Richmond’s recruitment of three exciting, young players from South Australia in the 2025 AFL national draft – Sam Cumming, Zane Peucker and Noah Roberts-Thomson – further enhances the Club’s history in the City of Churches.

The Tigers now have more players on their current list from SA than any other state (apart from Victoria), with Cumming, Peucker and Roberts-Thomson joining Kane McAuliffe and Liam Fawcett.

Throughout my time as a Yellow and Black barracker, there have been many talented South Australian footballers who have made the move to Victoria to play for Richmond.

Here is a team of SA-Tigers that I’ve compiled, which features several Richmond premiership players, club leading goalkicker award winners and a Jack Dyer Medallist.

Backs
David Palm (Norwood): 1983-1988, 104 games, 38 goals.
Paul Bulluss (Woodville-West Torrens): 1993-1998, 97 games, 20 goals.
Craig McKellar (Woodville): 1971-1975, 96 games, 25 goals, member of the Club’s 1973 premiership side.

Half-backs
Jason Torney (South Adelaide): 1995-2002, 118 games, 16 goals.
Ben Holland (North Adelaide): 1996-2003, 125 games, 124 goals.
Jamie Tape (Woodville-West Torrens): 1994-1997, 75 games, 4 goals, equal winner of the Club’s best first year player award in 1994.

Centreline
Aaron Fiora (Port Adelaide): 2000-2004, 78 games, 25 goals.
Kane McAuliffe (North Adelaide): 2024-2025, 14 games, 0 goals.
Oleg Markov (North Adelaide): 2016-2020, 23 games, 3 goals.

Half-forwards
Matthew Rogers (South Adelaide): 1994-2004, 197 games, 163 goals, equal winner of the Club’s Best First Year Player award in 1994, winner of the Club’s leading goalkicker award in 2000.
Malcolm Greenslade (Sturt): 1971, 2 games, 7 goals.
Nick Daffy (from North Gambier/Glenelg): 1992-2001, 166 games, 182 goals, winner of the Club’s leading goalkicker award in 1995, Jack Dyer Medallist in 1998.

Forwards
Neville Roberts (West Torrens): 1975-1977, 48 games, 81 goals.
Jay Schulz (Woodville-West Torrens): 2003-2009, 71 games, 58 goals.
Brad Ottens (Glenelg): 1998-2004, 129 games, 152 goals.

Followers
Brian Roberts (South Adelaide): 1971-1975, 78 games, 34 goals, member of the Club’s 1973 and 1974 premiership teams.
Jack Graham (North Adelaide): 2017-2024, 131 games, 51 goals, member of the Club’s 2017 and 2020 premiership teams.
Shane Edwards (North Adelaide): 2007-2022, 303 games, 189 goals, member of the Club’s 2017, 2019 and 2020 premiership teams.

Interchange
Glynn Hewitt (West Adelaide): 1973-1974, 15 games, 15 goals.
Ben Nason (Central District): 2010-2011, 23 games, 17 goals.
Bruce Lennon (Sturt): 1992-1993, 28 games, 7 goals.
Cleve Hughes (Norwood): 2006-2009, 16 games, 23 goals.
Mick Nunan (Sturt): 1971, 1 game, 3 goals.