Richmond has held onto its first round pick for November’s National Draft, after the AFL’s trade period ended at 2pm today.

The Tigers will have selections 12, 33, 52, 70 and 88 in the Draft.

With pre-determined father-son and academy players removed, the Tigers’ ‘exact’ picks are 11, 30, 46, 62 and 79.

The Club stayed true to its strategy coming into the player movement period, by attempting to improve its list where possible, but maintaining a strong position ahead of the National Draft.

Richmond’s recruiting team will spend the next month finalising its plans for the Draft, which will be held on November 27 on the Gold Coast.

“I think with your first pick it’s probably more the best player available.  That’d normally be the case with first round picks,” Richmond’s General Manager of Football, Dan Richardson, told Nathan Brown on the Bingle Recruitment Zone panel show this week.

“At that pick, most of the players that we have our eye on are midfield types, so, on that basis, it’ll hopefully satisfy that need as well.

“We’re excited about that pick, even though we did consider trading it and moving back out in the Draft for the Trengove deal.

“We’re certainly excited about the type of player that not only we’ll be able to get at pick 12, but with the latter picks as well.”