Recently-retired Richmond defender Kelvin Moore will be a runner for the Tigers’ team in 2013.

Moore, 28, announced his playing retirement from league football late last season after battling a chronic hip complaint.

He made his senior league debut with Richmond in 2004 and played a total of 87 games.

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Since retiring, Moore has taken on a full-time working position with a company run by former Richmond and Hawthorn player Mark Graham, PurePlay Orthopaedics.

Moore will start his running duties this Friday night when the Tigers take on Melbourne and North Melbourne in the opening round of the AFL’s pre-season competition at Etihad Stadium.