonsie, MacAuliffe, Campbell, Pick 1 2025, Clarke, Fawcett, Kosi

Can anyone put together a better side?

We could be playing most of this side now, wouldn't that make more sense to do that now?
Click to expand...

draftees in the next few years will get a run and end of 2025 a few others may come in
 
Growapair said:
By 2026 Pickett, McIntosh, Prestia Grimes, Dusty and maybe Lynch will likely be retired and Broad, Baker and Graham will have headed west ... our Best 22 will look something like this

And we have a team full of backman

B: Blight Miller Tresize
HB: Smith Balta Banks
C: Bauer MRJ Ralphsmith
HF: Short Gibcus D Rioli
F: Bolton LeFau Ryan
Foll: Nankervis Taranto Hopper

Int from: Vlastuin, Pick 1 2024 ... Sonsie, MacAuliffe, Campbell, Pick 1 2025, Clarke, Fawcett, Kosi

Can anyone put together a better side?

We could be playing most of this side now, wouldn't that make more sense to do that now?
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That looks like closer to our VFLside mate. 😂
 
B: TBA Balta TBA
HB: TBA TBA TBA
W TBA TBA TBA
HF: Bolton TBA TBA
F: TBA TBA TBA
Followers: TBA TBA Taranto
Interchange: Graham TBA TBA TBA

As i said elsewhere - we could have nearly 90% of the entire list turned over in 5 years. I have NFI what the team will look like. All i know is, if Grahams still on the list, that fakka will still be getting named on the bench
 
Ctl said:

Richmond 2025​


FB: Gibcus, Balta, Broad
HB: Short, Vlastuin, Rioli
CEN: Ralphsmith, Hopper, Pickett (90)
FOL: Nankervis, Taranto, O’Sullivan
HF: Rioli Jnr, Bolton, Campbell
FF: Mansell, Lynch (89), Lefau

BEN: Brown, Ross, Clarke, Prestia, Koschitzke

(games played for richmond)

Richmond 2026​


FB: Gibcus, Balta, Brown
HB: Short, Vlastuin, Rioli
CEN: Ralphsmith, Hopper, Smith
FOL: Nankervis, Taranto, O’Sullivan
HF: Rioli Jnr, Bolton, Campbell
FF: Mansell, Lynch (89), Lefau

BEN: Miller, Tresize, Ross, Clarke, Koschitzke
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Short and Rioli still across half back?

Dan kicked over 100 goals as a forward and despite not being able to kick a winning score all year we.havent even moved him forward during a game once .... we must be tanking, right?
 

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Best 22

Smith Gibcus Rioli
Brown Miller Clarke
Bolton Smilie Smith
Campbell Balta Coulthard
Rioli Lefau Bauer
Ryan Hopper Taranto
Mcauliff Ross Dow Koschitztke

I have plenty of hope for Coulthard still
 
This is a new record, we're now trying to predict teams 2 years in advance.
 
prodigy said:
Lol I was waiting for you to say something after the hard time you gave me for doing one of these after the season finished last year 😂
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Go back to a similar thread 2 years ago, and see all the people with Koschitze in the side

Just makes no sense
 
That team will get another pick 1. Certainly by 2027 we would want to have atleast 12 starters that aren't currently on our list.
 
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