It’s a quarter of a century since a Richmond player has scored more goals in the opening four games of a season than what the Club’s prized key forward recruit Tom Lynch has on the board after four rounds this year.
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That player was Yellow and Black great Matthew Richardson, who booted 20 goals in the Tigers’ first four matches of the 1994 season.
Lynch’s superb, six-goal display in Richmond’s seven-point win against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval last Saturday took his season’s tally to 16, which is just one behind Coleman Medal leader, Greater Western Sydney’s Jeremy Cameron.
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The highest number of goals champion Tiger key forward Jack Riewoldt has recorded in the opening four games of a season is 15 in 2013.
