Richmond is pleased to announce the appointment of Luke Meehan as the Club’s new Physical Performance Manager.

Meehan, who commenced the day-to-day operations of his new role this month, has been the strength and conditioning coach at the Club for the past 10 years, working closely with all players across eight finals campaigns and three premierships.

The experienced elite-performance coach has overseen the off-season programs for the Tigers’ playing list since the Elimination Final defeat to Brisbane in September.

Previously to his time at Richmond, Meehan was the strength and conditioning coach at the Western Bulldogs (2007-12), helping them to three consecutive preliminary finals.

Meehan also spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons at Geelong as part of the strength and conditioning and rehabilitation team.

“Luke has a strong body of experience in elite performance, having held several roles across close to 20 years in the AFL industry,” Richmond General Manager- Football Performance Tim Livingstone said.

“He has an intimate knowledge of our playing list and will bring both stability and growth to our program, which is exciting for us and our players.

"Luke stood out following an extensive process, and we look forward to seeing him expand upon the excellent work he has put in within the program already.”

Richmond 1–4-year players will return to training officially on November 21, with 5+ year players starting a fortnight later.

Meehan replaces the outgoing Peter Burge in the Physical Performance Manager role.