With Richmond scheduled to play Melbourne in the AAMI Community Series at Mars Stadium, Ballarat, early next year (Friday, February 27), Tony Greenberg has compiled a team of players with a Ballarat connection who have represented the Tigers at AFL/VFL level. Here is the strong line-up.

B: Mick Malthouse (North Ballarat), Troy Chaplin (North Ballarat Rebels), David Astbury (North Ballarat Rebels)
HB: Daniel Rioli (St Pat’s College, Ballarat), Josh Gibcus (St Pat’s College), Matt Dea (North Ballarat Rebels)
C: Shaun Grigg (St Pat’s College), Sam Lalor (St Pat’s College), Tom Roach (North Ballarat, VFL)
HF: John Northey (Redan), Jonty Faull (Redan), John Sheahan (St Pat’s College)
F: Dan Butler (St Pat’s College), Barry Richardson (St Pat’s College), Tristan Cartledge (North Ballarat Rebels)
R: Orren Stephenson (North Ballarat, VFL), Jacob Hopper (North Ballarat Rebels), Frank Dimattina (St Pat’s College)
IC: Ray Ball (St Pat’s College), Ross Funcke (North Ballarat, VFL), Jeremy Humm (North Ballarat Rebels), Matthew Francis (St Pat’s College)

Richmond premiership players from the team of Ballarat-Tigers
John Northey – 1967, 1969
Barry Richardson – 1967, 1969, 1974
Mick Malthouse – 1980
David Astbury – 2017, 2019, 2020
Shaun Grigg – 2017
Dan Butler – 2017
Daniel Rioli – 2017, 2019, 2020
Seven premiership players with a total of 14 premierships between them.