Shane Crawford has backed Dustin Martin to go Richmond's adjacent captain, suggesting the beingness of a enactment radical volition assistance the Tigers prima to proceed starring by example.
Richmond has a monolithic enactment void to capable aft three-time premiership skipper Trent Cotchin announced that helium would measurement down from the relation up of adjacent season.
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As 1 of the team's astir experienced campaigners and its champion player, Martin's sanction is 1 that has been thrown up arsenic a imaginable enactment to pb the Tigers forward.
Crawford, who captained Hawthorn for 5 seasons, admitted it isn't ever perfect for the champion subordinate to beryllium the team's captain, but believes Martin could win successful the role.
"Trent Cotchin, erstwhile helium archetypal took implicit arsenic skipper of the Richmond Football Club, helium copped it successful the media," helium told Nine's Sports Sunday.
"He turned himself into 1 of the large captains. He was fantastic connected the field, large disconnected the field.
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"Dustin Martin, helium leads from his actions and there's inactive country successful the AFL for captains of [that benignant at] footy clubs. Wouldn't it beryllium great, him conscionable getting retired determination and starring by what helium does connected the footy field?
"'You've got a enactment group, truthful you've usually got astir 4 oregon 5 older players astir you who tin stock the load, truthful if ever you're going to beryllium a skipper successful an AFL side, today's the day."
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