Richmond Tigers

It’s a feline Grand Final as Richmond Tigers and Geelong Cats battle it out in the sunshine state to bring the Premiership cup back to its rightful home. Here’s what coming up in your Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun to mark a footy season like no other.

BENDIGO Pioneers coach and former GWS Giants assistant Damian Truslove breaks down this weekend's AFL grand final between Richmond and Geelong. They'll look to create turnovers on the back of really good pressure at the ball and then look to move quick and score from that.

As he prepares for his first AFL grand final, athletic beast Noah Balta is still some way off the complete defensive package Richmond expect he will become.

Heavy patrols to ''set the tone'' in areas such as Swan Street, as officers prepare for all eventualities in Richmond and Geelong this weekend.

A MORE “dangerous” forward line around Tom Hawkins has the big Cat confident his side can penetrate the Tiger defence in the Grand Final.

Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins says his brief isolation period with a minor health scare has actually worked in his favour as he enters Saturday night’s grand final against Richmond feeling refreshed.

Astbury has had to tackle new experiences on the field as well. The gun defender – who started his career as a forward, kicking three on debut – is now vying for his third premiership in four seasons in a new role as a pinch-hitting ruckman.

Richmond are wary of the threat posed by a "vastly different" Geelong attack in Saturday night's AFL grand final compared to the one they blunted six weeks

WE'VE previously had "premiership ruckman Shaun Grigg", now will Richmond's traditional full-back David Astbury wear the same title come Saturday's final siren? The Tigers have had different ruck combinations in its two most recent Grand Finals (Nankervis and Grigg in 2017,

AFL legend Simon Black says Richmond boast levels of strategy and teamwork that are unrivalled by any other great unit of the modern era, as the Tigers seek to write their own triple-premiership dynasty into the history books. But in a twist, the former …